Galle (Sri Lanka): The first test match against West Indies faced heavy difficulties on Monday. Sri Lanka In reply to the hosts’ first innings total of 386, they were reduced to 113 for six at stumps on the second day.
The tourists, hunting for their maiden Test victory in Sri Lanka, trailed by 273 runs with four wickets in Galle.
After Sri Lanka failed to pick up fast wickets, spinners switched to off-spinners Ramesh Mendis Took three wickets and left-arm orthodox pair Praveen Jayavikrama and Lasith Embuldenia Shared three wickets between them.
opener Craig Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood had added 46 runs for the first wicket before Embuldeniya managed to trap Blackwood for 20 runs leg-before.
Jayavikrama was working from city end and Nkrumah Bonner scored at first slip where Dhananjay de Silva took a low catch. He made one.
Then in the 32nd over, Jayavikrama was replaced by off-spinner Mendis and he took two wickets in two balls to put West Indies in all sorts of trouble.
He hit a boundary off the last ball of his first over when Brathwaite was caught at leg slip.
Brathwaite scored 41 off 115 balls with seven fours and successfully reversed a decision before tea.
Mendis again hit a four off the first ball of his second over. Shai Hope Oshada Fernando takes a catch at short leg. He 10.
Hope came in as the concussion substitute for Jeremy Solozano. On his Test debut, Sollozano was taken to hospital on the first morning when a full-blood pull shot from Dimuth Karunaratne went into his helmet grille.
He spent the night under observation but scans showed there were no serious injuries other than the injury and he returned to Galle and spent time at the team hotel after being discharged.
Jayavikrama switched sides and came on to take the second wicket from Dutch Fort End as Jomel Warican dismissed wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal and then ended a review as West Indies’ middle order fell for four wickets for 20 runs.
Earlier, West Indies had bundled out Sri Lanka for 386 runs. Roston Chase Claims to take five wickets.
Among his victims was Dimuth Karunaratne, whose class 147 came to an end when Joshua da Silva completed a smart stumping.
Karunaratne was involved in over two hundred stands along with Pathum Nisanka (56) and Dhananjaya de Silva (61). Chandimal scored 45 runs.
The tourists, hunting for their maiden Test victory in Sri Lanka, trailed by 273 runs with four wickets in Galle.
After Sri Lanka failed to pick up fast wickets, spinners switched to off-spinners Ramesh Mendis Took three wickets and left-arm orthodox pair Praveen Jayavikrama and Lasith Embuldenia Shared three wickets between them.
opener Craig Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood had added 46 runs for the first wicket before Embuldeniya managed to trap Blackwood for 20 runs leg-before.
Jayavikrama was working from city end and Nkrumah Bonner scored at first slip where Dhananjay de Silva took a low catch. He made one.
Then in the 32nd over, Jayavikrama was replaced by off-spinner Mendis and he took two wickets in two balls to put West Indies in all sorts of trouble.
He hit a boundary off the last ball of his first over when Brathwaite was caught at leg slip.
Brathwaite scored 41 off 115 balls with seven fours and successfully reversed a decision before tea.
Mendis again hit a four off the first ball of his second over. Shai Hope Oshada Fernando takes a catch at short leg. He 10.
Hope came in as the concussion substitute for Jeremy Solozano. On his Test debut, Sollozano was taken to hospital on the first morning when a full-blood pull shot from Dimuth Karunaratne went into his helmet grille.
He spent the night under observation but scans showed there were no serious injuries other than the injury and he returned to Galle and spent time at the team hotel after being discharged.
Jayavikrama switched sides and came on to take the second wicket from Dutch Fort End as Jomel Warican dismissed wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal and then ended a review as West Indies’ middle order fell for four wickets for 20 runs.
Earlier, West Indies had bundled out Sri Lanka for 386 runs. Roston Chase Claims to take five wickets.
Among his victims was Dimuth Karunaratne, whose class 147 came to an end when Joshua da Silva completed a smart stumping.
Karunaratne was involved in over two hundred stands along with Pathum Nisanka (56) and Dhananjaya de Silva (61). Chandimal scored 45 runs.
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