{"id":180626,"date":"2026-06-15T01:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180626"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:10:02","slug":"west-indies-beats-sri-lanka-by-five-wickets-to-clinch-t20-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180626","title":{"rendered":"West Indies beats Sri Lanka by five wickets to clinch T20 series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71103829\">Sherfane Rutherford reached his half-century in the last over of a dramatic run chase as West Indies completed a series-clinching five-wicket win with two deliveries to spare on Sunday in the third Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Rutherford was unbeaten on 54 from 40 deliveries, and Jason Holder clobbered three sixes in the penultimate over, finishing 21 not out off five balls as the West Indies reached 170-5 in reply to Sri Lanka\u2019s 169.<\/p>\n<p>Two costly missed catches during Rutherford\u2019s innings hurt Sri Lanka\u2019s chances of taking the series after the first two games were split.<\/p>\n<p>West Indies went into the deciding game with an attacking focus, deciding to bowl first after winning the toss.<\/p>\n<p>Shamar Joseph (5-33) backed up the decision by snaring five wickets to contain Sri Lanka\u2019s innings in a player-of-the-match performance.<\/p>\n<p>West Indies won the first T20 by seven wickets, and Sri Lanka won the second by 37 runs on Saturday, leaving the series in the balance.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph took two wickets in the sixth over and three in the last over of Sri Lanka\u2019s innings \u2013 twice missing hat-trick opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Forde took a stunning one-handed catch off his own bowling to remove Kusal Mendis (5) on the ninth delivery of the match.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/vaibhav-sooryavanshi-india-a-tri-nation-series-sri-lanka-a-score-runs-dambulla\/article71103514.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi misses out on half-century again, dismissed for 21 runs against Sri Lanka A<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka accelerated to 49-1 after five overs, then Joseph struck with wickets on consecutive balls in the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Pathum Nissanka hit 26 from 17 deliveries until he top-edged a catch to Roston Chase to end the 43-run second-wicket partnership. Joseph then trapped Pavan Rathnayake lbw on the next delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Dunith Wellalage anchored a lower-order rally for Sri Lanka that was undone when Wanindu Hasaranga (21 off 13 deliveries) was run out in the 19th over, ending a 49-run partnership for the seventh wicket.<\/p>\n<p>Wellalage was the first of three wickets to fall in the 20th, posting 43 from 28 deliveries in a run-a-minute innings.<\/p>\n<p>After losing Shai Hope on the third delivery of the run chase, bowled by Wellalage, West Indies raced to 52 before losing three wickets for one run in a 12-ball span that swung momentum back in Sri Lanka\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n<p>Rovman Powell (33) combined with Rutherford to revive the run chase, putting on 81 for the fifth wicket until he was dismissed on the last ball of an eventful 17th over.<\/p>\n<p>The over from pace bowler Dushmantha Chameera contained nine deliveries \u2013 including a no-ball and two wides \u2013 and netted 24 runs for the West Indies and the wicket of Powell. It left the West Indies needing 36 runs from three overs.<\/p>\n<p>The equation got down to 29 required from two overs. Holder clouted Chameera for three sixes in four deliveries to end the 19th and leave West Indies needing six runs for victory.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka won the preceding \u2013 and soggy \u2013 three-match ODI series 1-0 after the final two matches were rained out. Sri Lanka won the first match by 41 runs.<\/p>\n<p>The teams will meet in a two-Test series starting June 25 in Antigua.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/sherfane-rutherford-shamar-joseph-west-indies-sri-lanka-third-t20i\/article71103829.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherfane Rutherford reached his half-century in the last over of a dramatic run chase as West Indies completed a series-clinching five-wicket win with two deliveries to spare on Sunday in the third Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka. Rutherford was unbeaten on 54 from 40 deliveries, and Jason Holder clobbered three sixes in the penultimate over, &#8230; <a title=\"West Indies beats Sri Lanka by five wickets to clinch T20 series\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180626\" aria-label=\"Read more about West Indies beats Sri Lanka by five wickets to clinch T20 series\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AFP__20260615__B73G4AR__v1__HighRes__CricketTwenty20T20InternationalWestIndiesVSriLa.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":176563,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176563","url_meta":{"origin":180626,"position":0},"title":"WI vs SL, 1st ODI: Nissanka, Mendis score fifties as Sri Lanka beats the West Indies by 41 runs","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pathum Nissanka made a careful 79 and captain Kusal Mendis a fast-paced 72 to lay the foundation for Sri Lanka\u2019s 41-run win Wednesday over West Indies in the first One Day International on Wednesday. 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