Dha­ka-West In­dies won their fifth match in a row, eas­i­ly de­feat­ing Sri Lan­ka by 58 runs yes­ter­day, to reach the fi­nal of the In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil's Women's World Cup 2013 qual­i­fi­ca­tion tour­na­ment.The girls from the Caribbean made a chal­leng­ing 235-5 off their 50 overs at the Khan­sha­heb Os­man Ali Sta­di­um in Fat­ul­lah and re­strict­ed Sri Lan­ka to 177-7 off their 50 overs.The West In­dies will now play Pak­istan in the Fi­nal at the Sher-e-Bangla Na­tion­al Crick­et Sta­di­um in Mir­pur to­mor­row. The Pak­ista­nis reached the Fi­nal with a sur­prise three-wick­et vic­to­ry over the pre­vi­ous­ly un­beat­en South Africa.

Bat­ting first on a good sur­face, West In­dies took time to get in­to the swing of things with Stafanie Tay­lor, cap­tain Meris­sa Aguilleira and top-scor­er De­an­dra Dot­tin all mak­ing half-cen­turies.Tay­lor made 58 off 99 balls with six bound­aries-the 11th half-cen­tu­ry of her ca­reer. Dot­tin cracked sev­en fours and two six­es in 73 off 86 balls which earned her the Play­er-of-the-Match award.Aguilleira in her sec­ond knock of the tour­na­ment proved to be the per­fect fin­ish­er as she hit four bound­aries and a six in a run-a-ball 52 not out-her sec­ond half-cen­tu­ry in her 40th One-Day In­ter­na­tion­al.

Speak­ing af­ter the match, coach Sher­win Camp­bell said he was hap­py to note that more and more play­ers were com­ing to the fore. "Be­fore, it was one of two play­ers while oth­ers would make vi­tal con­tri­bu­tions, but now oth­ers are step­ping up to the plate and win­ning match­es for us with both bat and ball," the for­mer West In­dies vice cap­tain said.Look­ing ahead to the fi­nal, Camp­bell said: "We beat Pak­istan in the pre­lim­i­nary but we won't be tak­ing any­thing for grant­ed. We came here to win six games and we have won five so far. I will cau­tion the girls against cel­e­brat­ing too ear­ly. There is a tro­phy to win for West In­dies crick­et."

SCORE­board

West In­dies v Sri Lan­ka

WEST IN­DIES WOMEN INNS

S Tay­lor c wk Surangi­ka b Siri­war­dene 58

J Nero c Galagedara b Ranas­inghe 18

S Da­ley c Galagedara b Ranas­inghe 0

D Dot­tin lbw b Kaushalya 73

M Aguilleira not out 52

S King run out (Ranas­inghe) 0

B Coop­er not out 23

Ex­tras (lb2, w8, nb1) 11

TO­TAL (5 wks, 50 overs) 235

Fall of wick­ets: 1-42, 2-48, 3-116, 4-186, 5-192.

Bowl­ing: Kaushalya 8-0-54-1 (w1), Senevi­rat­na 10-2-34-0 (nb1), Ranas­inghe 10-1-31-2, de Al­wis 8-1-43-0, Siri­war­dene 10-0-44-1 (w1), Raviku­mar 4-0-0-27-0 (w1).

SRI LAN­KA WOMEN INNS

A Jayan­gani c Sel­man b Tay­lor 56

B Mendis run out (Mo­hammed) 20

H Siri­war­dene c Tay­lor b King 4

S Dolawat­te b King 6

S Galagedara b Mo­hammed 9

M Surangi­ka c Knight b Mo­hammed 4

L Kaushalya c Camp­bell b Mo­hammed 0

S de Al­wis not out 39

C Senevi­ratne not out 28

Ex­tras (b3, lb1, w7) 11

TO­TAL (7 wks, 50 overs) 177

Fall of wick­ets: 1-67, 2-80, 3-85, 4-89, 5-102, 6-102, 7-107.

Bowl­ing: Sel­man 7-3-18-0, Da­ley 10-3-22-0, Mo­hammed 6-1-29-3, King 10-1-30-2 (w1), Tay­lor 7-1-21-1 (w1), Camp­belle 8-0-35-0 (w1), Dot­tin 2-0-18-0 (w3).

Re­sult: West In­dies won by 58 runs.

Toss: West In­dies.

Se­ries: West In­dies ad­vanced.