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Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 57 runs

Sri Lanka will play Pakistan in Sunday’s final at Lord’s after Mathews astonishingly took three wickets for a single run in West Indies’ first over, as it chased Sri Lanka’s total of 158-5.

Mathews finished with 3-16, Muttiah Muralitharan took 3-29 and Ajantha Mendis 2-9 as West Indies was all out in less than 18 overs for 101, despite an unbeaten 63 from captain Chris Gayle at The Oval.

Earlier Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed 96 not out in 57 balls, including 12 fours and two sixes in equaling the third highest score in international Twenty20 history.

Scores Friday between Sri Lanka and West Indies in the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals at The Oval:

Sri Lanka

Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 96

Sanath Jayasuriya c Taylor b Bravo 24

Kumar Sangakkara c Pollard b Bravo 0

Mahela Jayawardene c Chanderpaul b Pollard 2

Chamara Silva c Ramdin b Benn 11

Jehan Mubarak c Sammy b Taylor 7

Angelo Mathews not out 12

Extras: (3w, 3lb) 6

TOTAL: (for five wickets) 158

Overs: 20.

Fall of wickets: 1-73, 2-73, 3-77, 4-127, 5-134.

Did not bat: Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis.

Bowling: Darren Sammy 4-0-19-0, Jerome Taylor 4-0-31-1, Dwayne Bravo 3-0-32-2, Sulieman Benn 4-0-24-1, Chris Gayle 3-0-35-0 (1w), Kieron Pollard 2-0-14-1 (1w). West Indies=

Chris Gayle not out 63

Xavier Marshall b Mathews 0

Lendl Simmons b Mathews 0

Dwayne Bravo b Mathews 0

Shivnarine Chanderpaul lbw Mendis 7

Ramnaresh Sarwan c Mathews b Muralitharan 5

Kieron Pollard st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 3

Denesh Ramdin c Jayawardene b Udana 9

Jerome Taylor c sub (Kulasekera) b Muralitharan 2

Darren Sammy c Mubarak b Mendis 1

Sulieman Benn b Malinga 0

Extras: (1b, 2lb, 7w, 1nb) 11

TOTAL: (all out) 101

Overs: 17.4.

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-43, 5-64, 6-75, 7-86, 8-95, 9-97, 10-101.

Bowling: Angelo Mathews 4-0-16-3, Isuru Udana 3-0-20-1 (1w), Lasith Malinga 2.4-0-24-1 (3w), Ajantha Mendis 4-0-9-2 (1w, 1nb) Muttiah Muralitharan 4-0-29-3 (2w).

Result: Sri Lanka wins by 57 runs.

Toss: West Indies.

Umpires: Aleem Dar, Pakistan and Rudi Koertzen, South Africa.

Third umpire: Daryl Harper, Australia. Match referee: Alan Hurst, Australia.