Pallekele: Sri lanka defeated west indies by nine wickets in their super eights match of the icc world twenty20 here today.marlon samuels was the west indies top scorer with a 35 ball 50, while dwayne bravo contributed 40 off 34 deliveries.The west indies decision to bat first backfired as the sri lankans kept them on leash throughout the 20 overs at the pallekele international cricket stadium.The hosts had their first breakthrough when ajantha had charles johnson stumped by kumar sangakkara with the final delivery of the fifth over.while bravo was done in by legspinner jeevan mendis, ajantha sent back pollard with a quicker one to reach his 100th wicket in this form of the game, including domestic competitions.
Brief scores: 129 for five in 20 overs (marlon samuels 50, dwayne bravo 40; ajantha mendis 2/12).
Sri lanka: sri lanka 130 for one in 15.2 overs (mahela jayawardene 65 not out, kumar sangakkara 39 not out). While jayawardene struck 10 fours and a six, sangakkara had five hits to the fence.
