Sri Lanka would take on West Indies in the 2014 ICC T20 World Cup 1st semi final played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka on Thursday April 03, 2014. Sri Lanka vs West Indies Semi Final match scheduled to begin at 19:00 local time (13:00 GMT). The 2012 ICC T20 World Cup finalists Sri lanka and West Indies played for 2014 T20 World Cup Semi-final match today. “We’ve a lot of experience,” Sammy told reporters ahead of Thursday’s semi-final against Sri Lanka, an opponent they beat in the 2012 final.
Online Broadcasting Channels:
Sky Sports (UK), Fox Sports (Australia), Super Sport (South Africa), BTV (Bangladesh), PTV Sports (Pakistan), Star India (India), SLBC (Sri Lanka), ESPN3 (USA). Some of the other Asian countries can watch the India v Pakistan match like this. Afghanistan viewers can tune in to Lemar TV while Sri Lankan fans can also watch the game on CSN. Bangladesh TV, Maasranga TV and Gazi TV will broadcast the encounter in Bangladesh.
West Indies:
Bravo and Sammy starred with the bat while Badree and Narine were brilliant with the ball as West Indies beat Pakistan by 84 runs to set up a semis clash with Sri Lanka. Badree and Narine showed why they are ranked No. 1 and 2 bowlers in T20Is. Together they picked up 6 wickets and conceded only 26 runs in the last match against Pakistan. Teeming with power-hitters such as Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo, West Indies also have two excellent slow bowlers in Sunil Narine and Samuel Badree, who have troubled opposition in Mirpur’s spin-friendly track. West Indies have emerged as a stronger force in cricket’s latest and shortest format, winning the World Twenty20 crown in Sri Lanka two years ago.
Sri Lanka:
It will be a test for the Sri Lankan batsmen who haven`t done really well, save the England game, but somehow managed to fly under the radar because of a good spin attack. Mahela Jayawardene, in his last T20 tournament has been his team`s top scorer with 134 runs. The Lankan batting depends on their three senior players — Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan — and all of them need to fire in order to post a good total. Sangakkara, in fact, has had a horrible run so far, scoring just 18 runs from his three innings. Sri Lanka won by 59 runs against New Zealand in the low scoring match on 31st match 2014 to get a semi final birth. Rangana Herath The Sri Lankan bowling revolved around one man, i.e Rangana Herath. He bamboozled the batsmen with his variations. The pitch too played its part in helping the spinner. With 5 wickets for 3 runs he now has the best figures in this T20 Cup.
World T20, 1st Semi-Final: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Dhaka, Apr 3, 2014
Match scheduled to begin at 19:00 local time (13:00 GMT)
Sri Lanka Squad
LD Chandimal*, SL Malinga, TM Dilshan, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, AD Mathews, BAW Mendis, MDKJ Perera, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, KC Sangakkara†, SMSM Senanayake, HDRL Thirimanne
West Indies Squad
DJG Sammy*, S Badree, DJ Bravo, J Charles, SS Cottrell, ADS Fletcher, CH Gayle, SP Narine, D Ramdin†, R Rampaul, AD Russell, MN Samuels, K Santokie, LMP Simmons, DR Smith
Match Info
Match: Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 1st Semi-final, T20 WC 2014
Date: Thu, Apr 03, 2014
Start Time: 1:00 PM GMT
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough, Rod Tucker
3rd Umpire: Steve Davis
Match Referee: David Boon