West Indies Sri Lanka, face off
Published:Friday | May 7, 2010 | 9:29 AM
West Indies begin their quest today to reach the final of the World 20/20 Championship when they play their first match of the crucial Super Eight second round against Sri Lanka.
The match is scheduled to bowl off at 12.30p.m. Jamaica time and is the second of two Group ‘A’ games at the venue.
The hosts came through the preliminary round safely, topping Group ‘D’ with two wins from as many games.
West Indies opened with a crushing 70-run win over minnows Ireland last Friday and followed that up on Monday with another win over England in a rain-affected match.
There were obvious weaknesses despite the Windies first round successes. Against Ireland, they could only manage 138 for nine and against England they conceded 191 before being helped out by the Duckworth/Lewis Method.
The match will present a rematch of one of last year’s semi-finals when West Indies crashed out of the tournament at the hands of the Sri Lankans at the Oval in England.
Sri Lanka, last year’s losing finalists, should start as favourites in the contest despite winning one of two of their preliminary round matches in Group B.
Australia and India will contest the opening game this morning at 8.30 a.m.