| 0.0 : ...Day 1, Session 1... |
| Hello and a very warm welcome to Day 1 of the 2nd Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies which is set to commence at the iconic Galle Stadium. The first Test saw the hosts handing a comprehensive defeat to West Indies and thereby going 1-0 up in the two-match Test series. The visitors would be keen to make a comeback in this Test as not only is the series on the line but also World Test Championship points are up for grab. |
| West Indies' batters did show some resistance in the first Test but they failed in the spin Test of Sri Lanka. Windies' bowlers came back well in the first innings but their batters were not able to bat long and put the opposition under pressure. Nkrumah Bonner was their standout performer in the second innings who fought hard along with Joshua Da Silva but the visitors fell short by a big margin in the end. Kraigg Brathwaite would hope that they come out with intent in this Test if they are to |
| UPDATE 0930 local (0400 GMT) - The TOSS has been delayed due to rain. It has gotten dark around the park, just like it does when it is 6 pm. Hopefully, it is just a passing shower and we can see some action at Galle. Stay tuned for further updates. |
| UPDATE 1020 local (0450 GMT) - There is some hope of the game starting soon, but the groundsmen have their task cut out. The rain has come down a bit, not ferocious currently. The wait though continues. There are other two Test games going on at the moment, India vs New Zealand and Bangladesh vs Pakistan, do switch tabs and enjoy the coverage. But don't forget to keep an eye out for further updates. |
| UPDATE 1330 local (0800 GMT) - Some good news coming your way finally! It looks like the rain has passed by and the groundsmen are out on the field to get the covers off. We will keep you updated regarding the time of resumption. Stay tuned! |
| UPDATE 1350 local (0820 GMT) - Well, well, well! What do we have here. The sun is out and shining. The rain has completely stopped. The groundsmen have taken the covers off. The conditions don't seem to be hazardous underneath. The toss should not be far away. Most likely the game is set to commence at 1500 local time (0930 GMT). Stick with us! |
| UPDATE 1357 local (0827 GMT) - Well then. The toss has been scheduled to happen at 1430 local (0900 GMT). And, as mentioned earlier, the game is set to begin at 1500 local (0930 GMT). 45 overs have been scheduled for Day 1 of the second Test match. Do join us for the toss in a short while. |
| Update - Charith Asalanka receives his maiden Test cap from the skipper, Dimuth Karunaratne and the young man is set to make his Test debut for Sri Lanka. |
| Sri Lanka are a tough opponent to beat at their own backyard and they proved it against West Indies in the first Test. Their skipper, Dimuth Karunaratne led from the front in the first Test who was well backed up by Sri Lanka's quality spinners in Lasith Embuldeniya, Ramesh Mendis and Praveen Jayawickrama to draw first blood in this two-match Test series. Not to forget the vital contribution of Sri Lanka's experinced players in Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal who played crucial knocks when t |
| UPDATE 0945 local (0415 GMT) - It looks like we will have to wait for a long time, before the game begin. It is still raining heavily and the covers are on. The water is filling in the middle. Let's hope we get to see some action. Stay tuned for more updates. |
| UPDATE 1100 local (0530 GMT) - The rain gods continue to pour down. No change at the ground level. The covers are still on. The waiting game goes on. Stick around for more updates. |
| UPDATE 1125 local (0555 GMT) - Losing a session is on the cards now. We are into the second hour of the first session, but the rain still has a say in it. It is drizzling a bit heavily at Galle now. The groundsmen are no where to be seen. |
| UPDATE 1150 local (0620 GMT) - Right then. Due to persistent rain, LUNCH has been taken on Day 1 of the second Test game without a ball being bowled. Hopefully we get some action when we are back, Stay tuned for more updates. |
| ... DAY 1, SESSION 2 ... |
| UPDATE 1240 local (0710 GMT) - Not what we wished for, but we have bad news coming your way. The rain continues to pour at Galle. Maybe, it's just the rain gods expressing themselves for Mickey Arthur's departure. All we can do is wait. |
| UPDATE 1305 local (0735 GMT) - Some good new coming your way, but let's not get our hopes high. It is a little brighter than before but with a little drizzle. Not long before the rain passes by, let us keep our fingers crossed though. |
| TOSS - Up goes the coin and it lands in favour of Sri Lanka. The hosts have opted to BAT first. |
| Sri Lanka (Playing XI) - Dimuth Karunaratne (C), Pathum Nissanka, Oshada Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Charith Asalanka (In for Dushmantha Chameera), Dinesh Chandimal (WK), Ramesh Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Praveen Jayawickrama. |
| PITCH REPORT â Aamir Sohail is near the deck. He says, the pitch is lighter in colour than the previous game. Adds, the spinners will be on the attack straightaway. The batters will have a lot of problem to negotiate it well. Ends by wishing luck to the fast bowlers. |
| Dimuth Karunaratne, the skipper of Sri Lanka, says they will bat first. Adds that it is a pretty good wicket and it will turn on the fourth and the fifth day. Tells that they have made change, Charith Asalanka comes in for Dushmantha Chameera. Says that it is good to have three spinners and he does not have any problem with it. |
| ... Day 1, Session 3 ... |
| West Indies (Playing XI) - Kraigg Brathwaite (C), Jermaine Blackwood, Shai Hope, Nkrumah Bonner, Roston Chase, Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva (WK), Veerasammy Permaul (In for Rahkeem Cornwall), Jomel Warrican, Kemar Roach (In for Shannon Gabriel). |
| The game is set to begin. The West Indies players stride out to the middle. Followed by Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka who walk out to bat for Sri Lanka. Before the game gets underway, the West Indies players take the knee to show their support for the BLM movement. While, the Sri Lankan batters stand tall and pay respects. Kemar Roach to start with the ball. Here we go... |
| Kraigg Brathwaite, the skipper of West Indies, is in for a chat. He says, there are two changes Roach and Permaul make their way in place of Gabriel and Cornwall. He says, he is happy with three spinners and have a couple more options. Ends by saying it is going to be a mental challenge, to come back from the last defeat. |
| 0.6 : Jason Holder to bowl from the other end. |
| 2.5 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Top effort from Nkrumah Bonner to save a run for his side! Fuller in length, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne drives it past cover-point. Bonner gives it a chase, slides and keeps the ball in play just in front of the ropes. The batters take three runs. |
| 2.6 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, around middle and leg. Pathum Nissanka turns it to wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 3.1 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR LEG BYES! Back of a length, around leg. Pathum Nissanka misses his flick and the ball brushes his thigh pad before going into the fine leg fence. |
| Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Glorious! Nissanka greets Holder with a classical straight drive! A half-volley, around off. Nissanka presses forward and drives it past the bowler to collect a boundary. |
| 1.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, around leg. Pathum Nissanka tucks it behind square on the leg side for a run. |
| 1.3 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Good-length ball, jagging back in from middle. Dimuth Karunaratne defends it off the front foot. |
| 1.4 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Length ball, around the fourth stump, curling away with the angle. Dimuth Karunaratne prods but leaves it alone in the end. |
| 1.5 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller in length, around middle. Dimuth Karunaratne jams it out towards mid on. |
| 1.6 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Good-length ball, around middle. Dimuth Karunaratne gets behind the line of the ball to block this one out. |
| 2.1 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Good-length ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka leaves it alone. |
| 2.2 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Edged and boundary! Good-length ball, around the fifth stump channel. Pathum Nissanka prods to defend but gets the outside edge which runs past the slip cordon and into the third man fence. |
| 2.3 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, darted on the pads. Pathum Nissanka clips it to fine leg for a run. |
| 2.4 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Good-length ball, jagging back in from middle. Dimuth Karunaratne blocks it watchfully. |
| 3.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Much better from Holder! Good-length ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka lets it be. |
| 3.3 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Another ball, around the fifth stump. Pathum Nissanka prods but shoulders arms to this one. |
| 3.4 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, angling in from outside off. Pathum Nissanka does not offer any shot to this one. |
| 3.5 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Leg bye! Back of a length, around leg. Pathum Nissanka looks to nudge it to the leg side but misses and gets hit on his thigh pad. The ball rolls away to the leg side for a leg bye! |
| 3.6 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller in length, way outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne leaves it alone. |
| 0.1 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Roach starts with a length ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it solidly off the front foot. |
| 0.2 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Back of a length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka stays back and defends it off the back foot. |
| 0.3 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller in length, just outside off. Pathum Nissanka drives but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 0.4 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Good-length ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka shoulders arms to this one. |
| 0.5 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Sri Lanka and Pathum Nissanka are up and running! Good-length ball, around the fourth stump channel. Nissanka pushes it to the left of the cover fielder. Roston Chase there fails to collect the ball cleanly and concedes a single. |
| 0.6 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Length ball, way outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne lets it through to the keeper. |
| 4.1 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Good-length ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka sits back and steers it to third man for a run. |
| 4.2 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Length ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne lets it through to the keeper. |
| 4.3 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Full ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne prods and drives it towards mid off. |
| 4.4 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Good-length ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne stays back and shoulders arms to this one. |
| 4.5 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Another ball, fuller in length, around the fifth stump. Dimuth Karunaratne lets it through to the keeper. |
| 4.6 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Overpitched ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne squeezes it out towards cover. |
| 5.1 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Short of a length, way outside off. Pathum Nissanka hangs back and leaves it alone. |
| Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Short of a length, just outside off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it off the back foot. |
| 7.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Back of a length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka punches it off the back foot towards cover. |
| 7.3 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Back of a length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka stands tall, rides the bounce nicely and punches it past covers for a couple of runs. |
| 7.4 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, around the fifth stump line. Pathum Nissanka prods to block this one but gets a thick outside edge which runs past the slip cordon. The slip fielder gives it a chase and keeps it to two. |
| 5.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Good-length ball, around off. Pathum Nissanka stays back and dabs it into the deck with soft hands. |
| 5.3 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, angling in from middle. Pathum Nissanka looks to block but gets an inside edge towards fine leg. A single taken! |
| 5.4 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Back of a length, around leg. Dimuth Karunaratne clips it behind square on the leg side for a run. |
| 5.5 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, BEATEN! Good-length ball, angling in from outside off and then shaping away just that little bit. Nissanka looks to block it off the front foot but the ball zips past his outside edge. |
| 5.6 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it off the back foot. |
| 6.1 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Good-length ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne lets it through to the keeper. |
| 6.2 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, That came back in sharply! Good-length ball, around off and jagging back in. Dimuth Karunaratne looks to defend but he gets an inside edge onto his pad. |
| 6.3 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Length ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne drives it towards mid off. |
| 6.4 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller in length, way outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne does not bother playing at that! |
| 6.5 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Length ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne shoulders arms to this one. |
| 6.6 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Back of a length, well outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne leaves it alone. |
| 7.5 : Review! Kraigg Brathwaite takes the review for lbw. The on-field decision is NOT OUT. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker shows the ball is missing the wickets. West Indies lose a review here. The on-field decision stands. |
| 7.6 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, around off. Pathum Nissanka prods to defend but gets a thick outside edge which goes past the second slip fielder. Jermaine Blackwood gives it a chase and the batters take two. |
| 7.5 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, NOT OUT! West Indies lose a review as well! Back of a length, around middle, jagging back in sharply. Nissanka looks to block but he misses and gets hit high on his pad. Holder puts in an appeal but the umpire is unmoved. Kraigg Brathwaite opts for a review but the Ball Tracker confirms that the ball was going well down leg so the on-field decision stays. |
| 8.1 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Length ball, way outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne leaves it alone. |
| 8.2 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Good-length ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne presses forward but does not offer any shot to it. |
| 8.3 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller in length, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne looks to drive but it goes off the inner half of the blade towards mid on. |
| 8.4 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Back of a length, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne shoulders arms to this one. |
| 8.5 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Short of a length, around off, holding its line and bouncing after landing. Dimuth Karunaratne blocks it awkwardly off the back foot. |
| 8.6 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Length ball, way outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne lets it through to the keeper. |
| 9.1 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Back of a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka sits back and blocks it to the off side. |
| 9.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller in length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka looks to drive but loses the grip on his bat and gets the toe end of his bat as the ball goes over the cover fielder. The batters cross for a single. |
| 9.5 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Short of a length, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne leaves it alone. |
| 9.3 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, BEAUTY! Length ball, around the fourth stump channel, shaping away late. Dimuth Karunaratne looks to defend but the ball whistles past his outside edge. |
| 9.4 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Good-length ball, around middle, jagging back in. Dimuth Karunaratne looks to flick but gets an inside edge onto his pad. |
| 9.6 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller in length, way outside off, holding its line. Dimuth Karunaratne does not bother playing at it. |
| 10.1 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, A full-length ball, nipping in a bit. Pathum Nissanka stays back and defends it out watchfully. West Indies still persisting with the fast bowlers. |
| 10.2 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller, on off. Nissanka presses forward and looks to defend it to the off side. The ball takes the inside edge and goes towards deep square leg. The batters cross for a single. |
| 10.3 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Comes back in sharply! Good-length ball, outside off. The ball nips in off the deck. Dimuth Karunaratne stays inside the crease and lets it go to the keeper. |
| 10.4 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, A length ball, outside off, jagging back in. Dimuth Karunaratne shoulders his arms. |
| 10.5 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller, on off. Dimuth Karunaratne comes on the front foot and pushes it towards mid off. |
| 10.6 : Kemar Roach to Dimuth Karunaratne, Another good over by Roach comes to an end! Good-length ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne shoulders his arms. |
| 11.1 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Back of a length, outside off. Nissanka watches it sail past him and into the keeper's mitts. |
| 11.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller delivery, on leg stump. Nissanka stays back and flicks it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 11.3 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, BEATEN! What a beauty! Jason Holder comes around the wicket. He serves a length ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne sees the width on offer and goes for the drive. The ball though straightens a bit after hitting the deck. Dimuth Karunaratne gets beaten, as the ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 11.4 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Length, on off. Dimuth Karunaratne defends it out. |
| 11.6 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, A length ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne has no shot to offer this time. |
| 11.5 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller, around middle. Dimuth Karunaratne flicks it to deep mid-wicket. The fielder fumbles and the batters take two runs comfortably. |
| 11.6 : Kyle Mayers comes to bowl. |
| 12.1 : Kyle Mayers to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Nicely played! Nissanka welcomes Mayers into the attack in some fashion. Full and on off. It was a juicy half-volley for the batsman. Nissanka opens the face of the bat at the last moment and drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 12.2 : Kyle Mayers to Pathum Nissanka, A length ball, on the pads. Nissanka nudges it towards square leg and gets a single this time. |
| 12.3 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Put Away! Back of a length, on off. Dimuth Karunaratne stays back, swivels and pulls it through square leg for a boundary. Not a good start by Kyle Mayers. |
| 12.4 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, On a length, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne taps it to point. |
| 12.5 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, A length ball, outside off, angling across the left-hander. Dimuth Karunaratne defends it out solidly off the front foot. |
| 12.6 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, Nice movement on this one! Beaten! A length ball, outside off. The ball nips away. Dimuth Karunaratne looks to defend it out but misses. The ball beats the outside edge. |
| 13.1 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, around off. Nissanka stays inside the crease and defends it to cover. |
| 13.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Good-length ball, outside off. The ball nips away off the deck. Pathum Nissanka shoulders his arms and leaves it for the keeper. |
| 13.3 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, outside off. Nissanka leaves it alone yet again, as he shoulders his arms. |
| 13.4 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Full and outside off. Pathum Nissanka comes towards the line and defends it out with soft hands. The ball takes the outside edge and goes to the man at second slip on a bounce. |
| 13.5 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Full-length ball and around off. Nissanka presses forward and defends it out. |
| 13.6 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Good-length ball, outside off. The ball nips away and gets some elevation off the deck. Nissanka shoulders his arms to this one. A maiden over for Holder. |
| DRINKS! The first hour belongs to the hosts! Sri Lankan openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka have negotiated the new ball pretty well and managed to get their team off to a decent start! Windies bowlers have lacked consistency and they haven't been able to put the opposition's openers under pressure! |
| 14.1 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller, on off. Dimuth Karunaratne comes forward and tucks it towards mid on. |
| 14.2 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, Good-length ball, angling across the left-hander. Dimuth Karunaratne comes towards the line and shoulders his arms. |
| 14.3 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Dimuth Karunaratne gets his second boundary off Kyle Mayers. Full length, on middle and off. Dimuth Karunaratne gets his wrists into the play and flicks it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 14.4 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, On a length, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne shoulders his arms. |
| 14.6 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, Length and on off. Dimuth Karunaratne presses forward and defends it to cover with full face of the blade. |
| 14.5 : Kyle Mayers to Dimuth Karunaratne, Swing and a miss! A length ball, wide outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne reaches out and looks to push it through point but misses. The ball bounces over the blade. |
| 15.1 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely bowled! Full-length ball, on off. The ball jags in a bit and stays pretty low. Nissanka gets his blade down in time and blocks it out. |
| 15.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Nissanka continues to find boundaries. This one was a gorgeous straight drive, could not have asked for a much better shot. Full length, on off. Nissanka drives it down the ground. The ball goes into the boundary at long on. No stopping that one. With this boundary, the 50 run partnership comes up for the pair. |
| 15.3 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Good-length ball, around off. Nissanka hops and punches it through covers. The batters take two before the fielder cuts it out. |
| 15.4 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, On off, Nissanka blocks it out watchfully. |
| 15.5 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller, on the pads. Nissanka flicks it through square leg for a single. |
| 15.6 : Jason Holder to Dimuth Karunaratne, Full and on off. Dimuth Karunaratne drives it towards mid off. He has not been able to find the gaps in this game so far. |
| Veerasammy Permaul is into the attack now. |
| 16.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Looped up, full and on off. Nissanka dabs it to cover. |
| 16.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flighted, full and on middle. Nissanka pushes it to cover. |
| 16.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Quicker, full and on off. Nissanka defends it out watchfully. |
| 16.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, EDGY! A bit of turn now for Veerasammy Permaul. Looped up, full and on off. The ball turns away. Nissanka looks to push it to the off side. The ball takes the outside edge and goes past the slip fielder towards third man. The fielder gives it a chase and stops it from touching the ropes in the deep. The batters pick three. |
| 16.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Looped up, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne puts his front leg across and defends the ball out with his pads. |
| 16.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Full, around middle and leg. Dimuth Karunaratne flicks it towards square leg. The fielder was quick to get to the ball. |
| Roston Chase comes to bowl. |
| 17.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, full and on off. The ball turns in a bit. Nissanka stays back and tucks it to the leg side. |
| 17.2 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, on off. Nissanka comes forward and pushes it to the left of long on for a single. |
| 17.3 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Chase comes around the wicket for the left hander. Floated, outside off. The ball goes not turn away. Dimuth Karunaratne shoulders his arms, hoping it will turn away, but it spins straight through and goes past the off pole. |
| 17.4 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Touch short and on off. This time the ball turns away. Dimuth Karunaratne pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 17.5 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Loopy ball, full and on off. Dimuth Karunaratne pushes it to the off side for a single. |
| 17.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka works it to short leg off the inner half, as he looks to defend it out. |
| 18.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy ball, around off. The ball turns away. Nissanka looks to defend it out but gets beaten by the turn. Nicely bowled. |
| 18.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka pushes it to cover. |
| 18.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, SIX! BANG! Excellent use of the feet. Pathum Nissanka launches himself. Full and outside off. Pathum Nissanka gets to the pitch of the ball and smokes it over the long off fence for a maximum. |
| 18.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, On off, Dimuth Karunaratne pushes it to cover for a single. |
| 18.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, outside off. The ball turns away. Nissanka prods and looks to defend it out but gets beaten. |
| 18.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, NO BALL! Veerasammy Permaul oversteps and the umpire signals a no ball. On leg, Nissanka tucks it to square leg. |
| Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Outside off, Nissanka leaves it alone for the keeper. |
| 19.1 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, OH! Close! Looped up, around middle and leg. The ball turns away. Dimuth Karunaratne stays back and looks to defend it out but misses. The ball goes off the pads to the off side. |
| 19.2 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Full and on off. Dimuth Karunaratne blocks it watchfully. |
| 19.3 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Tossed up, around off. The ball gets some extra bounce off the surface. Dimuth Karunaratne defends it to the leg side off the inside edge. |
| 19.4 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, On off, Dimuth Karunaratne pushes it to cover. |
| 19.5 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Poor delivery. Full and on leg. Dimuth Karunaratne flicks it through mid-wicket. The ball races away. Kyle Mayers gives it a chase and tries to pull it back near the ropes but his forward momentum does not get the ball back and it touches the rope. A boundary. |
| 19.6 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Full and on off. Dimuth Karunaratne prods and defends it into the pitch. A good over by Chase. He goes some turn and bounce which looked to trouble the Sri Lankan skipper. |
| 20.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka cuts it to point. |
| 20.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka defends it off the front foot. |
| 20.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter and quicker, outside off. Pathum Nissanka lets it be. |
| 20.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Permaul sees Nissanka skipping down so he drags his length back, around middle. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 20.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka drives it to mid off. |
| 20.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Just a tad short, outside off. Pathum Nissanka cuts it towards cover point and takes a run. |
| 21.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Looped up, around middle and leg. The ball turns in a bit. Nissanka flicks it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 21.2 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Flighted, full and on off. Dimuth Karunaratne works it towards long off for a single. |
| 21.3 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka comes forward and flicks it to short mid-wicket. |
| 21.4 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. The ball turns in. Nissanka stays back and tucks it to square leg for a single. |
| 21.5 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Touch short and outside off. Karunaratne stays back and cuts it to point, but cannot find the gap this time. |
| 21.6 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Looped up, full and on off. Dimuth Karunaratne eases it down to long off for a single. |
| 22.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Tossed up, on middle. Dimuth Karunaratne skips down and works it to mid on for a run. |
| 22.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it off the front foot. |
| 22.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, around off. Pathum Nissanka pushes it to cover. |
| 22.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter and quicker, outside off. Pathum Nissanka cuts it behind square on the off side for a couple of runs. |
| 22.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 22.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, FIFTY FOR Pathum Nissanka! A top innings from him so far but he would be aware that the job is only half done! Floated, on a length, around off. Nissanka works it to long off for a run. |
| 23.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, BEATEN! Tossed up, on a length, around off, turning away late. Pathum Nissanka looks to defend but the ball spins past his outside edge. |
| 23.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks this one out. |
| 23.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, on a length, around middle. Pathum Nissanka defends it solidly. |
| 23.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, around middle. Pathum Nissanka skips down and pushes it to mid off. |
| 23.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flighted delivery, around off. Pathum Nissanka prods to block this one out. |
| 23.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Another ball, fuller in length, around off. Pathum Nissanka presses forward and is solid in his defence. |
| 24.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Flatter ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne rocks back and slices it past point for a single. |
| 24.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely tossed up, outside off, turning away sharply. Pathum Nissanka lets it be. |
| 24.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter and quicker, outside off. Pathum Nissanka stays back and cuts it to point for a single. |
| 24.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Floated, on a length, around off. Dimuth Karunaratne defends it off the front foot. |
| 24.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller in length, around off. Dimuth Karunaratne steps out and works it to mid on. |
| 24.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Flatter ball, outside off, turning back in sharply. Dimuth Karunaratne hangs back and shoulders arms to this one. |
| 25.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, on a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka skips out and pushes it to cover. |
| 25.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka presses forward and blocks it. |
| 25.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, BEATEN! Flatter ball, on a length, around off, turning away just a little bit! Pathum Nissanka looks to block but the ball zips past his outside edge. |
| 25.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out watchfully. |
| 25.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, way outside off. Pathum Nissanka stays back and lets it through to the keeper. |
| 25.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy ball, on a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 26.1 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Tossed up, around off. Dimuth Karunaratne prods to defend this one out. |
| 26.2 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, In the air, just short of the fielder! Tossed up, around middle. Dimuth Karunaratne looks to flick, closes the face of his bat early and it takes the leading edge which falls short of the cover fielder. |
| 0.0 : Roston Chase (3-0-10-0) is back into the attack. |
| 26.3 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! A half-tracker, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne rocks back and cuts it past cover to collect a boundary. |
| 26.4 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Flatter ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne leaves it alone. |
| 26.5 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne drills it to long off for a single. |
| 26.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, around middle, turning in sharply. Pathum Nissanka tucks it to short fine leg. |
| 27.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dimuth Karunaratne, A juicy full toss, around middle. Dimuth Karunaratne skips down and heaves it towards deep mid-wicket. A single taken. |
| 27.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller in length, around off. Pathum Nissanka skips down and works it to mid off. |
| 27.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it off the front foot. |
| 27.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, A tad short, outside off. Pathum Nissanka rocks back and cuts it to point for a single. |
| 27.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dimuth Karunaratne, On a length, around middle. Dimuth Karunaratne eases it to long on for a run. |
| 27.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Another ball, fuller in length, around off. Pathum Nissanka drills it towards long off to keep the strike for the next over. |
| 28.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, turning in sharply from middle. Pathum Nissanka tucks it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 28.2 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Tossed up, around off. Dimuth Karunaratne blocks this one out. |
| 28.3 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller in length, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne drives it past cover and takes one. |
| 28.4 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, A full toss, just outside off. Nissanka shimmies down and eases it to long on for a run. |
| 28.5 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Flatter ball, on a length, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne prods but leaves it alone. |
| 28.6 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Loopy ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne presses forward and tucks it to wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| DRINKS! The opening pair of Sri Lanka, is off to a great start yet again in this series. The West Indies bowlers have not yet caused any major trouble to this pair. They will hope to break this stand before the Stumps on Day 1. |
| 29.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dimuth Karunaratne, A stumping chance goes begging! Tossed up, well outside off, turning in late. Dimuth Karunaratne shimmies down and looks to slog but he misses and gets hit on his pad. The ball rolls away to the keeper but Joshua Da Silva fails to grab it cleanly and Dimuth Karunaratne survives! |
| 29.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dimuth Karunaratne, Loopy ball, around off. Dimuth Karunaratne pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 29.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dimuth Karunaratne, No run. |
| 29.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dimuth Karunaratne, 1 run. |
| 29.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, 1 run. |
| 29.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dimuth Karunaratne, Another full toss, around off. Dimuth Karunaratne skips down and flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Short and on leg. Nissanka stays back and pulls it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 30.2 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Nicely played.100-run partnership comes up for the pair. Short ball, outside off. Dimuth Karunaratne goes on the back foot and punches it past backward point. The ball goes to the boundary. |
| 30.3 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, On off, Dimuth Karunaratne pushes it out. |
| 30.4 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! Freebie for Dimuth Karunaratne. Full toss, on middle and off. Dimuth Karunaratne flicks it through mid-wicket and bags a boundary. |
| 30.5 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Looped up, around off. Dimuth Karunaratne defends it out to the off side off the outer half. |
| 30.6 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Chase gets his man this time. The skipper could not replicate his innings from the first Test match. He goes back to hut on 42. This has brought delight to the bowler and it means a lot to the West Indies side, after what they went through in the first game. Chase draws the first blood. Looped up, full and on off. Dimuth Karunaratne chips it back to the bowler. Chase keeps his eyes on the ball, moves to his right and holds the ba |
| Oshada Fernando walks out to bat. |
| 31.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka plays it back to the bowler. |
| 31.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, on middle and off. Nissanka comes forward and pushes it to the left of short mid on. Bonner dives to his right to make the stop. |
| 31.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, On off, blocked out solidly. |
| 31.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka pushes it through covers for a single. |
| 31.5 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Floated, full and on off. Fernando prods and defends it into the pitch. |
| 31.6 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, OH!! Beauty! Looped up, full and on off. Fernando presses forward and looks to defend it out, but gets beaten by the turn on this one. Brilliant ball to end the over from Warrican. |
| 32.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka prods and blocks it onto the pitch. |
| 32.2 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter and on off. Nissanka goes back and defends it with ease. |
| 32.3 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full, around middle and leg. Nissanka comes forward and looks to flick it away but misses. The ball lobs in front of the slip fielder off the pads. |
| 32.4 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on leg. Nissanka looks to sweep it away, but finds the fielder. |
| 32.5 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around middle. The ball turns in. Nissanka glances it towards fine leg for a couple. |
| 32.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka defends it to the leg side off the inside edge. |
| 33.1 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Full and outside off. Fernando prods and defends it to cover. |
| 33.2 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, NOT OUT! Joshua Da Silva had informed the skipper that he did not hear anything, but the skipper went against it and it costs West Indies another review. Loopy ball, around off. The ball turns away sharply. Fernando looks to defend it out but misses. The ball beats the outside edge. Warrican appeals but the umpire says no. Warrican looked excited and the skipper took the review. The UltraEdge showed no spike as the ball passed the blade. |
| 33.3 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, On off, Fernando blocks it out. |
| 33.4 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Aerial! Full and on off. Fernando presses forward and defends it to silly point. The ball was in the air for a bit. Bonner gets low to his right but the ball touches the ground. |
| 33.5 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, On off, Fernando defends it out. |
| 33.6 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Looped up, on off. Fernando defends it out watchfully. |
| 33.2 : Review time! Kraigg Brathwaite has opted for a review for a caught behind! The UltraEdge shows no deflection, so the on-field decision stays and West Indies lose a review! |
| 34.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, LEG BYE! On the pads, Nissanka misses his flick. The ball takes the pads and goes past the leg slip and the batters collect a leg bye. |
| 34.2 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, On off, Fernando works it towards mid on for a single. |
| 34.3 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka eases it towards long on for a single. |
| 34.4 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Full and on off. Fernando pushes it to cover for a single. Play suspended due to bad light, the players might not return on the field. We will have to wait and see what happens. |
| Light-o-meter is out! The umpires decide that it is too dark for the play to continue! The play has been suspended due to bad light at the moment and it will resume only if the light improves. Alright then, the play has been called-off. The ground staff is getting the covers on the field. THAT WILL BE STUMPS ON DAY 1. |
| Right then! Only 34.4 overs were possible on Day 1 of the second Test, due to rain and bad light and Sri Lanka have managed to score 113 runs with the loss of just 1 wicket. West Indies would be a touch disappointed with their bowling effort as they were not upto the mark and gave away too many loose balls to the Lankan batters. |
| Sri Lankan openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Pathum Nissanka were brilliant once again as they stitched together a stand of 106 runs before the skipper perished. Young Pathum Nissanka has looked solid yet again and he continues to impress one and all. He negotiated the new ball pretty well along with Dimuth Karunaratne and looked equally good against spin as well. Karunaratne also looked soild until he was at the crease but fell cheaply to Roston Chase just minutes before the umpires called it |
| West Indies bowlers were very inconsistent with their lines and lengths and gave away too many freebies to Sri Lanka's opening batters. Kemar Roach and Jason Holder did start well but they failed to get the breakthrough. Jomel Warrican kept things tight in the middle and hit the right areas to keep the batters in check. Roston Chase did get the priced wicket of Dimuth Karunaratne but he was a touch expensive and dished out a lot of loose balls. All in all, it wasn't the best of bowling per |
| That is all from Day 1 of the second Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies! Day 2 will commence early and the live action begins at 0945 local time (0415 GMT) but you can join us in advance for the build-up. We hope that rain gods stay away tomorrow and we get to see a full day of riveting Test cricket. Cheers! |
| ... Day 2, Session 1 ... |
| The rain gods had their say on Day 1 of the second Test match between Sri Lanka and West Indies. The first two sessions went down the drain without even getting done with the toss. We saw some cricket in the final session. Sri Lanka elected to bat and went back as the happier side at Stumps on Day 1. On that note, welcome to the coverage of Day 2 of the second Test match. |
| Sri Lankan openers scored at a brisk rate in the time they spent on the field. This time Pathum Nissanka was the aggressor, unlike the first game where Dimuth Karunaratne was the one who had his foot on the gas. The pair stitched a 106-run stand before the skipper made his way back in the hut. After the wicket, the run flow slowed down. Fernando struggled a bit against the spinners, but to his benefit the umpires suspended the game due to bad light and only 34.4 overs were bowled out of the sche |
| West Indies failed to cause any trouble to the batters. It was a persistent pace attack to start with from both ends. Roach and Holder probed good lines and lengths but could not find any success and the batters negotiated the new ball really well. Kraigg Brathwaite then got Mayers into the mix, along with Chase and Warrican. The spinners though caused some trouble with some turn and extra bounce. It was Chase who drew the first blood and an important one of Karunaratne. West Indies will come ou |
