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NEWS Tri-Nation Tournament in Sri Lanka>West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs 06th Aug 2005 22.48 IST By Agencies West Indies defeated Sri Lanka by 33 runs in the Indian Oil Cup tri-series cricket one-day international in Colombo on Saturday. Revitalizing the Windies’ hopes of making it to the final of the tournament, Sri Lanka today succumbed to a middle order collapse from which the home team - despite Arnold's (59) heroic effort - could not recover.
The West Indies batting line up had earlier notched up the runs in the stipulated 50 overs with Chanderpaul (57) and Sylvester Joseph (58) among the top scorers. The latter order, however, tottered up to 226 at the end of the 50 overs against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka were off to a confident start with openers Jayasuriya and Tharanga taking runs at will. Lanka raced along to 39 for no loss at the start of the 10th over. But then, the scene changed Sri Lanka were two wickets down for 64 in the 15th over. And in the 19th over, when the scorecard read 73/4, the home team seemed teetering on the brink of another collapse. With Sri Lanka 92/5 in the 25th over, Windies were smelling victory and for the first time the required run rate had crept up to 6 runs per over. Lanka were losing a flurry of wickets with only Arnold stationed firmly at the other end. And the victory deservedly fell into the lap of the Windies. Omari Banks was adjudged the man-of-the-match for picking up two wickets and scoring a quickfire 33 runs. Brief scores: West Indies 226 for 7 in 50 overs (S Chanderpaul 57, S Joseph 58, U Chandana 2-49). Sri Lanka 193 all out in 47 overs (U Tharanga 25, R Arnold 59, N Deonarine 2-18, O Banks 2-24, D Powell 2-28). Also View In-Depth Coverage: Tri-Nation Tournament in Sri Lanka | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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