Sri Lanka v West Indies - live! 9th over: Sri Lanka 46-1 (Jayawardene 24, Sangakkara 22) This is good pressure from West Indies but just as I say that, a sweet shot from Sangakkara sees him dispatch Chris Gayle over the covers and across the boundary rope. This is pretty full stuff from Gayle and a full toss is pulled away for a single by Sangakkara. Eight from the over and Sri Lanka need 91 from 66 deliveries to win this. 8th over: Sri Lanka 39-1 (Jayawardene 22, Sangakkara 16) Narine gets two off breaks to dart viciously away from Sangakkara. Excellent bowling and Sangakkara edges one to scamper across for a single. He will be pleased to get off strike but he's immediately back into the action as Jayawardene plays a forward defensive that results in another single. That's better from the batsman, pushing one into the leg side but what a good over from Narine. Just three from it. 7th over: Sri Lanka 36-1 (Jayawardene 21, Sangakkara 14) Chris Gayle didn't do any damage with the willow in hand earlier, but now let's see what he can do with the ball in his grasp. He starts with a good line and flights one into Sangakkara, who drives well through the covers and Sri Lanka take a couple. Six from that over from Gayle, again it's pretty tight from the Windies, but they need wickets. 6th over: Sri Lanka 30-1 (Jayawardene 19, Sangakkara 10) Ravi Rampaul brought back into the attack, it was actually a bit of a strange decision to give him a quick rest. Good pace from Rampaul, who bangs a short one down that beats Sangakkara all ends up. Another excellent, tight over for the West Indies, if they can get a wicket on the board then the pressure will start to grow on Sri Lanka. 5th over: Sri Lanka 26-1 (Jayawardene 17, Sangakkara 8) Samuels has taken a lot of the pace out of his bowling, really looping them down to Jayawardene and Sangakkara. Just three from that over, singles added to the Sri Lanka tally. West Indies need to remove these two pretty swiftly if they are going to stand a chance of winning this tie. 4th over: Sri Lanka 24-1 (Jayawardene 16, Sangakkara 6) A short and wide long-hop from Badree is cut easily to the boundary by Jayawardene. Fine shot and the Sri Lanka captain then shovels one through mid-wicket for a couple. Badree is struggling and sends down a full toss, clipped off his legs by Jayawardene for a couple. 3rd over: Sri Lanka 15-1 (Jayawardene 8, Sangakkara 6) Marlon Samuels is brought into the attack and slides one into Jayawardene's pads, up into the air and caught behind ... but not out after some half-hearted appeals. Jayawardene remains on strike and sweeps one high out to the square leg boundary, Bravo is chasing over and has made it in time, but he can't quite keep hold of the white ball! Oh Bravo, you don't want to drop this man. It would have been an excellent catch, but having got to it, he might be disappointed with that. 2nd over: Sri Lanka 11-1 (Jayawardene 5, Sangakkara 5) Streaky boundary from Sangakkara facing his second ball. That would have been edged straight into the hands of second slip, but instead, it races down to the boundary. Rampaul is charging in with real fire in his belly and this was exactly the start that the West Indies required. A wicket and five runs from the over. Rampaul with an absolute jaffa! A fantastic first ball that sends Dilshan's off peg tumbling, sublime stuff and he goes for a duck! Sri Lanka 6-1 (Dilshan b Rampaul 0) 1st over: Sri Lanka 6-0 (Jayawardene 6, Dilshan 0) Well, the Windies need a good start, that's for sure. Badree kicks things off with some sliding, low deliveries. However, the Sri Lanka captain tickles one well down to the third man boundary off the fourth ball of the over. Lovely shot from Jayawardene, a solid start for his side. The spinner Badree will open the bowling for the Windies, with Jayawardene and Dilshan at the crease. The teams are out for the second innings... Credit to Marlon Samuels for his wonderful knock of 78. Without him, West Indies were looking at a sub-100 score. "The Windies will need at least 140 to have a chance I reckon," writes Simon McMahon. Well they did extremely well to reach 137, they at least can make a game of this after a dreadful start. Sri Lanka need 138 runs to win 20th over: West Indies 137-6 (Sammy 26, Ramdin 