SL 35-0published at 4.1 overs

4.1 overs

Shot!

Ravi Rampaul drops short and Kusal Perera short-arm jabs over the square-leg boundary for the first six of the game.

Two Jason Holder overs, two boundaries off the final ball.

He goes short this time and Pathum Nissanka gloves over Nicholas Pooran and away to the fine leg boundary.

There seems to be a little bit of hold in this pitch. Kusal Perera had got a leading edge just short of Holder in his follow-through earlier in the over.

He played a couple of lovely back-foot punches.

Think Joe Root.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

Aleem Dar was a cricketer when he was younger and he was out there having a hit a bit earlier. It's great he still has the enthusiasm for the game.

Carlos Brathwaite
West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

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That's good intent from the Sri Lankan batters, turning one into two. West Indies will need to show the same.

There's been some good running from Sri Lanka so far. They've got through for a couple of scampering twos already. They have made a decent start.

This is the same pitch that India made 210 on against Afghanistan on Wednesday by the way.

It was just the one over from Roston Chase.

Ravi Rampaul is going to have a bowl.

Carlos Brathwaite
West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

You could sense the lack of form and timing in that shot, but the intent was there.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

That's the intent that we often see from Kusal Perera.

Twenty20 cricket is so often about how you go into and finish an over and Jason Holder had done well, conceding just four, but his final ball is the slot and Kusal Perera plonks him over mid-on for four.

He didn't connect cleanly at all but it is a boundary all the same.

Imagine being 42 and still being able to rock these socks. Chris Gayle, you legend.

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Streaky! Roston Chase drops short and wide and Kusal Perera, who has had a very quiet tournament, has a prod and the ball flies past Chris Gayle and away to the boundary.

Tidy enough start.

West Indies will start with the off spin of Roston Chase.

Looking to sneak one in.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

It's a long shot for West Indies at the moment, but they are still alive in this tournament. Just.

We're going to be a couple of minutes late starting.

We didn't come out early enough for the Sri Lanka national anthem.

Here's how Group 1 is looking after Australia thrashed Bangladesh earlier.

West Indies must win this game to keep alive their slim semi-finals hopes.

Sri Lanka are already out and can fly home after this game.

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Carlos Brathwaite
West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

West Indies need to put themselves in a position to win first. Only when you get to the second innings, potentially the final 10 overs, can you take an extra risk here or there and think about net run rate.

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka: "We're played three games and we had a good idea about the pitch but the pitches have got flatter here as the tournament has progressed.

"Our batting line-up hasn't really delivered in the tournament, which is a shame because if it had I think we could have gone to the semi-finals."

West Indies captain Kieron Pollard: "Bowling first has been the nature that has been successful in the tournament so far. We expect a bit of dew batting second too.

"One of the most important things in a cricket match is playing the cricket match. There are a lot of mathematical calculations around but as a side we're comfortable with what we want to do."

West Indies could really do with this bloke performing today.

He certainly looks nice and relaxed.

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