| 34.5 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Turn and bounce straightaway! Flatter ball, pitching on middle and turning in sharply. Pathum Nissanka plays it with soft hands past the leg slip fielder. |
| 34.4 : PITCH REPORT - Farveez Maharoof is down for the pitch report. He says that it is pretty hot. Adds that the wicket looks very dry. Tells that spinners will come into play early on in the day and feels that it looks more like a  Day 3 pitch. |
| 34.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, outside off. Pathum Nissanka looks to drive but gets the inner half of the bat towards square leg for a run. |
| 34.4 : Mickey Arthur is down for a chat. He says he has enjoyed his time here. The warmth of the island, it is a beautiful country. Adds that he enjoys building team and when Sri Lanka approached they had a lot of work to do and he is glad about his work. Mentions, it is difficult when you part ways with a side, but the relationship goes on and he says, he will keep an eye out on all the players. |
| We are set for the action to begin! The West Indies players stride out to the middle. Followed by Pathum Nissanka and Oshada Fernando who come out to bat for Sri Lanka. Chase to complete his over. |
| 35.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka defends it off the front foot. |
| 0.0 : Jomel Warrican to bowl from the other end. |
| 35.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Just a bit quicker, around middle. Pathum Nissanka gets behind the line of the ball to block. |
| 35.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller in length, around middle. Pathum Nissanka skips down and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 35.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, around off. Pathum Nissanka pushes it to cover. |
| 35.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka gets to the pitch of the ball to block it. |
| 35.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, In the air...but safe! Flatter ball, around off. Pathum Nissanka rocks back to punch it. The ball ricochets off the thigh of the the silly point fielder and falls just short of the cover fielder. |
| 36.1 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around off. Oshada Fernando clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 36.2 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Fernando skips down and tucks this full ball towards the short leg fielder. |
| 36.3 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Oshada Fernando chips it to wide of mid-wicket for a single. |
| 36.4 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, A stifled appeal for LBW but the umpire is unmoved! Flatter ball, around off, bouncing and turning in sharply. Pathum Nissanka stays back and does not offer any shot. The ball hits him high on the pad. |
| 36.5 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, dwon leg. Pathum Nissanka tucks it behind square on the leg side for a run. |
| 36.6 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Fuller in length, around middle. Oshada Fernando skips down and eases it to mid on. |
| 37.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka defends it out. |
| 37.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka cuts it straight to the cover fielder. |
| 37.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Shorter in length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka punches it to cover. |
| 37.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, on a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 37.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka shimmies down and eases it to long off to rotate the strike. |
| 37.6 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Overpitched ball, around middle. Oshada Fernando squeezes it out past the bowler towards long off. The batters cross for a run. |
| 38.1 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, FOUR! Too short and punished by Fernando! A half-tracker, down leg. Fernando rocks back and pulls it behind square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 38.2 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around middle. Oshada Fernando skips down and clips it to mid-wicket for a run. |
| 38.3 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, around off. Pathum Nissanka skips down and looks to flick but gets a leading edge and the ball falls just short of the mid off fielder. |
| 38.5 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Flatter ball, turning down leg. Oshada Fernando looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pads. The ball rolls away behind square on the leg side for a leg bye. |
| 38.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely tossed up, around middle. Pathum Nissanka defends it with soft hands. |
| Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Nice shot! Short and outside off, Nissanka goes back and punches it through covers for a boundary. |
| 38.4 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Shorter in length, around off. Pathum Nissanka pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 40.1 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, A single now. Full and on leg. Fernando comes forward and tucks it through square leg for a run. |
| 40.2 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Looped up, full and on off. Nissanka prods and defends it into the pitch. |
| 40.3 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, A single now! Floated, around off. The ball turns in. Nissanka flicks it from front of his pads towards square leg for a run. |
| 40.5 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around middle. Oshada Fernando clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 40.6 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Flatter ball, turning down leg. Oshada Fernando hangs back and tucks it behind square on the leg side. It falls short of the leg slip fielder and goes past him. The batters take a couple. |
| 40.4 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, FOUR! An appeal for LBW but the umpire says no and suggests that there was some bat on it. A full toss, outside off. Oshada Fernando looks to sweep but gets an underedge which runs past the keeper and the leg slip fielder and into the fence. |
| 41.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 41.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, just outside off. Pathum Nissanka stays back and punches it past the diving bowler towards long off for a run. |
| 41.3 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around leg. Oshada Fernando paddles it behind square on the leg side for a couple of runs. |
| 41.4 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Almost, chopped on! Flatter ball, around off. Oshada Fernando looks to defend but gets a thick inside edge and the ball bounces off the deck and falls just past the sticks. |
| 41.5 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around off. Oshada Fernando blocks it out. |
| 41.6 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Jomel Warrican finally gets his reward! Huge wicket for West Indies as they break this partnership which was starting to look ominous for them! This was a flatter ball, outside off. Oshada Fernando stays back to cut but gets an outside edge towards the keeper. Joshua Da Silva takes a sharp catch behind the sticks. |
| Angelo Mathews comes out at number 4. |
| 42.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, turning down leg. Pathum Nissanka clips it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 42.2 : Roston Chase to Angelo Mathews, Tossed up, around off, turning in sharply. Angelo Mathews blocks it out. |
| 42.3 : Roston Chase to Angelo Mathews, FOUR! Excellent use of the feet and what a way to get off the mark! Tossed up, on a length, around off. Mathews skips down and whips it past mid on to collect a boundary. |
| 42.4 : Roston Chase to Angelo Mathews, Fuller in length, around off. Angelo Mathews steps out and clips it to wide of mid on for a run. |
| 42.5 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, A bit quicker, on a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out watchfully. |
| 42.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, around off. Pathum Nissanka shimmes down to keep it out. |
| 43.1 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Tossed up, around off. Angelo Mathews gets to the pitch of the ball to defend this one. |
| 43.2 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Flatter ball, coming in with the angle. Angelo Mathews stays back and blocks it to the off side. |
| 43.3 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Flatter ball, turning away outside off. Angelo Mathews sits back and punches it past the cover fielder. The batters take three runs. |
| 43.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka defends it off the front foot. |
| 43.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, A tad short, outside off. Pathum Nissanka rocks back but cuts it straight to the backward point fielder. |
| 43.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, around middle and leg. Pathum Nissanka works it to mid-wicket. |
| 44.2 : Roston Chase to Angelo Mathews, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Angelo Mathews gets down on his knee and sweeps it behind square on the leg side. |
| 44.3 : Roston Chase to Angelo Mathews, Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Angelo Mathews blocks it out. |
| 44.1 : Roston Chase to Angelo Mathews, DROPPED! A very tough one for the short leg fielder though! Flatter ball, around off, turning in late. Angelo Mathews nudges it straight to Nkrumah Bonner at short leg who fails to gather the ball cleanly. |
| 44.4 : Roston Chase to Angelo Mathews, Fuller in length, around off. Angelo Mathews gets to the pitch of the ball to block this one out. |
| 44.5 : Roston Chase to Angelo Mathews, Loopy ball, outside off. Angelo Mathews sweeps it towards deep square leg and rotates the strike. |
| 44.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka defends it off the front foot. |
| 45.1 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Flighted, full and on leg. Mathews helps it towards mid on. |
| 45.2 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Looped up, full and on off. Mathews pushes it to the left of the bowler. Joshua Da Silva asks Warrican to go down. The bowler does that to his left and stops the ball. |
| 45.3 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, On off, Mathews keeps it out. |
| 45.4 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, BEATEN! SO CLOSE! Tossed up, around off. The ball turns away. Mathews presses forward and looks to defend it out but misses. The ball beats the outside edge. |
| 45.5 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, On off, kept out solidly by Mathews. |
| 45.6 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Full and on off. Mathews pushes it through covers for a single. He retains the strike. A good over by Warrican. The spinners are able to keep the batters in check here. A good start with the ball for the visitors. |
| 46.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Full and on off. Mathews pushes it to cover. |
| 0.0 : Veerasammy Permaul (5-0-18-0) comes to bowl now. He replaces Roston Chase. |
| 46.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Tossed up, on off. Mathews pushes it out. |
| 46.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Flatter and short, outside off. The ball turns away. Mathews rocks back and looks to cut it away but misses. |
| 46.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, On off, Mathews plays it back to the bowler. |
| 46.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Floated, around off. Mathews goes back and punches it to cover. |
| 46.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Full and on off. Mathews drives it to cover, but straight to the fielder there. A maiden over for Veerasammy Permaul. |
| 47.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka pushes it towards mid off. |
| 47.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around middle and leg. Nissanka prods and looks to defend it out but misses. There was a lot of turn on this one, which beats the batsman easily. |
| 47.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, On off, worked towards point for a single. |
| 47.4 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Loopy ball, around middle and leg. Mathews defends it to cover off the outer half. |
| 47.5 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Floated, full and on off. Mathews pushes it to short mid on. |
| 47.6 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, NO BALL! On off, Mathews works it towards mid on. The bowler though oversteps and the umpire signals a no ball. |
| Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Jomel Warrican squares the batsman up here! Loopy ball, around middle. The ball grips and turns away. Mathews is squared up, as he looks to defend it out but fails to get any bat on it and gets beaten. The ball sneaks past the off pole. |
| 48.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, outside off. Tad full. Nissanka stays on the back foot and looks to cut it away but misses. |
| 48.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, OUT! LBW! Veerasammy Permaul strikes and gets the second wicket of the day. The visitors have started the second day on a positive note. Floated, full and around middle and leg. Nissanka prods and looks to defend it out but misses. He gets rapped on the pads. Veerasammy Permaul appeals and the umpire raises his finger after giving it a little thought. Pathum Nissanka asks the non-striker if he thinks it is needed to go upstairs but Mathews thinks i |
| Dhananjaya de Silva is the new man in. |
| 48.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it through point for a couple. Dhananjaya de Silva takes a brace. |
| 48.4 : The debutant, Charith Asalanka walks out to bat. |
| Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Brilliant work by Joshua Da Silva behind the stumps. Veerasammy Permaul picks up his second wicket of the over. What a turnaround. Flatter, outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva stays back and looks to have a poke at it, he was very late into his shot. The ball takes the outside edge. Joshua Da Silva keeps his palms behind, but the ball lobs in front off him. He keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a one handed catch to complet |
| 48.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, On off, Asalanka watchfully watches it out. |
| 48.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, FOUR! Charith Asalanka gets off the mark in some fashion. Full and on off. Charith Asalanka reverse sweeps it through square leg. The ball races away to the fence. As soon as the keeper says the shot. He continues being chirpy and say's it is time for some T20 action now. |
| 49.1 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, On off, Mathews defends it off his front foot. |
| 49.2 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Tossed up, on off. Mathews blocks it out. |
| 49.3 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Full and on off. Mathews defends it out watchfully. |
| 49.4 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Full and on off. Mathews blocks it out. |
| 49.5 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Looped up, full and on off. Mathews blocks it out. |
| 49.6 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, 1 run. |
| Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, NO BALL! Flatter and on off. Mathews goes back and punches it through covers. The batters cross for a single. The umpire signals a no ball, as the bowler oversteps. He has to reload the final delivery. |
| Jomel Warrican to Charith Asalanka, Full and around off. Charith Asalanka looks to push it towards cover. The ball takes the inside edge and onto the pads. |
| 50.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, A single now! Tossed up, full and outside off. Mathews pushes it through covers for a single. |
| 50.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Floated, around middle. The ball turns in. Asalanka stays back and flicks it towards fine leg. The batters take a single. |
| 50.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dinesh Chandimal, Flighted, full and on off. Chandimal pushes it to cover. |
| 50.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dinesh Chandimal, Full, around middle and off. Chandimal defends it out solidly. |
| 50.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dinesh Chandimal, On off, Dinesh Chandimal blocks it out. |
| 50.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dinesh Chandimal, Full and on off. Chandimal keeps it out. |
| 50.2 : Angelo Mathews seems to be struggling with his hamstring! The Sri Lankan physio is out in the middle to have a look at him. The umpires decide to have a Drinks break. West Indies have been top notch right from the word go on Day 2 and they have caused some serious problems to the Lankan batters. The hosts badly need a partnership if they are post a good first innings total. Oh, dear! It seems nothing is going Sri Lanka's way! Angelo Mathews has walked off the field and Dinesh Chandimal has c |
| 50.6 : Roston Chase (13-0-57-1) comes back to bowl. |
| 51.1 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, A dot now! Chase comes around the wicket. Full and angled into leg. Asalanka defends it back to the bowler. |
| 51.2 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Full and on off. Asalanka presses forward and blocks it to the off side. |
| 51.3 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Tossed up, full and on off. Asalanka blocks it towards point off the outer half. |
| 51.4 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, FOUR! The debutant is looking confident. Full, around middle and leg. Asalanka lunges forward and slog-sweeps it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 51.5 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Short and around off. Asalanka goes back and punches it through covers for a single. A poor delivery to follow with. This has been the weak-point of the West Indies bowlers. They have failed to maintain the pressure. |
| 51.6 : Roston Chase to Dinesh Chandimal, Floated, around off. Chandimal punches it through covers for a couple of runs. Easy pickings. |
| 52.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Full and outside off. Asalanka prods and blocks it out. |
| 52.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Looped up, full and outside off. Asalanka continues to remain solid in his defense. |
| 52.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Flatter and on off. Asalanka blocks it to short leg fielder. |
| 52.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Around off. Asalanka comes inside the line and nudges it to square leg. |
| 52.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, On the pads, Asalanka tucks it to square leg. |
| 52.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, OUT! CAUGHT! Simple catch to short leg and the spinners are working their magic for the visitors. Veerasammy Permaul picks up his third wicket. Looped up, around off. The ball grips and turns in. Charith Asalanka prods and looks to defend it out. The ball takes the inside edge, goes onto the pads and lobs towards short leg. Nkrumah Bonner is stationed there and he takes a simple catch, with his eyes on the ball. Sri Lanka slip further. |
| Ramesh Mendis walks out to bat. |
| 53.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dinesh Chandimal, DROPPED! Full and on off. Dinesh Chandimal looks to defend it out. The ball turns away. The ball takes the outside edge and goes towards first slip. The ball lands short of the fielder. |
| 53.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dinesh Chandimal, Oh Dear! Joshua Da Silva will be unhappy that he put his gloves in between. Looped up, full and on off. The ball turns away. Dinesh Chandimal looks to defend it out. The ball takes the outside edge. Joshua Da Silva pushes his hand to the right and looks to grab it but the ball defelects and goes to the off side. It was an easy catch for the slip fielder. |
| 53.3 : Suranga Lakmal is the new man in. |
| Review time! Dinesh Chandimal has opted for a review after having adjudged LBW by the umpire. There is nothing on the UltraEdge and the Ball Tracker indicates three reds. Chandimal will have to take the walk back to the pavilion. |
| 53.4 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, Full and on off. Lakmal presses forward and defends it out. |
| 53.5 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, Slower through the air, around off. Lakmal prods and looks to defend it out. The ball turns away and beats the outside edge. |
| 53.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dinesh Chandimal, OUT! LBW! Jomel Warrican strikes and gets his second wicket. Full, around middle and leg. Dinesh Chandimal gets low and looks to sweep it away but misses. The ball sneaks under the blade and raps him on the pads. Jomel Warrican appeals and the umpire raises his finger. Dinesh Chandimal opts for the review. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker shows three reds and the batter has to trudge back to the pavilion. |
| 53.6 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, FOUR! All runs coming from this point are crucial for the hosts. Short and on off. Lakmal stays back and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. A poor delivery to end a good over by Warrican. |
| 54.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Flatter and on off. Mendis stays back and punches it to point. |
| 54.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, on off. Mendis defends it out solidly. |
| 54.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, FOUR! Now Mendis gets off the mark with a boundary. Full and on off. Mendis gets low and sweeps it through square leg. His shot almost gets the square leg umpire. The ball races away to the fence. |
| 54.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Full and on off. Mendis goes for the sweep again. This time it hits Nkrumah Bonner on his shin pads and short leg and saves a boundary. |
| 54.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Floated, full and outside out. The ball turns away. Mendis leaves it alone. |
| 54.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, On the pads, Mendis tucks it to square leg for a single. |
| 55.1 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, On off, Mendis pushes it to mid off. |
| 55.2 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Full and on off. Mendis blocks it out. |
| 55.3 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, OUT! TAKEN! A very soft dismissal and Sri Lanka slip further! Flatter ball, around off, turning away late. Ramesh Mendis looks to flick it to the leg side against the turn but closes the bat face early. The ball takes the leading edge and goes straight to Shai Hope at cover who takes a dolly. |
| Lasith Embuldeniya comes out at number 9. |
| 55.4 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter ball, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya blocks it off the front foot. |
| 55.5 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to defend but gets the inside edge which falls just wide of Nkrumah Bonner at short leg. |
| 55.6 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Fuller in length, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya blocks it out watchfully. |
| 56.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Flatter ball, outside off. Suranga Lakmal stays back and cuts it to cover-point for a run. |
| 56.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Turn and bounce! Floated, around middle and turning down leg. Lasith Embuldeniya chips it to wide of the leg slip fielder for a single. |
| 56.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Flatter and quicker, outside off. Suranga Lakmal looks to cut but it goes off the inner half towards cover. |
| 56.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Tossed up, down leg. Suranga Lakmal turns it to the leg side and rotates the strike. |
| 56.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya smothers the spin nicely and pushes it to mid off. |
| 56.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Floated, on a length, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya skips down and works it to mid off. |
| 57.1 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, FOUR! Width on offer and Lakmal pounces on it! Too short, outside off. Suranga Lakmal rocks back and cuts it past point for a boundary. |
| 57.2 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, Tossed up, on off. Suranga Lakmal blocks it out. |
| 57.3 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, Flatter ball, around off. Suranga Lakmal defends it off the front foot. |
| 57.4 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, Darted on the pads. Suranga Lakmal clips it to wide of mid-wicket and collects a couple. |
| 57.5 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, On a length, outside off. Suranga Lakmal blocks it off the front foot. |
| 57.6 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, BEATEN! Drift and turn for Warrican! Tossed up, around off, turning away late. Suranga Lakmal prods to defend but the ball spins past his outside edge. |
| 57.5 : Ohhh Nooo! A huge dark cloud is hovering around the ground. Let's hope it does not pour down and passes by with the help of the wind. All we want is a good day of Test cricket. |
| 58.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, OUT! BOWLED! Permaul is on a roll here at Galle! He hurls a full ball, around middle. Lasith Embuldeniya stays inside the line of the ball and looks to work it towards cover-point but he misses and the ball crashes onto his stumps. What a comeback this has been from West Indies! |
| 39.5 : Who will walk out now? It is Angelo Mathews who walk out to at now. He was injured and got off the field to nurse himself, but the rest of the batters could not negotiate well and Mathews has to come back and get his team out of trouble here. |
| 58.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Flatter ball, outside off. Angelo Mathews cuts it to cover. |
| 58.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Shorter in length, outside off. Angelo Mathews drags it to long off and hops towards the other end. He is clearly struggling with his hamstring here! |
| 58.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, On a length, around middle. Suranga Lakmal blocks it out. |
| 58.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Flatter ball, just outside off. Suranga Lakmal stays back to cut but does not get any bat on it. |
| 58.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, A tad short, outside off. Suranga Lakmal looks to cut yet again but gets and underedge towards backward point. |
| 38.5 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Flatter ball, turning down leg. Oshada Fernando does not offer any shot and gets hit high on his pad. |
| 38.6 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around off. Oshada Fernando defends it with soft hands. |
| 59.1 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Loopy ball, around off. Angelo Mathews drills it to long off but does not run! |
| Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 39.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, on a length, around middle. Pathum Nissanka keeps it out. |
| 39.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, outside off. Pathum Nissanka defends it off the front foot. |
| 59.2 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Another ball, fuller in length, around off. Angelo Mathews strokes it to long on. |
| 39.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off, turning away late. Pathum Nissanka shimmies down and works it to extra cover off the outer half of the blade. |
| 59.3 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Just short of the long off fielder! Tossed up, outside off. Angelo Mathews lofts it towards long off. |
| 59.4 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Fuller in length, around off. Angelo Mathews drives it hard to long off. |
| 39.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, on off, Nissanka plays it back to the bowler. |
| Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, SIX! BANG! Just over the long on fielder! Tossed up, around middle. Angelo Mathews clears his front leg and lofts it towards long on. The fielder in the deep jumps but the ball goes just over him for a biggie. |
| 59.6 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, SIX! AND AGAIN! Loopy ball, around middle. Angelo Mathews middles this one as he smacks it over long on for another maximum! |
| 60.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Loopy ball, on off. Suranga Lakmal blocks it out. |
| 60.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Flatter ball, outside off. Suranga Lakmal cuts it to point. |
| 60.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Darted on the pads. Suranga Lakmal clears his front leg and defends it. |
| 60.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, An appeal for LBW but nothing from the umpire. Fuller in length, around off. Suranga Lakmal prods to block this one. It was clearly off the bat. Maybe the sound was of the bat hitting the pad. |
| 60.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, OUT! TAKEN! Veerasammy Permaul gets a five-wicket haul and Sri Lanka lose their ninth wicket now! Loopy ball, outside off, inviting the batter to slog. Lakmal sees the flight and looks to go downtown but gets a thick outside edge which goes towards Jomel Warrican at backward point and he takes a simple catch. |
| 60.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Praveen Jayawickrama, Tossed up, on off. Praveen Jayawickrama blocks it. |
| 60.5 : Who will walk out now? It is Praveen Jayawickrama. |
| 61.1 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Fuller in length, around off. Angelo Mathews blocks it out watchfully. |
| 61.2 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, FOUR! SMASHED! Loopy ball, in the slot, around off. Angelo Mathews gets to the pitch of the ball and smokes it past the bowler. The ball races away to the fence. |
| 61.3 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, OUT! BOWLED! A peach of a delivery to get rid of the injured Angelo Mathews! Most of the batters would have found it hard to negotiate this beauty! Tossed up, around middle, and turning away just that little bit. Mathews prods to block, does not get to the pitch of the ball due to his hamstring and he misses. The ball spins past his blade and rattles his off pole. Sri Lanka are bundled out for 204. |
| The hosts started off brilliantly with a 106-run opening stand. They lost their skipper on Day 1 itself. It was the only stand that had an impact on the game. Sri Lanka went onto add only 91Â runs on Day 2Â and were bundled out for 204 runs. This tells you the story of the innings. |
| Brilliant by the visitors! The spinners ran havoc with the ball. Veerasammy Permaul and Jomel Warrican went onto take nine wickets combined. This session truly belongs to the visitors. The onus now comes on their batters to give a good reply and compliment a good effort of their bowlers. Stay tuned as they come back for the reply. |
| The second innings is set to begin! |
| 0.1 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Good-length ball, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it off the front foot. |
| Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, NO BALL to start with, from Lakmal! A full ball, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite leaves it alone. The umpire signals a no ball as Lakmal oversteps. |
| 0.2 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Back of a length, outside off, curling away late. Kraigg Brathwaite lets it through to the keeper. |
| 0.3 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Length ball, angling in from middle. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to square leg. |
| 0.4 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, This is a full ball, angling in from off. Kraigg Brathwaite eases it to mid off with soft hands. |
| 0.5 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Lakmal errs in line and spills this one down leg. Kraigg Brathwaite misses his flick. |
| 0.6 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, JAFFA! Good-length ball, around the fifth stump channel and nipping back in sharply. Kraigg Brathwaite looks to defend off the front foot but the ball sneaks through his bat and pad towards the keeper. |
| 1.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, around off. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it out. |
| 1.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Fuller in length, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood looks to drive but it goes off the inner half to the bowler. |
| 0.6 : Time for some spin! Lasith Embuldeniya to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood drives it hard to the cover fielder. |
| 1.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, around middle. Jermaine Blackwood defends it out. |
| 1.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, On a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 1.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, around off. Jermaine Blackwood pushes it to mid off and takes off for a run. He gets off the mark now! |
| 2.1 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, Back of a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it off the back foot. |
| 2.2 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, Length ball, nipping back in from off. Jermaine Blackwood defends it to cover. |
| 2.3 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, Short of a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood gets behind the line of the ball and pushes it to mid on. |
| 2.4 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, Lovely delivery! On a length, around middle and leg, jagging back in sharply. Jermaine Blackwood looks to flick it but he misses and gets hit high on his pad. |
| 2.5 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, Back of a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it off the back foot towards cover. |
| 2.6 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, Good-length delivery, on off. Jermaine Blackwood keeps it out this time. |
| 3.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, On a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out watchfully. |
| 3.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, way outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite prods but shoulders arms to this one. |
| 3.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it off the back foot. |
| 3.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite stays back and cuts it to backward point. |
| 3.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Sharp turn and bounce! Nicely tossed up, outside off, turning away late. Kraigg Brathwaite looks to poke at it but the ball spins past his outside edge. |
| 3.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, On a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out watchfully. That will be Lunch on Day 2! |
| The hosts lost their grip over the advantage! Nissanka and Fernando came out to bat at the start of the day. Both looked pretty solid in the middle. Not letting the spinners settle down. But unlike the first Test match, Da Silva was being very chirpy behind the wickets, which might have some impact on the batters for sure. Fernando was the first one to depart of the hosts and then they kept losing wickets in quick succession. Nissanka soon slipped out and could not make his way to a three digit |
| West Indies are the happier side going back into Lunch on Day 2 without a doubt. The hosts were at a solid position at the beginning of the day with nine wickets in hands, but they could not capitalize on it and bundled out for just 204. They lost nine wickets in a single session. Also, it looks like the ground staff is getting the covers on as a precaution. Well, it was just a precaution, but it looks like the rain has arrived. It is pouring down and we hope it passes by before the break ends. |
| What a comeback by West Indies! Their spinners have spun a web around the batters and have strangled them. It was all about Veerasammy Permaul, he earned his recall and has managed to make it count. He comes back and picks up a five-wicket haul in the first innings itself. He has helped his side to roar back in the game. He was supported well by Jomel Warrican from the other end, as he picked up a four-wicket haul and bundled out the hosts for 204 runs. The West Indies batters came back for a r |
| What a session of cricket did we witness! The West Indies will come back and look to cut the deficit watchfully. Another riveting session awaits. Do join us at 1240 local time (0710 GMT) for the second session. |
| ...Day 2, Session 2... |
| We are back for the second session. The players of Sri Lanka stride out to the middle, followed by West Indies' batters Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood. Suranga Lakmal will start with the ball. |
| 4.1 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, A couple to get the second session going. A length ball, on the pads. Blackwood tucks it through square leg for a couple. The umpire signals a no ball, as the bowler oversteps. |
| Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, FOUR! EDGY! A length ball, around off. Blackwood looks to defend it out. The ball takes the outside edge and goes through the slip cordon. The ball races away into the fence at third man. |
| 4.2 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, Fuller, on off. Blackwood stays back and defends it towards mid on. |
| 4.3 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, A single now! On a length, around middle and leg. Blackwood nudges it towards square leg for a single. |
| 4.4 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full-length ball, on off. Kraigg Brathwaite defends it to cover. |
| 4.5 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, A couple more! Length ball, on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite stays back and glances it towards fine leg for a couple. |
| 4.6 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller, on off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it to the off side watchfully. 10 runs off the over. A good one for the visitors. |
| 5.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Looped up, full and outside off. Blackwood slaps it to cover but straight to the fielder. |
| 5.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter and on off. Blackwood goes back and defends it out. |
| 5.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Around off, Blackwood stays back and punches it to cover. |
| 5.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Jermaine Blackwood prods and defends it into the pitch. |
| 5.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Short and on the pads, Blackwood tucks it to square leg for a couple. |
| 5.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, On middle and leg. Jermaine Blackwood defends it out solidly to see off the over. |
| 6.1 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Good-length ball, around off, jags in a bit. Kraigg Brathwaite hops inside the crease and flicks it to the leg side. |
| 6.2 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, A single now! Fuller, on leg. Kraigg Brathwaite flicks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 6.3 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, A length ball, on the pads. Blackwood works it behind square leg for a single. |
| 6.4 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, On the pads again, length ball. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to the leg side for a run. He offers the bat at the last moment. |
| 6.5 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, On a length, around middle. Some extra bounce off the deck. Blackwood flicks it through mid-wicket. The batters take two before the fielder cuts it out. He rides the bounce really welll here. |
| 6.6 : Suranga Lakmal to Jermaine Blackwood, Back of a length, on middle. Blackwood ducks under it and leaves it alone. |
| 7.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Floated, full and on off. Kraigg Brathwaite defends it towards mid off. |
| 7.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, full and on off. Kraigg Brathwaite pushes it towards mid off and takes off for a single. |
| 7.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Angled in, full and on leg. Blackwood defends it to short leg off the inner half. |
| 7.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Jermaine Blackwood works it towards mid off for a run. |
| 7.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off, Kraigg Brathwaite goes back and defends it out watchfully. |
| 7.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter and on middle. Kraigg Brathwaite goes back and defends it to point. |
| 8.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, full and on middle. Blackwood looks to push it away. The ball takes the bottom edge and goes through point. The batters take two. |
| 8.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, On off, pushed to cover for a single. |
| 8.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Looped up, around off. The ball turns in. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it to the leg side. |
| 8.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Darted full and on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite flicks it to square on the leg side. |
| 8.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Floated, full and on middle. Kraigg Brathwaite defends it back to the bowler with a straight bat. |
| 8.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, A huge appeal for LBW but the umpire is not interested! Flighted, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite comes inside the line and looks to defend it out but misses. The ball goes to the keeper, after the ball brushes the pads. Mendis appeals but the umpire is unmoved. The skipper does not opt for the review this time. The replays show the impact was outside the line. |
| 0.0 : Ramesh Mendis comes to bowl. He replaces Suranga Lakmal. |
| 9.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, FOUR! EDGED! Full and outside off. Jermaine Blackwood throws his bat at it. The ball takes the outside edge and goes past the face of the gully fielder. The ball races away to the boundary. |
| 9.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, A single now, as this is eased towards long on. |
| 9.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on middle. Kraigg Brathwaite prods and defends it into the pitch. |
| 9.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full, on the pads, Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 9.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, full and on off. Jermaine Blackwood punches it to mid off for and gets a single. |
| 9.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller, on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite works it to mid-wicket off the inner half. They take a single. A good over for the visitors, 8 runs off it. |
| 10.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on off. Kraigg Brathwaite flicks it to the leg side, but cannot find the gap. |
| 10.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off, Kraigg Brathwaite works it towards long on for a single. The batters are doing well to keep the scoreboard ticking. |
| 10.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, On the pads, Blackwood nudges it to the leg side for another single. |
| 10.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on off. Kraigg Brathwaite leans forward and helps it towards long on for another run. They are not letting the spinners settle here. |
| 10.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter and short, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood goes back and looks to cut it away but misses. The ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 10.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Slower, full and on off. Blackwood pushes it to mid off. |
| 11.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off, Kraigg Brathwaite defends it onto the pitch. |
| 11.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on leg. Kraigg Brathwaite flicks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 11.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, full and on off. Blackwood prods and blocks it out. |
| 11.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on middle. Jermaine Blackwood presses forward and defends it to the off side off the outer half. |
| 11.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Outside off, Blackwood remains solid in his defence. |
| 11.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, On the pads, Blackwood works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 12.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full, around middle and leg. Kraigg Brathwaite flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 12.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, full and on middle. Jermaine Blackwood helps it towards mid on. |
| 12.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and outside off. Blackwood comes inside the line to defend it out. |
| 12.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, On off, blocked out. |
| 12.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Jermaine Blackwood pushes it towards mid off. |
| 12.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Just a single off the over! Fuller, on leg. Blackwood looks to sweep it but misses. The ball goes to the leg side off the pads. Mendis appeals but the umpire is unmoved. Dimuth Karunaratne opts to go against the review. |
| Praveen Jayawickrama comes into the attack. |
| 13.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Aerial but safe! Full and on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite looks to defend it out. The ball goes off the outside edge and eludes the short leg fielder. |
| 13.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, On middle and leg. Brathwaite tucks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 13.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on the pads, Jermaine Blackwood nudges it towards square leg. |
| 13.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full, around middle and leg. Jermaine Blackwood prods and blocks it out. |
