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Sri Lanka vs West Indies, Super Sixes, Match 9 of ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2023, Playing 11 and Pitch Report
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Sri Lanka vs West Indies Match Prediction: Sri Lanka will going to play against West Indies on July 7th, 2023, at Harare Sports Club, Zimbabwe. However, this match is just a match which not going to affect the points table because Sri Lanka already qualified for the World Cup, and West Indies is already out of the World Cup.
Sri Lanka performed quite well in the whole tournament and has not lost any match till now, which was quite an amazing performance by them. They won their last match against Zimbabwe by 9 wickets which was an easy win for them after restricting them to just 165 runs and then chasing down the total with 9 wickets in hand.
Maheesh Theekshana was given the Player of the Match award for his 4-wicket spell in which he gave only 25 runs and also bowled one maiden over. Pathum Nissanka was also the top performer in the match, scoring 101 runs to get back into his own groves. Dilshan Madushanka took his chance quite well, taking 3 important wickets from top-order batters.
West Indies, at last, won the match after losing 3 consecutive matches, which knocked them out of the tournament. They won their last match against Oman by 7 wickets, in which Brandon King was their top performer scoring a century to take his team the victory, and gave him the player of the match award.
Shai Hope, the captain of West Indies, supported him and staying not out till the end of the match as Nicholas Pooran hit the winning run for them. Romario Shepherd bowled quite well, taking 3 wickets in his 10-over spell.
They need to play with their full potential in the next match against Sri Lanka, which might be going to give many new players a chance because they already qualified for the World Cup and don’t want their main player to be hurt.
Sri Lanka vs West Indies: Head-to-Head ODI Record
In the past, Sri Lanka and West Indies played 64 ODI matches, in which West Indies won 31 and Sri Lanka won 30. That clearly shows how competitive they have been for a long time, and the next match will also not be quite one-sided.
The last time they played against each other was in 2021, in which West Indies won the match by 5 wickets, and Evin Lewis was given the player of the match for the match as he scored 103 runs. Shai Hope also gave great support to him, scoring 84 runs.
Pitch Report of Harare Sports Club, Harare, for the 9th match of ICC World Cup Super Six Qualifiers between Sri Lanka vs West Indies on July 7th, 2023
| Match Played | 182 matches |
| Batting first won | 85 matches won |
| Batting second won | 93 matches won |
| Average 1st innings scores | 233 Runs |
| Highest Team innings total | 408/6 Zimbabwe vs USA |
| Lowest Team innings total | 35/10 by Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka |
The Harare Sports Club pitch in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers has been a pitch for batters. In the last match, there was some moisture on the pitch, but also, there were a lot of cracks opened up, which helped the spinners to take wickets.
The scoring rate has also gone down, and it is going to become a slow pitch because too many matches have been played on the ground.
Team Preview of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka played fantastic cricket in the tournament, and they will look to keep the movement going, but there might be some chance that they are going to use their young player to put them in a situation, so in the future, they might be handy.
Dushan Hemantha might get a chance in the next match as he is the only person who did not feature in any match of Sri Lanka.
Important players for the Sri Lanka Team in the match against West Indies
1- Pathum Nissanka is one of the most talented batters in the Sri Lanka lineup, and he scored a century in the last match against the Zimbabwe side, who were playing quite well in the tournament. In his last 10 matches, he scored 479 runs with an average of 59.87. He scored 290 runs in 6 matches in the tournament, making him the leading run scorer for the Sri Lanka team.
2- Wanin Hasaranga has been the player who just crushed all the batters, but in the last match, he did not take any wickets, which was a surprise for everyone. Now he has taken 20 wickets in 6 matches and will be important in the next match, but there might be a chance that Sri Lanka will give him some rest.
3- Maheesh Theekshana is another Sri Lanka bowler who gave a great performance in the tournament and was the player of the match in the last match against Oman as he took four crucial wickets. He took 14 in 6 matches in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers.
Team Preview West Indies
West Indies did perform quite well in their last match against Oman, but this kind of performance was needed in the last two matches for them, but they failed to give that, which cost them a knock blow from the World Cup.
Even in the last match against Oman, whose bowling side is not quite good, their opening partnership went on just 7 runs, and this has been one of the major problems with West Indies as their opening partnership do not give them a good start since a long time, and there are many rotations in the opening slot which making the team bit disbalance.
Important players for the West Indies in the match against Sri Lanka
1- Brandon King, at last, gave a good performance in the last match as he scored a century to give his team a good platform to win the match, which they did by 7 wickets. He scored only 250 runs in 6 matches which is not quite a good performance for a talent like King.
2- Shai Hope needs to keep giving the performance he gave in the last match against Oman, scoring 63 runs and keeping the wicket in hand. He is right now the 2nd highest run scorer in the tournament after completing 6 matches, scoring 339 runs with an average of 67.80.
3- Nicholas Pooran is the third-highest run-scorer now in the tournament, but because of the West Indies bowling unit, they lost their chance to qualify for the world cup because their batting unit did quite well. He scored 336 runs in 6 matches and stayed not out 4 times out of 6, which is quite amazing, but the good thing about him is that he can score run with a high scoring rate.
Sri Lanka vs West Indies: Probable Playing 11 of Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka
Sri Lanka vs West Indies: Probable Playing 11 of West Indies
Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Shamarh Brooks, Shai Hope(w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Kyle Mayers, Kevin Sinclair, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph
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