GEORGETOWN, Guyana – West Indies, replying to Sri Lanka’s 476 for eight declared, were 29 for one at the close of the second day of the first Digicel Test at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence on Sunday.
SCORES:
Sri Lanka 476-8 declared (Mahela Jayawardene 136, Malinda Warnapura 120, Chaminda Vaas 54 not out, Michael Vandort 52, Kumar Sangakkara 50, Prasanna Jayawardene 21; Jerome Taylor 4-110, Chris Gayle 2-66).
West Indies 29-1 (Ramnaresh Sarwan 21 not out).
| West Indies v Sri Lanka | |||||
| National Stadium, Providence, Guyana | |||||
| 22 March, 2008 (5-day match) | |||||
| Toss: Sri Lanka | |||||
| Umpires: Billy Bowden, Simon Taufel | |||||
| TV Umpire: Clyde Duncan | |||||
| Match Result: | |||||
| Man of the Match: | |||||
| Sri Lanka 1st innings | |||||
| M. Vandort | lbw | b Taylor | 52 | ||
| M. Warnapura | c +Ramdin | b Bravo | 120 | ||
| +K. Sangakkara | c Smith | b Taylor | 50 | ||
| *M. Jayawardene | lbw | b Gayle | 136 | ||
| T. Samaraweera | c sub (Dowlin) | b Taylor | 0 | ||
| T. Dilshan | lbw | b Taylor | 20 | ||
| +P. Jayawardene | b Powell | 21 | |||
| C. Vaas | not out | 54 | |||
| M. Mirando | c sub (Dowlin) | b Gayle | 0 | ||
| H. Herath | not out | 13 | |||
| Extras | (lb 7, w 1, nb 2) | 10 | |||
| Total | (8 wickets declared; 162 overs) | 476 | |||
| Did not bat: M. Muralitharan | |||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-130 (Vandort), 2-205 (Warnapura), 3-243 (Sangakkara), 4-243 (Samaraweera), 5-277 (Dilshan), 6-331 (P. Jayawardene), 7-457 (M. Jayawardene), 8-459 (Mirando) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | |
| D. Powell | 29 | 3 | 89 | 1 | |
| J. Taylor | 33 | 8 | 110 | 4 | |
| C. Gayle | 27 | 4 | 66 | 2 | |
| D. Bravo | 30 | 3 | 74 | 1 | (2nb, 1w) |
| S. Benn | 40 | 6 | 120 | 0 | |
| R. Hinds | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| West Indies 1st innings | |||||
| *C. Gayle | lbw | b Vaas | 0 | ||
| D. Smith | not out | 8 | |||
| R. Sarwan | not out | 21 | |||
| Extras | 20 | ||||
| Total | (wicket; 16 overs) | 29 | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | |
| C. Vaas | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |
| T. Thushara Mirando | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| T. Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| M. Muralitharan | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| H. Herath | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
