Second test ends in tame finish as Windies, Sri Lanka draw series
NORTH SOUND REUTERS: West Indies and Sri Lanka settled for a tame draw in the second test after they both fell short of their respective last day targets on Friday.
Sri Lanka were 193-2 when the two captains agreed to end the game one hour before the scheduled close on the last day, still 184 runs short of their target and with the home side still needing eight more wickets for victory. West Indies were better placed to win, and secure series success, going into the final day. They needed to bowl out Sri Lanka, who were chasing an imposing target of 377.
But rain dampened both sides prospects as it delayed the start of play and then the dull surface offered little for both batsmen and bowlers.
Captain Dimuth Karunaratne returned to form with a cautious 75 runs and Oshada Fernando was 66 not out as Sri Lanka safely negotiated any bowling threat the West Indies might have posed.
Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne resumed on 29-0 and went on to put 101 for the first wicket before both being dismissed after lunch.
West Indies made 354 runs in their first innings to which Sri Lanka replied with 258. The home side declared their second innings on 280-4 late on the fourth day.
The first Test, played at the same venue, ended in a draw.
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| West Indies 1st innings Kraigg Brathwaite b Chameera …………………. 126 John Campbell c Dickwella b Lakmal ……………….. 5 Nkrumah Bonner b Lakmal ………………………. 0 Kyle Mayers c Dickwella b Fernando ………………. 49 Jermaine Blackwood c Dickwella b Lakmal……….. 18 Jason Holder c Thirimanne b de Silva …………….. 30 Joshua Da Silva c Dickwella b Chameera …………… 1 Alzarri Joseph lbw b Embuldeniya ……………….. 29 Rahkeem Cornwall c Fernando b Lakmal ………… 73 Kemar Roach c Dickwella b Chameera……………… 9 Shannon Gabriel not out ………………………… 1 Extras (6lb, 7nb) …………………………………… 13 Total (all out; 111.1 overs) ………………………….. 354 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Campbell), 2-15 (Bonner), 3-86 (Mayers), 4-120 (Blackwood), 5-171 (Holder), 6-185 (Da Silva), 7-222 (Joseph), 8-325 (Cornwall), 9-351 (Roach), 10-354 (Brathwaite) Bowling: Suranga Lakmal 28-11-94-4, Vishwa Fernando 27-4-71-1, Lasith Embuldeniya 25-5-88-1, Dushmantha Chameera 21.1-4-69-3, Dhananjaya de Silva 10-3-26-1 Sri Lanka 1st innings Dimuth Karunaratne c Bonner b Joseph ………….. 1 Lahiru Thirimanne b Roach …………………….. 55 Oshada Fernando lbw b Mayers ………………… 18 Dinesh Chandimal c (Sub) Walsh b Gabriel ………. 44 Dhananjaya de Silva lbw Blackwood …………… 39 Pathum Nissanka c (Sub) Walsh b Roach 51 Niroshan Dickwella c Da Silva b Holder 20 Suranga Lakmal c Brathwaite b Joseph 6 Dushmantha Chameera c Da Silva b Holder …….. 2 Lasith Embuldeniya not out …………………….. 5 Vishwa Fernando c Da Silva b Roach ……………… 0 Extras (4b, 5lb, 7nb, 1w) …………………………….. 17 Total (all out; 107 overs) ……………………………. 258 Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Karunaratne), 2-64 (Fernando), 3-77 (Thirimanne), 4-152 (Chandimal), 5-177 (de Silva), 6-203 (Dickwella), 7-214 (Lakmal), 8-231 (Chameera), 9-258 (Nissanka), 10-258 (Fernando) Bowling: Kemar Roach 18-5-58-3, Shannon Gabriel 16-3-37-1, Alzarri Joseph 22-4-64-2, Jason Holder 21-3-39-2, Kyle Mayers 11-7-10-1, Rahkeem Cornwall 15-5-25-0, Jermaine Blackwood 4-0-16-1 West Indies 2nd innings Kraigg Brathwaite b Chameera ………………….. 85 John Campbell c Dickwella b Lakmal ……………… 10 Jermaine Blackwood c Dickwella b Chameera …….. 18 Kyle Mayers lbw b Lakmal ……………………… 55 Jason Holder not out …………………………… 71 Joshua Da Silva not out ……………………….. 20 Extras (2b, 12lb, 6nb, 1w) …………………………… 21 Total (4 wickets decl; 72.4 overs) ……………………… 280 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Campbell), 2-58 (Blackwood), 3-140 (Mayers), 4-227 (Brathwaite) Did not bat: Bonner, Cornwall, Joseph, Roach, Gabriel Bowling: Suranga Lakmal 14-3-62-2, Vishwa Fernando 12.4-1-49-0, Dhananjaya de Silva 28-3-81-0, Dushmantha Chameera 18-0-74-2 Sri Lanka 2nd innings Lahiru Thirimanne c Cornwall b Joseph ………….. 39 Dimuth Karunaratne lbw b Mayers……………… 75 Oshada Fernando not out ……………………… 66 Dinesh Chandimal not out …………………….. 10 Extras (1lb, 1nb, 1w) …………………………………. 3 Total (2 wickets; 79 overs) …………………………… 193 Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Thirimanne), 2-146 (Karunaratne) Did not bat: de Silva, Nissanka, Dickwella, Lakmal, Fernando, Embuldeniya, Chameera Bowling: Kemar Roach 12-2-33-0, Jason Holder 10-3-24-0, Rahkeem Cornwall 26.4-8-53-0, Shannon Gabriel 5.2-2-20-0, Alzarri Joseph 10-2-33-1, Jermaine Blackwood 6-1-17-0, Kraigg Brathwaite 3-0-7-0, Kyle Mayers 6-4-5-1 |