Sri Lanka's run-machine Tillakaratne Dilshan hit a sublime unbeaten 96 to help the Lankans overcome a mid-innings collapse and post 158 for five. And when they returned to defend the total, Angelo Mathews sent down a sensational first over, claiming three crucial wickets, and West Indies could never really recover from the setbacks. The long and the short of it was that West Indies had to pay with three top order wickets for their first run.
Dilshan's unbeaten 57-ball knock, bejewelled with two sixes and 12 fours, was the cornerstone of the Lankan innings as the right-hander went on to eclipse Jacques Kallis as the leading scorer in the tournament. Dilshan's knock was not only the highest individual score of the Twenty20 World Cup 2009 but also the highest by a Lankan in a Twenty20 International.
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