Top 10 most thrilling cricket matches of the year 2020

3. Sri Lanka vs. West Indies, 3rd ODI

Another match from the pre-COVID era of cricket to appear on this list is the final ODI of the series between Sri Lanka and West Indies. Pallekele hosted this fixture. The home team won the toss and opted to bat first. Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva’s half tons helped Sri Lanka post 307 runs in their 50 overs.

Kusal Perera and skipper Dimuth Karunaratne scored 44 runs each. In the second innings, Shai Hope, Sunil Ambris, and Nicholas Pooran hit half-centuries for the visitors. Captain Kieron Pollard aggregated 49 runs as it seemed like West Indies would avoid a 3-0 clean sweep.

However, a dramatic middle-order collapse took the game down to the wire. Fabian Allen tried to save the day for West Indies with a 15-ball 37. Unfortunately, none of the other batsmen could support him. Angelo Mathews scalped four wickets in his 10-over spell. He kept his nerve and defended 13 off the last over to give Sri Lanka a memorable win.