Thumping win for Windies despite Mendis ton

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Kusal Mendis registered his 5th Test ton, but West Indies needed just a little over a session to dismiss Sri Lanka and register a 226-run win in the 1st Test at Port-of-Spain. The visitors came into the day needing 277 to win with 7 wickets in hand.

Sri Lanka lost 4 wickets in the 1st session of the 5th day, including 2 in the final over before lunch, that of Dinesh Chandimal and Niroshan Dickwella, leaving the tail the near-impossible task of batting through two sessions. As expected, they succumbed to the pressure, as the Windies needed just 20 deliveries in the post-lunch session to skittle the tail.

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Sri Lanka got off to a bright start as Mendis, who came in on the overnight score of 94*, brought up his 5th Test century with a flick off his pads in the 4th over of the day. Of Mendis’ 4 previous centuries, he had managed to past the 150-run mark on 3 occasions. However, he did not manage to kick on this time around as Shannon Gabriel got one to take off from a good length outside the off-stump and take a touch of the batsman’s gloves before being collected neatly by wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich.

Mendis’ century turned out to be the only bright spark of what was a dismal batting performance for the Lankans, who came into the day harbouring some hopes of going for the mammoth target of 453 set by the hosts.

Skipper Dinesh Chandimal, who had retired hurt last evening after being taken ill, came to the crease to join night-watchman Lahiru Gamage who had managed to survive at the crease despite taking a few blows to the body.

The pair were at the crease for close to 10 overs when Gamage was struck on the pads by leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and given out LBW. The batsman decided to review after much thought, however, there was no reprieve for Gamage as replays showed the ball smashing into the stumps.

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Chandimal and Dickwella didn’t last long in the middle as Bishoo and Roston Chase built the pressure with a couple of back-to-back maidens. With the runs drying up, Chandimal attempted to take the aerial route against Chase but miscued one to mid-on where Kraigg Braithwaite took a good catch.

Sri Lanka’s chances of survival were all but gone when Niroshan Dickwella was trapped in front by Chase in the same over as umpires called lunch.

Dilruwan Perera and Rangana Herath walked out after the break, perhaps in the hope that they may be able to delay the inevitable but, like the house of straw that could not withstand the ‘big bad wolf’ Sri Lanka’s tail showed little fight as Bishoo and Chase combined once again to send the Lankans packing.

Incidentally this is the West Indies’ biggest win (by runs) at the Queen’s Park Oval.

The 2nd of the 3 Tests is set to begin on the 14th of June at Gros Islet.









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Full Scorecard

West Indies

414/8 & 223/7

(72 overs)

Result

Sri Lanka

185/10 & 226/10

(83.2 overs)

West indies won by 226 runs

West Indies’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Kraig Brathwaite c N.Dickwella b S.Lakmal 3 13
Devon Smith (runout) L.Kumara/N.Dickwella 7 21
Keiran Powell b L.Kumara 38 68
Shai Hope c N.Dickwella b L.Kumara 44 70
Roston Chase c A.Mathews b R.Herath 38 83
Shane Dowrich not out 125 325
Jason Holder c N.Dickwella b L.Kumara 40 88
Devendra Bishoo c R.Silva b S.Lakmal 40 160
Kemar Roach c D.Chandimal b L.Kumara 39 95
Miguel Cummins not out 0 5
Extras
40 (b 14, lb 20, nb 4, w 2)
Total
414/8 (154 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-4 (K Brathwaite, 2.4 ov), 2-40 (D Smith, 11.5 ov), 3-80 (K Powell, 22.1 ov), 4-134 (S Hope, 38.1 ov), 5-147 (R Chase, 44.3 ov), 6-237 (J Holder, 74.2 ov), 7-339 (D Bishoo, 124.1 ov), 8-414 (K Roach, 153.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Suranga Lakmal 29 11 55 2 1.90
Lahiru Gamage 26 6 67 0 2.58
Dilruwan Perera 35 5 84 0 2.40
Lahiru Kumara 31 4 95 4 3.06
Rangana Herath 32 9 67 1 2.09
Kusal Mendis 1 0 12 0 12.00

