West Indies romped to an easy 3 wicket win over Sri Lanka but more importantly, clinching the T20 series 2-1, as they shift gears to the next format.Sri Lanka batting first just managed to scrape to 131-4 in their 20 allotted overs. Denish Chandimal rescued and also steadied the ship with 54 off 46 balls after his team endured a horrid start. Support came from Ashen Bandara who’s 35-ball cameo of 44 with 3 fours and a pair of sixes, kept hope alive. West Indies bowling was effective as spinner Kevin

Sinclair continued to impress on debut with 1-19 while match MVP Fabian Allen grabbed 1-13 with a wicket each for the seamers Obed Mccoy and Jason Holder.

Chasing a low target for victory, the host’s ended on 134-7 thanks to a string of contributions. Openers Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis hit 26 and 21 respectively to help set the tone. Nicholas Pooran (23) and Allen who finished the game with 21, were the other primary scorers. Spinner Lakshan Sandakan was the pick of the lot for Sri Lanka with 3-29 as pacer Dushmanatha Chameera and P DaSilva claimed 2 wickets apiece in a good but losing effort. Earlier, Chandimal dug his team out of a big hole after having their top 4 removed with the score under 50. The left-hander and Bandara then launched a counterattack, piling on an unbroken 85-run partnership which further negated any falling of wickets and inevitably took their team to a decent total. (Clifton Ross)