| 13.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood plays it back to the bowler. |
| 13.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, around off. Blackwood helps it down the ground towards long off for a single. He retains the strike. |
| 14.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 14.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flighted, full and on off. Blackwood remains solid in his defense. |
| 14.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, On the pads, tucked to the leg side. |
| 14.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, FOUR! Nicely played. Full toss and on off. Blackwood steps forward and punches it towards long off. The ball beats the man at mid off and gets into the fence. |
| 14.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, On middle, Blackwood defends it out watchfully. |
| 14.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood pushes it to mid off for a single. He will keep the strike again. |
| 15.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, around off. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it off the front foot. |
| 15.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, darted on the pads. Jermaine Blackwood plays it with soft hands towards short leg. |
| 15.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, This is spilled down leg. Blackwood misses his flick. |
| 15.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, On a length, around middle and leg. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it off the front foot. |
| 15.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, down leg, turning away a bit. Jermaine Blackwood rocks back to pull but he misses and gets hit high on his pad. The ball lobs up behind square on the leg side. |
| 15.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, on a length, around middle. Jermaine Blackwood eases it to long on for a single. |
| 16.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood prods but shoulders arms to this one. |
| 16.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on off. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it out. |
| 16.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Nicely tossed up, around off. Jermaine Blackwood presses forward to defend it. |
| 16.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, A tad short, coming in with the angle from middle. Jermaine Blackwood stays back to keep it out. |
| 16.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood rocks back and punches it to cover. |
| 16.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, fuller in length, around middle. Jermaine Blackwood is solid in his front foot defence. |
| 17.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, darted on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to the leg side. |
| 17.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite stays behind and turns it with soft hands towards short leg. |
| 17.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter and quicker, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it by getting behind the line of the ball. |
| 17.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller in length, on middle. Kraigg Brathwaite eases it to mid on. |
| 17.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, A tad short, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite hangs back and guides it past short third man to rotate the strike. |
| 17.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood prods to block this one out. |
| 18.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite rocks back and dabs it to backward point. |
| 18.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller in length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite prods to defend but it goes off the outer half of the blade to wide of point. A single taken. |
| 18.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on a length, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood punches it to cover. |
| 18.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Uppish but safe! Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood drives it uppishly past the cover fielder for a single. |
| 18.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out. |
| 18.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, A bit quicker and shorter in length, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite punches it to cover. |
| 19.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, That was unplayable! Drift, bounce and turn! Tossed up, around middle. Jermaine Blackwood gets forward to block but the ball spins past his outside edge. |
| 19.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, On a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood defends it out. |
| 19.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Fuller in length, around middle. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it off the front foot. |
| 19.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, around off. Jermaine Blackwood keeps it out. |
| 19.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on a length, around middle. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it out watchfully. |
| 19.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Top effort from Suranga Lakmal to save a run for his side! Tossed up, down leg. Jermaine Blackwood sweeps it behind square on the leg side. Suranga Lakmal runs there from short fine leg, puts in a dive and manages to keep the ball in play just in front of the ropes. The batters take three runs. |
| 20.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, on off. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it. |
| 20.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, On a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood presses forward to defend. |
| 20.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Fuller in length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood is solid in his defence. |
| 20.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood pushes it uppishly back to the bowler. |
| 20.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it out. |
| 20.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, FOUR! CRUNCHED! Flatter and quicker, just outside off. Jermaine Blackwood rocks back and cuts it past the diving cover fielder for a boundary. |
| 21.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite defends it by staying inside the crease. |
| 21.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, darted on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite turns it to mid-wicket. |
| 21.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around leg. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it behind square on the leg side. |
| 21.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, BEATEN! Nicely tossed up, on a length, around off, turning away late. Kraigg Brathwaite prods to defend but the ball spins past his outside edge. |
| 21.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Darted on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite keeps it out. |
| 21.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Floated, on a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it watchfully. |
| 22.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, around off. Jermaine Blackwood defends it out. |
| 22.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, around middle. Jermaine Blackwood is solid in his defence. |
| 22.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Shorter in length, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood punches it to cover. |
| 22.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, FOUR! Excellent timing and placement! Tossed up, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood presses forward and drives it past the cover fielder for a boundary. |
| 22.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood punches it to cover. |
| 22.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, On a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it out. |
| 23.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out. |
| 23.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Shorter in length, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite guides it past short third man for a single. |
| 23.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, A half-tracker, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood misses out as he hits it straight towards mid-wicket fielder. |
| 23.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, on off. Jermaine Blackwood blocks it out. |
| 23.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Jermaine Blackwood defends it out. |
| 23.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, around off. Jermaine Blackwood presses forward to play a defensive stroke. |
| DRINKS! The West Indies opening pair has fared really well here. They continue to be on defence. The Sri Lankan bowlers have not done much here to trouble the batters. They would hope they can pick a couple of wickets to puts the visitors on the back foot. |
| 24.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 24.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Floated, on a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out watchfully. |
| 24.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite stays back to punch it to cover. |
| 24.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Nicely tossed up, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite prods to defend but gets the outer half of the bat and the ball falls just wide of the silly point fielder. |
| 24.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, That stayed low! Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite stays back to cut but the ball stays low and goes off the outer half towards cover-point. |
| 24.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, On a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite gets to the pitch of the ball and blocks it. |
| 25.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, full and outside off. Blackwood lets it go to the keeper. |
| 25.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood defends it out. |
| 25.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter and on off. Blackwood goes back and punches it to mid on. |
| 25.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Slower, on the pads, Blackwood goes back and looks to work it to the leg side but misses. |
| 25.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and outside off. Blackwood steps across and defends it out. |
| 25.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Around middle and leg. Jermaine Blackwood tucks it to the leg side. A maiden over for Praveen Jayawickrama. |
| 26.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Angled in, full and on leg. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out to cover. |
| 26.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, around off. The ball turns and bounces off the deck. Kraigg Brathwaite goes back and punches it to point. |
| 26.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on off. Brathwaite offers full face of the bat and defends it into the pitch. A bit of a thunder now, lot of suspense from both end here. |
| 26.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off, blocked out solidly. |
| 26.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on off. Kraigg Brathwaite defends it watchfully. |
| 26.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on off. Kraigg Brathwaite prods and blocks it into the pitch. |
| 27.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Short and on leg. Blackwood flicks it towards mid on for a single. |
| 27.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on off, defended out. |
| 27.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Darted on the pads, Kraigg Brathwaite clips it through square leg for a single. |
| 27.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, OUT! LBW! Here it is, Praveen Jayawickrama strikes and draws the first blood. Loopy ball, around middle and leg. Blackwood prods and looks to defend it out but misses. He gets rapped on the pads. Praveen Jayawickrama appeals and the umpire agrees and up come the dreaded finger. Jermaine Blackwood does not think he is out. He goes for the review straightaway after the umpire raised his finger. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball |
| Review time! Jermaine Blackwood has reviewed it straightaway after being adjudjed LBW. Nothing on the UltraEdge and the Ball Tracker indicates three reds as well. Blackwood is a goner! |
| Nkrumah Bonner walks out to bat. |
| 27.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on leg. The ball stays low. Bonner stays inside the crease and defends it to the leg side. |
| 27.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Looped up, around off. Bonner prods and drives it to cover. A great over by Praveen Jayawickrama, a wicket and just two runs off it. Sri Lanka will try to use the momentum and make inroads in the game. |
| 28.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! Cracked! Short and outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite is offered width and he pounces of the opportunity. He goes back and cuts it through cover-point for a boundary. |
| 28.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, A couple now! Full and on leg. Kraigg Brathwaite flicks it through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 28.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, NOT OUT! Kraigg Brathwaite survives here and Sri Lanka lose a review this time. Tossed up, around middle, the ball holds its line. Kraigg Brathwaite prods and looks to defend it out but misses and gets hit on the pads. This was plumb, in front of tehe stumps. Lasith Embuldeniya appeals but the umpire says no. The bowlers convinces the skipper to opt for the review and he listens to the bowler. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tra |
| 28.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on off. Kraigg Brathwaite goes back and defends it out. |
| 28.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Looped up, full and on off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it. |
| 28.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Around off, Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out watchfully. |
| 29.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on off. Bonner presses forward and blocks it out. |
| 0.0 : Dimuth Karunaratne has opted for a review now! Kraigg Brathwaite has ben rapped on his pads and it looks like a close call! UltraEdge confirms that there is no bat involved but the Ball Tracker suggests that the ball would have gone well over the stumps and the on-field decision stays. |
| 29.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, on off. Bonner pushes it to cover for a single. Poor from Lasith Embuldeniya who charged late on the loose ball. |
| 29.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Floated, around off, Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out. |
| 29.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on off. Kraigg Brathwaite defends it out watchfully. |
| UPDATE 1413 local ( 0843 GMT) - We do not have a good news, folks! The groundstaff close in with the covers as they anticipate that the dark, hovering clouds will bring some heavy rain with them! There is some rain around in the vicinity and the groundstaff are covering the entire ground now. Stay tuned as we bring you further updates. |
| UPDATE 1437 local (0907 GMT) - Finally, rain has arrived and the covers are firmly in place now. Even the tyres are coming out and the groundstaff are pegging the covers down as they anticipate a heavy storm here. |
| UPDATE 1445Â local (0915Â GMT) - Due to persistent and heavy rain, the players have taken an early Tea. Let's hope the weather clears quickly and we get to see some live action in the last session. |
| UPDATE 1500 local (0930 GMT) -Â The Tea interval should have been over by now but it continues to rain in Galle and it seems to be a long delay. |
| UPDATE 1530 local (1000 GMT) - Looks like the rain gods have no mercy on the game. The dark clouds and persistent rain continue to hang around the field. The wait game continues. If it continues like this the final session of the game can be ruled out. Stay tuned for ball-to-ball raindrop-to-raindrop update. |
| UPDATE 1600 local (1030 GMT) - The rain has eased down a bit, it isn't pelting at the moment. Although the covers are still on. We are inching closer to the deadline. Hopefully, we get to see some action. Stay tuned! |
| UPDATE 1625 local (1055 GMT) - PLAY CALLED OFF ON DAY 2! This is the outcome of the discussion between the umpires and the groundstaff as the rain has gotten heavier and the conditions went darker too. Seems like the best decision looking at the conditions. Not a convincing end to an amazing game of cricket. |
| Right then! Another day where rain has played spoilsport but we were able to get close to 58 overs of play on Day 2 of this Test. It would be safe to say that the day belonged to the visitors who came roaring back and put the Lankans on the back foot. |
| West Indies bowlers bounced back strongly in the first session and their spinners Veerasammy Permaul and Jomel Warrican spun their web on the Lankan batters. They bowled tight lines and lengths throughout and got their rewards. Permaul bagged his maiden five-wicket haul while Warrican picked 4 wickets. The Windies conceded just 91 runs on Day 2 and picked up 9 wickets to turn the game in their favour. |
| Sri Lankan batters looked in all sorts of trouble as they lost their overnight batters in quick succession and their middle order batters looked absolutely clueless in the middle. To rub salt on their wounds, their experienced campaigner in Angelo Mathews got injured and walked off the field. However, he came out to bat later on but he was struggling with his hamstring. Mathews did hit a few lusty blows in the end which helped Sri Lanka to cross the 200-run mark. No other batter made a significa |
| Right then. That brings the curtains down on Day 2 of this Test match. Rain has again decided to pour down and let it's presence be felt, which has robbed us of having a full day's play on Day 2. Nevertheless, we are always hopeful of positive things and maybe Day 3 will be a better one in terms of the weather. Do join us for the same at 0945 local (0415 GMT). Cheers! |
| West Indies openers, Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood negotiated the new ball quite well and they stitched together a partnership of 62 runs before the latter fell when Praveen Jayawickrama trapped him in front. Sri Lankan spinners did trouble Windies' batters but they would be reasonably happy with the way things went as far as their batting is concerned. They will now look to cut the deficit as quickly as possible as first innings lead is going to be very crucial on a track like this. |
| ...DAY 3, SESSION 1... |
| West Indies would be happy with the way things have gone so far and they will certainly feel that they have their noses slightly ahead going into Day 3 of this Test. Their bowlers bounced back hard on Day 2 to restrict the Lankan batters to a score which could be considered just below par on a track like this and they were backed up well by Windies' openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood. Although the visitors lost Blackwood just before rain came in on Day 2, they have an able overnigh |
| Sri Lanka started very strong on Day 1 but they gave away their momentum come the Day 2 as their batters fell like a pack of cards and were just somehow able to cross the 200-run mark. Their bowlers were denied an early breakthrough by Windies' openers although their spinners bowled their heart out. Praveen Jayawickrama took an important wicket of Blackwood and gave the Lankans something to cheer on Day 2. Dimuth Karunaratne and his men would hope that they make early inroads on Day 3 and make s |
| Hello and welcome to Day 3 of the second Test match between Sri Lanka and West Indies. First two days were rain curtailed and we hope that raingods stay away from Day 3, which is known to be a moving day in Test cricket. West Indies have made a strong comeback on Day 2 and they would hope that they build on their momentum going ahead in this Test match. |
| Joshua Da Silva is down for a chat. He says that he likes to have fun out in the middle. Adds that he loves to talk and cheer up the guys when he is keeping for his side. Tells that there are a lot of eyes on him when DRS comes into picture. Says that they are in a very good position and they need to put 350-plus score on board. |
| PITCH REPORT - With only around 90 overs bowled in this Test, it does seem like we are heading into Day 2. There is going to be a lot of spin on offer on this deck and the batters should be wary of the same. The arm ball can cause a lot of damage and the batters should be ready to get ahead or stay on the back foot. |
| We are set for Day 3 to get underway! The players of Sri Lanka stride out and they are followed by West Indies batters Kraigg Brathwaite and Nkrumah Bonner. Praveen Jayawickrama will complete his over. |
| 29.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite sits back and shoulders arms to this one. |
| 29.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite prods to block it. |
| 29.4 : Who will bowl from the other end? Lasith Embuldeniya (14-4-35-0) to bring the attack from the other end! |
| 30.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, A quicker ball, around middle and leg. Nkrumah Bonner stays back to flick but he misses and gets hit high on his pad. |
| 30.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, around off. Nkrumah Bonner pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 30.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, just outside off. Nkrumah Bonner blocks it solidly off the front foot. |
| 30.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Fuller in length, around off, turning away late. Nkrumah Bonner works it to the off side. |
| 30.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, on a length, around off. Nkrumah Bonner defends it out. |
| 30.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, around off, turning away late. Nkrumah Bonner is solid in his defence. A maiden over from Lasith Embuldeniya! |
| 31.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, darted on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite stays back and nudges it to square leg. |
| 31.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Nicely tossed up, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite lunges forward and blocks it. |
| 31.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite prods and drives it to cover. |
| 31.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Lovely delivery! Tossed up, on a length, around off and turning away sharply. Kraigg Brathwaite looks to defend with soft hands but it goes off the outer half of the blade towards backward point. |
| 31.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, on middle. Kraigg Brathwaite gets behind the line of the ball to defend it. |
| 31.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller in length, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite works it to cover. |
| 32.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner drives hard but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 32.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, A tad short, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner rocks back to cut but finds the backward point fielder. |
| 32.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner drives it to mid off. |
| 32.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, On a length, around off. Nkrumah Bonner blocks it out. |
| 32.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Floated, on a length, around middle. Nkrumah Bonner gets to the pitch of the ball and defends it. |
| 32.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, coming in with the angle and turning away late. Nkrumah Bonner hangs back and pushes it to cover-point. Another maiden over! |
| 33.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller in length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it off the front foot. |
| 33.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite keeps it out. |
| 33.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, A tad short, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite stays back and guides it to short third man. |
| 33.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Darted on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to square leg. |
| 33.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on a length, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite presses forward and blocks it. |
| 33.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, First run of the morning for West Indies! Loopy ball, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite eases it to mid on and takes off for a single. |
| 34.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite gets low and pushes it to mid off. |
| 34.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, A tad short, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite rocks back and cuts it towards backward point. |
| 34.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 34.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller in length, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite defends it with soft hands. |
| 34.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Nicely tossed up, on a length, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out with ease. |
| 34.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! Cut away! A half-tracker, outside off, turning away late. Kraigg Brathwaite rocks back and cuts it past the cover-point fielder to collect the first boundary of the day. |
| 35.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Fuller, outside off, spins away, watchfully left alone by Nkrumah Bonner. |
| 35.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Around off, fuller, driven but it hits the player at silly point. |
| 35.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, FOUR! That was a poor ball and Bonner does not let it go unpunished. Short, sliding down the leg side, Nkrumah Bonner goes back and hammers this over square leg for a boundary. |
| 35.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, On middle, pushed to covers. |
| 35.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Again, Nkrumah Bonner brings out the drive but only manages to find the cover fielder. |
| 35.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Darted on off and middle, NB presses forward and blocks. |
| 36.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Outside off, fuller, dabbed behind point now. |
| 36.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, On middle and leg, nicely defended back to the bowler. |
| 36.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller, on middle, spinning away, KB lunges and defends. |
| 36.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Floated, on off, KB blocks again. |
| 36.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! Very well played. Fuller, floats it up, around off, Kraigg Brathwaite uses his wrists this time and works this through mid on. The player gives it a chase but the ball speeds away to the ropes. |
| 36.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! Another boundary and Kraigg Brathwaite continues to keep the scoreboard ticking! A juicy full toss, around off, Kraigg Brathwaite steps out and whips this one through mid-wicket. The chase is on between the ball and the player and the former wins again. |
| 37.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Quicker, shorter, on middle, Nkrumah Bonner squeezes this one through square leg for one. |
| 37.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter, outside off, the ball spins away as Kraigg Brathwaite looks to block inside the line and misses. |
| 37.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Around off, hit to mid on. |
| 37.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Outside off, Kraigg Brathwaite watches it closely and leaves it. |
| 37.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! Kraigg Brathwaite is on a roll here! Praveen Jayawickrama serves this short and on the pads, Kraigg Brathwaite waits and then works this one through square leg with some power and the ball finds the ropes. |
| 37.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off, defended. |
| 38.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter, on the pads, knocked through square leg for one. |
| 0.0 : Ramesh Mendis (3-0-7-0) comes to bowl. |
| 38.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller, on off, hit down to long on for one. |
| 38.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, FOUR! Not the best start from Mendis here. A poor ball, as this was flatter and on the pads, Nkrumah Bonner swivels and powers this through square leg for a boundary. |
| 38.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On middle and leg, Nkrumah Bonner looks to flick but misses and gets hit on the pad. |
| 38.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On middle, clipped to square leg. |
| 38.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Fuller, around off, hit back to the bowler. |
| 39.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter and on middle, swatted to the leg side for a single. |
| 39.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Slower, fuller, outside off, no shot offered. |
| 39.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, outside off, Nkrumah Bonner pushes this to covers and scampers through for a single. |
| 39.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller, on off and middle, KB blocks. |
| 39.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy, on middle and leg, Kraigg Brathwaite lunges forward and smothers the ball out. |
| 39.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, The drive from Kraigg Brathwaite finds the cover fielder this time. |
| 40.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter, around off, defended out. |
| 40.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Outside off, turned to the leg side. |
| 40.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On off and middle, tucked towards mid-wicket. |
| 40.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Shortish, around off, again, NB goes back and dabs this to the on side. |
| 40.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, A loud shout for LBW but not given! This is bowled fuller, floated, outside off, Nkrumah Bonner presses ahead and looks to defend but the ball spins in and misses his blade, to ping the pad. An appeal but the umpire says nothing. There is a discussion but it does look like the impact might have been outside. The timer goes off and they do not go for the review. |
| 40.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Maiden! Outside off, pushed to cover. |
| 41.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy, around off, KB pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 41.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off, blocked. |
| 41.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller outside off, kept out. |
| 41.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Angled into off and middle pole, Kraigg Brathwaite gets forward and shows off his defensive push away. |
| 41.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around off, Kraigg blocks. |
| 41.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy, outside off, Kraigg Brathwaite defends. |
| 42.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full on off, patted back to Mendis. |
| 42.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, 100 up for the Windies! Around off, pushed down towards long on for one. |
| 42.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Floated, on off, defended. |
| 42.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off and middle, Kraigg Brathwaite turns this towards mid-wicket for one. |
| 42.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Drags his length back, short and around off, Nkrumah Bonner goes back, waits, and then blocks to the leg side. |
| 42.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On off, blocked again. |
| 43.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around leg. Kraigg Brathwaite lunges forward to block this one. |
| 43.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, on middle. Kraigg Brathwaite prods and defends it. |
| 43.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! A loose delivery and Kraigg Brathwaite pounces on it! Shorter in length, around off. Brathwaite rocks back and pulls it in front of square for a boundary. The fielder at mid on gives it a chase but the ball wins. |
| 43.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on a length, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it watchfully. |
| 43.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, outside off, spinning away late. Kraigg Brathwaite does not offer any shot to this one. |
| 43.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, On a length, around middlle. Kraigg Brathwaite eases it to mid on and keeps the strike for the next over by taking a run. |
| 44.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out. |
| 44.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on a length, outside off, spinning in late. Kraigg Brathwaite gets behind the line of the ball to defend it. |
| 44.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller in length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite prods and works it to long on for a run. Ramesh Mendis dives to his right but the ball goes past him. |
| 44.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| 44.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, outside off. turning in sharply. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out. |
| 44.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite gets behind the line of the ball and keeps it out. |
| 45.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner drives it to cover. |
| 45.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Another ball, fuller in length, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner prods and eases it to short cover. |
| 45.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, A tad short, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner stays back and cuts it to Lasith Embuldeniya at cover-point for a run. |
| 45.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Overpitched delivery, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 45.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kraigg Brathwaite, Darted on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite nudges it behind square on the leg side for a run. |
| 45.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Nicely tossed up, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner presses forward and drives it to deep cover for a single. |
| The Lankans are not too happy with the ball. The ball gauge is out and the umpire deems the ball to be in good shape. On we go again... |
| 46.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Sharp turn! Flatter ball, outside off, spinning in sharply. Nkrumah Bonner stays back to cut but gets cramped for room and pushes it to cover. |
| 46.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On a length, around off. Nkrumah Bonner blocks it out. |
| 46.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, No run. |
| 46.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, No run. |
| 46.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, No run. |
| 46.3 : Change. Time for some pace for the first time on Day 3. Suranga Lakmal is on now. 4-1-16-0 are his numbers so far! |
| 47.1 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Suranga Lakmal starts with a back-of-a-length delivery, around middle and leg, Kraigg Brathwaite misses his tuck and gets hit on the pad. |
| 47.2 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Around off, kept out. |
| 47.3 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Slightly straighter here, on middle, flicked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 47.4 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Back of a length, around off. Nkrumah Bonner gets behind the line of the ball and blocks it out. |
| DRS time! A loud shout for LBW and the Lankans take the review as the on-field umpire's finger stays down. UltraEdge shows a spike when the ball passes the bat and hence, the original decision stays on. Sri Lanka lose a review. |
| 47.5 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, NOT OUT! An inside edge saves Bonner this time! Good-length ball, just outside off, nipping back in late. Bonner looks to defend but the ball takes an inside edge and hits him on his front pad. Suranga Lakmal appeals and the umpire says no. Dimuth Karunaratne opts for a review but the UltraEdge clearly suggests that there was a nick so Nkrumah Bonner survives and Sri Lanka lose a review! |
| 47.6 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Good-length delivery, around middle and leg. Nkrumah Bonner nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 47.5 : Drinks! West Indies have started off really well as they have not lost a single wicket and are behind by just 85 runs. Both their batters would look to continue with the same momentum. Sri Lanka will be looking to break this stand as soon as possible and then take a couple more quick wickets to push the Windies on the back foot. |
| 48.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Overpitched ball, around off. Nkrumah Bonner pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 48.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Nicely tossed up, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner lunges forward and drives it to mid off. |
| 48.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, An appeal for LBW but nothing from the umpire. Flatter ball, around middle, spinning in late. Nkrumah Bonner looks to flick but misses and gets hit high on his pad. |
| 48.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, on a length, around middle. Nkrumah Bonner eases it down to long on for one. |
| 48.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite presses forward and blocks it out. |
| 48.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter and quicker, outside off, turning in. Kraigg Brathwaite sits back and defends it watchfully. |
| 49.1 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Short of a length, around off. Nkrumah Bonner stays back and defends it out. |
| 49.2 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, This is a back-of-a-length delivery, just outside off. Nkrumah Bonner is solid in his defence yet again. |
| 49.3 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, A bit fuller this time, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner shoulders arms to this one. |
| 49.4 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Length ball, angling in from off. Nkrumah Bonner presses forward and blocks it past the bowler towards mid off. |
| 49.5 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Change in length from Lakmal this time! He bangs it into the deck, around off. Nkrumah Bonner ducks underneath watchfully. |
| 49.6 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Fuller in length, around middle. Nkrumah Bonner tucks it towards deep square leg and collects a single. |
| 46.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Overthrows! Really sloppy from Sri Lanka! Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Bonner prods to defend but he misses and gets hit on the pad and the ball rolls to the off side. Mendis appeals but the umpire is not interested! Bonner looks to sneak in a leg bye and the fielder at cover has a shy at the non-striker's end but he misses. There is no fielder backing up and the ball runs to the fence! |
| 50.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter, outside off, turns in, Nkrumah Bonner goes back and slaps this to covers. |
| 50.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Quicker delivery, around off, Nkrumah Bonner defends it out. |
| 50.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Around off, nudged to the leg side for a single. |
| 50.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Floated, on off, eased to cover-point. |
| 50.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off, eased to the leg side. |
| 50.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Slightly uppish there! Tossed up, around off, Kraigg Brathwaite looks to defend but the ball takes the inner half of the blade and whistles past the short leg fielder. |
| 46.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, FIFTY FOR Kraigg Brathwaite! Flatter ball, darted on the pads. Brathwaite tucks it behind square on the leg side and takes a run. A gutsy knock from West Indies' skipper and he has surely led from the front. The job is not done yet and he would be aware of that! |
| 46.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On a length, around off. Nkrumah Bonner blocks it out. |
| 46.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Fuller in length, outside off. Nkrumah Bonner prods and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 51.1 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Good length, on off, blocked. |
| 51.2 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, A touch shorter, around off, slapped through point for a single run. |
| 51.3 : Suranga Lakmal to Kraigg Brathwaite, Around off, on a length, pushed to covers and the strike is rotated. |
| 51.4 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, On off, defended. |
| 51.5 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, On a fullish length, around off, Bonner works this to the short mid-wicket fielder. |
| 51.6 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Short of a length, outside off, Nkrumah Bonner just dabs this one through point and takes one. West Indies are now behind by just 79 runs. |
| 52.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Darts it around middle, nicely fended back to the bowler. |
| 52.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Flighted, on off, blocked out. |
| 52.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Nkrumah Bonner eases this through covers and hands the strike back to his skipper. |
| 52.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, On the pads, nudged to the leg side. |
| 52.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, On the pads, worked to square leg now. |
| 52.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Outside off, shorter, Nkrumah Bonner waits and then steers this towards gully. An easy single and Bonner will retain the strike for the next over. |
| 53.1 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Good-length ball on off, Nkrumah Bonner's tuck finds short mid-wicket. |
| 53.2 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Around off, on a length, Nkrumah Bonner steps ahead and looks to defend but seems to hit the bat first and then pad. An appeal for LBW but the umpire says no. Dimuth Karunaratne is slightly interested but they decide not to take it. |
| 53.3 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, On middle, blocked. |
| 53.4 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, A bumper outside off, Nkrumah Bonner manages to sway away from the line of the ball. |
| 53.5 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, The batsman has just watchfully blocked this out. |
| 54.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off, kept out. |
| 54.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, On off, Kraigg Brathwaite pushes this to mid off for a run. The direct hit is scored at the non-striker's end but KB was well in. |
| 54.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Nkrumah Bonner has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 54.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 54.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On off, fuller, pushed down to mid off for a quick single. |
| 54.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter on the pads, Kraigg Brathwaite dabs it to the leg side. |
| Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Was there any glove on that? Looked like it. Sri Lanka are not able to grasp this opportunity. On a shortish length, sliding down the leg side, Nkrumah Bonner looks to swivel and hook this one to the leg side. He does not manage to connect with his shot but only gloves this one, to the left of Dinesh Chandimal, who dives that side, catches it too, but the ball pops out this time. Replays show that this is off the thigh of Nkrumah Bonner and not the glov |
| 55.1 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, On a length, on middle and leg, Nkrumah Bonner misses his flick to the leg side and gets hit on the pad. An appeal but this would have missed leg. |
| 55.2 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, That's very well bowled. A laser-guided yorker, on middle and leg, Nkrumah Bonner is ready for that and jams it out quickly. |
| 55.3 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Around off, kept out. |
| 55.4 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Full on off, blocked. |
| 55.5 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Outside off, on a length, pushed away to the cover region. |
| 55.6 : Suranga Lakmal to Nkrumah Bonner, Good-length ball on off, kept out. |
| 56.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, down leg. Kraigg Brathwaite plays it with soft hands towards short leg. |
| 56.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller in length, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite flicks it to the leg side and collects a single. |
| 56.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, turning down leg. Nkrumah Bonner tucks ie behind square on the leg side for a run. |
| 56.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite dabs it to the left of the short leg fielder. |
| 56.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it off the front foot. |
| 56.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Just short of the short leg fielder! Tossed up, on a length, around leg, spinning in. Kraigg Brathwaite looks to defend it with soft hands but there is some extra bounce and gets hit high on his bat. The ball pops up off his blade and falls just short of the short leg fielder who dives in front to gather it. |
