- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.1 plumb lbw first ball! what a start for Sri Lanka and Pallekele. The big wicket of Chris Gayle, Lakmal sets off on a celebration, it was pitching on offstump and came in a touch, Gayle was looking to defend but misses, hit on the knee roll and Rauf raises the finger, it would have gone on to hit middle and off 0/132.2 this time the umpire's finger goes up, Smith can't believe he has been given lbw, that was the carrom ball from Mendis, comes onto the batsman quickly and turns in, Smith was on the backfoot looking to defend, the ball pitched on off and hit Smith in front of middle, not sure why Smith thought he had been hard done by 115/243.1 given out lbw and Darren asks for a referral immediately. This could be interesting. Dilhara pitched it up and landed it just in line with leg stump and it straightened. You could see middle and off as Darren played around it and it thudded into his pads. Oxenford's finger went up in a flash, but Darren reckoned it was going down. Replays say he was wrong. That was taking out leg. West Indies have lost Darren Bravo, and with him, a referral 142/377.2 Super catch from that wonderful slip fielder Mahela Jayawardene. It was a lovely googly that turned and jumped ... Chanders was fatally attracted to it and followed the ball and ended up opening the bat-face and guiding it low but quickly to the left of Mahela who so quickly flung himself to catch the ball inches off the turf with his outstretched left hand. And he roars. He had dropped a simpler chance offered by Bravo yesterday. Redemption time. 241/482.2 Gone, big wicket and it comes off a rather poor bal, but an astounding catch. Herath slips down the leg and the spin takes it further down. Nash set himself up for the sweep, but the fact that he was so far inside the line meant he bottom-edged it at the tail-end of his bat swing. Prasa was moving like a cat down the leg side and pouched it cleanly. Tremendous wicketkeeping and SL have an early look-in here at West Indies lower order 252/678.4 Beauty! What a lovely combo from Rangana Herath and Prasanna! Awesome to watch. It was a flighted delivery that drifted in. Bravo went forward. The ball dipped sharply on him and Bravo stuttered out to push it to the on side, Against the turn. Mistake. The ball landed and turned away. Pras collected and broke the stumps quickly and gracefully. Gone! Mahela and Sanga rush to envelop Rangana with a big hug 242/584.5 huge appeal, and he's been given lbw by Rauf. Baugh refers it immediately and I think he's being optimistic. Another orthodox left-arm spinner's delivery. Lands on a length on leg stump and Baugh goes for a sweep shot more in hope than anything. He misses and is struck flush in front of middle. The ball was breaking away, but not enough to miss off stump. Baugh is gone, West Indies are out of reviews. 253/790.2 you can go far and wide, but I doubt you will ever see a plumber lbw than that. Sammy has kept playing back to the spinners without always picking the variations, so this was on the cards. This was the orthodox left-arm spinner again from Herath, landed on off and middle and zipped through straight. Once again, Sammy tries to shuffle onto middle and off and work it to the leg side against the spin. He was bound to miss one of them. This was crashing into middle. Sammy's miserable run with the bat continues. 274/8Extras8 (lb 4, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL303/8 (103.3 Overs, RR: 2.92, 425 minutes)Did not bat: NT PascalFall of wickets: 1-0 (Chris Gayle, 0.1 ov), 2-115 (Devon Smith, 32.2 ov), 3-142 (Darren Bravo, 43.1 ov), 4-241 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 77.2 ov), 5-242 (Dwayne Bravo, 78.4 ov), 6-252 (Brendan Nash, 82.2 ov), 7-253 (Carlton Baugh, 84.5 ov), 8-274 (Daren Sammy, 90.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RAS Lakmal 17.3 5 41 1 2.34 0 0 AD Mathews 10 4 34 0 3.40 0 0 TM Dilshan 10 1 20 0 2.00 0 0 CRD Fernando 15 2 72 1 4.80 1 0 BAW Mendis 28 6 78 2 2.78 0 3 HMRKB Herath 23 5 54 4 2.34 0 0 Sri Lanka Team Tillakaratne Dilshan Allrounder Kumar Sangakkara (c) Tharanga Paranavitana Mahela Jayawardene Thilan Samaraweera Prasanna Jayawardene † Wicketkeeper Angelo Mathews Allrounder Rangana Herath Bowler Dilhara Fernando Bowler Ajantha Mendis Bowler Suranga Lakmal Bowler
