Veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul struck a six off the last ball as West Indies scored a stunning 1 wicket win over Sri Lanka in the 1st ODI at Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Sri Lanka had set the hosts 236 for victory as West Indies needed 10 off last two balls and Chanderpaul, who remained not out on 62, hit Chaminda Vaas for a four and a six to clinch a nail-biting thriller.

Scoreboard
Sri Lanka Innings
Tharanga b Bravo 10
Udawatte b Edwards 0
Sangakkara c Bravo b Taylor 23
M Jayawardene c Chanderpaul b Bravo 1
Silva c Gayle b Bravo 67
Dilshan c Browne b Bravo 2
Kapugedera lbw b Edwards 95
Vaas not out 10
Kulasekara not out 1
Extras 10w 16lb 26
Total for 7 235 (50.0 ovs)

Bowler
Taylor 10 1 39 1
Edwards 10 0 57 2
Bravo 10 1 32 4
Sammy 10 1 38 0
Benn 9 0 47 0
Gayle 1 0 6 0

Fall of wicket
2 Udawatte
38 Sangakkara
40 Tharanga
41 M Jayawardene
49 Dilshan
208 Silva
234 Kapugedera

West Indies Innings
Gayle lbw b Mendis 52
DS Smith lbw b Kulasekara 14
Sarwan c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 35
Samuels lbw b Kulasekara 0
Chanderpaul not out 62
Bravo run out 36
Browne c Mendis b Dilshan 15
Sammy b Mendis 1
Taylor c Silva b Mendis 9
Benn run out 0
Edwards not out 2
Extras 9w 1lb 10
Total for 9 236 (50.0 ovs)

Bowler
Vaas 10 4 30 0
Kulasekara 10 0 43 3
Amerasinghe 7 0 56 0
Mendis 10 1 39 3
Kapugedera 7 0 41 0
Dilshan 6 0 26 1

Fall of wicket
53 DS Smith
109 Gayle
109 Sarwan
110 Samuels
169 Bravo
201 Browne
203 Sammy
219 Taylor
219 Benn