ICC World Twenty20 2012 Championship Finals
Sri Lanka vs West Indies
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
West Indies crowned champions
7 Oct 2012
A Marlon Samuels-inspired West Indies recovered from an awful start to beat Sri Lanka and clinch the World Twenty20 title. The West Indies, restricted to 137/6 after electing to bat, hit back to defeat Sri Lanka by 36 runs on Sunday. It was the Caribbeans' first major global title after a gap of 33 years having won the ODI World Cup back in 1979.Marlon Samuels smashed a heroic 78 off 56 balls to steer West Indies to 137 for six after only 32 runs came off the first 10 overs. The first run off the bat came off the 17th legal delivery. The hosts were all out for 101 in 18.4 overs. Reported Earlier: Darren Sammy won the toss and West Indies will bat first in the Finals against a Sri Lakan team that is desperate to win their first major tournament since the country surprised the cricketing world by claiming the World Cup 16 years ago. The Sri Lankan batting will be up-against West Indian pacers Fidel Edwards and Ravi Rampaul.
Sri Lanka XI: M Jayawardene (Captain), Dilshan, Sangakkara (Wicket Keeper), Mathews, Thirimanne, Perera, J Mendis, N Kulasekara, Malinga, A Mendis, Dananjaya
West Indies XI: Charles, Gayle, Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Pollard, Ramdin (Wicket Keeper), Russell, Sammy (Captain), Narine, Rampaul, Badree
World T20 2012 Championship Finals, Sri Lanka vs West Indies: West Indies 137/6 (Samuels 78, Mendis 4-12, Malinga 0-54) beat Sri Lanka 101 in 18.4 ov (Narine 3-9) by 36 runs
Picture: West Indies captain Darren Sammy and Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene pose for photographers with the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup trophy in Colombo.Destructive West Indies batting led by opener Chris Gayle will take on clinical Sri Lanka infront of a sell-out crowd of 35,000 at the Premadasa stadium on Sunday. Sri Lanka defeated the West Indies by nine wickets in the Super Eights, the same margin as in a practice game before the tournament. Meanwhile the highest total of 205/4 in this edition of the WT20 Cup was posted by West Indies when they beat the Aussies by 74 runs in the Semi Finals, their biggest T20 victory. Jayawardene, with 210 runs, is the fourth highest run-maker in the tournament behind Australian Shane Watson (249), Gayle (219) and Brendon McCullum of New Zealand (212), while unorthodox spinner Ajantha Mendis shares the top spot among bowlers with Shane Watson at 11 wickets apiece, followed by sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga, who has eight scalps.
West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 36 runs
West Indies won the toss and decided to bat|
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Runs
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Balls
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4s
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6s
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| Charles | c N Kulasekara | b Mathews |
0
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5 | 0 | 0 |
| Gayle | lbw | b A Mendis |
3
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16 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuels | c J Mendis | b Dananjaya |
78
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56 | 3 | 6 |
| Dwayne Bravo | lbw | b A Mendis |
19
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19 | 0 | 1 |
| Pollard | c Dananjaya | b A Mendis |
2
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| Russell | lbw | b A Mendis |
0
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1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy | not out |
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26
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15 | 3 | 0 |
| Ramdin | not out |
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4
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4 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras |
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3w 2lb | 5 |
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| Total |
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for 6 | 137 | (20.0 ovs) | ||
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Runs
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Balls
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4s
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6s
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| M Jayawardene | c Sammy | b Narine |
33
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36 | 2 | 0 |
| Dilshan |
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b Rampaul |
0
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3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangakkara | c Pollard | b Badree |
22
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26 | 2 | 0 |
| Mathews |
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b Sammy |
1
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5 | 0 | 0 |
| J Mendis | run out (Dwayne Bravo) |
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3
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3 | 0 | 0 |
| Perera | run out (Ramdin) |
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3
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5 | 0 | 0 |
| Thirimanne | c Charles | b Sammy |
4
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7 | 0 | 0 |
| N Kulasekara | c Badree | b Narine |
26
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13 | 3 | 1 |
| Malinga | c Dwayne Bravo | b Narine |
5
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13 | 0 | 0 |
| A Mendis | c Dwayne Bravo | b Samuels |
1
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2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dananjaya | not out |
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0
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0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras |
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1nb 2lb | 3 |
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| Total |
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all out | 101 | (18.4 ovs) | ||
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