Windies bat against Sri Lanka in T20 final

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West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and elected to bat against hosts Sri Lanka in the final of the World Twenty20 Cricket 2012 here at the Premadasa Stadium on Thursday.

Sri Lanka made one change from the side that beat Pakistan in the semi-final, bringing in 20-year-old spinner Akila Dananjaya in place of Rangana Herath.

West Indies did not made any change in the team which defeated Australia in the second semi-final on Friday

Teams:

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Angelo Mathews, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis, Akila Dananjaya.

West Indies: Darren Sammy (captain), Dwayne Bravo, Samuel Badree, Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels.

Umpires: Simon Taufel (AUS) and Aleem Dar (PAK), TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)

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Fazli Sunday, 07 October 2012 01:48 PM

They won the toss not the cup folks ! We too have 20 overs to ball and as many overs to bat ! All weaponisd & ready to go ! So lets keep cool

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Amara Daywa Sunday, 07 October 2012 03:57 PM

If MR comes to the sudium...then surely there wont be hopes for our sri lankan team

Rambukkana Kehel Sunday, 07 October 2012 04:49 PM

thanks God for this,
a nation with a govt that kills its own people and students and try to assasinate its judges and judicial officials do not deserve a world cup, Fullstop.

chanaka Sunday, 07 October 2012 05:42 PM

with out chris gayle they can win the game.but we loose first 3 wickets we loose the game.congratulations westindes !!!

Anonymous Tuesday, 09 October 2012 06:29 AM

thanks this post

ann Wednesday, 10 October 2012 08:27 AM

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