Speedster Jason Holder picked up an excellent 5-wicket haul with the ball as West Indies skittled out Sri Lanka for just 169 runs on day one of the first Test match between the two sides commenced yesterday (21st March) at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
West Indies’ skipper Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and invited the visitors to take the first lease of the wicket. The 22-year old Pathum Nissanka was handed his maiden Test cap for Sri Lanka and he became the 155th Test cricketer to represent the country.
The skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne opened the innings for Sri Lanka but after seeing off the new ball in first 10 overs, Karunaratne threw his wicket away for 12 runs to the off spinner Rahkeem Cornwall.
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In the 16th over of the innings, Oshada Fernando was undone by some brilliant fielding from the opposition skipper Brathwaite for just 4 runs. The number four batsman Chandimal too didn’t stay at the crease for long as he fell to the last ball of the first session after making just 4 runs off 25 balls.
Dhananjaya de Silva who came to bat number 5 looked good in post-lunch but a peach of a delivery from Kemar Roach dismissed him for 13 runs. The debutant Nissanka didn’t have the greatest of starts as he fell for just 9 runs leaving Sri Lanka reelin at 92 for 5.
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Niroshan Dickwella and set batsman Thirimanne stabilized things for Sri Lanka for a while building a 58-run partnership for the seventh wicket before Dickwella threw his wicket away as well.
After Dickwella’s dismissal, there was no significant contribution with the bat from Sri Lanka’s tale as they were shot out for 169 runs in 69.4 overs. Thirimanne top scored for the visitors with a fighting knock of 70 runs off 180 balls with 4 fours.
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The speedster Jason Holder was impressive with the ball for the hosts as he bagged his eighth 5-wicket haul in Test cricket for 27 runs.
In reply, the skipper Brathwaite and John Campbell opened the innings for the hosts and they were very watchful with the bat as they scored just 13 runs in the 13 overs they batted together.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimuth Karunarathne | c John Campbell b Rahkeem Cornwall | 12 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 27.91 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | b Jason Holder | 70 | 180 | 4 | 0 | 38.89 |
| Oshada Fernando | run out () | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | c Joshua Da Silva b Jason Holder | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | b Kemar Roach | 13 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Pathum Nissanka | c Jason Holder b Kemar Roach | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | c Rahkeem Cornwall b Jason Holder | 32 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 42.11 |
| Suranga Lakmal | c Kraig Brathwaite b Jason Holder | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.08 |
| Dushmantha Chameera | b Kemar Roach | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | lbw b Jason Holder | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Vishwa Fernando | not out | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
| Extras | 16 (b 4 , lb 6 , nb 1, w 5, pen 0) |
| Total | 169/10 (69.4 Overs, RR: 2.43) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemar Roach | 16 | 2 | 47 | 3 | 2.94 | |
| Shannon Gabriel | 9 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2.44 | |
| Rahkeem Cornwall | 14 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 1.79 | |
| Alzarri Joseph | 11 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 2.91 | |
| Jason Holder | 17.4 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 1.55 | |
| Kyle Mayers | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraig Brathwaite | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Suranga Lakmal | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 6.98 |
| John Campbell | c Niroshan Dickwella b Dushmantha Chameera | 42 | 148 | 4 | 0 | 28.38 |
| Nkrumah Bonner | lbw b Lasith Embuldeniya | 31 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 49.21 |
| Kyle Mayers | c Dhananjaya de Silva b Suranga Lakmal | 45 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 64.29 |
| Jermaine Blackwood | b Suranga Lakmal | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Jason Holder | b Suranga Lakmal | 19 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 31.15 |
| Joshua Da Silva | c Niroshan Dickwella b Dushmantha Chameera | 46 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 37.10 |
| Alzarri Joseph | c Dinesh Chandimal b Suranga Lakmal | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rahkeem Cornwall | b Vishwa Fernando | 61 | 85 | 9 | 2 | 71.76 |
| Kemar Roach | not out | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Shannon Gabriel | lbw b Vishwa Fernando | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 17 (b 1 , lb 6 , nb 9, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 271/10 (103 Overs, RR: 2.63) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suranga Lakmal | 25 | 9 | 47 | 5 | 1.88 | |
| Vishwa Fernando | 17 | 6 | 52 | 2 | 3.06 | |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 22 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 3.23 | |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | 28 | 6 | 64 | 1 | 2.29 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2.73 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahiru Thirimanne | b Kemar Roach | 76 | 201 | 4 | 0 | 37.81 |
| Dimuth Karunarathne | c John Campbell b Kemar Roach | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.08 |
| Oshada Fernando | c Joshua Da Silva b Kyle Mayers | 91 | 149 | 11 | 0 | 61.07 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | c Joshua Da Silva b Kyle Mayers | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | b Alzarri Joseph | 50 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 63.29 |
| Pathum Nissanka | c Kemar Roach b Rahkeem Cornwall | 103 | 252 | 6 | 0 | 40.87 |
| Niroshan Dickwella | b Kemar Roach | 96 | 163 | 8 | 0 | 58.90 |
| Suranga Lakmal | run out () | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | c Kyle Mayers b Rahkeem Cornwall | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Dushmantha Chameera | c Jason Holder b Rahkeem Cornwall | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 90.91 |
| Vishwa Fernando | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 29 (b 13 , lb 5 , nb 11, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 476/10 (149.5 Overs, RR: 3.18) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemar Roach | 27 | 3 | 74 | 3 | 2.74 | |
| Shannon Gabriel | 18 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 3.72 | |
| Jason Holder | 22 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 1.82 | |
| Alzarri Joseph | 21 | 2 | 83 | 1 | 3.95 | |
| Rahkeem Cornwall | 42.5 | 4 | 137 | 3 | 3.22 | |
| Kraig Brathwaite | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 3.33 | |
| Kyle Mayers | 9 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2.67 | |
| Jermaine Blackwood | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraig Brathwaite | b Lasith Embuldeniya | 23 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 18.55 |
| John Campbell | c Niroshan Dickwella b Vishwa Fernando | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 73.33 |
| Nkrumah Bonner | not out | 113 | 274 | 13 | 1 | 41.24 |
| Kyle Mayers | c Lahiru Thirimanne b Lasith Embuldeniya | 52 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 46.02 |
| Jermaine Blackwood | b Vishwa Fernando | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13.79 |
| Jason Holder | not out | 18 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 37.50 |
| Extras | 15 (b 4 , lb 8 , nb 3, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 236/4 (100 Overs, RR: 2.36) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suranga Lakmal | 25 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 1.32 | |
| Vishwa Fernando | 19 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 3.84 | |
| Lasith Embuldeniya | 28 | 9 | 62 | 2 | 2.21 | |
| Dushmantha Chameera | 18 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 2.44 | |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | 10 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1.20 | |
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