22/10Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Oct 22-26 2015
Sri Lanka won by 72 runs
Player of the Match
Milinda SiriwardanaSri Lanka
22/10Result
2nd Test, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Oct 22-26 2015
Sri Lanka won by 72 runs
Player of the Match
Milinda SiriwardanaSri Lanka

Day 5

Day 4

Day 3

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Brathwaite six-for sets West Indies 244 target

Part-time offspinner Kraigg Brathwaite took six wickets but contrasting forties from Milinda Siriwardana and Angelo Mathews helped Sri Lanka set West Indies a target of 244 on the third day in Colombo

Day 2

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Sri Lanka grow lead after West Indies' 163

Dhammika Prasad took four wickets while the spinners claimed the rest as Sri Lanka gained a lead of 37, which was built further by Kaushal Silva and Kusal Mendis

Day 1

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Debutant Warrican takes four, Sri Lanka out for 200

Buoyed by a quicker pitch with some live grass on it, West Indies' three-pronged pace attack made light work of Sri Lanka's top order before Jomel Warrican claimed four wickets to wrap up the Sri Lankan innings at 200

Others

2620dAndrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

West Indies suffer a Chaplinesque collapse

Their batsmen found themselves in a punctured raft, taking turns blowing air into it, but they soon ran out of breath. Before long, they were all in the water, with Sri Lanka's close-in fielders encircling them like sharks

2620dAndrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Mathews hails 'great find' Siriwardana

Angelo Mathews has hailed man-of-the-match Milinda Siriwardana as a "great find" following Sri Lanka's 72-run victory over West Indies which sealed a 2-0 whitewash

2620dAndrew Fidel Fernando

Holder confident of better fielding show

The costly drops and missed run-outs in the Galle Test have spurred West Indies to renew their focus on fielding in the approach to the second Test

2620dAndrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Warrican buoyed by Sobers' message

Jomel Warrican called his four-wicket performance on debut "average", but his day was made when he received his maiden Test cap from Garry Sobers

2620dAndrew Fidel Fernando in Colombo

Kusal Mendis has earned his place - Mathews

With 20-year-old Kusal Mendis likely to debut, the top order will be light on experience, but captain Angelo Mathews said Sri Lanka had little choice but to take the risk

An encore needed

2

No. of 50+ scores Holder has made from the 3 times he has batted in the 4th inns of a Test before this; scores of 103* and 52.

Receding hope

60

Runs added by the 2nd-wkt stand between Hope and Bravo. WI lost 3 wickets for 22 runs after that.

Useful part-timer

131

Wickets Siriwardana had taken in first-class cricket before this Test. He has taken 3 in his first 11 overs in this Test.

Bravo, Hope

39

WI's highest stand in this Test before the one between Hope and Bravo. Brathwaite and Samuels had added 39 in the first inns.

Not a very tall ask

29.00

Batsmen's average on the fifth day at P Sara in the last five Tests. WI need their batsmen to average 24.89 today.

Brathwaite doubles, and some

3

Wickets Kraigg Brathwaite had taken in first-class matches before this Test. He's taken 5 in this innings.

Angelo at P Sara

55.60

Mathews' batting ave at P Sara Oval before this Test. He has hit a fifty-plus scores in each of his last four Tests here.

Missing opening act

8

Runs by the opening stand in 3 inns in this Test. Only the third wicket has averaged worse - adding just 4 runs in 2 inns.

Unexpected lead

2006

Last time before this SL took 1st-inns lead after making 200 or fewer when batting 1st, against Pak at the SSC.

Prasad at P Sara

4

Wickets by Prasad in this innings - his third four-wicket haul in three Tests this year at P Sara Oval.

Dhammika's good morning

3

Wickets by Prasad in this inns - his best against WI in three Tests. He returned figures of 5-2-8-2 in his 1st spell on Day 2.

One of a quartet

4

No. of WI left-arm spinners to take a 4-wkt haul or better on Test debut including Warrican . Alf Valentine's 8-for on debut is the only five-for.

Five down for a few

2008

Last and only time before this inns SL lost half their side against WI for a lower score in Tests. They had been 73 for 5 in Port of Spain.