Rutherford and Motie drag West Indies up from 58 for 8 to 189

West Indies 189 all out (Rutherford 80, Motie 50, Hasaranga 4 for 40) vs Sri Lanka

The match is rain-shortened - only 44 overs are available for each team after drizzle delayed the start of play by two hours. The pitch is also taking substantial turn, and proved exceedingly difficult, even for Rutherford, who top-scored with 80 off 82 balls. West Indies' total is light, but their bowlers could still mount a strong defence.

Motie, West Indies' No. 10 batter, was at the crease in the 16th over, after Maheesh Theekshana, and Wanindu Hasaranga had scythed through the top and middle order. Rutherford had battled incredibly hard through his first few overs, frequently having his outside edge beaten by Theekshana in particular.

But together, they managed to cobble together a stand - Motie leading the way at first, with a boundary off a Hasaranga full toss, before Rutherford become more confident at the crease as well. They were still playing and missing at plenty, but were now finding boundaries as well in between. Motie was especially good through cover, and off the bowling of Hasaranga, who bowled plenty of legbreaks today. They now own the highest ninth-wicket stand by West Indies in ODI history.

At the 25 over mark, Motie had in fact surpassed Rutherford's score, having got to 35 compared to his partner's 33. But now having faced nearly 50 balls, Rutherford took on the role of primary aggressor, hitting powerful boundaries down the ground, and over the legside.

He got to his fifty - off 57 balls - with a hoick over square leg off the bowling of Charith Asalanka, and continued to play the big shots with abandon. He hit four sixes and seven fours in all, until he was caught on the deep square leg rope - Dunith Wellalage's foot only centimetres from making contact with the boundary when he held the catch, off Asitha Fernando's bowling. No. 11 Jayden Seales was out the next over, leaving Motie stranded on 50 off 61 balls.

Sri Lanka could have ended this innings a lot earlier. In the 22nd over, when Rutherford was on 23, he skied a Fernando ball to mid-on, but Janith Liyanage could not hold onto the swirling chance. Sri Lanka would have had West Indies at 99 for 9 had he held it. Rutherford was dropped again on 72, by Nishan Madushka at the deep midwicket boundary, off Wellalage's bowling this time.

And yet Sri Lanka's spinners will be pleased with how well they knocked down the first eight wickets. Theekshana's offbreak was especially venomous, even when he bowled flat and fast, the ball frequently kicking up puffs of dust on a used surface.

Theekshana put the collapse in motion with a gorgeous offbreak that beat the outside of left-hander Alick Athanaze's bat, and clipped off stump. Later, a big offbreak snuck between Keacy Carty's bat and pad and rattled the stumps as well, before a slider beat the wild reverse-swipe that Hayden Walsh attempted off Theekshana in the 15th over.

Hasaranga's googlies were doing their usual damage, with Chase suckered in by one that was flighted beautifully. Hasaranga had to work less hard for the wickets of Romario Shepherd, and Alzarri Joseph, who didn't fancy picking him. He'd take the final wicket of the innings too, getting Jayden Seales caught and bowled. He claimed innings-best figures of 4 for 40.

Fernando's 3 for 35 was especially impressive on a track that did not favour him, however. He dismissed Brandon King with a surprise bouncer that King played at too early, before bowling Shai Hope with a slightly back of a length delivery that the batter dragged on to his stumps. That he broke the big stand was also no small feat.