Cricket
Toss West Indies chose to field v Sri Lanka
Darren Sammy won the toss at the SSC and chose to field under overcast skies in the final ODI of the series.
Having confirmed that they can not lose the series, Sri Lanka chose to rest their first-choice bowling attack. Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan and Nuwan Kulasekara made way for Dilhara Fernando, Ajantha Mendis and Thisara Perera.
West Indies too made changes to their XI, but they were geared towards finding the ideal combination to square the series. Seamer Kemar Roach was replaced by left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn, while the assurance of Shivnarine Chanderpaul was preferred over the slam-bang approach of Kieron Pollard.
West Indies: 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Adrian Barath, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 5 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Ravi Rampaul, 8 Darren Sammy (capt), 9 Carlton Baugh (wk), 10 Sulieman Benn, 11 Nikita Miller
Sri Lanka: 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt and wk), 4 Thilan Samaraweera, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Mahela Jayawardene, 7 Chamara Kapugedera, 8 Rangana Herath, 9 Thisara Perera, 10 Dilhara Fernando, 11 Ajantha Mendis
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