Sri Lanka have bounced back from conceding 102-run lead to put themselves back in the game against West Indies at the end of day three of the first Test in North Sound.
Suranga Lakmal’s fourth five-for – 5/47 – helped Sri Lanka restrict West Indies to 271, although the latter’s total was pushed by Joshua Da Silva (46) and Rahkeem Cornwall (61) in a 90-run stand for the eighth wicket.
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Cornwall played 85 balls, hitting 9 fours and 2 sixes, in his first Test half-century.
Opener Lahiru Thirimanne and one down Oshada Fernando took Sri Lanka past the lead despite losing the captain Dimuth Karunaratne for 3. The pair put on 182-run partnership as both fell short of centuries.
Kyle Mayers made inroads sending Oshada and Dinesh Chandimal in his consecutive overs. Kemar Roach then castled Thirimanne’s stumps to add a scare to the visitors.
Dhananjaya de Silva (46* off 74) and debutant Pathum Nissanka (21* off 74) played out the last hour of the day to take Sri Lanka to 255 for 4 as the lead has crossed 150-mark.
Oshada made 91 off 149 with 11 boundaries, falling shy of a second Test ton. While Thirimanne backed up first innings score 70 with 201-ball 76 (4 fours) in the second.
Brief scores:
Sri Lanka 1st innings: 169
West Indies 1st innings: 271 in 103 overs (Cornwall 61, Da Silva 46; Lakmal 5/47, Vishwa 2/52)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings: 255/4 in 86 overs (Oshada 91, Thirimanne 76; Mayers 2/10, Roach 2/28)
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