Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera scored half-centuries to guide Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket win in the third and final Twenty20 international and clinch their first-ever series victory over the West Indies.

Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera have scored half-centuries to guide Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket win in the third and final Twenty20 international and clinch their first series victory over West Indies.

Kusal Mendis hit an unbeaten 68 to help clinch Sri Lanka's first T20 international series win over the West Indies with a thumping nine-wicket victory in the third and final game on Thursday. The West Indies won the series opener by five wickets and Sri Lanka bounced back with a commanding 73-run victory in the second game.

Openers Brandon King and Evin Lewis scored half-centuries and shared a 107-run stand in 55 balls to guide West Indies to a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first of their three Twenty20 matches.

FOUR! Juicy half-volley, outside off, Kusal Perera gets right on top of it and nails the off-drive straight down the ground towards long off for four runs. Sri Lanka vs West Indies Live Score: SIX! Kusal Mendis is not allowing Roston Chase to settle.

As the T20I series between West Indies and Sri Lanka comes to it's closing stages, the two teams are tied with one win each and thus it is all to play for in the final game of the series. The first T20I was won by West Indies as they took a 1-0 lead in the series.

Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope (WK), Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, Gudakesh Motie, Rovman Powell (C), Romario Shepherd, Fabian Allen, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph. Sri Lanka vs West Indies Live Score: Sri Lanka (Playing XI) - Pathum Nissanka,

West Indies faced a top-order collapse and failed to utilise powerplay overs in the run chase as they were bowled out for 89 in Dambulla.