| 57.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, down leg. Nkrumah Bonner gets down on his knee, sweeps it to wide of deep square leg and takes a couple. |
| 0.0 : Lasith Embuldeniya comes to bowl. |
| 57.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter in length, way outside off. Nkrumah Bonner cuts it to deep cover and collects a run. |
| 57.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out. |
| 57.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Overpitched ball, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to wide of mid on for a brace. |
| 57.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Floated, around off, spinning away. Nkrumah Bonner prods to defend but gets a thick outside edge which runs past the slip fielder. The batters cross for a single. |
| 57.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Nicely tossed up, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite is solid as ever in his defence. |
| 58.1 : Review time! Nkrumah Bonner opts for a review as he has been trapped in front. |
| Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, OUT! LBW! Ramesh Mendis gets the much-needed breakthrough and the Lankans are delighted! A flatter ball, on a length, around middle, going on with the angle. Nkrumah Bonner stays back to nudge it to the leg side while playing for the turn but he misses and gets rapped on his pad. Ramesh Mendis appeals and the umpire raises his finger. Nkrumah Bonner consults with his skipper and then opts for a review but the Ball Tracker indicates three reds and Bonner is |
| 0.0 : Who will bat now? It is Shai Hope. |
| 58.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Tossed up, around middle. Shai Hope blocks it out. |
| 58.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, On a length, around leg. Shai Hope prods to defend it. |
| 58.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Loopy ball, on a length, around middle. Shai Hope tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 58.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, spinning in sharply. Shai Hope gets behind the line of the ball to block this one. |
| 58.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Tossed up, around off. Hope is soild in his defence. |
| 59.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! Uppish but a boundary nonetheless! Tossed up, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite prods and whips it to the right of the bowler and the ball runs to the long on fence. |
| 59.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, A tad short, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite sits back and cuts it to deep cover for a single. |
| 59.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, NO BALL! Loopy ball, on a length, around off. Shai Hope blocks it out. Lasith Embuldeniya oversteps this time. |
| Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Loopy ball, outside off, inviting the batter to drive. Hope looks to drive on the up but gets it from the outer half of the blade and it falls just short of the cover fielder. |
| 59.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, BEATEN! Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Hope looks to defend but the ball spins past his outside edge. |
| 59.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, outside off. Shai Hope leaves it alone. |
| 59.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Flatter and quicker, around middle. Shai Hope hops in his crease and pushes it to mid on. |
| 60.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite keeps it out. |
| 60.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Shorter in length, darted on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to the leg side. |
| 60.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on a length, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite plays it with soft hands and dabs it into the deck. |
| 60.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller in length, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite pushes it to the right of the bowler. Ramesh Mendis dives there and prevents the single. |
| 60.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter and quicker, on the pads. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out. |
| 60.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, around leg. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it towards Dimuth Karunaratne, on the bounce at mid-wicket. |
| 61.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Tossed up, around off. Shai Hope blocks it. |
| 61.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Floated, around middle and spinning away. Hope keeps it out. |
| 61.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, A tad short, outside off. Hope rocks back and punches it to the silly point fielder. |
| 61.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Well bowled! Tossed up, on a length, around off and spinning away late. Hope sits back to defend but the ball spins past his blade. |
| 61.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, On a length, on middle. Shai Hope blocks it out. |
| 61.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, BEATEN! Floated, outside off and turning away from the batter. Shai Hope looks to defend but the ball goes past his outside edge. Dinesh Chandimal whips the bails off but Hope had his feet grounded. |
| 62.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, on middle. Kraigg Brathwaite defends it off the front foot. |
| 62.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Overpitched ball, on off. Kraigg Brathwaite eases it to long on for a run. |
| 62.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, A low full toss, around off. Shai Hope squeezes it out to mid-wicket. |
| 62.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Short ball, around middle. Shai Hope rocks back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 62.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Floated, around middle and going on with the angle. Kraigg Brathwaite prods to defend but it goes off the outside edge towards backward point. |
| 62.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, around middle and leg. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to wide of short leg. That will be Lunch on Day 3. |
| 62.4 : What a brilliant session this has been for the Windies! While they did lose a wicket right towards the end of the session, it has been them who has ruled the roost so far as the deficit has now been cut down to just 59 runs. A total of 76 runs were scored in the first session and the visitors lost just one wicket. The overnight batters for them, Nkrumah Bonner and Kraigg Brathwaite started the day off in a fine manner as they were slow in the early exchanges but started getting comfortable as |
| 62.5 : Not a lot to be happy about for the Lankans but they will be pleased that they broke the stand between Bonner and Brathwaite as they were looking way too comfortable out in the middle. Early in the session, they were finding it hard to trouble the pair of the Windies batters but as the session went on, they started to slowly find their feet and the ball started doing some tricks as well. It was Ramesh Mendis who struck and got rid of Bonner and the spinners then made it hard for Hope to settle |
| 62.6 : ... Day 3, Session 2 ... |
| We are back for the second session of play. Shai Hope and Kraigg Brathwaite make their way out to continue with their innings. The Sri Lankan players spread out on the field. Lasith Embuldeniya to begin this session. Let's go... |
| 63.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, NO BALL! Tossed up, outside off. Shai Hope pushes it to mid off. Lasith Embuldeniya oversteps this time and hence, has been called a no ball. |
| Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, NO BALL! Oh, dear! That slipped out of his hand probably! Embuldeniya bangs it into the deck and the ball bounces a couple of times before reaching the batter. Hope stays back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it out. |
| 63.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Another ball, fuller in length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite defends it watchfully. |
| 63.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! Punished by Brathwaite! Shorter in length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite rocks back and pulls it in front of square to collect a boundary. |
| 63.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! STREAKY! Flatter ball, coming in with the angle from off. Kraigg Brathwaite looks to play across the line but gets a thick inside edge and it runs past the keeper to go into the fine leg fence. |
| 63.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite keeps it out. |
| 63.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Nicely tossed up, on a length, around leg. Kraigg Brathwaite tucks it to the leg side with soft hands. |
| 63.1 : Ramesh Mendis to bowl from the other end. |
| Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Short and on middle, kept out. |
| 64.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Flatter and around leg, Shai Hope shuffles and misses his tuck to get hit on the pad. A loud appeal for LBW but looked like it would slide down the leg side. |
| 64.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Flatter and on off, SH blocks it out. |
| 64.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Short again, pushed away to the leg side. |
| 64.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Again, Ramesh Mendis keeps the length short and serves it around leg, Shai Hope goes back, getting stuck on his crease, as he looked to tuck but misses and gets hit above the pad. An excited appeal again for LBW but turned down. |
| 64.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Short again, on off and middle, the ball lands and spins in, Shai Hope looks to flick but gets hit high on the pad. Hope is struggling to read the spin of Mendis here. |
| 65.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Fuller in length, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite prods and eases it down to mid on. |
| 65.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Short ball, just outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite backs away and cuts it to deep cover for a single. |
| 65.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Tossed up, around off. Shai Hope presses forward to block it. |
| 65.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Flatter and quicker, outside off. Shai Hope gets behind the line of the ball to keep it out. |
| 65.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Floated, on a length, around middle. Shai Hope defends it solidly. |
| 65.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Nicely tossed up, around off. Hope clears his front leg and drives it to wide of mid off for a single. Suranga Lakmal does well at mid off to keep it to one by moving across quickly to his left. |
| 66.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, turning down leg. Shai Hope tucks it to the leg side. |
| 66.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Tossed up, around middle. Shai Hope pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 66.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Loopy ball, on a length, around middle. Shai Hope defends it off the front foot. |
| 66.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, spinning in from middle. Shai Hope blocks it out. |
| 66.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, A half-tracker, around middle. Shai Hope goes back in his crease and pulls it along the ground towards deep mid-wicket. A single taken! |
| 66.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around middle. Kraigg Brathwaite drags it back to the bowler. |
| 67.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Tossed up, around off. Shai Hope blocks it off the front foot. |
| 67.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Turn and bounce! Tossed up, on a length, outside off, spinning away sharply. Shai Hope stays back to defend but the ball spins and bounces past his outside edge. |
| 67.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Floated, around off. Shai Hope blocks it out. |
| 67.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Fuller in length, outside off. Shai Hope defends it to the off side. |
| 67.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Overpitched ball, on leg. Shai Hope clips it to wide of mid on and scampers through for a single. |
| 67.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite prods to defend this one out. |
| 68.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Floated, around off, turning in late. Shai Hope nudges it to square leg. |
| 68.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Tossed up, around off. Shai Hope keeps it out watchfully. |
| 68.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Loopy ball, around middle and leg. Shai Hope flicks hard but it hits the short leg fielder. |
| 68.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Well bowled! Nicely tossed up, around middle and leg, spinning in sharply. Shai Hope looks to defend but it goes off the thick inside edge past the short leg fielder. |
| 68.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Tossed up delivery, on off. Shai Hope blocks it. |
| 68.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Floated, on a length, around off. Shai Hope is solid in his defence. |
| 69.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Slightly short, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite rocks back and eases it to mid off for a single. |
| 69.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Tossed up, just outside off. Shai Hope prods to defend this one. |
| 69.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, FOUR! Shai Hope breaks the shackles! A welcome boundary for West Indies! Loopy ball, on a length, around off. Hope lofts it over mid off and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 69.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, outside off, turning away sharply. Shai Hope sits back and sways away from the line of the ball. |
| 69.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Flatter and quicker, on middle. Shai Hope tucks it to the leg side. |
| 69.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, This is darted on the pads. Shai Hope hangs back and nudges it to wide of mid-wicket for a run. |
| 70.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Floated, around middle. Shai Hope blocks it out. |
| 70.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Tossed up, on a length, around middle. Shai Hope keeps it out. |
| 70.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Fuller in length, on middle. Shai Hope skips down and eases it to mid on. |
| 70.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Another appeal for LBW but this one was going down leg! Flatter ball, around middle and turning down leg. Shai Hope looks to flick but misses and gets rapped on his pad. |
| 70.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Huge appeal for LBW but the umpire is not interested! Floated, around middle and spinning in a bit. Hope stays back to defend but he misses and gets hit high on his pad. |
| 70.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Floated, around off. Shai Hope defends it off the front foot. |
| 71.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Nicely tossed up, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite blocks it solidly. |
| 71.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Another ball, fuller in length, on off. Kraigg Brathwaite presses forward and keeps it out. |
| 71.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, darted down leg. Kraigg Brathwaite sits back and tucks it to short fine leg. |
| 71.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, around leg. Kraigg Brathwaite squeezes it out back to the bowler. |
| 71.5 : Roston Chase makes his way out into the middle. |
| Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, OUT! BOWLED! That is a peach of a delivery to get rid of West Indies' skipper! Change of angle has done the trick for the left-arm spinner! Embuldeniya tosses it up, around leg. Brathwaite lunges forward to block it but he gets deceived by the turn and flight and misses it. The ball just clips the bail and Sri Lankan players are over the moon! Huge wicket this for the hosts and their bowlers have toiled hard for it! Braithwaite's impressive knoc |
| 71.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Tossed up, around off. Roston Chase defends it off the front foot. |
| 72.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Short and on the body, nudged to the leg side. |
| 72.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, On middle, Hope plays this through mid on and rotates the strike. |
| 72.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, On middle again, dragged to short mid-wicket. |
| 72.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Roston Chase pulls this short ball through square leg and opens his account here. |
| 72.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Around off, Shai Hope pulls this one straight into the short leg's body. Oshada Fernando was the fielder there and he would have felt that hard. |
| Oshada Fernando has been hit on his helmet while fielding at short leg and the Sri Lankan physio is out as a part of the concussion protocol. Fernando looks fine though and we are good to go! |
| 72.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, On off, blocked. |
| 73.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Floated on off, kept out. |
| 73.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, An action replay of the previous delivery. |
| 73.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, On off and middle, gently kept out. |
| 73.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, FOUR! Tossed up, on middle, Roshen Silva gets low and sweeps this one over the square leg fielder. Pathum Nissanka chases after this, dives ahead, but the ball lands ahead of him and goes to the ropes. No ball called as Lasith Embuldeniya oversteps his mark again. |
| Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, On off, pushed to covers. |
| 73.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Loopy, on off, blocked. |
| 74.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, On middle, blocked. |
| 73.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Lasith could not hold on! On middle, fuller, Roston Chase makes some room and slaps this one back to the right of Lasith Embuldeniya, who dives that side, but the ball brushes his fingers and goes away. That was hit very hard and would have been hard to keep a hold off! |
| 74.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Tossed up, on off, Hope skips down and dabs it back to the bowler. |
| 74.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Flighted around off, Shai blocks. |
| 74.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, On middle, Shai Hope works this through mid-wicket for one. |
| 74.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Flatter, on the pads, worked through square leg. |
| 74.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Full on off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 75.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Tossed up, on off, Hope keeps it out. |
| 75.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Flatter, outside off, Shai Hope pushes this to the off side. |
| 75.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Around off, pushed to covers again. |
| 75.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Flighted on off, Shai Hope presses forward and blocks. |
| 75.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Fuller, on middle, again, a solid defense from Hope. |
| 75.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Shai dabs this fuller ball back onto the deck. |
| 76.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Short and spinning in, around off, pushed down to mid on. |
| 76.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Given a nice loop, around off, Chase blocks it well. |
| 76.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, FOUR! Very well played. Solid stroke. That will give Chase some confidence. Fuller, outside off, Roston Chase gets to the pitch of the ball and smoothly drives this through covers. Boundary. |
| 76.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, On middle, flicked to the leg side. |
| 76.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Again, Chase goes back and his flick is found by the square leg fielder. |
| 76.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Quicker on the pads, Roston gets his bat down and defends it out. |
| 77.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Loopy this time, outside off, Hope shuffles and then defends it to the off side. |
| 77.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Lasith Embuldeniya drags his length back and serves it short and outside off, Hope camps back and slashes but only finds the point fielder. |
| 77.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Well bowled by Lasith! Gives it air, lands it fuller around off, the ball lands, turns away, bounces slightly more too, as Shai Hope misses his attempted defense and the ball whiskers past the outside edge to Dinesh Chandimal. |
| 77.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 77.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, On off, kept out. |
| 77.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Again, some nice bit of flight, on off, Hope is solid in his defense. West Indies now trail by just 26 runs. |
| 78.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Roston Chase, Praveen Jayawickrama starts his new spell with a fuller ball on the pads, Chase goes back and jams this one out. |
| 78.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Roston Chase, Fuller again, on middle and off, Roston digs it out to covers. |
| 78.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Roston Chase, The length is consistently fuller, outside off, Roston Chase punches this, but only manages to hit the silly point fielder. Oshada Fernando was the man present there. |
| 0.0 : Praveen Jayawickrama (17-4-31-1) is back on. |
| 78.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Roston Chase, On middle, hit to covers. |
| 78.3 : Another halt in play as Oshada Fernando has been struck on his helmet yet again! Out comes the physio to check on him. |
| 78.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Roston Chase, Misfield and a run! On middle, fuller again, Roston Chase pushes this to covers, where the fielder only half-stops this, which allows the batters to take the run. |
| 78.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Shai Hope, Around off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 79.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Tossed up, around off. Roston Chase blocks it out. |
| 79.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Floated, on a length, around off. Roston Chase keeps it out. |
| 79.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Loopy ball, outside off. Roston Chase drives hard but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 79.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Tossed up, around off. Roston Chase presses forward and defends it to cover-point. |
| 79.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Fuller in length, around off. Roston Chase lunges forward to block this one. |
| 79.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Roston Chase, Overpitched ball, around off. Roston Chase digs it out towards mid off. |
| 79.5 : Drinks! Another good session of play for West Indies as they have only managed to lose one wicket, although their scoring rate has been slightly slow. The Lankan spinners are getting the ball to spin and will want to make use of the same to scalp a few wickets before Tea. |
| 80.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, turning down leg. Shai Hope nudges it to the leg side for an easy single. |
| 80.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Flatter ball, around off. Roston Chase stays back and punches it to mid on. |
| 80.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Tossed up, around off. Roston Chase blocks it out. |
| 0.0 : Second new ball taken! Sri Lanka had the option to take the new cherry straightaway and they go for it. Ramesh Mendis will have a go with it first up... |
| 80.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, Floated, around middle and spinning in sharply. Roston Chase misses his flick and gets hit high on his pad. |
| 80.5 : Kyle Mayers walks out now. |
| 80.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Just short of the fielder! Tossed up, outside off. Kyle Mayers looks to drive but it goes off the outer half towards the cover-point fielder. The fielder there dives in front but the ball falls short of him. |
| 81.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Shai Hope, Flatter and quicker, around middle. Shai Hope turns it to wide of mid-wicket for a run. |
| 81.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, On a length, around leg. Kyle Mayers blocks it out. |
| 81.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, on a length, around middle. Kyle Mayers looks to defend but he gets an inside edge onto his pad. |
| 81.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, An appeal for LBW but the umpire says no. Floated, around middle and turning in. Kyle Mayers looks to defend but he misses and gets hit high on his pad. |
| 81.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, around off. Mayers blocks it off the front foot. |
| 81.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, BEATEN! What a delivery! Flatter ball, around off, going on with the angle. Kyle Mayers plays for the turn as he prods to defend but the ball zips past his outside edge. |
| 82.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Flatter and quicker, around middle. Shai Hope eases it to mid on for a single. |
| 82.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, on off. Kyle Mayers blocks it out. |
| 82.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Nicely tossed up, on middle. Kyle Mayers looks to defend but it goes off the thick inside edge towards square leg. |
| 82.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, NOT OUT! Flatter ball, around middle, going on with the angle. Kyle Mayers looks to block but he misses and gets rapped on his pad. Ramesh Mendis appeals but the umpire says no. Dimuth Karunaratne opts for a review but the Ball Tracker suggests that it would have been umpire's call on the wickets and so, the on-field decision stays. |
| 82.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, on off. Kyle Mayers pushes it back to the bowler. Ramesh Mendis collects the ball and has a shy at the keeper. Kyle Mayers doesn't leave his crease and he tucks the ball on the leg side. |
| 82.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, on off. Kyle Mayers keeps it out. |
| 83.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Shai Hope, Floated, around off. Shai Hope defends it. |
| 83.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Shai Hope, In the air...but safe! Loopy ball, around off. Shai Hope looks to sweep but gets a top edge which falls over the mid on fielder. The batters take a couple. |
| 83.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Shai Hope, FOUR! Punished by Hope! Shorter in length, down leg. Shai Hope gets back in his crease and pulls it behind square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 83.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, on middle. Shai Hope tucks it to the leg side for one. |
| 83.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, darted on the pads. Shai Hope looks to defend but he misses and gets hit high on his pad. |
| 83.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, On a length, around middle and leg. Kyle Mayers nudges it behind square on the leg side for a couple of runs. |
| 84.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, turning way down leg. Shai Hope lets it be. |
| 84.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Tossed up, around off. Shai Hope blocks it out. |
| 84.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, OUT! LBW! Ramesh Mendis is on a roll and he gets his man this time! Looped up, around off, spinning in sharply. Shai Hope lunges forward to block but the ball sneaks through and hits him on the front pad. Ramesh Mendis appeals and the umpire raises his finger. Shai Hope consults for a review with his partner but they decide to go against it and Hope walks back. |
| 84.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, Nicely tossed up, around off. Holder presse forward to defend but gets a thick inside edge which falls just wide of the short leg fielder. |
| 84.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, Tossed up, well outside off. Jason Holder reaches out and works it to point. |
| 84.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, Fuller in length, around middle. Jason Holder prods and flicks it to mid-wicket. A wicket-maiden from Mendis! |
| 84.3 : In walks Jason Holder. |
| 85.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Loopy, on off, kept out. |
| 85.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Short and on middle, flicked off the back foot towards mid-wicket, who half-stops this. One run. |
| 85.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jason Holder, Given a nice loop, around off, gently pushed back to Praveen by Holder. |
| 85.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jason Holder, Darted around off and middle, Jason blocks well again. |
| 85.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jason Holder, NOT OUT! The review does not send Holder back! Praveen serves this fuller, around off, Holder steps forward, looking to block, but misses his attempt and gets pinged on the pad. A very enthusiastic appeal for LBW by the Lankans but the umpire stays still. There is a discussion regarding whether they should take the review and the hosts go for it this time. UltraEdge shows that there was no bat involved. Ball Tracker shows that the ball was missing the |
| 85.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jason Holder, Outside off, dabbed to point. |
| 86.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Angled around off, well kept out. |
| 86.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Tosses this one up, fuller outside off, Kyle Mayers presses ahead and looks to block, but the ball takes the outer half and dribbles through gully, for one. |
| 86.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, Slightly short, outside off, spins in, JH gets ahead and defends to point. |
| 0.0 : Dimuth Karunaratne takes a review as Jason Holder has been rapped on his pad. Sri Lankan players look confident but the Ball Tracker goes against them as wickets is missing. |
| 86.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, FOUR! Lovely shot from Holder and now Windies are just 7 runs behind! Loopy, fuller, outside off, Jason Holder creams this one through covers. No point chasing after that. Boundary for Holder! |
| 0.0 : Review time! Dimuth Karunaratne opts for a review as Kyle Mayers has been rapped on his pads. Let's see what the replays say. |
| 86.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, OUT! LBW! Ramesh Mendis gets yet another one and the Lankans are using the new cherry to good effect! Holder is not able to hang around for long and the Windies lose their sixth. Mendis serves this flatter and around off and middle, spins in slightly, as Holder goes on the back foot and looks to whip it to the leg side but misses and gets hit slightly high on the pad. An appeal but the umpire agrees with the Lankans and raises his finger. Holder goes for th |
| Jason Holder reviews it straightaway after being adjudged LBW! It looked quite high in real time though! |
| Joshua Da Silva walks out to bat. |
| 86.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, OUT! BOWLED 'EM! Ramesh Mendis is unstoppable right now. A golden duck for Joshua Da Silva and the West Indies are in some trouble now. A 5-fer for Mendis and he is running the show. Da Silva gets deceived on this occasion. Mendis serves this one fuller, loops it up nicely too and it is bowled outside off, Joshua Da Silva looks to pat the ball down, but the ball spins in this time and misses his blade. Goes on to clip the top of the off pole and the Lankan |
| Kemar Roach is the new man in. |
| 87.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, around off. Kyle Mayers pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 87.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Overpitched ball, around middle. Kyle Mayers drags it to long on and takes a single. |
| 87.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kemar Roach, Fuller in length, around middle and spinning away late. Kemar Roach waist for the ball to turn and defends it. |
| 87.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kemar Roach, Flatter ball, around off. Kemar Roach prods to block this one out. |
| 87.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kemar Roach, Tossed up, on a length, around middle. Kemar Roach looks to defend but gets an inside edge onto his pad. |
| 87.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kemar Roach, FOUR! West Indies are now behind by 2 runs! Fuller, sliding down the leg pole, Kemar Roach gets low and sweeps this one past the keeper and into the fine leg fence. |
| 88.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, No hat-trick for Ramesh Mendis for now! Fuller, on off, well blocked out by Mayers. |
| 88.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Outside off, shorter, Kyle Mayers goes back and slaps this to the right of the backward point fielder, for a single. |
| 88.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kemar Roach, FOUR! West Indies now ahead by 3 runs! A good stroke. Outside off, fuller in length, Kemar Roach leans and sweetly times this through covers. Boundary. |
| 88.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kemar Roach, Flatter, on off, kept out. |
| 88.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kemar Roach, Was there an edge there? Oh yes, there was! Should have been the sixth wicket for Mendis! Shortish this time, outside off, Kemar Roach looks to defend but misses this time and the ball kisses the outside edge and goes to the keeper, where Dinesh Chandimal drops this one. |
| 88.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kemar Roach, The batsman has just blocked that from his crease. |
| 89.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Shortish outside off, guided through backward point for a single. |
| 89.2 : Veerasammy Permaul walks out to bat. |
| Praveen Jayawickrama to Kemar Roach, OUT! TAKEN! That's an easy catch and the 8th one departs. Praveen Jayawickrama bowls this really well, it is served around off, fuller too, the ball lands and there is just a hint of away turn, which is enough, as Kemar Roach presses forward, looking to defend, but the ball catches the outside edge and goes to first slip, where Dhananjaya de Silva makes no mistake. West Indies in front by just 4 runs right now! |
| 89.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, Down the leg side, Veerasammy Permaul misses the flick. |
| 89.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, Floated, around off, kept out. |
| 89.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, Flatter, outside off, punched to covers now. |
| 89.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, Outside off, fuller, pushed to the silly point fielder. |
| 90.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Around middle and leg, fuller, Kyle Mayers looks to hit it to the leg side but misses and gets hit on the pad. A loud appeal for LBW but nothing doing says the umpire. |
| 90.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, On middle, hit down towards long on for a couple of runs. |
| 90.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Short and on middle, knocked through mid on for a run. |
| 90.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Flatter, on off, defended to the leg side. |
| 90.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Short again, Permaul blocks it to the leg side. |
| 90.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Tosses this one up, fuller outside off, pushed away to the off side. |
| 91.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Shortish, around off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 91.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, On middle and leg, turning in, Mayers misses his tuck and gets hit on the pad. |
| 91.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Short and on leg, pulled through square leg for one. |
| 91.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, That should have been held! Looks like Ramesh Mendis is the culprit! Given a nice bit of loop, outside off, fuller, Veerasammy Permaul makes room and slaps this to covers, where Ramesh Mendis dives to his right, but is not able to hold on. One run. |
| 91.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! Bounces just ahead of Ramesh Mendis again. Fuller, on middle, Kyle Mayers drags this one hard towards deep mid-wicket. Ramesh Mendis runs ahead, misjudges this one slightly, as the ball bounces ahead of him and runs away to the ropes. |
| 91.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, Pushed to the off side for a single. |
| 92.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Short outside off, slapped through covers for one. |
| 92.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Short, around off, hooked through mid-wicket for a brace. |
| 92.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, On off, blocked. |
| 92.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, A full toss on off, hit to mid off. |
| 92.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, On the pads, nudged to square leg. |
| 92.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Flat and on the pads, worked to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 93.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, Full and around off, VP skips down and slams this to mid off. |
| 93.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, On middle, VP heaves this one to mid on this time. |
| 93.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, Short and on off, well kept out. |
| 93.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, Full on middle, Veerasammy Permaul gets low and slog-sweeps this to deep square leg where Ramesh Mendis runs to his left and stops the ball. One. |
| 93.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Kyle Mayers, On middle, Kyle Mayers drags this one in between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg for one. |
| 93.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Veerasammy Permaul, Tossed up, around off, pushed to mid off for one. |
| Dhananjaya de Silva comes into the attack now. |
| 94.1 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Veerasammy Permaul, Starts with a shortish ball on off and middle, kept out by Permaul. |
| 94.2 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Veerasammy Permaul, Darted on middle, Veerasammy Permaul slams this one to the right of mid-wicket, who misfields, allowing the batters to take one. |
| 94.3 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Kyle Mayers, Outside off, dabbed to point. |
| 94.4 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Kyle Mayers, On middle, kept out. |
| 94.5 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Kyle Mayers, SIX! That is a brilliant shot. That went miles in the air! Fuller, tossed up, outside off, Kyle Mayers gets low and mows a slog-sweep and whacks this over deep mid-wicket! |
| 94.6 : Dhananjaya de Silva to Kyle Mayers, On middle and leg, knocked down to long on for one. |
| Lasith Embuldeniya is back on. |
| 95.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, On middle, worked to the leg side. |
| 95.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Flat, on off, punched through covers for one. |
| 95.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, Shorter, on middle and leg, Veerasammy Permaul knocks this behind square leg for one. |
| 95.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, On off, blocked. |
| 95.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, On middle, fuller, pushed back to Lasith. |
| 95.6 : The game has moved at a rate of knots in the second session on Day 3 and it is the hosts who have dominated it big time. The Lankan spinners spun a web around the West Indies' batters and they were left with no answers out in the middle. Having said that, West Indies have a first innings lead and they would take that probably, especially on a tricky wicket like this. |
| 80.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, OUT! TAKEN! Ramesh Mendis strikes yet again and West Indies lose their fourth wicket now! The ploy of attacking the pads has worked for Mendis and the Lankans are delighted! Flatter ball, around leg, and spinning in late. Chase looks to work it on the leg side but it goes off the inner half of the blade towards leg slip where Pathum Nissanka takes a sharp catch. |
| 95.6 : West Indies did start extremely well with the bat, thanks to a gritty knock from their skipper, Kraigg Brathwaite, and well-supported by Nkrumah Bonner and Jermaine Blackwood. However, once the visitors lost their set batters in Bonner and Brathwaite, they fell like a pack of cards and lost the momentum. Kyle Mayers somehow managed to hang in there and also punished loose balls. The visitors have got a first innings lead now but they will look to stretch it further into something substantial. |
| Sri Lanka have bounced back strongly in the second session by picking up 6 wickets for 90 runs. Ramesh Mendis was their standout performer who grabbed a five-wicket haul and spun the Lankans back into this Test match. Their spinners kept things in check for the majority of the second session and now find themselves in a much better position than what one would have expected. Although, they have conceded a lead of 31 runs now and it is important for them that they bowl out the visitors as early a |
| Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, On middle, knocked to the leg side. THAT WILL BE TEA ON DAY 3! |
| ...DAY 3, SESSION 3... |
| We are back for the last session! The players of Sri Lanka stride out, followed by Veerasammy Permaul and Kyle Mayers. Ramesh Mendis to start with the ball. |
| 96.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Flatter ball, darted on the pads. Veerasammy Permaul keeps it out. |
| 96.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Overpitched ball, on middle. Veerasammy Permaul digs it out to long on for a run. |
| 96.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Flatter and quicker, outside off. Kyle Mayers stays back and punches it to deep cover for a single. |
| 96.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Floated, around middle. Veerasammy Permaul gets behind the line of the ball to defend. |
| 96.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Tossed up, around leg. Veerasammy Permaul misses his flick and the ball brushes his thigh pad before going to the leg slip fielder. |
| 96.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Flatter ball, shorter in length, on middle. Veerasammy Permaul gets back in his crease and tucks it to deep square leg for one. |
| 97.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, Tossed up, on a length, around off. Veerasammy Permaul blocks it out. |
| 97.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, A bit quicker, around off. Veerasammy Permaul hangs back to block this one. |
| 97.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, Loopy ball, outside off. Veerasammy Permaul drills it back to the bowler. |
| 97.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, Flatter ball, coming in with the angle from off. Veerasammy Permaul works it to cover-point. |
| 97.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, Too full, around middle. Veerasammy Permaul clears his front leg and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 97.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, On a length, around off. Veerasammy Permaul presses forward to keep it out. |
| 98.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, around off. Kyle Mayers pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 98.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Fuller in length, way outside off. Kyle Mayers leaves it alone. |
| 98.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Fired in, around middle. Kyle Mayers rocks back and punches it to cover-point. |
| 98.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, outside off. Kyle Mayers drives hard but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 98.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Flatter and quicker, outside off. Kyle Mayers stays back and cuts it towards the deep point fielder to collect a single. |
| 98.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, An appeal for LBW but the umpire is not interested! Tossed up, on a length, around middle, spinning in sharply. Veerasammy Permaul misses his flick and gets hit high on his pad. |
| 99.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, down leg. Kyle Mayers bunts it behind square on the leg side for a run. |
| 99.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, Tossed up, on a length, around middle. Veerasammy Permaul clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 99.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, Fuller in length, on middle. Veerasammy Permaul presses forward and works it to long on for a run. |
| 99.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, around off, going on with the angle. Kyle Mayers looks to block but it goes off the thick outside edge past the slip fielder. The batters cross for a run. |
| 99.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, BEATEN! Floated, around off and spinning away sharply. Veerasammy Permaul looks to defend but the ball spins past his outside edge. |
| 99.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, FOUR! Too short and outside off. Veerasammy Permaul rocks back and cuts it past the cover fielder to collect a boundary. West Indies lead by 42 runs now! |
| 100.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, around off. Kyle Mayers drives it to cover. |
| 100.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, around middle. Kyle Mayers prods to block this one. |
