Sri Lanka rue missed chances; Lahiru Kumara bowls heart out

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West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the 1st Test of the three match series at Port-of-Spain in Trinidad.

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The pendulum kept swinging both ways before West Indies eventually closed the opening day on 246/6 with Shane Dowrich unbeaten on a well compiled 46*, after the hosts were in a spot of bother at 147/5 on the stroke of tea.

The visitors were off to a dream start when the returning Suranga Lakmal produced a gem of a delivery to get rid of Kraig Brathwaite in the third over with Niroshan Dickwella holding on to a low chance behind the stumps.

Devon Smith’s come back after three years was cut short when he was called for a quick single by Kieran Powell, only to be found an inch short at the striker’s end, with the lads from the hill country (Lahiru Kumara & Dickwella) teaming up for the dismissal.

Kumara’s day got better when he cleaned up Powell for 38 on the stroke of lunch, before Lahiru Gamage had Shai Hope caught behind off the first over post lunch, only to find out that he had over stepped. In his next over, he produced another in-dipper against the same batsman to trap him in-front and umpire Richard Kettleborough had the dreaded finger up. Hope was quick to review and he was second time lucky as the thinnest of inside edges were found via ultra edge. His luck would eventually run out when Kumara produced a pacy delivery to have Hope hopping and caught down the leg side by Dickwella for 44.

Rangana Herath then dismissed Roston Chase – brilliantly caught at first slip by Angelo Mathews – to have his first wicket of the match as Sri Lanka tightened the grip on the hosts. Only 54 runs were scored in the second session for the loss of two wickets as West Indies went into the tea break in a spot of bother at 153/5 and a long tail to follow.

The break seemed to have worked well for the West Indians as their innings gained much needed impetus with skipper Jason Holder and wicket keeper batsman Shane Dowrich leading the way.

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Dilruwan Perera drifted one away to find the outside edge of Dowrich but Mathews spilt a relatively easy chance this time around. Kumara seemed to be the most penetrative bowler for Sri Lanka and he created another opportunity of Holder and it was Roshen Silva the culprit on this occasion, spilling a dolly at second slip.

Kumara threw everything he had at the hosts and his hard work finally paid off when he dismissed a well set Jason Holder for 40, to end an outstanding 90 run partnership for the sixth wicket.

Devendra Bishoo joined Dowrich and the duo put up stubborn resistance as West Indies lost just one wicket in the final session and survived a few tricky overs with the second new ball. Interestingly none of the West Indian batsmen went past the 50 run mark throughout the day, though Dowrich remained unbeaten on 46* and looked well set for a big one after living dangerously initially. West Indies closed the day on 246/6 with Sri Lanka maintaining a poor over rate falling six overs short, including the use of the extra half an hour provided.









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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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