The 50-over World Cup is far older and has been competed for since back in 1975. Australia are the record winners having run out victorious on five occasions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015). England took the 2019 crown after a dramatic Ben Stokes-inspired super-over win over New Zealand at Lord's.

West Indies earned a consoltaory win in the third and final ODI of the bilateral series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Saturday (October 26). The hosts had already won the two matches that preceded the third game but the tourists ended the series with a confidence-boosting victory,

Sherfane Rutherford and Gudakesh Motie put on a record-breaking 119-run ninth-wicket stand, before Motie and Alzarri Joseph struck once apiece inside the powerplay. Aside from these stretches of dominance though, Sri Lanka ran away with the game.

Evin Lewis century helps West Indies beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets via DLS method in the final ODI, which was reduced to 23 overs a side after a five-hour rain delay.

West Indies won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat in the third and final ODI in Pallekele. Sri Lanka hold an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, but this will be the first time they will be batting first on what is expected to be another spin-friendly surface.

Sri Lanka and West Indies will meet for one final time in the bilateral ODI series on Saturday. The hosts have already taken an unassailable lead in the series, having tasted a win in each of the first two matches.

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, Oct 26, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Promising opener Jewel Andrew, 17, became the youngest player to represent the West Indies in ODIs as the tourists opted to bowl for Saturday's final match in Sri Lanka. The Antiguan turns 18 in December and is one of the brightest young talents in West Indian cricket.

Sri Lanka were set the task of chasing 232 in 37 overs after rain disrupted the West Indies innings during the opening ODI at Pallekele on Sunday.

Opening batter Nishan Madushka scored a half-century on debut and shared a 137-run partnership for the fourth wicket with captain Charith Asalanka to guide Sri Lanka to a five-wicket win over West Indies in their rain-hit ODI cricket opener.