{"id":23868,"date":"2024-11-07T12:28:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23868"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:28:36","slug":"west-indies-take-lead-in-t20-series-against-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/west-indies-take-lead-in-t20-series-against-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"West Indies Take Lead in T20 Series Against Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 14, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Half-centuries from Brandon King and Evin Lewis powered the West Indies to victory over Sri Lanka in the first match of their three-game T20 series on the sub-continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winning the toss and electing to bowl, the West Indies restricted Sri Lanka to 179 for 7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romario Shepherd led the bowling attack with 2 for 39 in four overs, while Gudakesha Motie, Shamar Joseph, Alzarri Joseph, and Shamar Springer each claimed a wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing 180, the West Indies openers Brandon King and Evin Lewis provided a strong foundation, amassing 107 runs before Lewis fell for 50 in the 10th over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>King followed soon after, scoring 63, and Shai Hope added a quick 7 before his dismissal in the 11th over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rovman Powell (13) and Roston Chase (19) contributed briefly before both were dismissed with the score at 167 for 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sherfane Rutherford\u2019s 14 guided the Caribbean team to victory, achieving their target with five balls to spare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second match is scheduled for Tuesday, October 15, at 9:30 AM local time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, 2024 Half-centuries from Brandon King and Evin Lewis powered the West Indies to victory over Sri Lanka in the first match of their three-game T20 series on the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23869,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23868\/revisions\/23869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}