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- Wed, 1 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 134/2 (DM Bravo 63*, S Chanderpaul 11*, 40 ov)
- Thu, 2 Dec - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 244/5 (BP Nash 62*, CS Baugh 0*, 81 ov)
- Fri, 3 Dec - day 3 - no play
- Sat, 4 Dec - day 4 - West Indies 1st innings 303/8 (SJ Benn 29*, KAJ Roach 12*, 103.3 ov)
- Sun, 5 Dec - day 5 - no play
Match Notes
- Rain: West Indies - 303/8 in 103.3 overs (SJ Benn 29, KAJ Roach 12)
- West Indies: 250 runs in 81.5 overs (494 balls), Extras 6
- Over 83.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - CS Baugh (Struck down)
- Over 84.5: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - CS Baugh (Struck down)
- New Ball Taken: West Indies 293/8 after 99.1 overs (SJ Benn 22, KAJ Roach 9)
- Drinks: West Indies - 297/8 in 101.0 overs (SJ Benn 26, KAJ Roach 9)
- Rain: West Indies - 297/8 in 101.0 overs (SJ Benn 26, KAJ Roach 9)
- Lunch: West Indies - 297/8 in 101.0 overs (SJ Benn 26, KAJ Roach 9)
- West Indies: 300 runs in 101.5 overs (614 balls), Extras 8
- Rain: West Indies - 303/8 in 103.3 overs (SJ Benn 29, KAJ Roach 12)
- Tea: West Indies - 303/8 in 103.3 overs (SJ Benn 29, KAJ Roach 12)
- Tea: West Indies - 303/8 in 103.3 overs (SJ Benn 29, KAJ Roach 12)
- End Of Day: West Indies - 303/8 in 103.3 overs (SJ Benn 29, KAJ Roach 12)
- Wet Ground: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- Rain: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- Lunch: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- Rain: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- End Of Day: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- Over 43.1: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - DM Bravo (Struck down)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 46.4 overs (282 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: West Indies - 172/3 in 53.0 overs (S Chanderpaul 23, BP Nash 21)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 83 balls (S Chanderpaul 16, BP Nash 34, Ex 0)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 61.1 overs (369 balls), Extras 5
- Over 64.1: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - S Chanderpaul (Upheld)
- BP Nash: 50 off 74 balls (5 x 4)
- Lunch: West Indies - 229/3 in 72.0 overs (S Chanderpaul 46, BP Nash 55)
- S Chanderpaul: 50 off 131 balls (3 x 4)
- Bad Light: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- Rain: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- Tea: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- Tea: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- End Of Day: West Indies - 244/5 in 81.0 overs (BP Nash 62, CS Baugh 0)
- West Indies 1st innings
- Wet Ground: West Indies - 0/0
- Lunch: West Indies - 45/1 in 15.0 overs (DS Smith 20, DM Bravo 23)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls (DS Smith 21, DM Bravo 28, Ex 2)
- Bad Light: West Indies - 69/1 in 23.3 overs (DS Smith 22, DM Bravo 44)
- Rain: West Indies - 69/1 in 23.3 overs (DS Smith 22, DM Bravo 44)
- Bad Light: West Indies - 69/1 in 23.3 overs (DS Smith 22, DM Bravo 44)
- Tea: West Indies - 69/1 in 23.3 overs (DS Smith 22, DM Bravo 44)
- DM Bravo: 50 off 84 balls (9 x 4)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 29.1 overs (176 balls), Extras 4
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 175 balls (DS Smith 41, DM Bravo 55, Ex 4)
- DS Smith: 50 off 94 balls (6 x 4)
- Over 31.5: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - DM Bravo (Struck down)
- Drinks: West Indies - 124/2 in 37.0 overs (DM Bravo 59, S Chanderpaul 5)
- Bad Light: West Indies - 134/2 in 40.0 overs (DM Bravo 63, S Chanderpaul 11)
- End Of Day: West Indies - 134/2 in 40.0 overs (DM Bravo 63, S Chanderpaul 11)
Match Coverage
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