West Indies 250-8 (Lara 60, Ganga 50) beat Sri Lanka 203 (Jayasuriya 83, Collymore 5-51) by 49 runs
scorecard

On Saturday the Zimbabweans were humiliated by Sri Lanka; on Sunday the West Indians were in turn humiliated by Zimbabwe. And on Tuesday, Corey Collymore took 5 for 51 as Sri Lankan were, if not humiliated, then certainly shocked by West Indies.

Chasing 251 to win, Sri Lanka were going well on 184 for 4 when Kumar Sangakkara was caught behind to give Collymore his first wicket, and from there they collapsed. Three wickets then fell in four balls, and Sri Lanka were eventually dismissed for 201 with almost seven overs to spare.

Collymore took the Man-of-the-Match award, but it was another imperious innings from Brian Lara that laid a base for West Indies victory. He flayed 60 off 53 balls, including successive sixes off Kumar Dharmasena, while opener Daren Ganga chipped in with a useful 50.

West Indies total might have been more than their eventual 250 for 8, had their jelly-like tail not fallen away again. Dharmasena and Sanath Jayasuriya both took 3 for 50, and from 209 for 3 in the 41st over the Windies fell away.

When Jayasuriya flashed an 86-ball 83 to give Sri Lanka a rollicking start it looked like they might pay for their lower-order failings, but Collymore ensured West Indies got home comfortably by 49 runs.

© Wisden CricInfo Ltd