Sri Lanka's openers build a solid platform and reach 73 before Dwayne Bravo strikes - removing Sanath Jayasuriya for 24 and then new man Kumar Sangakkara for a duck, all in the space of three balls
Kieron Pollard soon makes his mark as he removes Mahela Jayawardene for just two as Sri Lanka start to wobble during a crucial stage of their innings
Jayawardene leaves the crease as the West Indies players congratulate Pollard after he reduces Sri Lanka to 77-3 with less than 10 overs remaining
Tillakaratne Dilshan steadies the Sri Lankan innings and is in stunning form with the bat as he increases the run-rate with some superb batting
Dilshan continues to frustrate the West Indies bowling attack and just misses out on a memorable hundred as his 96 guides Sri Lanka to a useful total of 158-5
It's the second ball of the Windies run chase and Xavier Marshall, brought into the side because of three successive ducks from Andre Fletcher, is bowled first ball by Angelo Mathews
Two balls later, and still in the first over, and Lendl Simmons is out for another duck after the ball ricochets off his thigh pad onto his stumps
Mathews finishes the opening over in stunning style by bowling Dwayne Bravo for a third duck and the Windies are in disarray on 1-3
Skipper Chris Gayle almost joins his team-mate back in the hutch in the next over but just manages to kick the ball away from his stumps off Isuru Udana
The West Indies just about manage to steady themselves but it's not long before Shivnarine Chanderpaul sweeps, misses the ball, and is given out lbw as spinner Ajantha Mendis works his magic
Mathews holds onto a catch in the deep to dismiss Ramnaresh Sarwan as Sri Lanka's other star spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan, joins the party with his first wicket of the semi-final
Muralitharan strikes again - first by time having Keiron Pollard (above) stumped by Kumar Sangakkara off a wide, and then by dismissing Jerome Taylor to a catch in the deep
Gayle, the only West Indies batsman to reach double figures and the only one of two to hit a boundary, gets to 50 but hardly feels like celebrating as Sri Lanka's bowlers close in on victory
Sulieman Benn is last man out and Windies are dismissed for 101, leaving Gayle stranded on 63 off 50 balls, while it's Sri Lanka who celebrate reaching Sunday's final against Pakistan with a crushing 57-run victory
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