Seam bowler Farveez Maharoof claimed a career-best haul of six for 14 Saturday and spurred Sri Lanka to a nine-wicket victory over the West Indies in the final ICC Champions Trophy limited-overs cricket qualifier.

Maharoof ripped through the middle order as the West Indies was bundled out for 80 in 30.4 overs before Sri Lanka took just 13.2 overs post a winning total of 83 and take the top spot in the four-nation qualifying competition with three successive victories.

Sri Lanka lost opener Upul Tharanga for a golden duck before Sanath Jayasuriya (45 not out) and skipper Mahela Jayawardene (34 not out) put on an unbroken 83-run partnership.

The West Indies and Sri Lanka had already secured passage into the limited-overs Champions Trophy that begins Sunday in Jaipur, but now the lineups for the two groups have been finalized.

Sri Lanka joins Group B along side South Africa, Pakistan and New Zealand, while title holder West Indies is pooled in Group A with world champion Australia, England and host India.

Maharoof's figures eclipsed the previous best bowling performance in Champions Trophy play by Pakistan's Shahid Afridi, who claimed five for 11 against England in 2004.

Maharoof's previous personal best figures were four for 20 against India in Ahmadabad last year.

``It's a wonderful day for me ... We bowled well as a group and the Windies batsmen played some bad shots,'' Maharoof said.

West Indian captain Brian Lara acknowledged that his team didn't bat well.

``We batted poorly and paid the price for it, we should have played straight on a pitch that was slow and the balls kept low,'' Lara said.

Batting first after Lara won the toss, Champion Trophy title holder the West Indies was dismissed for its lowest score against Sri Lanka as just two of its batsmen managing to get into double figures against an accurate Sri Lanka attack.

Struggling on a pitch of low-bounce, four batsmen _ opener Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo and Dwayne Smith _ failed to open their account, but West Indies averted the ignominy of its lowest in all limited-overs internationals.

The lowest one-day score for the West Indies remains 54 against South Africa in Cape Town in the 2003-04 series, while its previous low against Sri Lanka was 145 at Sharjah in 1999.

The West Indies innings was rocked by left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas (2-6), who dismissed key opener Chris Gayle with the fourth delivery of the match by eliciting an edge into the hands of wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara.

Sarwan was adjudged lbw to Vaas (2-6) in his next over.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (8) was caught behind off paceman Lasith Malinga, who later clean bowled No. 10 batsman Fidel Edwards (4) to finish with two for 26.

Lara became Maharoof's first dismissal, trapped lbw after scoring 13.

Lara's departure opened up the floodgates that saw the lanky Maharoof remove Bravo and Smith for ducks, Marlon Samuels (1) and Carlton Baugh (1).

Watching the disaster from the other end was Wavell Hinds, who held his ground for 106 minutes before becoming Maharoof's sixth victim after scoring 28. His knock contained three boundaries.

In reply, Sri Lanka opener Tharanga had his stumps shattered by the first delivery from West Indies paceman Fidel Edwards, but Jayasuriya and Jayawardene batted with authority as the Sri Lankans did not lose another wicket.

Jayasuriya struck nine boundaries off 47 deliveries, while Jayawardene had seven fours from 35 balls.