{"id":24261,"date":"2024-11-20T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=24261"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:53:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:53:04","slug":"evin-lewis-masterclass-guides-windies-to-victory-in-kandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/evin-lewis-masterclass-guides-windies-to-victory-in-kandy\/","title":{"rendered":"Evin Lewis Masterclass Guides Windies to Victory in Kandy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 26, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies salvaged a win in the final One-Day International against Sri Lanka on Saturday in Kandy, securing an 8-wicket victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite already losing the series 2-1, the Windies managed to cap off their tour with a morale-boosting triumph, thanks to a brilliant century by Evin Lewis and a strong partnership with Sherfane Rutherford. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match was played under challenging conditions, with several rain interruptions that led to the application of the Duckworth-Lewis method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first, but the West Indies struggled to break through early on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pathum Nissanka (56) and Avishka Fernando (34) set a solid foundation for the hosts, with Kusal Mendis taking charge, scoring a rapid 56 from just 22 balls, pushing Sri Lanka to 156 for 3 before rain halted their innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roston Chase and Sherfane Rutherford were the only West Indies bowlers to claim wickets, each taking one, while a runout accounted for another dismissal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a delay for pitch inspections, the revised target for the West Indies was set at 195 runs from 23 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies chase started solidly, with Brandon King contributing 16 runs before being dismissed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evin Lewis then took charge, crafting an unbeaten 102 runs from 61 balls, including 9 fours and 4 sixes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skipper Shai Hope added 22 runs from 27 balls, but it was Sherfane Rutherford\u2019s explosive knock of 50 not out from 26 balls, featuring 4 fours and 3 sixes, that sealed the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West Indies finished with 196 for 2, securing the win with 8 wickets in hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a disappointing series overall, this victory brought a much-needed win for the Caribbean team after their earlier losses in both the ODI and T20 series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 26, 2024 West Indies salvaged a win in the final One-Day International against Sri Lanka on Saturday in Kandy, securing an 8-wicket victory. Despite already losing the series 2-1,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24261","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\/24261","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=24261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24267,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24261\/revisions\/24267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}