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West Indies vs Sri Lanka 2nd Match Hero Cup 1993 Highlights

Read the highlights of West Indies vs Sri Lanka 2nd Match Hero Cup 1993 - C.A.B. Jubilee Tournament Hero Cup five-nation one-day international tournament of the 2nd match played between Sri Lanka and West Indies at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 09th November 1993.


Seam and swing bowling display from Winston Benjamin's five-for after Half-centuries from Brian Lara, Jimmy Adams and Anderson Cummins' assault helped to West Indies comprehensive 46-run victory over Sri Lanka, despite a maiden century from Hashan Tillakaratne in the second match of a Hero Cup five-nation tournament.

Match Stats : 
  • Winston Benjamin's 5 for 22 was the joint eighth best bowling figures for West Indies in One-day international, jointly with Andy Roberts and the second best-bowling-figures by an West Indies bowler against Sri Lanka in ODIs after Courtney Walsh's 5 for 1 at Sharjah in the 1986 Champions Trophy.
  • Winston Benjamin became the second West Indies bowler to take a five-wicket haul against Sri Lanka in ODIs after Courtney Walsh.
  • Hashan Tillakaratne became the fourth Sri Lankan batsman to score a hundred in One-day internationals.
  • Hashan Tillakaratne became the first Sri Lankan batsman to score a century against West Indies in ODI cricket history.
  • Hashan Tillakaratne's 104 was the joint fourth highest score for Sri Lanka in One-day international, jointly 104 held by Aravinda de Silva against India at Nagpur in 1990.

West Indies scored 268-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Brian Lara struck 67 off 107-balls including 11-fours.

Jimmy Adams cracked a run-a-ball 55-runs including 6-fours, Anderson Cummins blasted a 41 off 19-balls included 4-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 215.78.

Carl Hooper cracked a 38 off 37-balls including 3-fours and Roger Harper scored 20 off 22-balls without a boundary.

Sri Lanka best bowler by Ruwan Kalpage picked up 3-wickets, Arjuna Ranatunga captured 2-wickets, Dulip Liyanage, Muttiah Muralitharan and Pramodya Wickramasinghe each took one-wickets.

Sri Lanka scored 222-8 in 50 overs with top scorer by Hashan Tillakaratne struck 104 off 116-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred - including seven boundaries.

Ruwan Kalpage cracked a unbeaten 29 off 27-balls without a boundary and Dulip Samaraweera scored 25 off 45-balls contained 2-fours.

West Indies best bowler by Winston Benjamin claimed a career-best 5-wicket haul for 22-runs in 10-overs including three maidens with economy rate of 2.20, Carl Hooper took 2-wickets and one for Roger Harper.

Hashan Tillakaratne's fighting knock of 104 went to vain but he had the consolation of sharing the man of the match award with Winston Benjamin.

                   

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