4) The batsmen take a quick two from the first ball of the final over, which will be delivered by Kulasekara. West Indies know this over is absolutely crucial, they can post a respectable score with some big boundaries here. Sammy duly obliges, smashing it through mid-wicket, one bounce and that flies over the rope. Kulasekara is keeping it pretty tight as another full ball is dispatched to wide long-on, Sammy taking two once again. The captain is leading from the front and smacks the ball down to mid-off, running back for two, but only one is recorded after Sammy failed to ground his bat over the line. Final ball of the innings ... and it's hit down the ground for four! A good way to end things and West Indies have salvaged a car crash of an innings. 19th over: West Indies 122-6 (Sammy 11, Ramdin 4) Malinga to continue after that dreadful previous effort, but with Samuels now sat back in the dugout, maybe he can breath easy. Two excellent yorkers to start with, but the second is somehow dug out by Sammy, who edges it down to fine leg for four. The skipper then goes for a big strike through the off side, he sends it up in the air, but it lands safely. Another top yorker from Malinga's final ball, but West Indies take a single. 18th over: West Indies 112-6 (Sammy 3, Ramdin 2) That was an inspired bowling change from Jayawardene, as Ramdin emerges for the last few overs. A few half-hearted lbw appeals from Dananjaya to finish an excellent over with the pressure really on. That's the key wicket! The 19-year-old Dananjaya is brought back into the attack and Samuels pulls him through mid-wicket, but there is Jeevan Mendis with a simple catch on the boundary. West Indies 108-6 (Samuels c J Mendis b Dananjaya 78) 17th over: West Indies 108-5 (Samuels 78, Sammy 2) Replays suggesting that Pollard may have gloved the ball before it hit his pad for that lbw decision. That's been and gone, and Malinga is back into the Sri Lanka attack now. Remember he was treated with absolute disregard by Samuels earlier in the innings, but the first ball is much better, right in the blockhole. Samuels swats him past backward point for four with the third ball, though, before dispatching a short ball over fine leg for six! I don't know what Malinga was thinking there, that was a woeful delivery. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Malinga, who has had such a fine tournament, is pummeled to the long-on boundary for another six! And when I say to the boundary, I mean to the top tier of the stands! Samuels nearly hit that out of the ground, a staggering shot. 16th over: West Indies 89-5 (Samuels 60, Sammy 1) The hat-trick ball is a poor effort from Mendis, I suppose we can forgive him for that. Run-out chance off the final ball as Sammy is slow making his ground, but replays show the Windies captain just got his bat over the white line. It's a golden duck for Russell and two in two for Mendis, the batsman attempting a slog sweep and completely missing it. Hat-trick opportunity... West Indies 87-5 (Russell lbw b A Mendis 0) Claimed by Dananjaya at the second attempt! Pollard cut away and there was the 19-year-old at short third man to palm up into the air and then clutch the ball gratefully to his chest! West Indies 87-4 (Pollard c Dananjaya b A Mendis 2) 15th over: West Indies 87-3 (Samuels 59, Pollard 2) Kieron Pollard comes to the crease with Jeevan Mendis continuing in the attack. Samuel trots down the track and that's an almighty six over long-on. He didn't even catch that in the middle but it still flew over the rope. A four next up from Samuels, a miscued shot through mid-wicket that raced to the boundary. 14 runs from that over and West Indies are making a fight of this. Samuels is playing quite magnificently. That's a poor decision from Simon Taufel. Bravo got a clear inside edge as the ball diverted into his pads, and he looks exasperated as he walks back to the dugout. West Indies 73-3 (Bravo lbw b A Mendis 19) 13.5 overs: West Indies 67-3 (Samuels 47, Bravo 19) Malinga took an absolute battering in that over, but Ajantha Mendis has slowed things down once again. The batsmen are still finding it difficult to read the Sri Lanka spinners. 