(BBC) The first one-day international between Sri Lanka and West Indies was abandoned because of rain at Sinhalese Sports Club today.
West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and elected to bat first and his team made 245-5 in 50 overs before rain started during the innings break.
The steady rain eventually forced match officials to abandon the game.
Opener Adrian Barath made 113 and Ramnaresh Sarwan hit 75 for West Indies.
The Caribbean side returned to Sri Lanka to complete a limited-overs series after a scheduled five-match series was washed out in December.
Scoreboard
West Indies
C Gayle c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 4
A Barath c Kapugedera b Malinga 113
Darren Bravo run out 8
R Sarwan c Kapugedera b Malinga 75
K Pollard b Malinga 4
S Chanderpaul not out 13
D Sammy not out 21
Extras: (lb-2, w-5) 7
Total: (five wickets, 50 overs) 245
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-42, 3-207, 4-207, 5-215.
Did not bat: C Baugh, K Roach, N Miller, R Rampaul.
Bowling: Malinga 10-0-51-3 (2-w), Kulasekara 10-2-35-1, Mathews 7-0-35-0, Muralitharan 10-0-42-0, Mendis 9-0-50-0 (3-w), Kapugedera 2-0-11-0, Dilshan 2-0-19-0.
