Windies Win Last-Ball Thriller
Chanderpaul and Edwards celebrate the win.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul struck a six off the last ball to seal a remarkable one-wicket win in the first one-day international against Sri Lanka.
With nine wickets down chasing 236 for victory, West Indies needed 10 to win off two Chaminda Vaas balls and, even when Chanderpaul struck the first of those for four, that looked an unlikely ask.
But Vaas bowled a full toss and the Guyanese batsman swung the ball over a despairing Mahela Jayawardene at wide mid-on for an astonishing match-winning maximum.
Chanderpaul (62 not out) was the mainstay of a stuttering innings which began with 52 from Chris Gayle and featured contributions from Dwayne Bravo (36) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (35).
Gayle swung freely from the start but missed as many as he hit - until Ishara Amerasinghe was brought into the attack.
Gayle hit three fours and a six off the first two overs from the 30-year-old, who was promptly withdrawn from the attack.
And it was his replacement Nuwan Kulasekara, already returning for his second spell, who got the breakthrough, trapping an off-balance Devon Smith lbw for 14 with the score on 53.
With Ramnaresh Sarwan joining him at the crease, Gayle reined in his shots somewhat, but still reached 50 with a single off debutant Ajantha Mendis.
The spinner was causing problems for both batsmen, though, and was duly rewarded with the scalp of Gayle, lbw for 52 with the score on 109.
Sarwan swiftly followed, as he edged Kulasekera through to Kumar Sangakkara for 35 and, in the same over, Marlon Samuels was trapped plumb in front for a golden duck.
Despite the clatter of wickets, Bravo played in typically aggressive fashion and, along with the more circumspect Chanderpaul, helped to right the West Indies ship.
Bravo made a quickfire 36 - including two sixes - in a partnership of 59 before being run out after a mix-up with Chanderpaul.
Patrick Browne (15) threatened, hitting a big six over long on before holing out trying to repeat the feat and Mendis returned to the attack to remove Darren Sammy for one with a doosra which struck the off stump.
Jerome Taylor (nine) smashed a six before miscuing one to Chamara Silva to give Mendis a third wicket and Sulieman Benn struggled to get bat on ball, only succeeding in being run out by Jayawardene for nought when he did.
Chanderpaul struck the next ball for four to reach 50, but that left Fidel Edwards on strike with 13 needed from the final over.
Three singles left Chanderpaul needing 10 off two - a feat he achieved to spark wild celebrations among the Port of Spain crowd.
Earlier, Chamara Kapugedera and Chamara Silva amassed a record partnership as Sri Lanka recovered from a terrible start to post 235 for seven.
Three early wickets for man of the match Bravo (four for 33) saw the tourists reduced to 49 for five but Kapugedera (95) and Silva (67) compiled 159 - a Sri Lankan record for the sixth wicket in ODIs.