13th over: West Indies 69-2 (Samuels 45, Bravo 17) Lasith Malinga back into the Sri Lanka attack and he swings a yorker right in the blockhole, which Bravo does well to dig out. Samuels on strike now and there he goes ... another six for the West Indies! A full ball is dispatched over mid-wicket and well over the boundary. Samuels is starting to turn it on now and another full delivery from Malinga is bashed away, this time over the off-side fielders for another six! And Samuels finishes with another maximum, over wide long-on this time! Well, it's nice of you to join us West Indies. 12th over: West Indies 48-2 (Samuels 26, Bravo 15) Finally we get a big hit! Bravo smacks Dananjaya over cow corner for an almighty maximum. That doesn't perturb the young bowler, though, who persists with his marvelous variation. 10 runs from the over, with Bravo adding to the tally with a few singles. The run-rate is 4.00, still West Indies in deep, deep trouble. 11th over: West Indies 38-2 (Samuels 23, Bravo 8) Jeevan Mendis in now and it's a dropped catch from Kulasekara at long-off! Samuels is going after everything and Mendis nearly benefited with a wicket, but Kulasekara couldn't quite hold onto it after seemingly taking the ball with a wonderful effort. Only six runs from the over as Samuels drives the final delivery to Jayawardene in the covers. The pressure is cranking up. 10th over: West Indies 32-2 (Samuels 20, Bravo 5) Dananjaya is brought into the attack and at 19 this lad's heart must be beating. West Indies will surely go after him, but Samuels and Bravo seem content in knocking singles. Samuels then goes for an almighty thwack but he misses the ball completely, the little white orb nutmeging the batsman. Just three singles off the over, more remarkable bowling. 9th over: West Indies 29-2 (Samuels 19, Bravo 3) Mathews steaming in once more. One shoots down the leg side with Bravo on strike. Good fielding by Dananjaya down at third man, firing a throw in to prevent the two. More excellent fielding from Sri Lanka, this time it's Malinga, so often maligned for his work in the deep, who sprints across with an athletic dive to stop the four. Samuels is finding the middle now but is denied another boundary, this time from Kulasekara at wide long-off. So frustrating for the Windies. 8th over: West Indies 22-2 (Samuels 14, Bravo 2) Ajantha Mendis to continue for Sri Lanka, and the batsmen have no idea what kind of delivery is coming next. There is a little bit of slow turn out in the middle, but nothing spectacular by any stretch of the imagination. This is just wonderful bowling. Samuels goes for the big shot but misses the ball and he doesn't trouble the scorers. He does add three runs off the final two deliveries, but Sri Lanka won't mind about that. 7th over: West Indies 18-2 (Samuels 11, Bravo 1) Out of the powerplay now and the fielders drop back to the boundary. Angelo Mathews comes into the attack once again, and West Indies add a couple of runs to the tally with comfortable singles. We've only had one boundary so far in this innings, and one feels Samuels is the man who needs to pick things up. Malinga with some top fielding out in the deep, scuttling across to prevent the two. The run-rate is 2.57! 6th over: West Indies 14-2 (Samuels 9, Bravo 0) Mendis finishes the over with a quicker delivery that darts away from Dwayne Bravo. Wonderful stuff from him Gayle force goes! Oh this is a quite brilliant display of bowling from Sri Lanka, Mendis beating him all ends up and that was absolutely plumb! West Indies 14-2 (Gayle lbw b A Mendis 3) 5.3 overs: West Indies 14-1 (Gayle 3, Samuels 9) Ajantha Mendis changes the pace for Sri Lanka now, and Samuels opens the face and edges one for a single. Only four balls left in the batting powerplay, let's see what Gayle can do now. Mendis sends a wide down the leg side before drifting it into Gayle's front pad. Sri Lanka appeal but not out says umpire Taufel. 5th over: West Indies 12-1 (Gayle 3, Samuels 8) Lasith Malinga is thrown into the mix by Jayawardene. Gayle clips one delicately off his legs for a single. Another one for Samuels, turning it away on the leg side. Fantastic delivery from Malinga! He gets one to cut away from Gayle, who pulls his hand away at the last moment, but that beat the big man all ends up. Gayle is looking a wee bit hesitant out there, which is quite unlike him. Remember things can turn so quickly in T20, though. The batsmen appear happy to take the singles at the moment, and Gayle allows the final ball to fly through to Sangakkara. 