West Indies Vs Sri Lanka – 2nd Test: Day 4 – Sri Lanka In The Lead

• The nightwatchman Rajitha and the debutante, Udawatte came out to bat and Gabriel was given the 1st over by Jason Holder.
• And, WI’s strike bowler struck in his 1st over as he pinned Rajitha lbw and after a successful appeal, sent him back on a duck.

• De Silva joined Udawatte. But his stay lasted only 3 overs as he gifted his wicket after chasing a wide delivery and Gabriel got his 3rd wicket.

• This was not the end of Sri Lanka’s troubles as 2 overs later, Roach snuffed out yet another wicket. This time it was Udawatte who got out after chipping it straight to extra cover.

• The Sri Lankan captain joined Mendis. West Indies kept the pressure and the two batsmen struggled for some time.
• But, soon they looked settled and brought their fifty run stand. At this point, Sri Lanka had extended their lead above 50 runs.
• Gabriel was brought back into the attack in hopes of getting a wicket. The bowler created some very good chances but couldn’t stop Mendis as he reached his fifty from sixty seven balls.

• One over after this milestone, lunch was called and also came the news of Sri Lanka’s captain Dinesh Chandimal being charged for ball-tampering incident.
• After lunch, spin was introduced into the attack in the form of Roston Chase.
• Chances were created by Chase but it didn’t stop Chandimal and Mendis to bring up the 1st 100-run partnership of this innings.

• But, 17 runs later, this match-defining partnership was broken by Roach who claimed the wicket of Sri Lanka’s captain Dinesh Chandimal.
• Roshen Silva joined Mendis. Both batsmen shared a extended the lead before play was stopped due to bad light.
• After play resumed, Gabriel struck in his 1st over to remove Mendis who fell 13 runs short of his century.
• Dickwella joined Roshen Silva. Both shared a nice partnership before Silva was dropped by Hope.

• This drop catch cost West Indies as the two batsmen extended their lead above 250 and Dickwella reached his fifty in the process.
• At this point, Roshen Silva was only 2 runs away from a well-deserved half-century, but he was denied of this milestone by Gabriel.
• The West Indian pacer claimed Silva’s wicket to complete his 10 wickets of the match and became the 1st WI bowler to do so against Sri Lanka.

• Dananjaya joined Dickwella. At this point, Sri Lanka were leading by 260 runs with 3 wickets in hand. Clearly, they were eyeing a total of 300-350 runs.
• But, Gabriel returned for his next over and removed Dickwella who returned after contributing a well-made 62 off 70 balls.

Dickwella departs. Good knock. May be a match winning one.

— Zaman Alferoz ?? (@ZamanX90) 17 June 2018

• Lakmal joined Dananjaya. Holder brought himself into the attack, intending to clean up the tail as soon as possible.
• But, the two batsmen held their ground as stumps were called. Sri Lanka ended their day on 287 runs with 2 wickets in hand.
• Day 5 would be very hard for WI in this West Indies Vs Sri Lanka test.

Niroshan Dickwella is the 2nd Sri Lankan WICKET KEEPER to score 50 or more at no 8 or lower batting position in a test innings. Previously Prasanna Jayawardena did it against England in 2012 scoring an epic 61 when SL were 115/7 at Galle. (SL won this match)#CricStatsSL#SLvWI

— ᴀQᴇᴇʙ (@AAQEEEB) 17 June 2018

From 48/4 to 326/8.

Great recovery Sri Lanka. When the series was on the line, too. ?#WIvSL #WIvsSL #Cricket

— CricBlog (@cric_blog) 17 June 2018

Why Indians are not overreacting on Dinesh chandimal , like they did with Smith #WIvSL

— Prashant (@Prashan22276790) 17 June 2018

If it turns out that Kusal Mendis, having watched Gabriel’s foot from the non-strikers’ end, had prompted that no-ball to be called to reprieve his partner, that’s one of the great pieces of cricketing awareness. #WIvSL

— Andrew Fidel Fernando (@andrewffernando) 17 June 2018

I hope the peoples of the West Indies are watching and relishing the outstanding bowling of Shannon Gabriel in this Test. #WIvSL

— Tim Mansfield (@tjm_1966) June 17, 2018

A @westindies fast bowler (Shannon Gabriel) has taken 10 wickets in a Test match after 6 years 2 months 3 days. The last one was Kemar Roach in the year 2012.#WIvSL

— FoMA Ramteke (@fomaramteke) June 17, 2018

Shannon gabriel is bowling cannons
We can termed him as CANNON GABRIEL @westindies #Cricket #Cricinfo25 #CricketMeriJaan @henrygayle

— Abhishek (@Abhikaushik5451) June 17, 2018

Honestly Kusal Mendis impresses me every time I see him bat. This knock in the 2nd innings at St.Lucia is no different. Well played. Still a long way to go though.

— Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket) 17 June 2018

Kusal Mendis not only in great form but spotted a front foot no ball to recall Chandimal when umpire missed. What great match awareness. Brilliant from @KusalMendis1. #WIvSL #SriLanka #LKA @ICC

— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) 17 June 2018

West Indies Vs Sri Lanka – 2nd Test: Day 3 – West Indies Stay On Track

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D Bishoo

DS Smith

JO Holder (Cpt.)

KAJ Roach

KC Brathwaite

KOA Powell

ML Cummins

RL Chase

SD Hope

SO Dowrich (Wkt.)

ST Gabriel

A Dananjaya

ARS Silva

BKG Mendis

CAK Rajitha

DM de Silva

LD Chandimal (Cpt.)

MDKJ Perera

ML Udawatte

N Dickwella (Wkt.)

RAS Lakmal

CBRLS Kumara