| 100.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, on off. Kyle Mayers sits back and pushes it to cover. |
| 100.2 : Stumped? Dinesh Chandimal was slightly excited. First, they check UltraEdge and there was no bat on that. Replays show that the foot is well grounded. Not out, it is. |
| 100.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, NOT OUT! Nicely tossed up, around off, spinning away late. Kyle Mayers looks to slog but he misses as the ball spins past his blade. Dinesh Chandimal collects the ball cleanly behind the sticks and whips the bails off. The decision of stumping is sent upstairs but Mayers had his back foot grounded. |
| 100.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, on off. Kyle Mayers blocks it out. |
| 100.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Fuller in length, outside off. Kyle Mayers pushes it back to the bowler. A maiden over from Mendis! |
| 101.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, OUT! BOWLED! Lasith Embuldeniya gets the much-needed breakthrough for his side! He hurls a flatter ball, around off, that goes on with the angle. Veerasammy Permaul plays for the turn and looks to block but the ball sneaks through his bat and pad and rattles his middle stump. West Indies lose their ninth wicket now! |
| 0.0 : Jomel Warrican is the last man in! |
| 101.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jomel Warrican, Flatter ball, around off. Jomel Warrican stays back and blocks it out. |
| 101.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jomel Warrican, Tossed up, around middle. Jomel Warrican prods to defend this one out. |
| 101.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jomel Warrican, Floated, down leg. Jomel Warrican gets back and glances it behind square on the leg side for a run to get off the mark. |
| 101.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, on leg. Kyle Mayers nudges it to square leg. |
| 101.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, On the pads and Kyle Mayers tucks it past square leg to collect a single. He keeps the strike for the next over! |
| 102.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, FOUR! BANG! Tossed up, in the slot, around off. Mayers powers it past the bowler and the ball races away to the long off fence. West Indies bring up their 250! |
| 102.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, outside off. Kyle Mayers sits back and works it to cover for one. |
| 102.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jomel Warrican, Tossed up, around middle. Jomel Warrican defends it off the front foot but the ball hits him high on his bat and it pops up just wide of the short leg fielder. |
| 102.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jomel Warrican, On a length, around off. Jomel Warrican blocks it out. |
| 102.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jomel Warrican, Floated, around off. Jomel Warrican keeps it out. |
| 102.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jomel Warrican, Flatter ball, spinning in sharply from middle. Jomel Warrican plays it with soft hands to the right of the short leg fielder. |
| 103.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, around leg. Kyle Mayers skips down to heave it away but he misses and gets hit on his pad. |
| 103.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, turning down leg. Kyle Mayers looks to pull but he misses. |
| 103.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Fuller in length, outside off. Kyle Mayers looks to drive but it goes off the inner half towards the bowler. |
| 103.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Flatter ball, on the pads. Kyle Mayers tucks it to deep mid-wicket bit does not take the single. |
| 103.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Tossed up, around off. Kyle Mayers blocks it out. |
| 103.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kyle Mayers, Floated, on the pads. Kyle Mayers misses his flick and it brushes his pad before going to short fine leg. |
| 104.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jomel Warrican, Flatter ball, down leg. Jomel Warrican clips it to square leg. |
| 104.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jomel Warrican, OUT! CAUGHT! That is a terrific running catch from Chamika Karunaratne (sub). Tossed up nicely, around off. Jomel Warrican sees the flight and looks to hoick it but he gets a top edge and the ball loops up in the air over mid off. Chamika Karunaratne (sub) runs there from mid off, keeps his eyes on the ball and completes a really good catch. Ramesh Mendis picks up his sixth wicket and West Indies are bowled out for 253! |
| That spells the end of West Indies' first innings and they have a decent lead of 49 runs to their name. They would have wanted to get some more runs to their lead but this is by no means a bad lead to have. The start was a really good one by the Windies as Jermaine Blackwood and Kraigg Brathwaite raised a 62-run stand and then, Kraigg Brathwaite and Nkrumah Bonner had a good stand of 75 runs too, but once this stand was broken, the wickets kept tumbling along and from a position of 137/1, t |
| It was all about the spinners for the Lankans. They took their time to get the first two wickets and failed to extract a lot from the deck early on, but once the second wicket fell, they smelt blood and bowled with a lot of zest and hunger and it is due to their efforts that they are only behind by 49 runs and not a number around the 100-run mark. Ramesh Mendis was the architect for the Lankans as he ended with 6 snares to his name and was also very lethal in dismantling the middle order of the |
| Right then. Sri Lanka have their work cut out for them as they need 49 to cut the deficit and they will look to come out and get past the lead number quickly. The Windies will want to start with a couple of wickets early on, so that the pressure will be on the hosts. Join us for Sri Lanka's second innings in a bit. |
| 0.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Veerasammy Permaul starts with a fuller ball on middle, Dimuth Karunaratne nudges this to the leg side. |
| 0.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Sri Lanka and Dimuth Karunaratne open their account here! Slightly shortish, outside off, punched through covers for a single. |
| 0.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Pathum Nissanka is off the mark straightaway! Flatter this time, outside off, Pathum Nissanka goes back and plays this through point to collect a single. |
| 0.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Around off, pushed back to the bowler. |
| 0.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, Tossed up, around off, this is pushed back to Veerasammy Permaul again. |
| 0.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dimuth Karunaratne, On off, fuller, eased through covers and a run is taken. 3 off the opening over! |
| 1.1 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, FOUR! The first boundary in this innings. Fuller, tossed up, outside off, Dimuth Karunaratne leans and strokes this through covers. The fielder in the deep runs to his right and pulls the ball back. They want to check if his foot was in contact with the ropes when he pulled the ball back. Replays confirm that it was and this would be a boundary. |
| 0.6 : Who will bowl from the other end? Roston Chase it is. |
| 1.2 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, That is defended solidly off the front foot. |
| 1.3 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, On off, pushed away to the point region. |
| 1.4 : Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, Fuller, on off, spins away, Dimuth Karunaratne taps this to point. |
| Is that a run out? The decision has been sent upstairs and Dimuth Karunaratne looks in trouble here. |
| 1.5 : Oshada Fernando walks out to bat. |
| Roston Chase to Dimuth Karunaratne, OUT! RUN OUT! Dimuth Karunaratne has to depart in just the second over! That was a suicidal attempt to take a run and it proves to be the Lankan skipper's undoing. Great work from Mayers and the Lankans are one wicket down now. Fuller, tossed up, on off, Dimuth Karunaratne pushes this to point and wants a single. Kyle Mayers runs in, collects the ball, and has a shy at the non-striker's end and hits the stumps too. The TV umpire is called in to check a |
| 1.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Short and around off, kept out. |
| 2.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Full, on off, kept out. |
| 2.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Fuller, on off, pushed to the leg side. |
| 2.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around off, the ball lands and spins away as Oshada Fernando looks to defend and misses. |
| 2.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, On off, pushed to covers. |
| 2.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Full on middle, jammed out. |
| 2.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Flatter, on off, punched to point. |
| 3.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka punches it past mid off and collects a single. |
| 3.2 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Fuller in length, around middle. Oshada Fernando drills it back to the bowler. |
| 3.3 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Loopy delivery, around middle. Oshada Fernando plays it with soft hands past mid-wicket for a run. He gets off the mark! |
| 3.4 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around off, spinning in late. Pathum Nissanka dabs it behind square on the leg side. |
| 3.5 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 3.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, outside off. Pathum Nissanka stays back to cut but finds the point fielder. |
| 4.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around middle. Oshada Fernando tucks it to the leg side but it hits Nkrumah Bonner at short leg. |
| 4.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Fuller in length, on off. Oshada Fernando pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 4.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Flatter and quicker, outside off. Oshada Fernando works it towards backward point. |
| 4.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around off. Oshada Fernando is solid in his defence. |
| 4.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Floated, on a length, around off. Oshada Fernando blocks it out. |
| 4.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around off. Oshada Fernando defends it to point. |
| 5.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, outside off. Pathum Nissanka drives it to cover. |
| 5.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, on off. Pathum Nissanka looks to defend but it goes off the inner half past the short leg fielder for a run. |
| 5.3 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, down leg. Oshada Fernando gets low and paddles it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 5.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, on a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 5.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller in length, on off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it with ease. |
| 5.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, A single to end the over! Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka eases it to long off to keep the strike for the next over. |
| 6.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, outside off. Pathum Nissanka drives it to the cover fielder. |
| 6.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 6.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller in length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka drives but Kraigg Brathwaite at cover does well to stop the ball by moving across to his left. |
| 6.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, around middle. Pathum Nissanka defends it out. |
| 6.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, way outside off. Pathum Nissanka cuts it to wide of deep point and collects a couple of runs. |
| 6.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, around off. Pathum Nissanka blocks it out. |
| 6.5 : Pathum Nissanka is struggling slightly. He had the physio come out and apply some strapping on his thigh in the last over too and he is not finding it easy to run as well. |
| 7.1 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Fuller in length, around off. Oshada Fernando eases it to long off for an easy single. |
| 7.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, on off. Pathum Nissanka defends it out. |
| 7.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Dragged down leg. Pathum Nissanka tucks it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 7.4 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around off. Oshada Fernando blocks it to cover. |
| 7.5 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Floated, around middle. Oshada Fernando looks to defend but it goes off the inner half towards square leg. |
| 7.6 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Fuller in length, around middle. Oshada Fernando presses forward to block it. |
| 7.5 : The physio comes out again and is having a look at Pathum Nissanka's thigh. The magic spray is being applied on right now. |
| 8.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, on a length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka drives it to long off for a run. |
| 8.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Flatter ball, on off. Oshada Fernando blocks it out. |
| 8.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, A bit quicker, outside off. Oshada Fernando lets it be. |
| 8.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, An appeal for LBW but the umpire is unmoved! Fuller in length, darted on the pads. Oshada Fernando looks to nudge it to the leg side but he misses and gets hit low on his pad. |
| 8.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Tossed up, around off. Oshada Fernando defends it off the front foot. |
| 8.3 : The groundsmen are getting ready near the sidelines too. It looks like they are just getting ready, incase the rain decides to pay us a visit. The conditions have gotten slightly darker as well in the past couple of overs. |
| 8.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Looped up, around off. Oshada Fernando blocks it out watchfully. |
| 9.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Around off, pushed to long off for one. |
| 9.2 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, On off and middle, kept out. |
| 9.3 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Loopy, around off, pushed to mid off for a quick single. |
| 9.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Full on off, pushed to covers. |
| 9.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Outside off, fuller, pushed to point. |
| 9.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Outside off, fuller, pushed to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 10.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy, on off, worked to point. |
| 10.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Around off, fuller, OF works this through backward square leg for one. |
| 10.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On middle, flicked to the leg side. |
| 10.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy on middle and leg, played with the turn through square leg for a run. |
| 10.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Full, on off, eased to covers. |
| 10.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, On off, kept out. |
| 11.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy on off, blocked. |
| 11.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Short and on leg, Pathum Nissanka misses his flick to the leg side and gets hit on the pad. An appeal but turned down. Too high. |
| 11.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, On off, fuller, pushed to short cover. |
| 11.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller, around off, nicely kept out. |
| 11.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy, outside off, Pathum Nissanka stands tall and smacks this one through covers. Roston Chase runs to his left in the deep and stops the ball. Two taken. |
| 11.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Short, on off, blocked. |
| 12.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, FOUR! Well played. Flatter, way outside off, Oshada Fernando waits for the ball to arrive and then late cuts this one through backward point for a boundary. |
| 12.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, On off, OF defends it very late and dabs it to the off side. |
| 12.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Loopy, around off, Oshada presses forward and blocks. |
| 12.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, On off, defended. |
| 12.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, FOUR! Second boundary of the over. Shorter in length, outside off again, Oshada Fernando camps back, waits, then slaps this one through point. The ball runs away to the boundary. |
| 12.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Oshada Fernando, Full on off, kept out. |
| 13.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Overpitched, outside off, Pathum Nissanka shows the full face of the blade and pushes this through covers. The ball speeds through to the ropes. |
| 13.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, This is nudged to the leg side for a single. |
| 13.3 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, On off, blocked. |
| 13.4 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, An action replay of the previous delivery. |
| 13.5 : Jomel Warrican to Oshada Fernando, Outside off, driven through covers for a run. |
| 13.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Angled into off and middle, Pathum lunges and blocks. |
| 14.1 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Way outside off, left alone. |
| 14.2 : Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, Floated, on off, kept out. |
| Run out? Looks like it. Oshada Fernando will have to walk back here. |
| 14.3 : In walks Charith Asalanka. |
| Roston Chase to Oshada Fernando, OUT! RUN OUT! That's the second run out of the day and Sri Lanka lose another. Miscommunication between both the batters and the hosts are two down here. Shorter, around off, Oshada Fernando taps this one towards backward point. He comes forward looking for a run, Pathum Nissanka responds too, but then sends Oshada Fernando back. The Lankan batter turns and looks to get back, but, by then, Jermaine Blackwood collects the ball and throws it to Joshua Da |
| 14.4 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Outside off, fuller, kept out. |
| 14.5 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Short, around off, angling in, Charith Asalanka leaves it, as the ball whistles past the off pole to Joshua Da Silva. |
| 14.6 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Outside off, driven through covers for a run. |
| 15.1 : Jomel Warrican to Charith Asalanka, Flatter, on off, kept out. |
| 15.2 : Jomel Warrican to Charith Asalanka, On off, Charith Asalanka gets low and sweeps this to square leg for one. |
| 15.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, On middle and leg, kept out to the leg side. |
| 15.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, On middle, blocked. |
| 15.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Darted on middle and leg, Pathum Nissanka blocks it out well. |
| 15.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, This is pushed back to the bowler. |
| 16.1 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, On off, floated, CA defends it smoothly. |
| 16.2 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Pitched up, outside off, dabbed to point. |
| 16.3 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, On off, blocked again to the off side. |
| 16.4 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Fuller again, outside off, Charith Asalanka steps ahead and then makes a leave. |
| 16.5 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Darted on middle, slightly shorter, Charith Asalanka misses his attempted defense and gets hit high on the pad. An appeal but the umpire says nothing. Would have been too high. |
| 16.6 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, On off, pushed to covers. |
| 17.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flighted on off, worked to point. |
| 17.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Around off, played to covers. |
| 17.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely flighted, on off, Pathum Nissanka strides ahead and blocks. |
| 17.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Slightly shorter, around off, the ball lands and turns away as Pathum Nissanka goes back and misses his attempted defense. |
| 17.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Shorter again, outside off, punched to sweeper cover for one. |
| 17.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Tossed up, on off, Charith Asalanka sweeps this to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 18.1 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Outside off, flatter, Charith Asalanka looks to slash it away but misses. |
| 18.2 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, On middle, knocked to the off side now. |
| 18.3 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Floated, outside off, turns away as Charith Asalanka shoulders arms. |
| 18.4 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, On off, kept out. |
| 18.5 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Loopy, outside off, Charith Asalanka is solid in defense. |
| 18.6 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Charith Asalanka drives this fuller ball to sweeper cover for a single. |
| 19.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Leg bye. Fuller and sliding down the leg side, Charith Asalanka looks to sweep but the ball takes the elbow and goes over the keeper for a leg bye. |
| 19.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On middle, blocked. |
| 19.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Short in length, outside off, slapped to sweeper cover for one. |
| 19.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Flatter, on off, knocked to the leg side. |
| 19.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Too full, outside off, Charith Asalanka gets behind the line of the ball and solidly blocks. |
| 19.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Around off, blocked. |
| 20.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Attacks the stumps with a full ball, kept out. |
| 20.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Outside off, played gently to the off side. |
| 20.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Quicker, shorter, around off, Pathum Nissanka gets his bat down and keeps it out. |
| 20.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, On middle, worked to square leg. |
| 20.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Just a touch short around off, Pathum Nissanka goes back and pushes this to the leg side. |
| 20.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller, around off, Pathum Nissanka presses forward and smothers the ball out. THAT WILL BE STUMPS ON DAY 3! |
| Day 3 has been a treat to watch as the game has moved ahead at a rapid pace. The hosts find themselves in a slight spot of bother and they have only themselves to blame. Their bowlers have fared reasonably well on the moving day but it is their batters who have let them down a bit in the third session. |
| Sri Lanka were in a dominating position at the halfway mark on Day 3 but they leaked a few runs at the fag end of Windies' innings and conceded a lead of 49 runs. Their spinners were brilliant to bring them back into this Test, as at one point, it looked like West Indies were on course to get a huge first innings lead. However, when they came out to bat they looked a bit out of sorts as Dimuth Karunaratne ran himself out. Oshada Fernando and Pathum Nissanka tried to steady the ship but a misc |
| That is it from Day 3 of the second Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies. The rain gods have stayed away and we were able to witness another intriguing day of Test cricket. We look forward to your company on Day 4 of this Test which promises to be an exciting one and it will commence at 9.45 am local (4.15 am GMT). Cheers! |
| West Indies would be happier of the two sides at the end of the day's play and would feel that they have their noses slightly ahead. However, they have to bat last on this wicket and a target of anywhere around 150 isn't going to be easy for West Indies. They were not able to capitalize on the start that they got and lost wickets in clusters in the second session. Kyle Mayers played a handy innings at the end and the visitors managed to get a lead of 49 runs. The Windies came out with intent as |
| ... DAY 4, SESSION 1 ... |
| Hello and welcome to Day 4 of this second Test match between Sri Lanka and West Indies. Day 3 did what it is known for, it was a moving day, and the advantage moved back and forth. Let us hope we have another riveting day of Test cricket in store for us with no rain interruptions. |
| The Sri Lankan spinners did their magic and helped their side stage a comeback in the game. Ramesh Mendis was the star with the ball, as he bagged a six-wicket haul. He was supported well by Lasith and Praveen from the other end who picked two scalps each to make sure the visitors donât swell their lead over 49 runs. Although, their batters started off shakily, with a couple of run outs that would hurt them quite a bit. They lost their skipper, Karunaratne and soon after Fernando slipped out a |
| PITCH REPORT - Farveez Maharoof says that the pitch is rough and the spinners will get plenty of assistance. Aamir Sohail joins him and says that the batters should make adjustments to their shoulder alignment. |
| We are ready for play! The umpires are out in the middle and so are the West Indies players. Out come the overnight batters for Sri Lanka, Charith Asalanka and Pathum Nissanka. Roston Chase to start proceedings with the ball on Day 4. |
| 21.1 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Chase starts with a shorter ball, around off. Charith Asalanka goes back and pushes it to silly point. |
| 21.2 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Nicely tossed up, outside off. Bit of turn away from the left-hander so Charith Asalanka leaves it. |
| 21.3 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 21.4 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Tossed up, just outside off. Charith Asalanka gets forward and blocks it. |
| 21.5 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Darted on the pads. Worked to deep square leg for one. |
| 21.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely tossed up, on off. Pathum Nissanka works it towards mid on. |
| 0.0 : Even though West Indies could not make the most of their advantage. Their batters fought till the end to get a decent lead on them. When they came back to the field, the pack was very lively which caused some trouble for the opposition. West Indies scalped two wickets through run-outs and would come back on the field with the same intent. If West Indies are able to pick a couple of wickets in the opening session, will put them in a comfortable position. Another great day of Test cricket awaits. |
| 21.6 : Who will bowl from the other end? It's going to be Veerasammy Permaul. |
| 22.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Charith Asalanka comes down the track and taps it back to the bowler. |
| 22.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Loopy ball, on middle and leg. Charith Asalanka sweeps it to short fine leg. |
| 22.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Full and on the pads. Flicked uppishly but wide for short leg for one. |
| 22.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy ball, around off. Pathum Nissanka pushes it to mid off. |
| 22.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely flighted, wide enough to be left alone. |
| 22.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 23.1 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Flatter ball, outside off. Pushed away for one. |
| 23.2 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Top-quality shot! Tossed up, outside off. Pathum Nissanka leans into it and drives it to the cover fence. |
| 23.3 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Pathum Nissanka comes down the track and works it to mid-wicket. |
| 23.4 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, on middle. Worked past mid-wicket for one. |
| 23.5 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 23.6 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, A solid defensive stroke to end the over. |
| 24.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 24.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, just outside off. Pathum Nissanka gets forward and blocks it. |
| 24.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller ball, on off. Pushed to covers. |
| 24.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Full ball, outside off. Driven to deep cover for one. |
| 24.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 24.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Loopy ball, on middle and leg. Charith Asalanka sweeps it to fine leg for one. |
| 25.1 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Floated up, around off and pushed firmly towards silly point. |
| 25.2 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Slightly fuller, around off, this one goes straight through. Charith Asalanka leaves it alone. |
| 25.3 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Angled in, around the leg stump. Charith Asalanka looks to keep it out but gets rapped on the pads. A stifled appeal but not given. |
| 25.4 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, On middle, Asalanka keeps it out. |
| 25.5 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Tossed up, on middle. Asalanka puts out a stride to defend. |
| 25.6 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Flighted delivery, on the off pole. Asalanka drives it towards cover. Maiden over from Roston Chase. |
| 26.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter one, just outside off. Nissanka rocks back and cuts it towards point. |
| 26.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, A touch short and wide, Nissanka cuts it off the back foot but straight to point. |
| 26.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Beaten! Tossed up, around middle. The ball just turns away sharply and bounces a bit extra as well. Nissanka looks to defend but the ball goes agonisingly past the outside edge. |
| 26.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller delivery, around off. Nissanka strokes it away to deep point for a couple. |
| 26.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy delivery, on middle and kept out by Nissanka. |
| 26.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Angled in on middle and leg, Nissanka defends it off the front foot. |
| 27.1 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, A touch shorter, around middle and leg. Asalanka goes on the back foot and nudges it towards short mid-wicket for a quick single. |
| 27.2 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Short and wide, cut away to deep point for a run. |
| 27.3 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Quicker one, angled in on middle stump. Asalanka pushes it towards cover. |
| 27.4 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Flatter, around the off stump. Asalanka pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 27.5 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, On off, kept out on the off side. |
| 27.6 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Nicely flighted, on off. Asalanka defends it out towards silly point. |
| 28.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Pushed through quicker, just outside off. Nissanka keeps it out on the off side. |
| 28.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, around off and defended out by Nissanka. |
| 28.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On middle and defended out with soft hands by Nissanka. |
| 28.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, A tad bit short and around off. Nissanka cuts it past short third man and picks up a brace. |
| 28.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, on middle. Nissanka strides out to defend. |
| 28.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up again, on off. Nissanka plays the cover drive but without much timing. |
| 29.1 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, On middle, stroked away towards cover. |
| 29.2 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Chase drags it down and bowls it around the off pole. Charith Asalanka rocks back and pulls it in front of square on the leg side for a couple of runs. |
| 29.3 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Slowed up, on off. Asalanka keeps it out on the off side. |
| 29.4 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, On the pads, Asalanka nudges it towards leg slip off the pads and looks for a single. His partner sends him back and rightly so. |
| 29.5 : Roston Chase to Charith Asalanka, Nicely tossed up, around off. Asalanka drives it through cover for a single. |
| 29.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, On middle, Nissanka dabs it down towards short leg. |
| 30.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, SIX! All the way! This is sheer power. Good use of the feet by Asalanka. Floated, full and on off. Asalanka gets to the pitch of the ball and muscles it over the wide long on fence for a maximum. |
| 30.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, A dot now! Tossed up, around off. The ball turns in. Asalanka stays back and defends it out. |
| 30.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, Full and on middle. Asalanka gets low and sweeps it to deep square leg and gets a single. |
| 30.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Another single now! Full and on the pads, Nissanka clips it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 30.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Charith Asalanka, OUT! CAUGHT! Veerasammy Permaul strikes and gets his first wicket of this innings. A positive start for the visitors. After being hit for a maximum on the first ball, Permaul gets his man after a couple of deliveries and has the last laugh. Floated, outside off. The ball turns in a bit. Asalanka prods and looks to defend it. The ball takes the inside edge onto the pads and it lobs towards short leg. Nkrumah Bonner is placed there who takes the simp |
| 30.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Dhananjaya de Silva gets greeted by the keeper straighaway. Joshua Da Silva murmurs "Deja vu". Tossed up, on off. Dhananjaya de Silva defends it out watchfully. |
| Jomel Warrican (7-1-17-0)Â is on now. |
| 31.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. NIssanka pushes it towards long off for a single. |
| 31.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated, around leg. Dhananjaya de Silva defends it off the pads. |
| 31.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Angled into the pads, fuller, Dhananjaya de Silva looks to defend it out. The ball goes to the off side off the pads. |
| 31.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, BEATEN! Some turn and bounce on this one. Full and around off. Dhananjaya de Silva presses forward and loooks to defend it out but gets beaten by the turn. |
| 31.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter, on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva works it to mid-wicket. |
| 31.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, de Silva, defends it out watchfully. |
| 0.0 : Dhananjaya de Silva strides out to the middle. |
| 32.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, full and on off. Nissanka pushes it to cover. |
| 32.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Slower through the air, full and on off. Nissanka defends it with soft hands. |
| 32.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Floated, full and on off. Nissanka pushes it to left of short mid-on. |
| 32.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On off, Nissanka pushes it out. |
| 32.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter and on off. Nissanka stays back and cuts it towards cover. |
| 32.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! A welcome boundary for the hosts. They will take it however the runs come now. Full and on leg. Nissanka gets low and sweeps it towards fine leg. Roston Chase runs to his right from deep square leg but could not keep the ball in play. Boundary. |
| 33.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Touch short and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it towards short cover. |
| 33.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva helps it towards long off for a single. |
| 33.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, On the pads, Nissanka stays back and tucks it to square leg for another single. |
| 33.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva takes a step forward and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 33.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva goes back and defends it to short cover. |
| 33.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated, full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva works it to covers. |
| 34.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter and on off. NIssanka stays back and pushes it to cover. |
| 34.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Full and outside off. Nissanka steps across and defends it out watchfully. |
| 34.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on middle. Nissanka pushes it towards mid on. Permaul chases it down and keeps it down to a single. |
| 34.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Nicely played. Dhananjaya de Silva gets his first boundary of the innings. Floated, full and outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva stays back and plays it late. He helps it past the backward point fielder, the ball races away to the fence. |
| 34.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Oh Close! Tossed up, around off. The ball turns away a bit. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to cut it away. The ball takes the outside edge and lobs just in front of the keeper, it does not carry. It was a teaser for the keeper. A tough chance though, but it goes Dhananjaya de Silva's way and not Joshua Da Silva. |
| 34.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva prods and defends it out solidly. |
| 35.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Nissanka comes down the track and pushes it to short mid off. |
| 35.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, outside off. Pathum Nissanka pushes it past cover for one. |
| 35.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 35.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on off. De Silva comes forward and blocks it. |
| 35.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on off. Blocked out. |
| 35.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, around off. Dhananjaya de Silva blocks it out to the off side. |
| 36.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flighted delivery, around off. Pathum Nissanka drives it to short cover. |
| 36.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, on off. Tapped out. |
| 36.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flighted delivery, just outside off. Nissanka comes forward and blocks it right under his eyes. |
| 36.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Fuller ball, on off. Pushed to the off side. |
| 36.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely tossed up, around off. Pathum Nissanka drives it to short cover. |
| 36.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, A single as this is pushed down to long off. |
| 37.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, on middle and leg. Nissanka works it past square leg for one. |
| 37.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fuller ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 37.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Another solid defense by Dhananjaya de Silva. |
| 37.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva sweeps it to deep square leg for one. |
| 37.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely driven to mid off this time. |
| 37.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy ball, on off. Pushed to covers. |
| 38.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 38.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Shorter ball, on off. Dhananjaya de Silva goes back and blocks it. |
| 38.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, RISKY STROKE! Tossed up, on middle. De Silva gets low to sweep but seems to be in two minds about it. He gets an inside edge which goes onto hit his boot. Had he not hit that, it would have been an LBW. |
| 38.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, around off. Pushed to covers. |
| 38.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on off. Blocked out. |
| 38.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, wide enough to be left alone. |
| 39.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Shorter ball, around off. Pushed to deep cover for one. |
| 39.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on middle and leg. De Silva dances down the track to block but gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal for LBW but turned down. |
| 39.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, around off. Pushed past covers for one. |
| 39.4 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy ball, on off. Pathum pushes it to point. |
| 39.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up nicely, outside off. Pathum Nissanka drives it to covers but the fielder dives and stops it. |
| 39.6 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Shorter ball, on off. Worked to the leg side. |
| 40.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter one, outside off, punched away through cover-point for a single. |
| 40.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Slowed up, on a length and around off. Nissanka goes on the back foot and covers the line of the ball well. |
| 40.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, on off and defended out by Nissanka. |
| 40.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flighted delivery, on off. Nissanka defends it right under his eyeline. |
| 40.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Width on offer and Nissanka cuts it away to deep point for a run. |
| 40.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nicely tossed up, outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva caresses it through the cover region for a single. |
| 41.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on off and kept out by Dhananjaya de Silva. |
| 41.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nicely flighted, around the off stump. Dhananjaya de Silva stays solid in defense. |
| 41.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Slowed up, on off again and watchfully kept out. |
| 41.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle and defended back to the bowler. |
| 41.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva brings out the cover drive but can't get it through. |
| 41.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Maiden over! Loopy ball, around off and stroked back towards the bowler. |
| 42.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Veerasammy Permaul gives this one some air and bowls it around the leg stump. Pathum Nissanka looks to defend it out but gets hit on the pads. A stifled appeal but not given, probably pitching outside leg. |
| 42.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, around middle and leg. Nissanka defends it off the back foot on the leg side. |
| 42.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Flighted ball, on middle. Nissanka defends it off the front foot. |
| 42.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Looped up, on off and driven nicely through mid off for a single. |
| 42.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Veerasammy Permaul bowls it wider and Dhananjaya de Silva pushes away from his body and gets it towards deep point for a run. |
| 42.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Short ball, well outside off. Pathum Nissanka works it through the point region for another single. |
| 43.1 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, This is pushed through, on middle stump. Nissanka hops back to keep it out on the leg side. |
| 43.2 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, On off, played towards cover. |
| 43.3 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, outside off. Pathum Nissanka drives it with the spin and through cover for a single. |
| 43.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fullish ball, around leg stump. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to turn it on the leg side but closes the face off the bat early and the ball goes on the off side. |
| 43.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, On a length, on off and punched straight to short mid off. |
| 43.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nicely flighted, around the off stump. Dhananjaya de Silva plays it out on the off side with soft hands. |
| 44.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, outside off. Pathum Nissanka dabs it down towards short third man and picks up a run. He moves to 49 now. |
| 44.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle, Dhananjaya de Silva manages to keep it out. |
| 44.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Wide outside off, Dhananjaya de Silva hangs back and guides it nicely through the short third man region. Shai Hope chases this one and manages to pull it back in. The batters comfortably come back for the third and the hundred also comes up for the home team. |
| 44.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, On middle, Nissanka defends it out. |
| 44.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Nicely flighted, on off and inviting the batter to drive. Pathum Nissanka steps out of his crease and drives it straight to short cover. |
| 44.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Pathum Nissanka, Floated up, on off. Nissanka defends it off the front foot. |