4th over: West Indies 8-1 (Gayle 1, Samuels 6) The first boundary of the game! Kulasekara back into the attack and there is just enough width for Samuels to thrash one through the covers for four. That will relieve a bit of pressure, but still the Windies are under the cosh here. Samuels plays a single down to long-off to put Gayle back on strike. Here comes Kulasekara again and he swings one back into the pads of Gayle, but that was just sliding down the leg side. Six from the over and although that's the most expensive offering yet, Sri Lanka are in total control. 3rd over: West Indies 2-1 (Gayle 0, Samuels 1) Mathews into Samuels, who leaves his first ball. Another dot from the second, which is bang on line and length. And another from the third! My goodness this is fine bowling from Sri Lanka, as the appeals go up for lbw ... not out, although replays show the ball would just have clipped leg stump. Very difficult one to give, though. Samuels flicks one off his legs and West Indies finally get a run off the bat. Mathews beats Gayle on the final delivery, another fantastic over. 2nd over: West Indies 1-1 (Gayle 0, Samuels 0) Nuwan Kulasekara, who dispatched Chris Gayle last time out, is brought into the Sri Lanka attack. He starts with three dots and the Windies haven't scored from nine balls, they need to get things going and fast. Gayle doesn't look perturbed, however, as Kulasekara sends a wide narrowly down the leg side. That's the first run on the scorecard, and Gayle then charges down the track but is beaten by a delightful away-swinger. Excellent ball from Kulasekara and it's a wry smile from Gayle. No batsman has troubled the scorers after two overs! 1st over: West Indies 0-1 (Gayle 0, Samuels 0) A wicket maiden to start with from Mathews. What a start for Sri Lanka. What a great start for Sri Lanka! Four dot balls and Charles attempts to pull short ball, skewing it straight up in the air where Kulasekara is waiting to claim a dolly at mid-off! West Indies 0-1 (Charles c Kulasekara b Mathews 0) 0.4 overs: West Indies 0-0 (Charles 0, Gayle 0) Mathews swings one away from Charles first up, the opening batsman shouldering arms before defending into the covers from the next two deliveries. No score so far. The pressure is already growing on Charles with four successive dot balls, all played into the off side. Let's get going... Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles to open the batting for the Windies. Angelo Mathews has the ball in hand... The Premadasa Stadium is packed to the rafters and Sri Lanka will be backed to the hilt by their vociferous supporters. No need to tell you that this is a sell out. There were queues at the ground at midnight last night! The key man Here is a preview of the final by Vic Marks out in Sri Lanka Simon Taufel will be officiating his last game as an ICC elite umpire today. The Windies have fielded an unchanged side, while Sri Lanka make one change. Dananjaya is in for Herath. West Indies: J Charles, CH Gayle, MN Samuels, DJ Bravo, KA Pollard, AD Russell, D Ramdin†, DJG Sammy*, SP Narine, R Rampaul, S Badree Sri Lanka: DPMD Jayawardene*, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara†, AD Mathews, BMAJ Mendis, HDRL Thirimanne, NLTC Perera, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, A Dananjaya, BAW Mendis Darren Sammy has won the toss and West Indies will bat first. Preamble: Mahela Jayawardene has described this World T20 final as "the biggest cricket match ever in this country." That's some billing for the short form of the game which some purists still believe clashes with the fundamental principles of cricket. Wherever you sit on that debate, there can be no questioning the entertainment on offer in Sri Lanka over the past few weeks. This is a final between two sides that ooze quality at the top and bottom of the order. West Indies were comprehensively beaten by Sri Lanka in the Super Eights. Nine wickets was the margin of that loss, but with Chris Gayle and co earning a final spot with victory over Australia, it's clean slate and a shot at glory in Colombo.