Sri Lanka’s 1st Innings

Batting R B
Kusal Mendis c J.Holder b S.Gabriel 4 11
Kusal Perera c R.Chase b K.Roach 0 1
Dinesh Chandimal c R.Chase b S.Gabriel 44 121
Angelo Mathews c R.Chase b J.Holder 11 15
Roshen Silva b K.Roach 5 11
Niroshen Dickwella (runout) K.Brathwaite 31 78
Dilruwan Perera c S.Hope b D.Bishoo 20 44
Rangana Herath c (SUB) S.Hetmeyer b M.Cummins 5 15
Suranga Lakmal c D.Bishoo b M.Cummins 15 25
Lahiru Gamage not out 0 10
Lahiru Kumara c S.Dowrich b M.Cummins 8 9
Extras
42 (b 8, lb 16, nb 6, w 12)
Total
185/10 (55.4 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-2 (KJ Perera, 0.2 ov), 2-16 (K Mendis, 3.3 ov), 3-30 (A Mathews, 9.2 ov), 4-43 (R Silva, 12.2 ov), 5-121 (D Chandimal, 35.1 ov), 6-140 (N Dickwella, 42.1 ov), 7-148 (R Herath, 47.1 ov), 8-156 (D Perera, 50.5 ov), 9-175 (S Lakmal, 53.3 ov), 10-185 (L Kumara, 55.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Kemar Roach 10 3 34 2 3.40
Shanon Gabriel 13 0 48 2 3.69
Miguel Cummins 12.4 4 39 3 3.15
Jason Holder 7 1 15 1 2.14
Devendra Bishoo 13 2 25 1 1.92

West Indies’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Kraig Brathwaite c N.Dickwella b L.Kumara 16 56
Devon Smith b S.Lakmal 20 30
Keiran Powell c sub (J.Vandersay) b D.Perera 88 127
Shai Hope c K.Mendis b L.Kumara 1 6
Roston Chase b R.Herath 12 41
Shane Dowrich lbw by L.Kumara 13 57
Jason Holder lbw by R.Herath 39 40
Devendra Bishoo not out 16 45
Kemar Roach not out 11 31
Extras
7 (b 4, lb 2, nb 1)
Total
223/7 (72 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-36 (D Smith, 10.3 ov), 2-55 (K Brathwaite, 16.5 ov), 3-75 (S Hope, 20.5 ov), 4-119 (R Chase, 34.6 ov), 5-149 (S Dowrich, 48.3 ov), 6-191 (K Powell, 57.2 ov), 7-203 (J Holder, 64.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Suranga Lakmal 12 2 32 1 2.67
Lahiru Gamage 15 3 43 0 2.87
Rangana Herath 24 5 52 2 2.17
Lahiru Kumara 9 0 40 3 4.44
Dilruwan Perera 12 1 50 1 4.17

Sri Lanka’s 2nd Innings

Batting R B
Kusal Perera c D.Smith b S.Gabriel 12 10
Kusal Mendis c S.Dowrich b S.Gabriel 102 210
Dinesh Chadimal c K.Brathwaite b R.Chase 27 83
Angelo Mathews c S.Dowrich b J.Holder 31 80
Roshen Silva c & b D.Bishoo 14 23
Lahiru Gamage lbw by D.Bishoo 3 49
Niroshan Dickwella lbw by R.Chase 19 32
Dilruwan Perera not out 3 8
Rangana Herath c S.Hope b D.Bishoo 0 7
Suranga Lakmal c S.Dowrich b R.Chase 1 4
Lahiru Kumara c S.Dowrich b R.Chase 0 1
Extras
14 (b 3, lb 4, nb 7)
Total
226/10 (83.2 overs)
Fall of Wickets:
1-21 (MDKJ Perera, 3.3 ov), 2-123 (A Mathews, 43.5 ov), 3-175 (R Silva, 52.5 ov), 4-189 (K Mendis, 59.6 ov), 5-195 (L Gamage, 68.6 ov), 6-218 (L Chandimal, 79.2 ov), 7-222 (N Dickwella, 79.6 ov), 8-225 (R Herath, 82.3 ov), 9-226 (S Lakmal, 83.1 ov), 10-226 (L Kumara, 83.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W E
Kemar Roach 15 3 57 0 3.80
Shanon Gabriel 15 2 52 2 3.47
Jason Holder 14 6 24 1 1.71
Miguel Cummins 12 4 23 0 1.92
Devendra Bishoo 19 2 48 3 2.53
Roston Chase 8.2 1 15 4 1.83

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