| 45.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Nicely played. Flatter and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva flicks it through mid-wicket. Jason Holder gives it a chase but the ball wins the race. Boundary. |
| 45.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Looped up, full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva blocks it out watchfully. |
| 45.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, around off. The ball turns away. Dhananjaya de Silva stays inside the crease and plays it towards short cover. |
| 45.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, On the pads, Silva tucks it towards fine leg for a single. |
| 45.5 : Jomel Warrican to Pathum Nissanka, Another single now! FIFTY up for Nissanka, his fourth in Test cricket. Flatter and on off. Nissanka stays back and works it towards mid-wicket for a single. A crucial knock by the young man. His team needed this from him. |
| 45.6 : Change. Finally, a pacer will bowl. Kemar Roach is on now. |
| Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it out for a single. He retains the strike. |
| 46.1 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, A length ball, outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva leaves it alone for the keeper. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! The Sri Lanka batters have fared really well, they have made sure to get on top of the poor deliveries. Although, they lost the wicket of Charith Asalanka. They will hope the current pair sticks around for long and extend their lead. West Indies, on the other hand, would hope to pick a couple more wickets in the final hour of the first session to put the hosts on the back foot. |
| 46.2 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, On a length, outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva hangs his bat away from his body and defends it out. |
| 46.3 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Three dots in a row! A length ball, outside off. The ball nips in a bit after passing the batsman. Dhananjaya de Silva moves across and shoulders his arms. |
| 46.4 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Three runs now! Back of a length, outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva hops and punches it through cover-point. Jermaine Blackwood gives it a good chase and dives in front near the ropes to push the ball back in play. The batters pick three comfortably. |
| 46.5 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Full-length ball, outside off. Nissanka steps to the pitch of the ball and defends it to covers solidly. |
| 46.6 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, A solid forward defense by Nissanka. A length ball, on off. Nissanka defends it back to the bowler. A tidy over by Roach. |
| 47.1 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flighted, full and on leg. Dhananjaya de Silva flicks it to square leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : Change. Roston Chase (10-2-20-0)Â is back on. |
| 47.2 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka leans forward and works it towards long on for a run. |
| 47.3 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Looped up, full and on middle. De Silva tucks it towards mid-wicket. |
| 47.4 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on off, de Silva comes forward and pushes it towards long on for a single. |
| 47.5 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, around middle. Nissanka defends it to the leg side off the inner half. |
| 47.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full and on off. Nissanka comes forward and flicks it towards long on for a run. 4 runs coming off it. |
| 48.1 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Full length, on off. Nissanka comes across and blocks it to cover. |
| 48.2 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Angled into the batsman. Full, around middle and leg. Nissanka stays back and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 48.3 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, A single now! Back of a length, on the bodyline. Pathum Nissanka hangs back and pulls it towards fine leg. The batters cross for a single. |
| 48.4 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nice delivery, a huge appeal by Roach but the umpire is unmoved! A length ball, outside off. The ball nips in off the deck. Dhananjaya de Silva stays back and looks to flick it away. The ball takes the inside edge and hits him on the thighs. |
| 48.5 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Back of a length, on off. Dhananjaya de Silva drags it pull attempt to mid-wicket. |
| 48.6 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on the pads. Dhananjaya de Silva nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 49.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Full and going down leg. Nissanka gets low and sweeps it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 49.2 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Looped up, full and on leg. De Silve flicks it to short leg. |
| 49.3 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated, around middle. The ball turn in. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to defend it to the leg side. The ball takes the top end of the blade and falls in front of him. |
| 49.4 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, Dhananjaya de Silva remains solid in his defense. |
| 49.5 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and going down leg. Dhananjaya de Silva switches his stance and looks to hit it towards fine leg but misses. Joshua Da Silva moves to his left and stops it sharply. |
| 49.6 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Around off, Dhananjaya de Silva flicks it uppishly towards mid-wicket. They take a single. |
| 50.1 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fuller ball, around off. Blocked out. |
| 50.2 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, On a length, just outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva gets forward and blocks it. |
| 50.3 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 50.4 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, On a length, on off. Dhananjaya de Silva blocks it from the crease. |
| 50.5 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Lovely stroke! Short ball, outside off. De Silva rides the bounce and pulls it away. It races to the mid-wicket fence. |
| 50.6 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! He does it again! Short ball, on the body. This sits up nicely for Dhananjaya de Silva to swivel and pull. The ball goes to the right of deep square leg for a boundary. |
| 0.0 : Roston Chase to continue as Nkrumah Bonner goes off the field. Rahkeem Cornwall comes on to field for him. |
| 53.6 : Another pacer comes on to bowl now. It's going to be Jason Holder to bowl for the first time in this innings. |
| 0.0 : In case you were wondering, there is not a dark cloud in sight. The Sun is nicely baking down the pitch. |
| 57.1 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, On a length, around off. Dhananjaya de Silva goes on the back foot and taps it past short leg for a single. |
| 57.2 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Short and wide, Pathum Nissanka is disappointed with that one. It is there to hit and Nissanka cuts it straight cover. |
| 57.3 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Angled across from round the wicket and Nissanka makes room to stroke it past cover and pick up a couple of runs. |
| 57.4 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Tossed up, full and on off stump. Nissanka drives it nicely towards long off for a single. |
| 57.5 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nicely flighted, outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva gets on one knee to sweep it away but gets an inside edge past short leg for a run. |
| 57.6 : Review! Pathum Nissanka has reviewed this LBW decision. |
| It was a good session of cricket. Both the teams gave it their all. A wicket for the West Indies at the stroke of Lunch changes the trajectory of the game. The hosts lost a wicket early on and later a wicket to ruin their Lunch break, as they lost Nissanka right at the end. West Indies will have the momentum on their side. |
| Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, OUT! LBW! Huge wicket just at the stroke of Lunch for West Indies. The change of angle has worked for Roston Chase as he gets rid of Pathum Nissanka, who was looking really good. Tossed up, on a nagging length, around middle and leg. Nissanka goes on the back foot, looking to flick it on the leg side but misses and gets hit on the back leg. The visitors appeal and the umpire raises his finger. The review is taken but there's no bat involved and the ball |
| Nissanka kept his nerves calm and made sure to take his side to safer shores. The overnight batters came back and fared really well. But Asalanka gave a dolly to short leg and was dismissed. Since then, the pair of de Silva and Nissanka stitched a crucial partnership to swell their lead. But Nissanka well right before Lunch and Sri Lanka go back with a lead of 102 runs. |
| West Indies could not put a lid on the run flow. It was Permaul who got the only wicket of the session early on, as he got rid of Asalanka. But after that, the bowlers probed good lines and lengths but were unable to cause any trouble to the batters. The West Indies skipper, Brathwaite, tried out various combinations, earlier with the spinners and later he introduced a pacer for the first time in this innings for the 47th over. But there was no change to the trajectory until the last over of the |
| 57.0 : Right then. Sri Lanka will hope to come back and bat for as long as they could and swell the lead. We have a lot of time on our hands, even after a few sessions lost due to rain in this second Test. West Indies will be looking to pick wickets at regular intervals to put the hosts in a spot of bother. Another exciting session awaits. Do join us for the second session at 12:40 pm local (7:10 am GMT). |
| ... Day 4, Session 2 ... |
| The second session is set to begin. The West Indies players stride out to the middle. Followed by Dhananjaya de Silva and Dinesh Chandimal, the new batsman, who walk out to bat for Sri Lanka. Jason Holder to start with the ball. So, we start off with some pace attack here. |
| 58.1 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, A gentle fullish ball, on off. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it to mid on. |
| 58.2 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, Back of a length, around off and angled in. Dhananjaya de Silva dabs it down towards backward square leg where the fielder makes a good stop. They take a single. |
| 58.3 : Jason Holder to Dinesh Chandimal, A length ball, outside off and stroked away towards cover-point. |
| 58.4 : Jason Holder to Dinesh Chandimal, An in-dipper this time from Holder, on middle and leg. Dinesh Chandimal pushes it back to the bowler who throws the ball back towards the batter. |
| 58.5 : Jason Holder to Dinesh Chandimal, Length again, over off stump. Chandimal stays solid in defense. |
| 58.6 : Jason Holder to Dinesh Chandimal, Good-length ball, around middle and kept out on the leg side by Chandimal. |
| 59.1 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Angled across from around the wicket, on off stump. Dhananjaya de Silva defends it off the back foot. |
| 0.0 : Who will bowl from the other end? It is going to be Roston Chase. His figures read 16-2-43-1 so far. |
| 59.2 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Down the leg side and spinning further away, Dhananjaya de Silva shoulders arms. |
| 59.3 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Short ball, around off stump. Dhananjaya de Silva rocks back and pulls it towards deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 59.4 : Roston Chase to Dinesh Chandimal, Nicely bowled. Floated up, around middle and leg. Chandimal able to to block it out. |
| 59.5 : Roston Chase to Dinesh Chandimal, On middle, nudged out towards cover-point for a quick single. Dinesh Chandimal is off the mark with that as well. |
| 59.6 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off and defended off the front foot by Dhananjaya de Silva. |
| 60.1 : Jason Holder to Dinesh Chandimal, Fullish ball, around off and pushed back towards the bowler. |
| 60.2 : Jason Holder to Dinesh Chandimal, Very full, on off and Dinesh Chandimal digs it out towards short cover. |
| 60.3 : Jason Holder to Dinesh Chandimal, Good-length ball, on off and angling in. Dinesh Chandimal gets right behind the line of the ball to block it. |
| 60.4 : Jason Holder to Dinesh Chandimal, Back of a length, around leg stump and worked past short mid-wicket for a run. |
| 60.5 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, Short ball, around waist height. Dhananjaya de Silva swivels and pulls it towards backward square leg, where Kyle Mayers makes a good stop, keeping it to just a single. |
| 60.6 : Jason Holder to Dinesh Chandimal, Length again, on top of off stump, Chandimal defends it out with ease. |
| 61.1 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated up, around off and pushed through mid off for a single. |
| 0.0 : Veerasammy Permaul has gone off the field and Rahkeem Cornwall replaces him, who is stationed at the leg slip. |
| Time for umpire review! It is for a bump ball. The replays show that the ball comes off the face off the blade and Chase gathers it cleanly. The huge screen on the ground displays OUT and Chandimal has to walk back to the pavilion. |
| 61.2 : Who will walk out next? Angelo Mathews was nursing his calf injury, will he come out now? No, he does not. Ramesh Mendis walks out at number 7. |
| Roston Chase to Dinesh Chandimal, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Soft dismissal and Dinesh Chandimal is a goner. Nicely tossed up, on middle stump. Chandimal looks to play the on drive but the bat hits the deck and the ball just lobs up off the face of the bat. The ball goes towards Roston Chase who takes a dolly and is confident that it isn't a bump catch. The umpires go upstairs and the replays clearly show that the ball came off the face of the bat. Dinesh Chandimal looks baffled and Chase |
| 61.3 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Now some drift on offer! Flighted ball, on off and Mendis gets an inside edge towards short leg. |
| 61.4 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, on middle. Mendis defends it out this time. |
| 61.5 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Just outside off and played with soft hands towards backward point for a single. |
| 61.6 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fifty for Dhananjaya de Silva, a gritty one as well. On a nagging length, around the leg stump. De Silva goes back and forth and gets an inside edge onto the pads. The ball rolls onto the off side and they get a single. |
| 62.1 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, A length ball, down the leg side. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to pull it away but the pops up off the thigh pad and Joshua Da Silva with a good take down to his left. |
| 62.2 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, Shorter in length, on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva pulls it behind square on the leg side for a single. |
| 62.3 : Jason Holder to Ramesh Mendis, Length again, around middle and nicely tucked away by Ramesh Mendis through square leg for a couple. |
| 62.4 : Jason Holder to Ramesh Mendis, On middle and leg, nudged away towards square leg. |
| 62.5 : Jason Holder to Ramesh Mendis, Back of a length, on off and slower in pace. Mendis defends it back onto the deck off the back foot. |
| 62.6 : Jason Holder to Ramesh Mendis, Holder tries to attack the pads but bowls a low full toss. Mendis manages to get it through mid-wicket and picks up a run. |
| 63.1 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, On off stump, some extra bounce on offer this time. Mendis rocks back to defend. |
| 63.2 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, FOUR! Good shot! Down the leg side, Ramesh Mendis sweeps it behind square on the leg side and picks up a boundary. |
| 63.3 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Loopy ball, on the pads. Mendis nudges it on the leg side. |
| 63.4 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, On middle and leg, pushed towards short mid on. |
| 63.5 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Flighted ball, around leg stump and kept out on the leg side by Mendis. |
| 63.6 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Loopy ball, on leg stump and dipping on the batter. Ramesh Mendis tries to work it on the leg side but gets a leading edge through cover and picks up a brace. |
| 64.1 : Review! Kraigg Brathwaite opts to go for an lbw review. The original decision is not out. The UltraEdge shows there is spike as the ball passes the bat. The on-field decision stands and West Indies have lost a review here. |
| Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, NOT OUT! Really good decision from the onfield umpire because that was really close. Jomel Warrican is right on the money from the get go. Flatter one, on middle and skidding on. Dhananjaya de Silva strides out to defend but gets rapped on the pads. Luckily for him the replay confirms that there was an inside edge and he survives. |
| 64.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter one, on middle nad pushed back to the bowler. |
| 64.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle and leg, defended on the on side off the front foot. |
| 64.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Stump to stump from Jomel Warrican. On middle and kept out by Dhananjaya de Silva. |
| 64.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Slightky tossed up, on off and stroked away on the off side. |
| 64.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fuller one, on off stump and jammed back towards the bowler. Jomel Warrican starts his new spell with a maiden. |
| 65.1 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Full and on off. Mendis comes forward and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 65.2 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, on off, Mendis defends it out solidly. |
| 65.3 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Quicker, on middle. Mendis nudges it to mid-wicket. |
| 65.4 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Full and on off. Mendis pushes it to long on for a single. |
| 65.5 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, DDS comes forward and works it towards lonhg on for another run. |
| 65.6 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, On off, Mendis is solid in his defense. |
| 66.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Looped up, on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva prods and defends it into the pitch. |
| 66.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it to the left of the bowler. Jomel Warrican dives to that side and stops the ball. |
| 66.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, BEATEN! Tossed up, around off. The ball grips and turns away. Dhananjaya de Silva gets beaten by the turn here. |
| 66.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, BEAUTY! How did it miss the off pole. Looped up, around off. Dhananjaya de Silva stride forward and looks to defend it out but gets beaten by the turn and DDS was left holding his position. The ball sneaks past the outside edge as well as the off pole. De Silva survives this time. |
| 66.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Swept away! Full and on leg. De Silva gets low and sweeps it towards deep mid-wicket. The ball goes into the fence. |
| 66.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Nice end to the over for the hosts. Two boundaires coming off the last two deliveries. Full and on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva is on the attack now. He gets low and sweeps it through mid-wicket for another boundary. |
| Veerasammy Permaul (21-3-55-1) is brought back into the attack. |
| 67.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Full and on off. Mendis works it towards mid on for a single. |
| 67.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Angled into the pads, Dhananjaya de Silva nudges it to mid-wicket for another run. The lead extends to 132 runs now. |
| 67.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Looped up, full and on middle. Mendis defends it to the leg side. |
| 67.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Full and on off. Mendis looks to sweep it away. The ball takes the inside edge, sneaks between the batters leg and goes square on the leg side. |
| 67.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, on off. Mendis pats it back to the bowler. |
| 67.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Short and outside off, Mendis cuts it through covers for a single. |
| Roston Chase with a change of ends now. |
| 68.1 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, around off. Mendis blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 68.2 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Two dots to start with! On the pads, Mendis stays back and nudges it to square leg. |
| 68.3 : Roston Chase to Ramesh Mendis, Flighted, full and on off. Mendis works it to square leg off the inner half. They take a single. |
| 68.4 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated, full and on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva comes forward and blocks it back to the bowler solidly. |
| 68.5 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on off. De Silva comes forward again and hits it with the toe-end of the bat to the left of the bowler. |
| 68.6 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle. De Silva stays back and punches it back to the bowler. A quiet over by Chase, just a single off it. |
| 69.1 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Full and on off, Mendis pushes it to mid on for a single. |
| 0.0 : Veerasammy Permaul gets just one over as now Jomel Warrican switches ends as well. |
| 69.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, A mix-up but safe! Flatter and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it to cover. Mendis is halfway down the pitch looking for a single but was sent back. The fielder collects the ball and throws it to the bowler but the batter was safe inside the crease. |
| 69.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Outside off, left alone. |
| 69.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, Silva pushes it towards long off for a single. |
| 69.5 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, on off. Mendis blocks it out watchfully. |
| 69.6 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, A single now! Around middle. Mendis flicks it through mid-wicket for a single. Just 3 runs off it. |
| 70.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, on off. Swept to fine leg for one. |
| 70.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 70.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on middle and leg. De Silva blocks it. |
| 70.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, around off. De Silva plays it late and past short third man. The fielder chases it and keeps it to three. |
| 70.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 70.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Loopy ball, on off. Ramesh Mendis looks to block but gets hit on the pads. |
| 71.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, on off. Pushed to long off for one. |
| 0.0 : Kraigg Brathwaite is chopping and changing his spinners now as Veerasammy Permaul is brought back into the attack. |
| 71.2 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Fuller ball and pushed back to the bowler. |
| 71.3 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Shorter ball, on off. Pushed away. |
| 71.4 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Short ball, on middle and leg. Mendis works it to the leg side. |
| 71.5 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, A single as this is pushed down to long off. |
| 71.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 72.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Loopy ball, on off. Mendis gets low and scoops it to fine leg for a couple. |
| 72.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, outside off. Left alone. |
| 72.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Full and on the pads. Worked past mid-wicket for one. |
| 72.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Quicker one, at the pads. Mendis tucks it onto the leg side. |
| 72.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Nicely tossed up, around leg stump. Ramesh Mendis strides out to defend. |
| 73.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on the pads. Dhananjaya de Silva blocks it off the front foot. |
| 73.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 73.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, around off. Dhananjaya de Silva is solid in his defence. |
| 73.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Play and a miss! Flatter ball, around off. De Silva looks to punch but the ball turns and goes past the outside edge. |
| 73.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Kept low! Angled on off. It stays as Dhananjaya de Silva goes back to block. But he gets his bat down in time to block it. |
| 72.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter one, around leg stump. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to defend on the leg side but gets an outside edge onto the off side. They take a single as well. |
| 73.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on the pads. De Silva looks to paddle it down to fine leg but gets it on his pads. The man from first slip gets across and stops it. |
| 74.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Darted on the pads. Worked to deep square leg for one. |
| 74.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on leg. Blocked out. |
| 74.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Dhananjaya de Silva blocks this one with soft hands. The ball drops dead near his feet. |
| 74.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fuller and on the pads. Kept away with ease again. |
| 74.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Darted on middle and leg. Tapped away. |
| 74.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, around off. De Silva looks to run it down to third man but the man at first slip dives and stops the ball. |
| 75.1 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Quicker and flatter, around middle and leg. Mendis keeps it out on the leg side. |
| 75.2 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, On off and pushed back to the bowler. |
| 75.3 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Beaten! Tossed up, on middle and the ball grips and turns away sharply, whizzing past the outside edge. |
| 75.4 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, On middle, played onto the leg side. |
| 75.5 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, on off and defended out by Mendis. |
| 75.6 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Nicely flighted, around off and Mendis strokes it towards cover. Maiden over from Jomel Warrican. |
| 76.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter one, around off. Dhananjaya de Silva defends it out on the off side. |
| 76.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, around leg stump. Dhananjaya de Silva plays the reverse sweep behind point and picks up a couple of runs. A short run is signaled though as Dhananjaya de Silva was a bit too eager to get back to the other end. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! The second session started brightly for the visitors as they got an early wicket and it was Roston Chase yet again who provided the breakthrough. Since then though, Dhananjaya de Silva and Ramesh Mendis have put on a strong partnership of 40 runs and this little stand could prove to be really crucial in the context of this match. |
| 76.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle, DDS comes down the track and eases it towards mid off for a single. The lead is 150 runs now. |
| 76.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Huge appeal but not given. Tossed up, around the leg stump. Dhananjaya de Silva looks for the reverse sweep yet again but misses and gets hit on the pads. The umpire shakes his head, probably pitching outside leg. |
| 76.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, On middle and defended out by Mendis. |
| 76.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Ramesh Mendis, Nicely flighted, around middle and leg. Ramesh Mendis strides out and works it towards mid-wicket. |
| 77.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Around off stump and kept out on the off side by DDS. |
| 77.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva strokes it through the cover region for a run. The 200 is now up for Sri Lanka. |
| 77.3 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Floated delivery, on middle. Ramesh Mendis defends it off the front foot. |
| 77.4 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Tossed up, on off and this one turns away. Ramesh Mendis strides out to drive but gets an outside edge past first slip and picks up a brace. |
| 77.5 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, On middle and Mendis stays solid in defense. |
| 77.6 : Jomel Warrican to Ramesh Mendis, Floated it up, around middle and leg. Ramesh Mendis plays it with soft hands on the leg side. |
| 78.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nicely played again by DDS. On a length, around off. Dhananjaya de Silva makes room and cuts it lately through backward point and picks up a couple. |
| 78.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on off and gently pushed back towards the bowler. |
| 78.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Slightly shorter, on off. Dhananjaya de Silva punches it off the back foot through cover and gets yet another brace. |
| 78.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, A touch shorter, around leg stump. Dhananjaya de Silva makes room and just about manages to keep it out off the back foot. |
| 78.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Down the leg side, DDS puts out a pad forward but the ball goes straight through to the keeper. |
| 78.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Around leg stump, Dhananjaya de Silva puts out a pad forward again and this time the ball goes off the pads and towards gully. |
| Kraigg Brathwaite is on now. |
| 79.1 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Ramesh Mendis, A gentle full toss, on leg stump. Ramesh Mendis eases it through mid-wicket for a single. |
| 79.2 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, On the pads and nudged down towards short fine leg for another run. |
| 79.3 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Ramesh Mendis, Flighted ball, on leg stump. Mendis defends it on the leg side. |
| 79.4 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Ramesh Mendis, Kraigg Brathwaite gives it some air and bowls it around leg stump. Mendis comes forward and pushes it towards short mid-wicket. |
| 79.5 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Ramesh Mendis, OUT! CAUGHT! Ramesh Mendis falls into the trap and the partnership is finally broken! Nicely tossed up, around middle stump by Kraigg Brathwaite. Ramesh Mendis looks to slog it away on the leg side but he is hitting against the breeze. The slog sweep is mistimed aerially and towards the deep mid-wicket fence. Kemar Roach settles under it and takes a fine catch. Just a lapse in concentration and the skipper, Kraigg Brathwaite has done the job for his |
| Suranga Lakmal walks out to bat. |
| 79.6 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Suranga Lakmal, Slowed up, on a length and around off stump. Suranga Lakmal looks to slap it away but the ball arrives really later. Lakmal manages to keep it out on the off side. |
| 80.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on the pads. Blocked out. |
| 80.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Down the leg side and Dhananjaya de Silva kicks it away. |
| 80.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full ball, on off. Pushed to long off for one. |
| 80.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Full ball, on off. Lakmal plays it back to the bowler. |
| 80.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Shorter ball, lands outside off and turns away. Lakmal thinks of cutting it but then leaves it alone. |
| 80.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Flatter ball, on off. Lakmal blocks this and survives. |
| 81.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, around off. Pushed past covers for one. |
| 81.2 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, Full ball, on middle. Lakmal blocks it out. |
| 81.3 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, SIX! High and handsome! Tossed up, on middle and leg. Lakmal comes down the track and heaves it over the long on fence. |
| Finally Kraigg Brathwaite takes the new ball. |
| 81.5 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, Just a single as this is pushed past covers. |
| 81.4 : Jomel Warrican to Suranga Lakmal, Full ball, on the pads. Blocked out. |
| 81.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full ball, on middle and leg. De Silva gets the inside edge past square leg while looking to block. Single taken. |
| 82.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full ball, on off. Pushed to covers. |
| 82.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Shorter ball, outside off. De Silva cuts it to deep point for one. |
| 82.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Flatter ball, outside off. Lakmal misses the cut. |
| 82.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 82.5 : Sri Lanka take the review for an LBW decision. No spike on UltraEdge. Ball Tracking shows that the ball was going on to hit top of middle stump. The onfield decision of OUT stays but Sri Lanka don't lose the review. |
| Veerasammy Permaul to Suranga Lakmal, OUT! LBW! Umpire's call on hitting! Flatter ball, on middle and leg. Lakmal goes back to block but gets hit on the pads. The finger goes up but Lakmal decides this one. There is no bat on it and Ball Tracker shows umpire's call on hitting! |
| Angelo Mathews, who isn't a hundred percent fit comes in at number 9. |
| 82.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Flatter ball, on off. Mathews gets the inside edge past square leg. |
| 83.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 83.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on off. De Silva blocks it. |
| 83.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Beaten! Loopy ball, lands right on the off pole. De Silva looks to block but the ball turns sharply and goes past the outside edge. |
| 83.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Shorter ball, on off. Pushed to long on for one. |
| 83.5 : Jomel Warrican to Angelo Mathews, Loopy ball, on middle. Pushed to long on for one. |
| 83.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. De Silva blocks it off the front foot. |
| 84.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 84.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, Shorter ball, on off. Pushed to covers. |
| 84.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya is in at number 10. |
| Veerasammy Permaul to Angelo Mathews, OUT! TAKEN! What a fantastic catch that is! Loopy ball, on off. Mathews is not able to reach the pitch of the ball while looking to block and gets the outside edge. Jermaine Blackwood dives to his right at first slip and takes a sharp low catch. |
| 84.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Beaten! Loopy ball, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya puts in a stride to block but the ball goes straight and beats the outside edge. |
| 84.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 84.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to drive but is beaten. |
| 85.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, around leg. De Silva looks to paddle sweep but misses. |
| 0.0 : The keeper, Joshua Da Silva gets hit on the knee and is down in some pain. The physio is out and giving him some treatment. Joshua Da Silva seems to be fine and play will now resume. |
| 85.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 85.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Darted on the pads. De Silva looks to paddle sweep again but gets hit on the pads. |
| 85.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fuller ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 85.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Darted on the pads. Worked to deep square leg for one. |
| 85.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. Pushed to cover for a quick single. |
| 86.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 86.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, SIX! All the way! Tossed up, on middle and leg. Dhananjaya de Silva heaves it over the man at wide long on for a boundary. |
| 86.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, on off. De Silva runs it past first slip. The fielder chases it but they get three. |
| 86.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 86.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and on middle. Lasith Embuldeniya blocks it. |
| 86.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Beaten! Tossed up, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to drive but is beaten. |
| 87.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nicely bowled! Drifting into the pads but turns away after pitching, DDS edges it down towards short fine leg. |
| 87.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fired in at middle and leg, Dhananjaya de Silva nudges it towards mid-wicket for a single. |
| 87.3 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya taps it on the off side and sets off for a quick single. |
| 87.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and straight, pushed back towards the bowler. |
| 87.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Gives it a bit more and air and bowls it around middle and leg. DDS keeps it out on the off side. |
| 87.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Looped up, around leg stump. Dhananjaya de Silva eases it down towards long on for a single and will retain strike for the next over. DDS is now a hit away from his century. |
| 88.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Around off and dabbed down towards first slip where the fielder makes a sharp stop. |
| 88.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Slowed up, on middle stump. Dhananjaya de Silva nudges it on the on side. |
| 88.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on off stump. DDS plays it with soft hands towards short mid-wicket. |
| 88.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle, worked around the corner on the leg side for a single. |
| 88.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Quicker one, on a length, just outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya puts out a pad and the ball goes straight to first slip. The visitors think about the review but the ball just wasn't turning enough. |
| 88.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Outside off and padded away by Lasith Embuldeniya. |
| Roston Chase is back on. |
| 89.1 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, A rank long-hop, on off stump. Dhananjaya de Silva rocks back and pulls it powerfully towards dep square leg. The fielder from deep mid-wicket is onto it in a flash and keeps it to a single. |
| 89.2 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Around off and defended out by Lasith Embuldeniya. |
| 89.3 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, On a length, around middle, nudged out on the off side. |
| 89.4 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Angled in on middle and leg, Lasith Embuldeniya stays solid in defense. |
| 89.5 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Quicker one, well outside off and left alone by Lasith Embuldeniya. |
| 89.6 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Around off and Lasith Embuldeniya does well to keep it out and see his team safely through into the Tea break. |
| What a session for the visitors! The spinners spun a web around the batters and scalped three wickets in this session to get their side back in the hunt. Roach picked a wicket early into the second session. Then, a partnership was built in the middle, and it looked as if the hosts will take the game away with a good lead, but just before the new ball was available, Brathwaite struck to get rid of Mendis and broke a crucial stand. Then it was all about the second new ball, Permaul rolled his fing |
| This session was anchored by Dhananjaya de Silva! After losing a wicket at the stroke of Lunch, Sri Lanka needed the new pair to get a handy partnership which should be big enough to get them to a big lead, but Chandimal fell pretty early on to Chase. Mathews did not come out to bat, as he has been nursing his calf injury, which got Mendis into the middle. He stitched an important stand along with de Silva of 51 runs but slipped out in the final half-hour of the session. Lakmal joined de Silv |
| 89.0 : Right then. The hosts havenât decided to declare yet. The batters will come out and try to extend their lead, maybe they are looking for the 200-run mark. To get the psychological effects on the cards. West Indies will come and look to finish things off quickly and would love to bat for a while before the stumps on Day 4. Another riveting session awaits. Do join us for the final session at 3:20 pm local (9:50 am GMT). |
| ... Day 4, Session 3 ... |
| We are back for the final session on Day 4. The West Indies players spread out on the field. Out come the Sri Lanka batters, Dhananjaya de Silva and Lasith Embuldeniya. Veerasammy Permaul to start proceedings with the ball in the final session. |
| 90.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, around middle and off. Dhananjaya de Silva strides forward and defends it out. |
| 90.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva blocks it out watchfully. |
| 90.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Outside off, de Silva guides it towards short third man for a single. |
| 90.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Floated and on off. Lasith Embuldeniya goes back and blocks it watchfully. |
| 90.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Looped up, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya puts his front leg across and blocks the ball out with the pads. No shot offered this time. A stifled appeal but the umpire is unmoved. |
| 90.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, On off, Lasith Embuldeniya remains solid in his defense. He has done his job of surviving the over. Dhananjaya de Silva to take the strike. |
| Who will bowl from the other end? It's going to be Roston Chase. |
| 91.1 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Dhananjaya de Silva on 97! Swing and a miss this time! Tossed up, outside off, across the right-hander. Dhananjaya de Silva leans in and looks to push it away but misses. The ball bounces over the blade. |
| 91.2 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva comes forward and plays it back to the bowler. |
| 91.3 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated, full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it towards long off for a single. |
| 91.4 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Looped up, around leg. Lasith Embuldeniya defends it out watchfully. |
| 91.5 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Looped up, full and on off. Lasith Embuldeniya prods and blocks it out. |
| 91.6 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya defends it out to see off the over. |
| 92.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated, full and around off. The ball turns away off the deck. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to defend it out. The ball takes the outside edge and goes to the right of the man at first slip. He dives to that side and collects the ball. |
| 92.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Two runs! Dhananjaya de Silva gets his HUNDRED! A really important knock for Sri Lanka. He put up his hand and took the side to safe shores and has extended the lead to a great margin. Full and on the pads. Dhananjaya de Silva flicks it through mid-wicket and gets a couple. |
| 92.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, NOT OUT! Dhananjaya de Silva manages to get back in time. Great work by Nkrumah Bonner at short leg. Full and on leg. Dhananjaya de Silva comes forward and looks to flick it away. The ball ends up with Bonner at short leg, he collects the ball and hits the stumps at the striker's end. The West Indies' players appeal and the umpire takes it upstairs to confirm. The replays show Dhananjaya de Silva had his bat inside the crease. |
| 53.6 : Yet another great session in this Test match and it is nicely poised. The hosts have extended their lead to 189 runs. West Indies picked up three wickets in this session and have reached the tail-end of the batting order. |
| 92.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR BYES! Misses everyone! Looped up, around off. The ball turns away. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to push it away but misses. The ball goes between the keeper and the slip fielder and into the fence at third man. |
| 92.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, Dhananjaya de Silva blocks it watchfully. |
| 92.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it to cover. |
| 51.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Just short! Loopy ball, on middle and leg. Pathum gets the inside edge which falls just short of short leg. |
| 51.2 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Darted on the pads. Worked to fine leg for one. |
| 51.3 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Falls short again! Tossed up, lands outside off and comes back in. De Silva gets the inside edge on the pads but it falls short of the man at short leg. |
| 51.4 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, on off. De Silva goes back to work it away but gets the inside edge on the pads. |
| 51.5 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full ball, on off. Pushed to mid-wicket. |
| 51.6 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Full toss, way outside off. De Silva gets low and sweeps it past square leg for a boundary. |
