Watch the highlights of West Indies vs Sri Lanka - The fifth match of the 1995 Singer Champions Trophy triangular One-Day International cricket tournament between West Indies and Sri Lanka played at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on October 16, 1995.
Match Overview:
Brian Lara's career-best whirlwind 169 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul's blazing 45-ball 62* before Anderson Cummins took final wicket as West Indies pulled off a thrilling 4-run victory over Sri Lanka, despite a fightback century by Hashan Tillakaratne in a high-scoring fifth match of a Singer Champions Trophy.
Match Stats:
- Brian Lara's 169 was the third highest score for West Indies in one-day international after Viv Richards' unbeaten 189 against England and his 181 against Sri Lanka and the second highest-score by an West Indies batsman against Sri Lanka in ODIs after Viv Richards' 181 at Karachi in the 1987 World Cup.
- Brian Lara became the seventh West Indies batsman to score a century against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
- Brian Lara became the fourth West Indies batsman to scored six centuries in ODIs after Desmond Haynes (17), Gordon Greenidge (11) and Viv Richards (11).
- West Indies' 333 was their joint second highest score in one-day international and It is their second highest-score against Sri Lanka in ODIs after their 360 at Karachi in the 1987 World Cup.
- Sri Lanka's 329 was their highest score ever in one-day internationals, previous highest was 313 against Zimbabwe at New Plymouth in the 1992 World Cup.
- Hashan Tillakaratne became the first Sri Lankan batsman to scored two centuries against West Indies in ODI cricket history.
- Hashan Tillakaratne became the sixth Sri Lankan batsman to scored two hundreds in ODIs.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
West Indies scored mammoth total of 333-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Brian Lara hammered a career-best 169 off 129-balls - which was his 6th ODI hundred and his first century against Sri Lanka in ODIs.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul blasted a unbeaten 62 off 45-balls including 3-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 137.77, Phil Simmons cracked a 30 off 41-balls included 2-fours and Richie Richardson hit 29 off 53-balls contained one-six & a four.
Sri Lanka best bowler by Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Chandika Hathurusinghe both took 2-wickets and one for Muttiah Muralitharan - Kumar Dharmasena.
Sri Lanka bowled out for 329 in 49.3 overs with top scorer by Hashan Tillakaratne cracked a 100 off 106-balls - which was his 2nd ODI hundred and also his second century against West Indies in ODIs - including 4-fours & a six.
Roshan Mahanama struck 76 off 78-balls including 5-fours & a six, Chandika Hathurusinghe cracked a 45 off 43-balls included 4-fours.
Romesh Kaluwitharana hammered a 31 off 20-balls including 3-fours & 2-sixes with strike rate of 155, Kumar Dharmasena hit 24 off 18-balls included 2-fours and Aravinda de Silva hit 20 off 12-balls contained 3-fours with strike rate of 166.66.
Brian Lara named Player of the match for his whirlwind batting performance to smashed a career-best 169-runs knocked off facing 129-balls including 15-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 131.
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