Sri Lanka and West Indies have hardly had highlight moments when playing
each other. Their most talked-about match is actually one that didn't
happen, when West Indies refused to tour during the 1996 World Cup.
There is Viv Richards' 181 not out, there is Brian Lara's 169 and his
superlative Test tour of Sri Lanka in 2001, there are Muttiah
Muralitharan's exploits and Shivnarine Chanderpaul's finish with four
and six, but you really have to strain the memory to come up with those.
A glorious rivalry is not about to start on Saturday, but they play a
crucial Super Eights game, one that could possibly assure one of them a
semi-final place. It is a crucial game for the sides for different
reasons. Sri Lanka don't have a positive net run-rate after their Super
Over win, and West Indies will not be playing the last game of their
group, so neither side will want to get into a net run-rate situation.
The team that loses, though, could find themselves in exactly that
situation.
Form guide (completed matches, most recent first)
Sri Lanka WLWLLWest Indies WLWWL
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