None of the West Indian batsmen replicated Dinesh Chandimal’s feat of reaching three figures, but most of them made valuable contributions as West Indies secured a crucial first innings lead, on a third day that was overshadowed by ball-tampering allegations and the five-run penalty imposed against the Sri Lankan side, which didn’t go down too well with the visitors.
Sri Lanka made crucial inroads to the latter part of the West Indian batting making sure the hosts didn’t get too far ahead in the match as they ended the day trailing West Indies only by 13 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
The start of play on day 3 in St. Lucia was delayed by almost two hours with the Sri Lankan players refusing to take the field in protest, after the umpires decided to change the ball ahead of the day’s play due to concerns regarding the condition of the ball.
Read: Sri Lanka charged with ball-tampering in St. Lucia
When the players did eventually take the field at 10.50 am local time, they found that the umpires had awarded West Indies 5 penalty runs and changed the ball (the West Indies batsmen at the crease were to choose the replacement, which is the accepted practice under ICC Law 41.3). The players then walked off to the edge of the playing area where more discussions ensued. Play eventually began at 11.30am, but Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed they are contesting the charge.
Only 12.3 overs were possible in the opening session after the late start with Suranga Lakmal picking up Shai Hope for 19 and West Indies going in to lunch at 154/3. The post-lunch session saw West Indies lose a couple of wickets, but were driven forward by a useful stand of 78 runs for the fifth wicket between Roston Chase and the in-form Shane Dowrich, which came in quick time. Chase fell for 41 to the second new ball on the stroke of tea, though the hosts were only 12 runs runs behind with five wickets still in hand.
It was Lahiru Kumara who dismissed Chase with a not-so-threatening delivery. But Kumara was the work-horse for Sri Lanka once again as he continued to run in hard and consistently hit the 140+ mark troubling most of the West Indian batsmen.
Dowrich seemed to have continued from where he left off from the first Test. His innings had much more fluency and he reached his half century right after the tea break off just 91 balls. He eventually fell for 55 when Lakmal produced a gem of a delivery to have him caught behind, but he had made sure West Indies were in the lead by then.
Read Also: Sri Lanka Cricket releases statement on ball tampering charge
Sri Lanka made sure they didn’t let the West Indian tail wag this time around. They in-fact made sure West Indies managed only 59 runs for their last six wickets, restricting the lead to just 47 runs.
While the hostile and big made Kumara captured 4/86 for Sri Lanka, debutant Kasun Rajitha had an impressive spell picking up 3/49 in an economical 22 overs which included six maidens. The experienced Suranga Lakmal played the supporting role for the two up and coming young fast bowlers as he kept things tight picking up 2/50 in 24 overs to help restrict West Indies to 300 all-out.
Kusal Perera who has had a quiet tour so far came out all guns blazing and struck a couple of boundaries off Kemar Roach’s first over in the second innings. He continued to throw the bat at almost everything as it was evident that Sri Lanka tried to wipe off the 47 run deficit as quickly as possible. He got a ripper of a delivery from Shannon Gabriel minutes away before stumps were drawn, which found his outside edge as Sri Lanka close the day at 34/1, still trailing the West Indies by 13 runs.
