Summary

  • Watch in-play highlights from Bangalore

  • Andre Fletcher 84 not out from 64 (5 sixes)

  • Chris Gayle didn't bat because of minor injury

  • Leg-spinner Samuel Badree takes 3-12

  1. WI 99-3published at 16.1 overs

    Outstanding footwork from Fletcher. He jams the ball into the ground, then thinks it's going to drop on to the stumps. He flicks it, right-footed, away, with the skill of Cristiano Ronaldo.

  2. WI 99-3 (need 24 from 24 balls)published at 16 overs

    Sri Lanka are seething here. I make it three decisions that could have gone their way. An excellent replay shows fourth umpire Ian Gould playfully dragging Gayle from the boundary edge and back up the tunnel. Gould's nickname is 'Gunner', so that might be why Gayle went quietly.

  3. WI 97-3published at 15.3 overs

    Incidentally, we can hear the third umpire talking to a technical operative as these decisions are made. Some fella called Rob, in charge of the replays, was getting some very stern instructions by third umpire Simon Fry. Poor Rob. The crowd are still demanding Gayle.

  4. WI 94-4published at 15.1 overs

    Oh my. I wouldn't want to be an official in Bengaluru right now. You might not get out alive. The third umpire thinks it's bounced. Not out. The crowd are chanting for Gayle before the decision comes, then the boos are deafening when it does.

  5. Third umpirepublished at 15.1 overs

    WI 94-4

    Gone? Time for the World Boss? Andre Fletcher edges Chameera behind, but he's not sure it's carried. The umpires look again. Even the crowd boo the third umpire. Gayle waits on the boundary edge...

  6. Women's Twenty20 latestpublished at 16:48 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2016

    Can Ireland's women beat Sri Lanka? It's a tough ask...some big hits required...

  7. WI 94-3 (Fletcher 71 from 49)published at 15 overs

    He can do the cute stuff too, Fletcher, dinking a late cut for a single, with Russell then getting in the act with a pull for four. That might be the over that did for Sri Lanka. 19 from it, only 29 needed from six overs.

  8. 6 runs

    WI 87-3published at 14.2 overs

    Forget that, Andre Fletcher should keep going. Twin sixes down the ground off Siriwardana, the second one a monster. Sit down, Chris.

  9. WI 75-3published at 14 overs

    Still the crowd chant as Jefferey Vandersay once again spins a web. There's a slip and a gully in the 14th over of a T20! West Indies required rate creeps up, only three from the over. Now we're hearing that Gayle can bat next. Maybe one of these two should kick their stumps over?

  10. Postpublished at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2016

  11. WI 72-3published at 13 overs

    What crazy scenes. Gayle had his pads on and obviously decided he'd seen enough of his mates faffing about. He was down the steps, but stopped by the third umpire, who says he can't bat for another 11 minutes. He's a brave man saying that to the Universe Boss. The crowd chant again - riotous stuff. In all that, Andre Russell has to walk out. Incredible.

  12. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 12.5 overs

    Ramdin b Siriwardana 5 (WI 72-3)

    Bowled him! Denesh Ramdin plays an awful stroke to be bowled by Milinda Siriwardana. Who cares about that, though? Chris Gayle has decided it's time...

  13. 50 for Andre Fletcherpublished at 12.2 overs

    WI 69-2

    Andre Fletcher is filling the biggest possible shoes at the top of the West Indies batting order. Stepping up place of the injured Chris Gayle, he's reached 50 from 37 balls. At the moment, he's taking the Winides home, steady as she goes...

  14. WI 67-2 (target 123)published at 12 overs

    At 39, Tillakaratne Dilshan might be getting to the stage when most cricketers think about having a knockabout in one of Shane Warne's legends games, but he's still electric at backward point. Sri Lanka's bowlers have really dragged it back - Dushmantha Chameera is nailing his yorkers. Only 15 off the last four overs.

  15. WI 63-2 (need 60 from 54 balls)published at 11 overs

    Ooohhh, this must be close. Ramdin hit on the pad, Aleem Dar turning it down. Inside edge? No. Ramdin very lucky. This is close too! Fletcher through the off side, just out of cover's reach. Left-armer Siriwardana making things happen. Replays show Ramdin was out, you know. Sri Lanka have had the raw end of the decisions tonight.

  16. WI 56-2 (need 67 from 60 balls)published at 10 overs

    Sri Lanka squeeze, bringing back the squat torturer Rangana Herath. Still the crowd chant for Gayle as Hearth's floaty-loopy left-armer confound the men in maroon. A shout for lbw against Fletcher, who has retreated into his shell. The Windies are going nowhere.

  17. WI 54-2 (need 69 from 66 balls)published at 9 overs

    Denesh Ramdin is the latest West Indies batsman to feel unwelcome, greeted by the Gayle chants. Play and miss. These fans might yet see the Universe Boss. 

  18. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 8.3 overs

    Samuels st Chandimal b Siriwardana 3 (WI 54-2)

    Marlon Samuels, what are you doing? You need a run a ball. Knock it around, man, take the singles. Running down the track to Siriwardana doesn't seem like a very good option, especially when you miss it and get stumped by half a mile. Awful.

  19. 6 runs

    WI 52-1 (target 123)published at 8 overs

    Johnson Charles isn't being made to look a fool by some pesky leggie. Put your foot down the track, swing the bat, hit him for six. Easy. What are you messing about at, Marlon?

  20. WI 46-1published at 7.4 overs

    Why wasn't this lad in the squad all along? He's bowling some unplayable leggies here, making Samuels look a right clown. No bat on or, if he does hit it, not getting through the field. Finally, Samuels takes a single...