| 52.1 : Kemar Roach to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, on the pads. Pathum Nissanka works it to deep square leg for one. |
| 52.2 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Length ball, on the pads. Blocked out. |
| 52.3 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, On a length again, around middle and leg. De Silva works it to mid-wicket. |
| 52.4 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full ball, on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 52.5 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fuller ball, on off. Pushed to covers. |
| 52.6 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Length ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 53.1 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 53.2 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flatter ball, around off. Nissanka blocks it from the crease. |
| 53.3 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, A single as this is pushed to long off. |
| 53.4 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on the pads. De Silva gets the inside edge on the pads and past short leg. De Silva wants a single and is down the track but is sent back. |
| 53.5 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 53.6 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nicely tossed up, on off. De Silva puts in a nice stride to block it. |
| 93.1 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and on the pads. Lasith Embuldeniya flicks it through square leg. The batters pick three runs with ease. |
| 93.2 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Dhananjaya de Silva is on the charge now. He wants to keep going and swell the lead. Flatter and outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva goes back and punches it through cover-point. The ball races away to the boundary. 250 up for the hosts now. They lead by 204 runs. |
| 93.3 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, On the pads, nudged to short leg. |
| 93.4 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, SIX! BANG! Full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva comes down the track and smokes it over the long on fence. It was a risky shot with a man near the ropes. Roach leaps high in the air but the ball eludes him. |
| 93.5 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, Dhananjaya de Silva works it towards mid on. |
| 93.6 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter and outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva plays it late and cuts it towards backward point for a single. |
| 94.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, full and on off. Lasith Embuldeniya sweeps it through square leg for a single. The runs are coming freely for Sri Lanka at the moment. |
| 94.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on the pads. Dhananjaya de Silva strides forward and blocks it out. |
| 94.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Around off, Dhananjaya de Silva stays back and punches it to long off for a single. |
| 94.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Darted on the pads, Lasith Embuldeniya looks to pull it away but misses. The ball goes off his pads. |
| 94.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva defends it to cover off the outer half. They take one. |
| 94.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to push it to the off side but misses. The ball misses the outside edge. |
| 95.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Short and wide, slapped through the cover region for an easy couple. |
| 95.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Around middle and leg, DDS dabs it down onto the deck. |
| 95.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fuller one, on off and pushed down to long on for a single. |
| 54.1 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Holder starts off with a length ball, down the leg side. Pathum Nissanka looks to flick it away but the ball brushes the pads as Joshua Da Silva dives down to his left to pouch it. |
| 54.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 54.3 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Length ball, on the pads. Nissanka works it to deep square leg for one. |
| 54.4 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, Short of a length, on off. Blocked out. |
| 54.5 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, Short ball, down the leg side. Pulled down to fine leg for one. |
| 54.6 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, FOUR! Easy pickings! Full and down the leg side. Nissanka works it to the fine leg fence. |
| 95.4 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter one, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya keeps it out. |
| 95.5 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, On off, Lasith Embuldeniya steps out and taps it onto the leg side. |
| 55.1 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle and leg, Dhananjaya de Silva comes down the track to defend it. |
| 55.2 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! A half-tracker, around leg stump and punished by Dhananjaya de Silva. He rocks back and pulls it behind square on the leg side and picks up a boundary. |
| 55.3 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on middle and driven to wide of mid on for a quick single. |
| 55.4 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Flighted ball, on off. Pathum Nissanka looks to drive straight but gets it off the inner half of the bat towards mid on. |
| 55.5 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Floated up, on middle and kept out on the leg side. |
| 55.6 : Roston Chase to Pathum Nissanka, Good use of the feet from Pathum Nissanka. Tossed up, outside off. Nissanka steps out and strokes it through cover for a single. |
| 56.1 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, On a length, on off. Nissanka defends it off the front foot. |
| 56.2 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Good-length ball, on off stump. Pathum Nissanka looks to defend it out but gets squared up a bit. |
| 56.3 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Slightly fuller and angled in on middle stump. Nissanka taps it towards cover. |
| 56.4 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Length again, around off and angling in. Nissanka stays solid in defense. |
| 56.5 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, This is angled into the pads. Nissanka does well to keep it out. |
| 56.6 : Jason Holder to Pathum Nissanka, Maiden over! Short one, down the leg side. Pathum Nissanka looks to pull but in the end decides to let it through to the keeper. |
| Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya strides out to defend. |
| 96.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Quicker one, on off stump and cut away straight to point. |
| 96.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Slowed up, on a length and on off. DDS goes on the back foot to defend. |
| 96.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Looped up, on middle and DDS puts out a stride to keep it out. |
| 96.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Nicely bowled. A flatter delivery, on off and going on with the arm. Dhananjaya de Silva gets an inside edge onto the pads. |
| 0.0 : Is that a run out? The umpires go upstairs to check for a run out. Sharp work from the short leg fielder and great reflexes from Dhananjaya de Silva as well. The replay shows that DDS made it back in time. NOT OUT |
| 96.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Difficult chance...put down! Tossed up, on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva goes for the big slog on the leg side but mistimes it badly. The ball goes off the top edge and back over the bowler's head. Veerasammy Permaul runs back and chases the swirling ball but can't get to it even after putting in the dive. They get a single. |
| 96.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, On middle and pushed back towards the bowler. |
| 97.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter one, on off and DDS punches it through cover for a single. |
| 97.2 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya steps out and pushes it with the turn, down towards long on for one. |
| 97.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Uppish but safe! Flighted ball, around off and turning away. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to cover drive but slices it through point and picks up a couple. The 50 partnership also comes up for these two. |
| 97.4 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Beaten! Pushed through quicker, on off stump. The ball turns away sharply and there's extra bounce on offer as well. DDS looks to push at it but is well beaten. |
| 97.5 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter one, on off, kept out with ease this time. |
| 97.6 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva defends it off the inner half of the bat on the leg side. |
| 98.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Quicker one, on middle and Lasith Embuldeniya manages to fend it away. |
| 98.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and around off, Lasith Embuldeniya squeezes it out on the off side for a single. |
| 98.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, On a length, on middle, pushing the batter on the back foot. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 98.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on off and defended off the front foot this time. |
| 98.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Around the off pole and this is stroked through cover for a single. |
| 98.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter delivery, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya nudges it towards backward point. |
| Change. Kemar Roach is on now. |
| 99.1 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Back of a length, outside off and tapped straight to point. |
| 99.2 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, A length ball, on the pads. Lasith Embuldeniya flicks it away to fine leg for a single. |
| 99.3 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and wide from around the wicket, Lasith Embuldeniya looks for the booming cover drive but is well beaten. |
| 99.4 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Fullish ball, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya punches it through cover and picks up a run. |
| 99.5 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, LEG BYE! On a length, around middle and leg and slanting further down. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to flick but this one keeps a bit low and goes off the pads towards fine leg. They take a leg bye. |
| 99.6 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, This one is banged in, but well outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya with an easy leave. |
| Jomel Warrican (28-5-73-0) is back into the attack. |
| 100.1 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on middle and leg. De Silva paddles it to fine leg for a couple. |
| 100.2 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on the pads. De Silva misses his glance. |
| 100.3 : Jomel Warrican to Dhananjaya de Silva, Tossed up, on middle and leg. Worked past mid-wicket for one. |
| 100.4 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Loopy ball, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya comes down the track and pushes it to cover. |
| 100.5 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya gets the inside edge while looking to block. |
| 100.6 : Jomel Warrican to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, outside off. Blocked out. |
| 101.1 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, On a length, on off. Blocked out. |
| 101.2 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Short of a length, outside off. De Silva comes down the track and punches it to short cover. |
| 101.3 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on the pads. Dhananjaya de Silva misses the flick. |
| 101.4 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Short of a length, outside off. Tapped to the gully fielder. |
| 101.5 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Length ball, down the leg side. De Silva misses the flick. |
| 101.6 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Short of a length, outside off. Punched to deep point for one. |
| Jason Holder is back into the attack. His figures read 5-1-13-0 so far. |
| 102.1 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! Pulled away! Short and down the leg side. De Silva pulls it down to the fine leg fence. |
| 102.2 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, Short ball, on off. Pulled to deep square leg for one. |
| 102.3 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Length ball, angling across off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to block but gets no bat on it. |
| 102.4 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya is beaten yet again as he looks to block. |
| 102.5 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Length ball, around off. Blocked out point. |
| 102.6 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Length ball, on middle and leg. Lasith Embuldeniya blocks it. |
| 103.1 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Length ball, on the pads. De Silva looks to flick but gets hit on the pads. The ball rolls to deep square leg and a single is taken. |
| 103.2 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Length ball, just outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya gets the outside edge towards gully. |
| 103.3 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Beaten! Roach serves a length ball, in the corridor of uncertainty. Lasith Embuldeniya is lucky not to get any bat on it. Well, it turns that it wouldn't have mattered since Roach had overstepped. No ball. |
| Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, On a length, on off. Blocked out. |
| 103.4 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, On a length, outside off. Blocked out with ease by Lasith Embuldeniya. |
| 103.5 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Short ball, down the leg side. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to pull it away but gets no bat on it. |
| 103.6 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Short ball, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya ducks under it. Wide called. |
| Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, On a length, around off. Blocked out. |
| 104.1 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, Fuller ball, on off. Pushed back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! It has been all about Sri Lanka. Both the batters have been solid in the middle. They have stitched a stand of 67 runs for the ninth wicket and the hosts lead by 239 runs now. West Indies' players look tired now. They will hope to pick the last two wickets and get off the field. |
| Wonder what the approach will be after the Drinks break by Sri Lanka. Will they declare and ask the Windies to bat for a few overs here? |
| 104.2 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, Length ball, on middle and leg. De Silva works it to deep square leg for one. |
| 104.3 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, A sharp bouncer, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya ducks under it. |
| 104.4 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Short again, outside off. Left alone. |
| 104.5 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, On a length, outside off. Left alone. |
| 104.6 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Short of a length, lands on off and comes back in. Lasith Embuldeniya stays in his crease and blocks it. |
| Kraigg Brathwaite (1-0-2-1) comes back into the attack. |
| 105.1 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, Darted, on the pads, Dhananjaya de Silva flicks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 105.2 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Floated and on off. Lasith Embuldeniya pushes it towards cover for a single. The fielder runs towards the ball but fumbles which gets rid of the pressure. |
| 105.3 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it to long on for a single. |
| 105.4 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya blocks it out. |
| 105.5 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Short and outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya goes back and cuts it through covers for a run. |
| 105.6 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flighted, full and on middle. Dhananjaya de Silva defends it to cover with soft hands. |
| 106.1 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, A length ball, around middle and off. Lasith Embuldeniya defends it to cover off the outer half. |
| 106.2 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, BEATEN! A good-length ball, around off., coming across the left-hander. Lasith Embuldeniya stays back and looks to defend it but misses. The ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 106.3 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, BEAUTY! Again beating the outside edge. All Lasith Embuldeniya can provide is a smile. A length ball, angling across the batter. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to push it away but misses. The ball beats the outside edge, |
| 106.4 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full-length ball, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya stays back and punches it through covers. The batters take two. |
| 106.5 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Good defense this time! A length ball, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya takes a step forward and blocks it to covers. |
| 106.6 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya punches it through covers. Veerasammy Permaul gives it chase and keeps it down to a couple of runs. |
| 107.1 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, Slower through the air, on leg. Dhananjaya de Silva flicks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 107.2 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, full and on off. Lasith Embuldeniya defends it out. |
| 107.3 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Loopy ball, outside off. The ball grips and turns. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to sweep it away but misses. Nice delivery by the skipper. |
| 107.4 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Slower and outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to chase it but misses. |
| 107.5 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, BEATEN! Looped up, full and outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya comes inside the line and looks to flick it away but misses. He had no idea about the ball. Joshua Da Silva fails to collect the ball and misses out on a stumping opportunity. |
| 107.6 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, On off, pushed out to the off side. |
| 108.1 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full-length ball, on off. Dhananjaya de Silva defends it out in time. |
| 108.2 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, On a length, around off. Dhananjaya de Silva stays back and defends it to cover. |
| 108.3 : Jason Holder to Dhananjaya de Silva, A single now! Back of a length, outside off. Clipped to fine leg for a single. |
| 108.4 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, SHORT! A length ball, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya gets an outside edge of it. The ball lands short of the fielder at gully, who is placed very close to the batter. A chance goes in vain! |
| 108.5 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Bouncer, on middle. Lasith Embuldeniya ducks under it. |
| 108.6 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, A length ball, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya defends it out. |
| 109.1 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, On middle, Dhananjaya de Silva flicks it to fine leg. The batters take a single and with this run, 300 comes up for Sri Lanka. |
| 109.2 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Looped up, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to chase it but gets beaten by the turn. |
| 109.3 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, On middle, Lasith Embuldeniya tucks it to the leg side for a single. |
| 109.4 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on leg. Dhananjaya de Silva looks to flick it but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 109.5 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full and on leg. The ball clips he pads and goes down fine leg into the fence. It looks like it was signalled dead ball. |
| 109.6 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it to the off side for a single. |
| 110.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, on off. Tapped to point for one. |
| 110.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and on middle. Blocked out. |
| 110.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Loopy ball, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya blocks it well. |
| 110.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and way outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya kicks it away. |
| 110.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, outside off. Another solid defence by Lasith Embuldeniya. |
| 110.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya goes back and taps it to the off side. |
| 111.1 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, A very slow ball by Kraigg Brathwaite. A dilly dolly really, outside off. De Silva hits it to fine leg for one. |
| 111.2 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 111.3 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, wide outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya gets forward and blocks it. |
| 111.4 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter ball, outside off. Lasith goes back and taps it to first slip. |
| 111.5 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 111.6 : Kraigg Brathwaite to Lasith Embuldeniya, Another one which is tossed up slowly, on off. Blocked out. |
| 112.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, on off. De Silva taps it towards mid on. Veerasammy Permaul chases it and denies the single. |
| 112.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, on off. Tapped to covers. The man in the deep takes his time to get to the ball so the batters sprint for the second. |
| 112.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, around off. Blocked out. |
| 112.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. De Silva taps it to cover for one. |
| 112.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter ball, on middle. Worked past square leg for one. |
| 112.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Shorter ball, on off. De Silva chops it past point for one. |
| Roston Chase comes back into the attack. |
| 113.1 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Full ball, outside off. De Silva runs it to third man for one. |
| 113.2 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Loopy ball, lands on off and turns away. Lasith looks to block but gets hit on the pads. |
| 113.3 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to flick it away but gets the leading edge towards mid off. |
| 113.4 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 113.5 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, wide outside off. Driven to deep cover for one. |
| 113.6 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Darted on leg. It turns back in quite sharply and goes past de Silva's attempted flick. |
| 114.1 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 0.0 : Now, Nkrumah Bonner is brought on. |
| 114.2 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Nicely bowled, just outside off and Lasith Embuldeniya offers a solid defensive push. |
| 114.3 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Nice and full, outside off. Blocked out. |
| 114.4 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter ball, on middle and leg. Blocked out. |
| 114.5 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Well bowled! Bonner tosses this legspinner quite well. He gets it to land outside off and turn back in. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to block but the ball hits the shoulder of his bat. |
| 114.6 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 115.1 : Roston Chase to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated, full and on the pads. Dhananjaya de Silva clips it to fine leg for a single. Now, the stand moves to 91. |
| 115.2 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter and short, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya cuts it towards point. |
| 115.3 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Looped up, full and on middle. Lasith Embuldeniya defends it to the off side. |
| 115.4 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Three dots on the trot! Swing and a miss this time. Tossed up, outside off. The ball grips and turns away. Lasith Embuldeniya gets low and looks to sweep it away but misses. |
| 115.5 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and on off. Lasith Embuldeniya comes down the track and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 115.6 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Floated and on off. Lasith Embuldeniya stays back and defends it into the pitch. |
| 116.1 : Nkrumah Bonner to Dhananjaya de Silva, FOUR! 150 up for Dhananjaya de Silva. What an innings! He has made sure his side gets ahead in the game and absorbed all the pressure. Full and outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 116.2 : Nkrumah Bonner to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated, full and on off. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it to cover for a single. |
| 116.3 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, LEG BYE! Googly, around middle and leg. Lasith Embuldeniya comes forward and looks to sweep it away but misses. The ball hit the pads and goes towards third man. The batters collect a leg bye. |
| 116.4 : Nkrumah Bonner to Dhananjaya de Silva, Floated, around middle. Dhananjaya de Silva tucks it to square leg for a single. |
| 116.5 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya gets it towards square leg off the inner half. They take a single. The stand moves to 99. They are inching closer to break the record of the highest ninth wicket partership in Galle. |
| 116.6 : Nkrumah Bonner to Dhananjaya de Silva, On off, pushed out but straight to the fielder. |
| 117.1 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks defend it out but misses. The ball zips past the outside off. |
| 117.2 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Looped up, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya defends it to cover. |
| 117.3 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, SIX! Lasith Embuldeniya sets the record at Galle in some style. Full and on off. Lasith Embuldeniya uses his feet well here. Get to the pitch of the ball and smokes it off the middle of the blade over the long on fence for a biggie. This is now the highest ninth-wicket stand at this venue. |
| 117.4 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, On off, kept out solidly. |
| 117.5 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya blocks it out. |
| 117.6 : Roston Chase to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and on off. Lasith Embuldeniya pushes it to cover. |
| 118.1 : Nkrumah Bonner to Dhananjaya de Silva, Looped up, outside off. Dhananjaya de Silva pushes it to cover for a single. |
| 118.2 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya steps across and defends it to the off side. |
| 118.3 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Sliding down leg, Lasith Embuldeniya looks to flick it but misses. |
| 118.4 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, On the pads, Lasith Embuldeniya defends it to the leg side. |
| 118.5 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flighted, full and on middle. Lasith Embuldeniya stays back and blocks it out. |
| 118.6 : Yet another fascinating day of Test cricket comes to an end and the pendulum truly swung both ways today. However, at the end of Day 4, it's the hosts who seem to be firmly in control of this Test match. The pitch did not help the spinners much and instead kept on getting better as the day progressed, this meant that the bowlers toiled hard and batters enjoyed batting once they got set. |
| Sri Lanka started off Day 4, reeling at 46 for 2 and no one expected them to bat for the entirety of Day 4. But one needs to give credit where credit is due and the hosts have deserved to be on top of proceedings because their batters have shown grit and determination. Pathum Nissanka and Charith Asalanka were positive from the get-go and made a fast start before the latter got out. Nissanka reached a half-century but on the stroke of Lunch, he too was dismissed. After some wickets early in th |
| An under-par showing is what we can label the Windies bowling display as. Coming into Day 4, the visitors must have been the happier team but right from the off, their spinners were put under pressure. Roston Chase did provide them with a couple of big breakthroughs on either side of Lunch but the visitors failed to build on it. At the end of the second session, one felt like West Indies were crawling back into the match as their spinners got the hosts down to just 2 wickets remaining. The last |
| 118.0 : Right then! Another day of Test cricket has just flown by and even though three results are still possible, it is highly unlikely that the visitors can win it from here. Sri Lanka have a big lead of 279 runs. A draw will seal the series and valuable points on the WTC table for them. West Indies will need a miracle to get those important points. Just like Day 4, the fifth and final day of the Test match will start at 9:45 am local (4:15 am GMT). Do join us for the live action. Till then goodbye a |
| 118.6 : Nkrumah Bonner to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter and on middle. Lasith Embuldeniya puts his front leg up and pulls it through mid-wicket for a single. THAT WILL BE STUMPS ON DAY 4. |
| 118.0 : ... Day 5, Session 1 ... |
| Hello and a warm welcome to the final day of what has been a fantastic game of Test cricket. Despite losing a lot of overs to the rain, the game has progressed nicely and all the results are still possible. But with that being said, it is Sri Lanka, who hold the advantage and would fancy their chances to win this Test. What will happen? Let us find out together. |
| Dhananjaya de Silva has put his team right on top of the game. He came in when the middle order was under pressure but he has carried through and has scored a sublime ton. The lead is closing in on the 300-run mark and West Indies would have to bat out of their skins if they want to win this. They can still play for a draw though as the pitch is still quite decent to bat on. I will be interesting to see when Sri Lanka decide to declare their innings here. |
| Dhananjaya de Silva is down for a chat. He says this knock is maybe his best one. Adds that they wanted to be in the safe zone so he and Embuldeniya wanted to play out as many overs as possible. Says that the wicket is quite good to bat on but there is a bit of help for the spinners. Jokes that the banter with Joshu Da Silva is friendly banter and it is all fun. Mentions that he feels that Test cricket is the ideal format for him and he enjoys that. Finishes by saying that he enjoys batting unde |
| PITCH REPORT -Â HD Ackerman is down for the pitch report. He adds that the pitch looks quite good and since the pacers haven't bowled a lot, the footmarks are not that pronounced. Says that he wouldn't be surprised if Sri Lanka decide to bat a bit more this morning and then use the heavy roller once they declare or get bowled out. |
| 119.1 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full and on the pads. Lasith Embuldeniya works it to fine leg for a single. |
| 0.0 : We are set to get underway! The West Indies players stride out to the middle. Followed by Dhananjaya de Silva and Lasith Embuldeniya who come out to bat for Sri Lanka. Veerasammy Permaul to start with the ball. |
| 119.2 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 119.3 : Veerasammy Permaul to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball, on off. De Silva pushes it to point for one. |
| 119.4 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Tossed up, on off. Blocked out. |
| 119.5 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, FOUR! Over mid off! Tossed up, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya comes down the track and hits it just over mid off for a boundary. |
| 119.6 : Veerasammy Permaul to Lasith Embuldeniya, Flatter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 120.1 : Kemar Roach to Dhananjaya de Silva, Length ball, on the pads. Flicked past mid-wicket for one. No ball called as Roach has overstepped. |
| 0.0 : Who will bowl from the other end? Kemar Roach it is. |
| 120.1 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Short of a length, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to pull it away but misses. |
| 120.2 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Slower ball, on a length, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya comes down the track to drive it but gets beaten by the lack of pace. The ball bounces and goes just over the off pole. |
| 120.3 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, FOUR! Pulled away! Short ball, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya rocks back and pulls it to the wide long on fence. This is now the highest ninth-wicket stand for Sri Lanka in Tests. |
| 120.4 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya plays it nicely between the keeper and the wide first slip. Mayers runs to his right from third man and dives to stop it. Two taken. |
| 120.5 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Length ball, around off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to drive but misses. |
| 120.6 : Kemar Roach to Lasith Embuldeniya, Full ball, on off. Drilled down to long off for one. |
| Jason Holder is brought into the attack now. |
| 121.1 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Short of a length, outside off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to cut it away but misses. |
| 121.2 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Length ball, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya taps it to deep cover and they sprint back for the second. |
| 121.3 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, Yorker, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya digs it out to the gully fielder. |
| 121.4 : Jason Holder to Lasith Embuldeniya, OUT! BOWLED! There comes the wicket! Finally, the stand is broken. What a knock by Lasith Embuldeniya though. He batted really well and put on a brilliant recovery with Dhananjaya de Silva. With that wicket, the declaration comes and that is the end of the innings. Full ball, on off. Lasith Embuldeniya looks to drive it away but gets beaten and is bowled. Sri Lanka declare at 345 for 9! |
| Right then. 297Â is what West Indies need to win this match and level the 2-match series. The pitch hasn't shown any demons so far but there is definitely quite a bit of help for the spinners. Will the Sri Lankan attack rule the roost or will the Calypso Kings stage a strong fight? Stay with us to find out. |
| The fourth innings is set to begin! |
| After losing the ninth wicket, Dimuth Karunaratne, the Sri Lankan skipper, waves at his players and declares at 345/9. West Indies need 297 to level the 2-match series now! |
| A fantastic recovery for Sri Lanka led by de Silva, who was well supported by Lasith Embuldeniya in the ninth-wicket stand. They lost their top order quite early yet again but de Silva has taken them to a pretty big lead. The West Indies bowlers let the advantage slip through their hands as they would have wanted to skittle out the middle order of Sri Lanka cheaply. That was not to happen and now their batters face a pretty steep target. |
| 0.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on off. Kraigg Brathwaite drives it past covers and gets off the mark with a single. |
| 0.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on off. Driven to covers for one. |
| 0.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, outside off. Left alone. |
| 0.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Flatter ball, on off. KB goes back and blocks it. |
| 0.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on off. Kraigg Brathwaite gets forward and blocks it out. |
| 0.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on off. Blocked out. |
| 1.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Darted down the leg side. Blackwood pads it away. |
| 0.6 : Time for more spin. Ramesh Mendis to bowl from the other end. |
| 1.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on middle. Tapped to the leg side. |
| 1.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Shorter and on middle. Blackwood goes back and taps it with soft hands. |
| 1.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on middle and leg. Blackwood gets hit on the pads while looking to block. |
| 1.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 1.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, around off. Blackwood drives it hard to mid off and sets off for one. |
| 2.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 2.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, A solid front-foot defence to end the over. |
| 2.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Shorter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 2.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Full ball, on off. Blocked nicely again. |
| 2.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on the pads. Blackwood works it to mid-wicket. |
| 2.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on middle. Jermaine Blackwood gets hit on the pads while looking to block. |
| 3.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full ball, on middle. Brathwaite looks to work it away but gets the leading edge to covers for one. |
| 3.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Shorter ball, on middle. Blackwood looks to flick but gets hit on the pads. |
| 3.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Turn and bounce! Shorter ball, lands outside off and turns back in! Blackwood is glued to his crease while looking to block but gets hit on the pads. |
| 3.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Wide of the fielder! Shorter ball, on middle. Blackwood looks to pull it away. The ball first hits his thigh pads and loops up to hit the bat. But it goes past short leg. |
| 3.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 3.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, FOUR! Beautiful stroke! Tossed up, outside off. Blackwood leans into it and drives it nicely to the cover fence. |
| 4.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 4.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and pushed to mid on. |
| 4.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Short of a length, around off. Kraigg Brathwaite goes back and works it to covers. |
| 4.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, on middle. Pushed back to the bowler. |
| 4.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Another solid front-foot defence by Kraigg Brathwaite. |
| 4.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Shorter ball, on off. KB goes back, lets the ball turn and then plays it towards backward point. |
| 5.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 5.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Was there an edge? Nope, there wasn't. Flatter ball, around off. Blackwood goes back and looks to block but the ball goes straight and goes past the outside edge. The keeper fumbles while looking to collect. |
| 5.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full ball, on middle. Blocked out well. |
| 5.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Darted on the pads. Blackwood works it past square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 5.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Nice and full, just outside off. Blackwood puts in a stride to block it. |
| 5.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Shorter ball, on off. Pushed back to the bowler. |
| 6.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, on off. Hit back towards the bowler. |
| 6.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Loopy ball, on the pads. Blocked out. |
| 6.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, FOUR! Hit hard! Lasith Embuldeniya gives this a lot of air and lands it on off. Kraigg Brathwaite comes down the track and hits it to the right of the bowler for a boundary. |
| 6.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full ball, on off. Pushed to covers. |
| 6.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Tossed up, outside off. Kraigg Brathwaite looks to block b ut the ball takes the shoulder of the bat and goes towards where a silly point could have been. |
| 6.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on off. Blocked out. |
| 7.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Shorter ball, on off. Blackwood punches it to deep cover for one. |
| 7.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Just wide of short leg! Loopy ball, on middle and leg. Kraigg Brathwaite gets the inside edge while looking to block. The ball goes towards short leg. The fielder dives to his left but cannot reach the ball. |
| 7.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, Full and on off. Blocked out. |
| Review! Kraigg Brathwaite takes the review for lbw. The on-field decision is out. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker shows it is upmire's call on impact and the ball is hitting the stumps and with that the skipper, Kraigg Brathwaite, has to walk back. |
| 7.4 : Nkrumah Bonner walks out to bat now at number 3. |
| Ramesh Mendis to Kraigg Brathwaite, OUT! LBW! Not sure why Kraigg Brathwaite reviewed that one! Full ball, lands on off and goes straight on. Kraigg Brathwaite looks to block inside the line of the ball and misses. The ball hits the pads and the finger is raised. The skipper of West Indies starts walking but then decides to review this. There is no bat on that, Ball Tracker has umpire's call on impact and wickets are hitting! |
| 7.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full ball, on off. Bonner drives it to mid off and sets off for a single. The fielder throws the ball at the bowler's end but misses the stumps. |
| 7.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 8.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, around off. Blocked out. |
| 8.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, on middle. Bonner uppishly plays it back to the bowler. |
| 8.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Nicely tossed up, on leg. Bonner is solid in his defence. |
| 8.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 8.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, around off. Blocked out. |
| 8.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on off. Bonner gets low and blocks it. |
| 9.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on the pads. Blackwood taps it to the leg side. |
| 9.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on middle. Worked to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 9.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, A single as this is driven down to long on. |
| 9.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on off. Blackwood goes back and blocks it. |
| 9.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on the pads. Nicely blocked off the front foot. |
| 9.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full ball, around off. Blackwood looks to drive but gets the inner half of the bat to long on for one. |
| 9.3 : Blackwood backs away. Mendis comes up to bowl, as he serves it, Blackwood backs away and apologizes to the bowler. The ball goes to hit the wicket but it has to be reloaded. |
| 9.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama comes on now. |
| 10.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Flighted, full toss and on off. Jermaine Blackwood stays back and slaps it towards cover but straight to the man. |
| 10.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Nice turn on this one! Looped up, outside off. The ball lands and turns away. Blackwood looks to defend it out but it beats the outside edge. |
| 10.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood punches it to short cover. |
| 10.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Big turn on this one. Floated, full and around leg. The ball grips and turns away. Blackwood looks to defend it out but is beaten comprehensively. |
| 10.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Tossed up, full and on off. Blackwood punches it through cover. The fielder dives to his left to make the stop but the ball goes through him and into the fence. |
| 10.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood drives it to cover and gets a single. A good over for West Indies. 5 runs off it. |
| 11.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on leg. Blackwood defends it to the leg side watchfully. |
| 11.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, around middle and leg. The ball gets some extra bounce off the deck. Blackwood looks to flick it away but gets hit on the hips. |
| 11.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, On off, Blackwood works it towards long on for a single. |
| 11.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter and on leg. Bonner pulls it through square leg and picks up a brace. |
| 11.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On the pads, Bonner tucks it to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 11.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, on off. Blackwood defends it out watchfully. |
| 12.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Looped up, on off. Bonner works it towards mid off. It comes off the inner half, as he drags it from outside the off stump. |
| 12.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Much fuller, outside off. Bonner leans in and pushes it to the off side. |
| 12.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on off. Bonner defends it back to the bowler. |
