ICC World T20 2016: West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets

So Windies looking very strong. The competition is now alive and kicking. See you tomorrow. Goodnight !

Sammy: "It was good to see the way we bowled. And then the way Fletcher batted was brilliant. I'm happy as a captain. This World Cup is very special. We had a few difficulties before the tournament, but we are here to win it. Chris is like a local, hopefully for the rest of the tournament, they come out and support us in the same way."

Mathews: "We were 20-30 runs short and we did not take our chances. We kept losing wicket and wicket. An ICC tournament is always special."

Fletcher: "It was a bit easy to bat earlier and it got a little tough when the ball became old. So I tried my best to bat through. Chris is my mentor in T20s. Before I went to bat, he told me that I would have a big day today. We are all as one, unity and strength. We don't want to get complacent and will play each game as a final"

And his replacement Andre Fletcher is the man of the match.

The Windies are happy and they should be, but spare a thought for the crowd who thronged in to watch gayle, but unfortunately an injury to his hamstring prevented him from batting.

The top six T20I scores for WI are from Chris Gayle
117, 100*, 98, 90, 88, 85*
Marlon Samuels 85*
Andre Fletcher 84*#SLvWI #DimagSay #Bing
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 20, 2016

Very poor day for the defending champions. Poor score, poor bowling and then poor catching. Only Vandersay and Chameera were impressive it has to be said.

So two in two for West Indies and they are looking very strong going forward. They did not even need Gayle today.

18.2 Perera to Russell, 6 runs, smashed over deep cover to complete a convincing win.

18.2 Perera to Russell, 1 wide, bowls it wide of the off stump.

18.1 Perera to Russell 4 runs, to deep square leg. One hit away now.

Perera to bowl the 19th over.

17.6 Chameera to Fletcher, 2 runs, cut it to wide of deep point and they come through for another double.

17.5 Chameera to Fletcher, 2 runs, played to wide of Kulasekara and Fletcher rushes across for a double.

17.4 Chameera to Russell, DROPPED an absolute sitter did Kulasekara. Slower ball and Russell gets a big top edge to third man.

17.3 Chameera to Fletcher, 1 run, controlled nudge to third man.

17.2 Chameera to Fletcher, no run, slower ball outside off and Fletcher again cannot reach it.

17.1 Chameera to Fletcher, no run, once again full and on off side and Fletcher tries to get it but cannot reach it.

16.6 Kulasekara to Fletcher, 1 run, full ball and Fletcher plays it to long on for an easy single.

16.5 Kulasekara to Fletcher, 4 runs, full ball and Fletcher plays it back and sloppy work allows the ball to go through.

16.4 Kulasekara to Russell, 1 run, slower and full and Russell drills it to deep cover.

16.3 Kulasekara to Russell, 4 runs, on the full and Russell opens up and blasts it straight for a one bounce four.

16.2 Kulasekara to Fletcher, 1 run, down the track and meets the ball on the full and pats it straight.

16.1 Kulasekara to Fletcher, no run, full yorker, deft football skills from Fletcher preventing the ball to fall back on his stumps

15.6 Chameera to Fletcher, 1 run, full toss, smacked down the ground to end a long over.

15.6 Chameera to Fletcher, 1 wide, this time the ball passes the leg stump. Was very close to leg stump.

15.5 Chameera to Fletcher, no run, full and just inside the guide lines. Fletcher let it go.

15.4 Chameera to Fletcher, no run, slower this time and he connects only thin air. Good bowling from Chameera.

15.3 Chameera to Fletcher, no run, extra pace and zip and beats the cut of Fletcher.

15.3 Chameera to Russell, 2 wides, on off stump and they also cross across for a run.

15.2 Chameera to Fletcher, 1 run, full toss and patted to deep cover.

15.1 Chameera to Fletcher, they go up in appeal, slower ball on off and gets an outside edge that carries to Chandimal. Or has it? They have gone upstairs to the third umpire. Simon Fry says it has bounced before Chandimal. He stays does Fletcher and Gayle cannot come in just yet.

14.6 Siriwardana to Russell, 4 runs, swung very powerfully by Russell for a boundary to deep midwicket.

14.5 Siriwardana to Fletcher, 1 run, this time guided to short third man.

14.4 Siriwardana to Fletcher, 2 runs, played to the on side and runs across. Highest score for Fletcher.

14.3 Siriwardana to Fletcher, no run, this time gets an inside edge.

14.2 Siriwardana to Fletcher, 6 runs, down on one knee and launches this time way over long on.

14.1 Siriwardana to Fletcher, 6 runs, that has cleared the long-on fielder only just.

13.6 Vandersay to Russell, no run, on the back foot and keeps that ball out.

13.5 Vandersay to Fletcher, 1 run, on the pads and played to to the on side.

13.4 Vandersay to Fletcher, 2 runs, played it to deep cover.

13.3 Vandersay to Fletcher, no run, short and the cut cannot pierce the gap.

13.2 Vandersay to Fletcher, no run, turn again and played to short third man.

13.1 Vandersay to Fletcher, no run, bounce evades the cut.

12.6 Siriwardana to Russell, no run, tight line, bat pad. A slip and gully was posted there.

12.5 Siriwardana to Ramdin, OUT, brain freeze from Ramdin, goes for a massive slog and is castled.

12.4 Siriwardana to Fletcher, 1 run, driven to deep cover.

12.3 Siriwardana to Fletcher, 2 runs, nurdled to short fine for a single.

12.2 Siriwardana to Fletcher, 2 runs, flicked to wide of long on. 50 up for Fletcher.