Nicholas Pooran Heroics Went in Vain As Sri Lanka Win a thriller in Durham.

Sri lanka and West indies face off in a dead rubber at durham. West Indies who won the toss and put sri lanka to bat on a good batting wicket. As usual sri lankan batting didn't impressed too much only their emerging top order batsmen Vishwa fernando slammed a superb ton to lift sri lankan total to 338-6 in fifty overs. Vishwa Fernando made a well 104 runs with kusal parera supporting with a handy 64. Lahiru thirrimane remained unbeaten on 45 runs. Jason holder was the pick of the bowlers taking a couple of wickets.
In Reply Chasing a stiff target of 339 West indies batting crumbled like they did in their previous matches. Only Nicholas Pooran showed some resistance with the bat. He and fabien allen joined in one of the most crucial stands in this innings. West indies lost half of their side on 145 but after that Nicholas pooran and allen joined together for a 83 run stand for the seventh wicket. Fabien allen got victim of a run out after mixup with pooran. He fell for a handy 51. West indies rided on the hopes of pooran but it was angelo matthews who bowled his first ball after 2017 in international cricket and dismissed set pooran for a superb 118 to crush carribean hopes. In the end west indies fall short by just 23 runs. For west Indies pooran was the top scorer with 118 runs and in bowling for sri lanka their veteran campaigner malinga was the top wicket taker with a figures of 3-55. Sri lanka now has 8 points from 8 games with a game to play against india.

Match Summary
Sri lanka 338-6 overs 50
Fernando 104
Thirimanne 45
Holder 2-59
West Indies 315-9 overs 50
Pooran 118
Allen 51
Malinga 3-55
Sri lanka won by 23 runs.