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November 26, 2010, Friday
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PART-TIME bowler Tillakaratne Dilshan snapped up two West Indies wickets within the space of three balls to tilt the balance of the second test in favor of Sri Lanka on the third day in Colombo yesterday.
At the close West Indies were 165 for five in reply to Sri Lanka's 387 for nine declared with play ending 52 minutes after tea due to bad light. West Indies trail by 222 runs.
Dilshan, bowling his off-breaks, first broke a threatening fourth wicket partnership of 83 between Darren Bravo and Brendan Nash. He trapped Nash LBW for 29 with a straight ball which the batsman played for the turn.
Two balls later Bravo, who had been batting confidently, played a loose drive and spooned the ball to cover point where Rangana Herath made a lot of ground and took a spectacular catch inches off the ground. Bravo hit a test best 80.
West Indies, having lost opener Adrian Barath cheaply before the lunch break, suffered two big losses in the afternoon session when Sri Lanka captured the wickets of Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Gayle, who made a memorable triple century in the drawn first test at Galle, had made 30 when he was trapped beautifully into a pull shot by Suranga Lakmal which ended in the hands of Angelo Mathews at deep square leg. It was debutant Lakmal's first test wicket.
Earlier, Sri Lanka declared its first innings after adding 93 runs to its overnight total. Skipper Kumar Sangakkara completed his 13th score of 150 runs in tests before Darren Sammy had him caught by Gayle at first slip.
At the close West Indies were 165 for five in reply to Sri Lanka's 387 for nine declared with play ending 52 minutes after tea due to bad light. West Indies trail by 222 runs.
Dilshan, bowling his off-breaks, first broke a threatening fourth wicket partnership of 83 between Darren Bravo and Brendan Nash. He trapped Nash LBW for 29 with a straight ball which the batsman played for the turn.
Two balls later Bravo, who had been batting confidently, played a loose drive and spooned the ball to cover point where Rangana Herath made a lot of ground and took a spectacular catch inches off the ground. Bravo hit a test best 80.
West Indies, having lost opener Adrian Barath cheaply before the lunch break, suffered two big losses in the afternoon session when Sri Lanka captured the wickets of Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Gayle, who made a memorable triple century in the drawn first test at Galle, had made 30 when he was trapped beautifully into a pull shot by Suranga Lakmal which ended in the hands of Angelo Mathews at deep square leg. It was debutant Lakmal's first test wicket.
Earlier, Sri Lanka declared its first innings after adding 93 runs to its overnight total. Skipper Kumar Sangakkara completed his 13th score of 150 runs in tests before Darren Sammy had him caught by Gayle at first slip.
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