West Indies Vs Sri Lanka 1st Test

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Test Series		 West Indies Vs Sri lanka
             Match Basics
1st Test Match – Day 5: West Indies Vs Sri Lanka
Date: 10th June, 2018
Venue: Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough, Aleem Dar
Toss won by: West Indies , elected to bat first
Result: West Indies won by 226 runs
Man Of The Match: Shane Dowrich
 Scorecard Summary
West Indies’s 1st Innings: 414/8d (154 Overs, RR: 2.68)
Sri Lanka’s 1st Innings: 185 all out (55.4 Overs, RR: 3.32)
West Indies’s 2nd Innings: 223/7d (72 Overs, RR: 3.09)
Sri Lanka’s 2nd Innings: 226 all out (83.2 Overs, RR: 2.71)
Performers – Day 5: 
Batting: Kusal Mendis 102 off 210 balls, Angelo Matthews 31 off 80 balls, Dinesh Chandimal 27 off 83 balls.
Bowling: Roston Chase 4/15 in .2 overs, D Bishoo 3/48 in 9 overs, Gabriel 2/52 in 15 overs, Jason Holder 1/24 in 14 overs.
Highlights & Analysis
West Indies Vs Sri Lanka: SL 2nd Innings (Continued)

  • The pitch had opened up on Day 5 and was going to offer uneven bounce that could become a problem for the batsmen.
  • Sri Lanka needed 277 runs to win this test. With some hints of clouds but no real threat of any rain Sri Lankan batsmen, Gamage and Mendis came on to bat.
  • It was only a matter of time before Mendis who was on 94* runs scored the remaining 6 runs and brought up his 5th Test hundred.

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  • But, Mendis couldn’t hold out for long. As after getting hit on the finger in the previous over by Gabriel, Mendis fell to the same bowler in his next over.
  • Gamage was now joined by Dinesh Chandimal. But the pair could only add 6 more runs to the scoreboard, before Bishoo pinned Gamage lbw.

  • Sri Lanka had now lost half their wickets and still needed 258 runs to win this test.
  • Chandimal was joined by Dickwella and these two were the last hope for Sri Lanka to either draw or win this test.

  • Both these batsmen resisted WI attack for a while and took Sri Lanka to 200 runs. But, West Indies were not giving away too many runs and this was building pressure on these two batsmen.
  • WI needed wickets at this point or Sri Lanka would run away with this match. This is when Holder’s move to bring Chase into the attack worked.
  • As, the spinner took 2 wickets in his 7th over to send Dickwella and Chandimal back to the pavilion. With these wickets, West Indies Vs Sri Lanka completely turned over its head.
  • At this point, Sri Lanka were 7 down, but still needed 231 runs to win.

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  • Furthermore, with these 2 wickets, West Indies had now exclusive access to Sri Lanka’s bowling line-up. On the other hand, Sri Lanka needed a miracle to draw this test with the last 3 batsmen.
  • But, the pitch was assisting spinners and Holder’s persistence with Bishoo and Chase was working.

  • The 8th wicket fell in no time and this time it was Bishoo who took the wicket of Rangana Herath.
  • And, it was only a matter of time before the last two wickets fell to Chase in the same over and West Indies won the test.

Cricket fans were ecstatic and congratulatory messages from cricket lovers and fans flooded the social media:

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Teams
West Indies Sri Lanka

D Bishoo

DS Smith

JO Holder (Cpt.)

KAJ Roach

KC Brathwaite

KOA Powell

ML Cummins

RL Chase

SD Hope

SO Dowrich (Wkt.)

ST Gabriel

AD Mathews

ARS Silva

BKG Mendis

CBRLS Kumara

HMRKB Herath

LD Chandimal (Cpt.)

MDK Perera

MDKJ Perera

N Dickwella (Wkt.)

PLS Gamage

RAS Lakmal
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