Sri Lanka A v West Indies - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - West Indies 1st Innings

Sri Lanka A v West Indies - 3 day First Class match 1991/2 - Premadasa Stadium Colombo

West Indies won the toss and batted first on a pitch expected to help the spinners more as the match progressed.
All their batsmen spent time in the middle against a lacklustre attack, with young superstar Brian Lara leading the way with an entertaining century.
With captain Richardson, and middle order batsman Jimmy Adams also passing 50, West Indies scored quickly and declared about an hour before Stumps on Day 1 with the score at 320/6.
Labrooy was the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers in a mostly disappointing effort by the home side, but the star of the day was Lara.
His battle with young spinner Muralitharan was particularly entertaining, a contest that would come to symbolise contests between the two sides throughout the 90's.

West Indies 1st Innings 320/6 Declared (Overs 83)

Batsman	Fieldsman	Bowler	Runs	Min	Bls	4s	6s
DL Haynes		b DK Liyanage	28	69	51	4	0
PV Simmons		b GF Labrooy	16	23	18	2	0
RB Richardson		b ST Jayasuriya	62	100	80	10	1
BC Lara		b EAR de Silva	125	215	188	14	0
JC Adams	st RS Kaluwitharana	b MAWR Madurasinghe	58	113	112	4	0
CL Hooper		b G Labrooy	17	49	36	1	0
D Williams+	not out		8	14	10	2	0
IR Bishop	not out		1	10	5	0	0
CEL Ambrose	dnb
CA Walsh	dnb
BP Patterson	dnb
extras		(b3 lb0 w0 nb2)	5
TOTAL		6 wickets for	320

FOW
1-26(PV Simmons) 2-63(DL Haynes) 3-138(RB Richardson) 4-277(JC Adams)
5-311(BC Lara) 6-311(C Hooper)

Bowler	Overs	Maid	Runs	Wkts
GF Labrooy	11	1	45	2
DK Liyanage	12	0	37	1
UC Hathurasingha	10	2	51	0
MAR Samarasekera	7	0	34	0
MAWR Madurasinghe	10	0	53	1
M Muralitharan	15	0	64	0
EAR de Silva	9	2	23	1
ST Jayasuriya	9	2	10	1

Brian Lara scored 125 to put West Indies in control on Day 1 of their 3 day match