Sri Lanka – 34/1 & 253 all out
West Indies – 300 all out (100.3 overs) Devon Smith 61, Shai Hope 55, Roston Chase 41, Lahiru Kumara 4/86 , Suranga Lakmal 2/50, Kasun Rajitha 3/49
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Full Scorecard
Sri Lanka
253/10 & 342/10
(91.4 overs)
Result
West Indies
300/10 & 147/5
(60.3 overs)
Match Drawn
Sri Lanka’s 1st Innings
Batting | R | B | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kusal Perera | c J.Holder b K.Roach | 32 | 55 | |||
Mahela Udawatte | c J.Holder b S.Gabriel | 0 | 2 | |||
Dananjaya De Silva | b S.Gabriel | 12 | 14 | |||
Kusal Mendis | c S.Dowrich b J.Holder | 45 | 83 | |||
Dinesh Chandimal | not out | 119 | 186 | |||
Roshen Silva | c J.Holder b S.Gabriel | 6 | 23 | |||
Niroshan Dickwella | c S.Hope b S.Gabriel | 16 | 55 | |||
Akila Dananjaya | c S.Dowrich b K.Roach | 2 | 10 | |||
Suranga Lakmal | lbw by S.Gabriel | 10 | 9 | |||
Kasun Rajitha | c S.Dowrich b K.Roach | 4 | 33 | |||
Lahiru Kumara | c S.Hope b K.Roach | 0 | 6 |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kemar Roach | 18 | 8 | 49 | 4 | 2.72 |
Shanon Gabriel | 16 | 4 | 59 | 5 | 3.69 |
Miguel Cummins | 19 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 3.63 |
Jason Holder | 14 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 4.00 |
Devendra Bishoo | 11 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1.36 |
Roston Chase | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
West Indies’s 1st Innings
Batting | R | B | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kraig Brathwaite | c N.Dickwella b K.Rajitha | 22 | 79 | |||
Devon Smith | lbw by A.Dananjaya | 61 | 176 | |||
Keiran Powell | c K.Mendis b L.Kumara | 27 | 45 | |||
Shai Hope | c D.De.Silva b S.Lakmal | 19 | 41 | |||
Roston Chase | c S.Lakmal b L.Kumara | 41 | 68 | |||
Shane Dowrich | c N.Dickwella b S.Lakmal | 55 | 98 | |||
Jason Holder | c N.Dickwella b K.Rajitha | 15 | 35 | |||
Devendra Bishoo | c K.Mendis b K.Rajitha | 2 | 13 | |||
Kemar Roach | lbw by L.Kumara | 13 | 21 | |||
Miguel Cummins | not out | 8 | 20 | |||
Shanon Gabriel | c D.De.Silva b L.Kumara | 3 | 8 |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suranga Lakmal | 24 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 2.08 |
Akila Dananjaya | 25 | 7 | 81 | 1 | 3.24 |
Kasun Rajitha | 22 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 2.23 |
Lahiru Kumara | 26.3 | 4 | 86 | 4 | 3.27 |
Dananjaya De Silva | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 |
Sri Lanka’s 2nd Innings
Batting | R | B | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kusal Perera | c S.Dowrich b S.Gabriel | 20 | 23 | |||
Mahela Udawatta | c D.Bishoo b K.Roach | 19 | 46 | |||
Kasun Rajitha | lbw by S.Gabriel | 0 | 6 | |||
Dananjaya De Silva | c D.Smith b S.Gabriel | 3 | 15 | |||
Kusal Mendis | b S.Gabriel | 87 | 117 | |||
Dinesh Chadimal | c S.Dowrich b K.Roach | 39 | 112 | |||
Roshen Silva | c S.Dowrich b S.Gabriel | 48 | 115 | |||
Niroshen Dickwella | c K.Powell b S.Gabriel | 62 | 70 | |||
Akila Dananjaya | b S.Gabriel | 23 | 30 | |||
Suranga Lakmal | lbw by S.Gabriel | 7 | 22 | |||
Lahiru Kumara | not out | 0 | 5 |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kemar Roach | 21 | 3 | 78 | 2 | 3.71 |
Shanon Gabriel | 20.4 | 6 | 62 | 8 | 3.04 |
Jason Holder | 15 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 2.53 |
Miguel Cummins | 13 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 3.38 |
Devendra Bishoo | 11 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 5.27 |
Roston Chase | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 3.80 |
Kraig Brathwaite | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
West Indies’s 2nd Innings
Batting | R | B | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kraig Brathwaite | not out | 59 | 172 | |||
Devon Smith | c D.De.Silva b K.Rajitha | 1 | 5 | |||
Kieran Powell | c M.Udawatta b K.Rajitha | 2 | 2 | |||
Shai Hope | b S.Lakmal | 39 | 115 | |||
Roston Chase | b S.Lakmal | 13 | 37 | |||
Shane Dowrich | c D.De.Silva b A.Dananjaya | 8 | 12 | |||
Jason Holder | not out | 15 | 20 |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Suranga Lakmal | 17.3 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 2.77 |
Kasun Rajitha | 13 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1.77 |
Lahiru Kumara | 10 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 2.80 |
Akila Dananjaya | 19 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 1.74 |
Dananjaya De Silva | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |