Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2nd Test, Day 2 Match Report

23rd October 2015 (CRICKETNMORE) - Sri Lankan right-arm medium pacer Dhammika Prasad (4/34) helped the home team to take 37 runs lead in the first innings. West Indies were bowled out for just 163 runs. Prasad was well supported by D Perera (3/28).

For West Indies, opener K Brathwaite scored 47 whereas skipper Jason Holder remained the second highest scorer with 21 runs. Sri Lanka were 76/2 at stumps on day 2 of the second test match.

Sri Lanka have now taken a lead of 113 runs.

Sri Lanka vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Day 2 (Scorecard)

Toss - Angelo Mathews  (Sri Lanka) won the toss and elected to bat first.

Venue - P Sara Stadium in Colombo

Sri Lanka (1st Innings) - 200/10 in 66 Overs (Milinda Siriwardana - 68, Rangana Herath - 26*, Dinesh Chandimal - 25, Jomel Warrican - 4/67, Jason Holder - 2/22, Jerome Taylor - 2/50).

West Indies Innings - 163/10 in 64.2 Overs (K Brathwaite - 47, J Holder - 21, Dhammika Prasad  - 4/34, D Perera - 3/28, M Siriwardana - 2/26, R Herath - 1/39)

Sri Lanka (3rd Innings) - 76/2 in 31 Overs (K Mendis - 39, K Silva - 31, J Taylor - 1/15)

Squads (Playing XI)

West Indies - Kraigg Brathwaite, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels,Jermaine Blackwood, Denesh Ramdin, Jason Holder, Devendra Bishoo, Jerome Taylor, Kemar Roach, Jomel Warrican

Sri Lanka - Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal,Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana, Kusal Perera, Dilruwan Perera,Rangana Herath, Nuwan Pradeep, Dhammika Prasad

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