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          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

          Persistent rain wipes out fourth day

          • The Report by Deivarayan Muthu
          Oct 24, 2015, 03:00 AM ET

          West Indies 20 for 1 and 163 need another 224 runs to beat Sri Lanka 200 and 206
          Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

          Persistent rain forced the umpires to abandon the fourth day of the second Test at the P Sara Oval in Colombo at 3pm local time. The morning session was scheduled to start at 9.45am, after the final session on the third day was washed out, but a steady rain, to add to overnight showers, meant that no play was possible at all.

          Chasing 244 for their first Test win in Sri Lanka, West Indies had lost Kraigg Brathwaite lbw to Dhammika Prasad for 3, minutes before rain forced an early end on the third day.

          The second day of the Test was affected by rain as well, with the start getting delayed by 30 minutes. The forecast for the final day does not look promising either.

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          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.