WI vs SL 2nd Test Day 2 Stumps: Chandima-De Silva resurrect Lankan innings; SL-136/3 (61 ovs), trail by 218 runs

March 31, 2021

WI vs SL 2nd Test Day 2 Stumps: Chandima-De Silva resurrect Lankan innings; SL-136/3 (61 ovs), trail by 218 runs

Stumps Day 2: Sri Lanka 136 for 3 (Thirimanne 55) trail West Indies 354 (Brathwaite 126, Mayers 49, Cornwall 73, Lakmal 4-94, Chameera 3-69) by 218 runs

Kraigg Brathwaite achieved his ninth Test century in the first over of the day, before Rahkeem Cornwall and later Lahiru Thirimanne completed half-centuries during a rambling day of Test cricket that ended with neither team in the driver’s seat.

West Indies’ final 354 was more than Sri Lanka would have liked to concede. But at stumps, Sri Lanka had gotten to a fair 134 for 3.

Only six wickets fell today, notwithstanding that, only 203 runs were scored across 86 overs – a scoring rate of 2.36. Only Cornwall batted with adventure, in the first hour of the day, with both West Indies and Sri Lanka’s remaining batsmen choosing to dig in on a slow track.

The visitors had Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva not out at the close. Chandimal was 34 off 80; de Silva 23 off 95. Slow.

WI vs SL Live: Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bowl first.

SRI LANKA 1ST INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Dimuth Karunaratne (c)	c Bonner b Joseph	1	17	0	0	5.88
Lahiru Thirimanne	b Roach	55	106	6	0	51.89
Oshada Fernando	lbw b Mayers	18	71	1	0	25.35
Dinesh Chandimal	not out	34	80	5	0	42.50
Dhananjaya de Silva	not out	23	95	1	0	24.21
Extras	(lb 2, nb 3)	5
TOTAL	(61 Ov, RR: 2.22)	136/3

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 8.1 ov), 2-64 (Oshada Fernando, 29.4 ov), 3-77 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 35.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Kemar Roach	12	4	39	1	3.25	1
Shannon Gabriel	10	2	28	0	2.80	0
Alzarri Joseph	10	2	31	1	3.10	0
Jason Holder	12	2	20	0	1.67	2
Kyle Mayers	7	4	6	1	0.86	0
Rahkeem Cornwall	9	5	8	0	0.89	0
Jermaine Blackwood	1	0	2	0	2.00	0

West Indies 1st Innings: 354/10 (111.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Kraigg Brathwaite (C)	b PVD Chameera	126	311	13	0	40.51
John Campbell	c N Dickwella b S Lakmal	5	24	1	0	20.83
Nkrumah Bonner	b S Lakmal	0	6	0	0	0.00
Kyle Mayers	c N Dickwella b MVT Fernando	49	61	8	0	80.33
Jermaine Blackwood	c N Dickwella b S Lakmal	18	29	2	1	62.07
Jason Holder	c L Thirimanne b D de Silva	30	34	5	0	88.24
Joshua Da Silva (WK)	c N Dickwella b PVD Chameera	1	35	0	0	2.86
Alzarri Joseph	lbw b L Embuldeniya	29	41	3	1	70.73
Rahkeem Cornwall	c MVT Fernando b S Lakmal	73	92	10	1	79.35
Kemar Roach	c N Dickwella b PVD Chameera	9	36	1	0	25.00
Shannon Gabriel	Not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
Extra	13 (b 0, w 0, nb 7, lb 6)
Total	354/10 (111.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Suranga Lakmal	28	11	94	4	3.36
Vishwa Fernando	27	4	71	1	2.63
Lasith Embuldeniya	25	5	88	1	3.52
Dushmantha Chameera	21.1	4	69	3	3.26
Dhananjaya de Silva	10	3	26	1	2.60

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
John Campbell	1-11	6.6
Nkrumah Bonner	2-15	8.6
Kyle Mayers	3-86	27.3
Jermaine Blackwood	4-120	37.2
Jason Holder	5-171	48.1
J Da Silva	6-185	57.3
Alzarri Joseph	7-222	68.1
Rahkeem Cornwall	8-325	99.1
Kemar Roach	9-351	109.5
Kraigg Brathwaite	10-354	111.1

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Match: West Indies vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of West Indies, 2021

Date: Monday, March 29, 2021 – Friday, April 02, 2021

Time: 7:30 PM

Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

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