| 12.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and outside off. Bonner leans in and hits it through the line to covers. |
| 12.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on middle. Bonner defends it into the pitch with soft hands. |
| 12.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, around off. Bonner goes back and blocks it out watchfully. A maiden over for Praveen Jayawickrama. |
| 13.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, full and sliding down leg. Blackwood tucks it through square leg and gets a single. |
| 13.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Around off, Bonner defends it back to the bowler. |
| 13.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, A single now! Full and on off. Bonner eases it down to long on for a run. |
| 13.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Flighted, sliding down leg. The ball straightens after landing. Blackwood looks to help it around the corner but misses. |
| 13.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood remains solid in his defense. |
| 13.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Mendis gives it a little bit of air this time. Full and on off. Blackwood strides forward and looks to defend it out. The ball is aerial for a while but it falls besides the man at short leg. |
| 14.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, A mix-up but safe! Tossed up, outside off. Bonner waits for it and guides it towards third man. The batters take a single. Bonner wanted the second run as well, he was halfway down the track. The fielder collects the ball and throws it towards the keeper rather than the non-striker's end, which allows Bonner to turn and gets back into his crease. He is not happy with Blackwood. Bonner says that it was his call, as he was running to the danger end. |
| 14.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, On off, blocked out. |
| 14.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on the pads, Blackwood tucks it through square leg for a couple of runs. |
| 14.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Jermaine Blackwood defends it wacthfully. |
| 14.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, FOUR! Into the gap. Top shot! Tossed up, full and outside off. Blackwood satys back and punches it through the line. The ball goes through the cover region and into the boundary. |
| 14.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, full and on off. Blackwood blocks it out solidly. |
| 15.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on the pads, Bonner clips it to mid-wicket. Bonner wants a single this time but Blackwood goes against it. |
| 15.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on leg. Bonner pushes it towards short mid-on. |
| 15.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On off, Bonner defends it out watchfully. |
| 0.0 : Drinks! A pretty good start for West Indies despite losing Kraigg Brathwaite early. It looks like they are not going to go for the chase and just play for a draw. Sri Lanka need to be patient here and keep bowling in the right channels. A couple of quick wickets could be enough for them to have the game in their firm control. |
| 15.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, FOUR! Short and punished. Touch short and on leg. Bonner goes back and pulls it through square leg for a boundary. |
| 15.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On off, Bonner blocks it. |
| 15.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Sliding down leg. Bonner stays back and flicks it to deep square leg. The batters cross for a single. Bonner retains the strike. |
| 16.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Flighted, full and on off. Bonner strides forward and defends it out. |
| 16.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter and short, outside off. The ball turns away. Bonner stays back and cuts it towards point. The fielder moves to his right and makes a good stop. |
| 16.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and outside off. Bonner looks to defend it out. He does it off the outer half towards off side. |
| 16.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, On the pads, flicked to square leg for a single. |
| 16.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood prods and blocks it back to the bowler. |
| 16.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood remains solid in his defense. |
| 17.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Flighted, full and on the pads, Bonner stays back and nudges it to the leg side. |
| 17.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on middle. Bonner comes inside the line and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 17.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Around middle and leg. Bonner stays inside the crease and sees off the danger. |
| 17.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Floated, full and on off. Bonner plays it back to the bowler. |
| 17.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Around leg, Bonner remains solid in his defense. |
| 17.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Off the thigh it think! On the pads, Bonner looks to flick it away but misses. The ball goes towards leg slip off the pads, who fails to collect the ball and spills it out. Nothing much to appeal for now. A maiden for Ramesh Mendis. |
| 18.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Looped up, outside off. Blackwood lets it go past him to the keeper. |
| 18.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Much straighter, full and on off. Blackwood defends it into the pitch. |
| 18.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Floated, on off, Blackwood defends it out watchfully. |
| 18.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, On off, blocked out. |
| 18.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blackwood blocks it to point. |
| 18.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Another maiden for Praveen Jayawickrama! Full and on off. Blackwood plays it back to the bowler. |
| 19.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on the pads, Bonner clips it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 19.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Looped up, down leg. Blackwood defends it out with the help of his pads. |
| 19.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, DROPPED! It was a chance and the skipper, Dimuth Karunaratne, fails to grab it cleanly. Full and on middle. Blackwood flicks it towards short mid-wicket. The ball stays very low. Dimuth Karunaratne dives forward and looks to catch it but misses, as the ball lands safely. |
| 19.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, on the pads. Blackwood looks to defend it out, but looks like he missed it. The ball hits the pads and lobs to the right of short leg. The fielder goes to that side but fails to collect the ball. The replays show, there was no inside edge and the batter would've been safe. |
| 19.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, around middle and leg. The ball gets some extra bounce off the deck. The ball rolls out after hitting him on the body. |
| 19.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Short and on off. Blackwood goes back and punches it through covers for a couple of runs. |
| 20.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on off. Pushed back to the bowler. |
| 20.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, around off. Bonner gets forward and blocks it. |
| 20.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, lands outside off and turns away. Left alone. |
| 20.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, around off. Pushed to covers. |
| 20.5 : A slight halt in play. Oshada Fernando has been struck on the knee and the physio is out in the middle. |
| Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, around off. Bonner pushes it to silly point. The ball hits the knee of the fielder. |
| 20.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on off. Pushed to short cover. Dot ball. |
| 21.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Short ball, down the leg side. Blackwood looks to pull but the ball his pads and goes to short leg. There is an appeal for catch but turned down. |
| 21.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Full ball, on the pads. Blackwood works it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 21.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 21.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full ball, angling across off. Bonner gets the outside edge but it drops short of first slip. |
| 21.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Darted on leg. Bonner looks to pull but gets hit on the pads. |
| 21.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Darted on the pads. Bonner taps it past short leg. |
| 22.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on middle. Blocked out. |
| 22.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, around off. Blackwood drives it to cover. |
| 22.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Pushed to cover. |
| 22.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, FOUR! Punished! Short ball, on middle. Blackwood pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 22.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 22.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, on middle. Blackwood blocks it off the front foot. |
| 23.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Darted on the pads. Bonner works it to fine leg for a couple. |
| 23.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on the pads. Bonner works it past mid-wicket for one. |
| 23.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jermaine Blackwood, Darted on middle. Blackwood works it round the corner for one. |
| 23.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, on the pads. Bonner looks to block but gets hit on the pads and the ball pops up to short leg. It is taken and there is an appeal for catch but turned down. |
| 23.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, on middle. Blocked out. |
| 23.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on the pads. Blocked out. |
| 24.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on middle. JB comes forward to block it. |
| 24.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Full ball, on off. Pushed to cover for one. |
| 24.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and driven to deep cover for one. |
| 24.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, lands outside off. Blackwood leaves it. |
| 24.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on off. Clipped to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 24.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, on off. Bonner blocks it out. |
| 25.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on off. Pushed to covers. |
| 25.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 25.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Flatter ball, on off. Blackwood blocks it out. |
| 25.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Shorter ball, on off. Blocked back to the bowler. |
| 25.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Shorter ball, outside off. Jermaine Blackwood cuts it to point. |
| 25.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 26.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, around off. Bonner pushes it to mid off. |
| 26.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, around off. Blocked out by Bonner. |
| 26.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 26.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Nicely tossed up, outside off. Bonner blocks it off the front foot. |
| 26.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, outside off. Left alone. |
| 26.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, around off. Bonner runs it towards backward point for one. |
| 27.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 27.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, just outside off. Bonner blocks it right under his eyes. |
| 27.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, outside off. Bonner cuts it to point for one. |
| 27.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Full and on off. Blocked out by Blackwood. |
| 27.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 27.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Loopy ball, on the pads. Blackwood gets forward and blocks it. |
| 28.1 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, around off. Bonner drives it to short cover. |
| 28.2 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter ball, around off. Blocked out. |
| 28.3 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Nkrumah Bonner, Short ball, down the leg side. Bonner looks to pull but gets hit on the pads. The ball goes past square leg for one leg bye. |
| 28.4 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, wide outside off. Blackwood goes for the drive but gets it from the outer half. The man at deep cover gets to his left and keeps it to a couple. |
| 28.5 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Tossed up, on off. Blackwood comes forward and blocks it. |
| 28.6 : Praveen Jayawickrama to Jermaine Blackwood, Shorter ball, around off. Chopped to covers. |
| 29.2 : Charith Asalanka to Nkrumah Bonner, Short and cut away to covers. |
| 29.1 : Charith Asalanka to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, just outside off. Bonner blocks. |
| 29.3 : Charith Asalanka to Nkrumah Bonner, Fuller, lands outside off and comes back in. Bonner stays in the crease and blocks it. |
| 29.4 : Charith Asalanka to Nkrumah Bonner, Full ball, outside off. Pushed to covers. |
| 29.5 : Charith Asalanka to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, outside off. Worked to mid on. |
| 29.6 : Charith Asalanka to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on the pads. Bonner works it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 30.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Nicely pushed to mid off this time. |
| 30.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, Darted on middle and leg. Blackwood blocks it. |
| 30.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, A solid front-foot defence. |
| 30.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jermaine Blackwood, OUT! TAKEN! GONE! Right at the stroke of Lunch! Tossed up, outside off. Tossed up, outside off. Blackwood looks to drive but gets the outside edge. Dhananjaya de Silva takes a sharp catch at first slip. That is Lunch on Day 5! |
| A breakthrough right at the stroke of Lunch changes everything. Sri Lankan camp will be confident going into the break and would look to tighten the nails in the next session. The visitors did really well, to recover from an early breakthrough, but to put salt on it, Blackwood got out just at the brink of Lunch. |
| West Indies began their day with the ball, but Holder scalped a wicket in the third over of the day and the hosts declared after that. 297 is what the visitors have to chase down in three sessions. Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood came out with the bat, but the former slipped out early on. Then came a solid stand between Bonner and Blackwood, there was some miscommunication between the two, but they eluded the danger of getting run-out. But just as everything looked good for the visitors |
| The spinners are on top! Sri Lanka came out to bat at the beginning of Day 5. They faced three overs and declared just after Lasith Embuldeniya got bowled off Holder. Without any second thought, it was all spin for the hosts. Lasith and Mendis started from each end, but this time they were unable to cause any real threat. Mendis struck early on to get rid of the opposition skipper, Kraigg Brathwaite. But since then, they probed good lines and lengths but the batsmen were on top of it. But luckil |
| Right then. Both the teams have their task cut out. Will Sri Lanka get the 8 scalps or will West Indies survive the brutal spin attack? We will have a better idea of how this game will pan out, after the Lunch break. Do join us for the live action at 1240 local (0710 GMT). |
| ... DAY 5, SESSION 2 ... |
| 30.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Short and outside off. Hope looks to chase it but misses. |
| 30.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Tossed up, full and outside off. Hope leans in and drives it to cover, but straight to the fielder. A wicket-maiden for Lasith Embuldeniya. |
| 31.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full, around middle and leg. Bonne gets inside the line and tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 0.0 : Who will bowl from the other end? It is Ramesh Mendis. |
| 31.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, On the pads, Bonner clips it square on the leg side. |
| 31.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Floated, full and on leg. Bonner blocks it. |
| 31.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full, around off, the ball turns in. Bonner defends it to short leg. |
| 31.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter and on the pads, Bonner continues to block it out. |
| 31.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, around middle. The ball turns in. Bonner goes back and nudges it towards short leg. |
| 32.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Tossed up, outside off. Hope stays back and cuts it towards cover. |
| 32.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Flatter and outside off. Hope hangs back and punches it through cover for a single. |
| 32.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, A dot now! Looped up, full and on off. Bonner strides and drives it towards point. |
| 32.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on off. Bonner prods and defends it into the pitch. |
| 32.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flighted, full and on leg. Bonner stays back and defends it back to the bowler. |
| 0.0 : The second session is set to begin! The Sri Lanka players stride out to the middle. Followed by Nkrumah Bonner and Shai Hope, the new batter who walks out to bat for the visitors. Lasith Embuldeniya to complete his over. |
| 32.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and around off. Bonner blocks it out towards short cover. Just a single off it. A tidy over by Lasith Embuldeniya. |
| 33.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, FOUR! Just eludes the fielder at square leg. Looped up, full and on middle. Hope steps across and looks to sweep it away. The ball takes the outside edge and goes towards deep square leg. Lakmal runs back from square leg and looks to grab the ball, but the ball lands safely in front of him, The ball races away to the fence. It was not an easy chance. |
| 33.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, On the pads, Hope tucks it to mid-wicket for a quick single. Good running. |
| 33.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on leg. Bonner nudges it to mid-wicket for another single. The batters are putting some pressure on the fielders. |
| 33.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, On middle, Hope defends it out watchfully. |
| 33.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Full and on off. Hope skips down the track and works it towards long on for a single. |
| 33.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Darted on the pads, Bonner stays back and blocks it. He looks to be solid in his defense. |
| 34.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Three runs now! Full and on the pads, Hope stays back and tucks it through mid-wicket. Dimuth Karunaratne gives it a chase and he dives near the ropes to pull the ball back in play. The batters get enough time to run three. |
| 34.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Looped up, full and outside off. Bonner steps across and defends it out. |
| 34.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter, around middle and leg. Bonner goes back and blocks it. |
| 34.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on off. Bonner drives it to cover but straight to the man. |
| 34.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Full, and on leg. Bonner presses forward and blocks it out. |
| 34.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Floated, full and on off. Bonner defends it into the pitch solidly. Just three runs off it. |
| 35.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Short and dragged down leg. Hope goes back, swivels and pulls it through square leg for a single. |
| 35.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, around off, the ball turns in. Bonner flicks it from the front of his pads to the leg side. |
| 35.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, down leg. Bonner looks to flick but misses and the ball goes out off his pads. |
| 35.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on middle. Bonner works it to the right of the bowler. |
| 35.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter and on the pads, Bonner clips it through square leg for a single. |
| 35.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, A dot to end the over! Flighted, full and on off. Hope comes forward and hits it back to the bowler on the bump though. |
| 36.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Floated, full and on off. Bonner pats it back to the bowler. |
| 36.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Looped up, full and on off. Bonner plays the inside-out drive and drives it to cover. |
| 36.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, on off. Bonner goes back and defends it with the full face of the bat. |
| 36.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Short, outside off, with some away turn on it. Bonner hangs back and cuts it through point for a single. |
| 36.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Full and on off. Hope prods and blocks it out solidly. |
| 36.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Another tidy over by Lasith Embuldeniya! Looped up, outside off. Hope leaves it alone and lets it go to the keeper. |
| 37.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Sharp spin and bounce on this one! Floated, around middle. The ball turns in a long way. Bonner leaves it alone and lets it go down leg. Oshada Fernando moves to his left and gathers the ball cleanly. He puts in a loud appeal but the umpire is unmoved. |
| 37.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full, on leg. Bonner tucks it to square leg. |
| 37.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on middle. Bonner clips it to mid-wicket. |
| 37.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, on middle and leg. Bonner flicks it to the leg side. |
| 37.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Looped up, around off. Bonner pushes it towards cover. |
| 37.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Quicker, full and on middle. Bonner defends it to short leg. |
| 38.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Tossed up, around middle. The ball turns away. Hope blocks it out. |
| 38.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Full and on off. Hope prods and defends it into the pitch. |
| 38.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Short, outside off. Hope cuts it to point for a single. |
| 38.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, outside off. Bonner leaves it alone for the keeper. |
| 38.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, NOT OUT! Bonner survives. Loopy ball, full and outside off. Bonner looks to drive it to the off side. The ball bounces off the fielder at silly point and lobs to the man stationed behind him. The fielder dives in front and collects the ball. The Sri Lankan players put in an appeal but the umpire is unmoved. The umpires converge and decide to take it upstairs. The replays show tha ball had bounced before coming in contact with the player. The final deci |
| 38.4 : Is that a catch? The soft signal is not out. Nope, the ball has bounced into the ground. |
| 38.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flatter and on off. Bonner stays back and flicks it to the leg side for a single. Bonner retains the strike. |
| 39.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Floated, full and on middle. Bonner nudges it towards mid-wicket. |
| 39.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Two dots in a row now! Short and sliding down leg. Bonner swivels and looks to pull it away but misses. |
| 39.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Make that three! Looped up, on leg. Bonner defends it to short leg with soft hands. |
| 39.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Four dots on the trot! Looped up, full and on off. Bonner steps forward and pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 39.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, around middle and leg. Bonner looks to flick it away but misses. He gets hit on the pads. Mendis and the keeper, Dinesh Chandimal appeal but the umpire remains unmoved. |
| 39.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, A maiden for Mendis. His fourth of the innings. Full and on off. Bonner defends it out solidly off the front foot. |
| 40.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Flatter ball, on off. Punched away. |
| 40.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Shorter ball, outside off. Hope plays it to cover. |
| 40.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Loopy ball, outside off. Hope blocks it from the crease. |
| 40.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Loopy ball, just outside off. Hope lools to block but the ball goes past the outside edge. |
| 40.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Shai Hope, Full and outside off. Pushed past covers for one. |
| 40.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, on off. Bonner taps it from the crease. |
| 41.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Full and on the pads. Hope works it past leg slip and gets a couple of runs. |
| 41.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, Full ball, on middle. Worked past mid-wicket for one. |
| 41.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, around off. Bonner comes down the track and blocks it. |
| 41.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 41.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, outside off. Bonner pushes it to cover. |
| 41.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Short ball, on middle. Bonner pulls it to deep square leg for one. |
| The ball has been stuck in the 8-ball gauge. It looks like it is out of shape. Maybe, it is time to change the ball. |
| 42.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Loopy ball, outside off. Left alone. |
| 42.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Nicely tossed up, just outside off and turning away. Bonner works it to cover. |
| 42.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, FOUR! Thick edge! Tossed up, outside off. Bonner looks to drive but gets the outside edge. The ball runs to the third man fence. |
| 42.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 42.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up, outside off. Bonner drives it nicely past cover for a couple. |
| 42.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Flighted delivery, quite wide and Bonner leaves it. |
| 43.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Shai Hope, OUT! TAKEN! Straight to the man! A wicket against the run of play. Short ball, on off. Hope goes back and pulls it hard but straight to short square leg. Lakmal takes it with ease and a stand that was troubling the Lankan spinners is finally broken. |
| 0.0 : Roston Chase walks out at number 5. |
| 43.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Roston Chase, OUT! TAKEN! A golden duck for Chase and Mendis is on a hat-trick! This is why a stand is so important as it is not easy for the new man to bat under pressure. Tossed up, lands on off and turns back in. Chase looks to drive but gets the inside edge to short leg. Oshada Fernando takes it wicket ease! |
| Who will walk out now? It is Kyle Mayers. He comes out to face a hat-trick delivery. Plenty of fielders around him. |
| 43.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Mayers survives! An absolute ripper. Tossed up, lands just outside off. Mayers is forced to block at it but the ball turns away and goes past the outside edge. |
| 43.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Full and on the pads. Mayers looks to flick but gets hit on the pads. There is an appeal for LBW but the ball is going down leg most likely. |
| 43.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, Loopy ball, lands outside off and turns away. Left alone. |
| 43.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Kyle Mayers, OUT! TAKEN! WOW, WHAT AN OVER! A triple-wicket maiden for Mendis and the game has turned on its head! This one is a bit fuller, just outside off. Mayers gets forward to block but the ball turns away and takes the outside edge. Dhananjaya de Silva takes the simplest of catches at first slip! |
| 44.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, outside off. Cut away to cover. |
| 0.0 : Who will come out to bat now? It will be Jason Holder to walk out at number 7. |
| 44.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Fuller ball, just outside off. Bonner expects the ball to turn away and leaves it. It goes straight but just past the off pole. |
| 44.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Full ball, on off. Pushed to cover. |
| 44.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Tossed up nicely, just outside off. Bonner gets to the pitch of the ball and blocks it. |
| 44.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and wider outside off. Bonner leaves it. |
| 44.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on the pads. Bonner clips it past mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 45.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, Full ball, on off. Mendis gets forward and blocks it. |
| 45.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, Flatter ball, on the pads. Blocked out. |
| 45.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, Shorter ball, on middle. Holder works it past square leg for one. |
| 45.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Bonner comes down the track and blocks this one. |
| 45.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Full and on the pads, a bit quicker too. Bonner works it to short leg. |
| 45.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Mendis lands it on off and gets it to turn back sharply. Bonner sees the ball go down the leg side. |
| 46.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jason Holder, Loopy ball, on off. Holder gets the outer half past silly point. |
| 46.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jason Holder, Full and on the pads. Worked to square leg. |
| 46.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jason Holder, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 46.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jason Holder, Shorter ball, just outside off. Holder goes back to block and gets the inside edge on the pads. |
| 46.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jason Holder, Nicely driven to deep cover for a single. |
| 46.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Loppy ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| DRINKS! West Indies were looking in control. Until, Mendis decided to work his magic and he picked up three wickets in a single over to put his side ahead. All Sri Lanka need is 5 more wickets to seal the series by a 2-0 margin. They will hope to pick a couple of wickets in the remaining session, to inch closer to the finish line. West Indies, on the other hand, would want Bonner and Holder to bat with grit and determination atleast till the Tea break. |
| 47.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, Full ball, on off. Holder works it to mid-wicket. |
| 47.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Jason Holder, Flatter ball, on off. Pushed down to long on for one. |
| 47.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, outside off. Bonner pulls it to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 47.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, FOUR! Full and on the pads. Bonner flicks it nicely to the fine leg fence. |
| 47.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Bonner comes down the track and blocks it. |
| 47.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, on middle. Worked to short leg. |
| 48.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jason Holder, Tossed up, just outside off. Holder looks to block but the ball turns away and goes past the outside edge. |
| 48.2 : Joshua Da Silva walks out at number 8. The last recognised batter for the visitors. |
| Lasith Embuldeniya to Jason Holder, OUT! TAKEN! Gets the outside edge this time! Flatter ball, on middle. Holder goes back and looks to block it out. But the ball turns away quite sharply and takes the outside edge. Dhananjaya de Silva takes it with ease at first slip and Sri Lanka move a wicket closer to a victory. |
| 48.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Joshua Da Silva, Shorter ball, on off. Da Silva plays it wide of short leg for one. |
| 48.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, A single as this is pushed down to long off. |
| 48.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Joshua Da Silva, Full ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 48.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Joshua Da Silva, Shorter ball, around off. Pushed to covers. |
| 49.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Shorter ball, on middle. Pulled down to deep square leg for one. |
| 49.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, Full ball, on off. Hit down to long on for one. |
| 49.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Darted down the leg side. Bonner leaves it alone. |
| 49.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Bonner comes down the track and looks to work it away but gets hit on the pads. |
| 49.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Nkrumah Bonner, Short ball, on off. Pulled to deep square leg for one. |
| 49.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, Shorter ball, on off. Blocked out by Da Silva. |
| 50.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, Around off. Bonner pushes it to cover. |
| 50.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Nkrumah Bonner, OUT! DRAGGED ON! A long innings by Bonner comes to an end. Lasith Embuldeniya strikes and picks up his third wicket. Another one bites the dust and Sri Lanka are well and truly on top. This session has gone from bad to worse for the visitors. Tossed up, around off, too close to the body. Bonner goes back and looks to cut it away. The ball takes the inner half and strucks the off pole. Delight in the Sri Lankan camp. |
| Kemar Roach walks out to bat. |
| 50.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Full and on middle. Roach prods and defends it solidly. |
| 50.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Looped up, outside off. Roach steps across and looks to defend it out. He gets beaten by the turn. |
| 50.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Tossed up, outside off. The ball grips and turns away. Roach steps across and looks to defend it out but misses. The ball zips past the outside edge. |
| 50.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Play and a miss! Loopy ball, around off. The ball turns away sharply. Roach gets low and looks to sweep it away but misses. |
| 51.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, LEG BYE! Floated, around middle and leg. Da Silva comes forward and looks to flick it away. The ball hits the top of the pad and lobs behind the leg slip fielder. They collect a leg bye. |
| 51.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Kemar Roach, FOUR! Nicely played. Short and sliding down leg. Roach stands back and pulls it to deep square leg for a boundary. He gets off the mark here. |
| 51.3 : Ramesh Mendis to Kemar Roach, A dot now! Full and on off. Roach gets his front leg across and defends it to cover. |
| Review time! Sri Lanka have reviewed this for LBW. Spike on the UltraEdge. |
| 51.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Kemar Roach, NOT OUT! Loopy ball, full and on middle. Kemar Roach looks to sweep it away. The ball goes towards square leg. The batters cross for a single. Mendis thinks it has hit only the pads and he appeals for lbw but the umpire is unmoved. Dimuth Karunaratne opts to take the review. The UltraEdge shows the bat is involved and Roach survives. The batter gets a single. |
| 51.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, Around off, da Silva drives it through covers for a couple. |
| 51.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, Flatter and on leg. Joshua Da Silva blocks it out watchfully. |
| 52.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Tossed up, outside off, the ball turns away. Roach pats it towards point. |
| 52.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Full and on middle. Roach prods forward and defends it off the inner half to short leg. |
| 52.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, FOUR! Nicely played. Full and on leg. Roach gets low and sweeps it towards deep square leg. Ramesh Mendis covers a lot of ground to his right. He puts in a dive to that side but fails to keep the ball in play. |
| 52.4 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Full and on off. Roach prods and defends it. |
| 52.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Outside off, left alone by Roach. |
| 52.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Full and on off. Roach pushes it towards extra cover. |
| 53.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, Floated, full and on off. Da Silva defends it solidly. |
| 53.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, On the pads, da Silva nudges it to the leg side. |
| 53.3 : Review time! Once again, a review is taken by Sri Lanka for LBW. The ball is going over the stumps. |
| Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, Three dots in a row! Nice turn on this one! Loopy ball, outside off. The ball turns in sharply. Joshua Da Silva looks to defend it out but misses. He gets hit on his thighs. Ramesh Mendis puts in an appeal but the umpire is unmoved. Dimuth Karunaratne goes for the review. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker shows the ball is missing the wickets. Joshua Da Silva survives. |
| 53.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, On leg, Joshua Da Silva defends it to the leg side. |
| 53.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, FOUR BYES! Misses everyone. Tossed up, outside off. Joshua Da Silva steps forward and looks to drive it away but misses. The ball turns in and goes towards fine leg and into the fence. |
| 53.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, Floated, around leg. Da Silva defends it out. |
| 54.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Flighted, full and outside off. The ball grips and turns away. Roach leaves it alone. |
| 54.2 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, Full and on off. Roach pushes it to cover. |
| 54.3 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, FOUR! Nicely played. Short and around off. Roach stays back and hits it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 54.4 : Review! This time, Roach reviews this. Three reds on Ball Tracker! |
| Lasith Embuldeniya to Kemar Roach, OUT! LBW! Lasith Embuldeniya picks up his fourth wicket. Tossed up, around leg. The ball turns in. Kemar Roach gets low and looks to sweep it away but misses. He gets rapped on the pads. Lasith Embuldeniya appeals and the umpire raises his finger. Kemar Roach goes for the review. The UltraEdge shows no bat is involved. The Ball Tracker shows three reds and Roach has to trudge back to the pavilion. West Indies lose another wicket and also a review this |
| 54.5 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, Full and on leg. Permaul defends it out. |
| 54.6 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Veerasammy Permaul, Around middle and leg. Permaul covers the stumps and flicks it to square leg for a single. |
| 54.4 : Veerasammy Permaul walks out to bat. |
| 55.1 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, Full and on off. Permaul comes forward and defends it out. |
| 55.2 : Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, On off. Permaul blocks it out. |
| 55.3 : Review! Veerasammy Permaul reviews this LBW call. No bat on that. Three reds on Ball Tracker! |
| Ramesh Mendis to Veerasammy Permaul, OUT! LBW! Ramesh Mendis picks up his fifth wicket. He has been exceptional in this Test match. Floated, outside off. The ball turns in. Permaul gets inside the line and looks to flicks it away but misses. He gets rapped on his pads. Ramesh Mendis appeals and the umpire raises his dreaded finger. Veerasammy Permaul opts for the review. The UltraEdge shows no spike as the ball passes the blade. The Ball Tracker shows three reds and Permaul has to walk |
| 55.4 : Ramesh Mendis to Jomel Warrican, DROPPED! Loopy ball, on off. Heaved to deep mid-wicket. Lasith Embuldeniya runs in from deep mid-wicket and dives but doesn't get to the ball. |
| 55.5 : Ramesh Mendis to Jomel Warrican, Loopy ball, on off. Heaved past mid-wicket for one. Warrican is not going to hang around. |
| 55.6 : Ramesh Mendis to Joshua Da Silva, Flatter ball, on off. Blocked out. |
| 56.1 : Lasith Embuldeniya to Jomel Warrican, OUT! TAKEN! There comes the final wicket! Lasith Embuldeniya gets his five-wicket haul! Tossed up, outside off. Warrican looks to drive but gets the outside edge. Dhananjaya de Silva takes an easy catch at first slip! Sri Lanka win by 164 runs! |
| Sri Lanka did not bat much in the first session and declared after facing only a handful of overs. A target of 297 was a big one and it was clear that West Indies were looking to draw it. Kraigg Brathwaite fell quite early but Jermaine Blackwood and Nkrumah Bonner stitched a solid stand. The wicket of Blackwood just before Lunch was a big one for Sri Lanka. But Shai Hope joined Bonner and both of them were looking very solid in the middle. It looked like these two batters will bat till Tea |
| But an over of Ramesh Mendis changed everything. The off-spinner took 3 wickets in a single over and rocked the middle order of West Indies. Only formalities were left after that as Ramesh Mendis and Lasith Embuldeniya each took their 5-wicket haul to finish the game right before the scheduled Tea break. |
| West Indies started quite well with the bat. Kraigg Brathwaite was at the heart of two important stands. He racked up a 62-run stand with Jermaine Blackwood and later stitched a partnership of 75 runs for the second wicket along with Nkrumah Bonner, but once this stand was broken, the wickets kept falling for the visitors. They could not negotiate the spin well. But a late stand between Kyle Mayers and Veerasammy Permaul made sure West Indies take back a decent lead with them of 49 runs bef |
| In the first innings, after two sessions were lost due to rain on Day 1, Sri Lanka started off well. The opening stand of Dimuth Karunaratane and Pathum Nissanka flourished yet again in this series. The skipper got out after getting a start but Nissanka carried on and scored a fine fifty. The departure of the top order though resulted in a capitulation of the Sri Lankan middle order as they were bowled out for 204. Veerasammy Permaul was the start of the ball for West Indies as he took a 5- |
| Stay tuned for the presenatation. |
| Ramesh Mendis is the PLAYER OF THE SERIES! He says that he is pleased to bowl this well for his country and he is thankful for the support he got from the captain and the entire team. Adds that he thanks his coaches and says that he worked really hard in the last few years. Informs that he is more of a bowling all-rounder now but he wants to bat well for the team too. |
| Kraigg Brathwaite, the skipper of West Indies, is up for a chat. He says that the batting in the first innings was very crucial for the side. He adds that he missed out on his century and maybe that could have been the difference in hindsight. He says that they got starts but were unable to capitalize on it. Mentions that the positives are the potential of the players. They have players to turn the game around, but he thinks as a batting unit, they will look to be more hungry and make sure to |
| Wow, what a show by Sri Lanka! The two spinners, Ramesh Mendis and Lasith Embuldeniya took 5 wickets each to demolish the batting order of West Indies. It is only apt that both of them lead their team out of the field. All smiles in the Sri Lankan camp! |
| Sri Lanka got off to a sloppy start, as they lost a couple of early wickets, both via run out towards the end of Day 3. They started off well on Day 4 though and were able to cut the deficit and were marching on their way to swell the lead. It was not easy and they found themselves in big trouble when there at 221-8. If not for Dhananjaya de Silva, the hosts couldâve been in a lot of trouble. But he anchored the innings really well with his 155*. He was supported well for the ninth-wicket |
| Dhananjaya de Silva is the PLAYER OF THE MATCH! He says that he always believes in himself under pressure and he is glad he could perform for his side. Mentions that it was very tough as the ball was turning. Adds that they had to bat long and that was the plan. He ends by wishing good luck to Mickey Arthur and Grant Flower and thanking both of them. |
| Dimuth Karunaratne, the skipper of Sri Lanka, says that before the series started, he was a bit worried but the team has done really well. Pathum Nissanka for the way he opened in this series and says that he has a bright future. Says that Oshada Fernando may not have the best of series with the bat but played an important role in the field. Credits Mickey Arthur and says that he was always supportive of the team when they struggled and wishes Arthur the best for his future. He ends by thanki |
| That is all we have from this series. Dimuth Karunaratne collects the trophy and his team joins him in celebration. The series ends 2-0 and Sri Lanka start the next WTC cycle with 24 points. We have plenty of cricketing action in the next couple of months and we hope that you keep us company. For now, you can switch tabs and join my colleagues as they cover the second Test between India and New Zealand which is underway in Mumbai. Switch tabs and enjoy that action. Cheers! |
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