They are knocked out of this WC with just 1 win that too in their 1st game against Pakistan. They lost their last game against India by massive 125 runs. Fitness condition of E Lewis will be assessed before the Match, if he gets fit in time he will play in place of S Ambris. Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis/S Ambris will open the Innings for Windies. Gayle hasn't scored many runs this WC while Ambris scored 31 in last game. Shai Hope will bat at 1 down. He is looking totally different in this WC. He is finding difficult to score runs.
Nicolas Pooran will bat next at 2 down. He is one of the most attacking batsmen in the Windies team. He scored 28 runs in last game. Shimron Hetmyer will bat at 3 down. He is a very attacking batsman. He scored 54 against NZ and 18 in last game against India. Captain Holder will bat next and also lead the pace attack of the team. He also is a decent batsman. He took 2 wickets in last game. Carlos Braithwaite will follow him. He is a very attacking batsman and a decent bowler. He played one of the best innings in WC against NZ where he scored 101 in just 82 balls. Ashley Nurse/ F Allen will bat next and Also lead the spin attack. C Gayle will support him. Jason Holder, Oshane Thomas, Sheldon Cottrell, and Kemar Roach will lead the pace attack of the team. Carlos Braithwaite will assist them. Cottrell in very good form. He took 2 wickets in last game while Roach took 2 wickets.
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With 6 points from 7 games, The Lankan side is still in the race of semis. They lost their last game against South Africa by 9 wickets. This is a do or die game for the Lankans. They got a big blow as their main Pacer Nuwan Pradeep is ruled out of the WC. Captain D Karunaratne and Kusal Perera will open the Innings. D Karunaratne is in very good form. Perera is an attacking batsman while Karunaratne is technically very strong. Parera scored 30 in last game. Avishka Fernando will bat at no 3. Avishka is a very attacking batsman. He played 2 good knocks of 49, 30 in last 2 games. Kusal Mendis will bat at 4. He is a very talented youngster but is struggling to score runs. He scored 26 of 51 balls in last game. The experienced Angelo Mathews will bat next at 5. He scored a match-winning 85 runs against England. Dhanajaya de Silva will bat at 6. Dhananjaya is a decent batsman and will also bowl some over of off-spin. Thisara Perera will bat next and handle the allrounding section. T Perera is a very attacking batsman and can score really quick. He is looking totally out of form. De Silva and Jeevan Mendis/ J Vandersay will lead the Spin Attack of the team. De Silva took 3 wickets against England recently. L Malinga, Isuru Udana, and S Lakmal will lead the pace attack along with T Perera. Malinga has a lot of experience with him. He took 1 wicket in last game. Udana can also bat in attacking way.
