After Saturday's lengthy delay in Antigua, play at Guyana's Providence Stadium is also held up by the effects of rain Conditions improve fairly rapidly and fans are given the good news that play will begin at 1515 BST, only 45 minutes late After being put into bat by the hosts, Sri Lanka see Upal Tharanga bowled by Daren Powell for eight in the sixth over The second wicket comes three overs later when Kumar Sangakkara edges Ian Bradshaw behind, making it 35-2 His departure brings together Sanath Jayasuriya and captain Mahela Jayawardene who proceed to put on 100 in 19 overs Powell eventually breaks the 183-run partnership by getting Jayasuriya to play on, ending a memorable innings of 115 Accompanied by Chamara Silva, Jayawardene goes on to contribute 82 runs of his own as Sri Lanka pass the 250 mark Silva adds a useful 23 before Tillakaratne Dilshan makes a brisk 39 not out as Sri Lanka post a challenging total of 303-5 In reply, West Indies' openers put 20 on the board before Lasith Malinga unseats Chris Gayle for 10 in the sixth over Dwayne Bravo goes shortly after, beaten by a Chaminda Vaas in-swinger that sends his bails flying The alarm bells start to sound when Brian Lara is expertly stumped by Sangakkara for only two, making it 42-3 Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan's 50 partnership steadies the ship, but it takes them 17 overs They accumulate 92 runs before Sarwan is also stumped by Sangakkara for 44, leaving West Indies still needing 170 Wickets start to tumble at regular intervals and when Malinga finishes off Chanderpaul for 76, the game looks over West Indies are all out for 190 in the 45th over as they lose by 113 to disappoint their fans for the third game running
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