West Indies began their reply well, the openers punishing the Sri Lankan Board XI new ball bowlers, and adding 98 for the opening wicket.
Simmons eventually fell for a hard hitting 40, before Haynes followed not long after for 61.
It was at this point the home side's spinners created a hold from which they never let the batsman slip, and thereafter only Richardson with a fighting 42 made much headway.
Taking advantage of a turning pitch which was now offering a lot of assistance to nearly all deliveries by spinners, offspinner Kalpage claimed 5-28.
With part timer Russell Arnold also revelling in the conditions to take 3 wickets, West Indies were bundled out for 200, to hand the home side a valuable 76 run first innings lead.
The Sri Lankan Board XI now batting again, with captain Arjuna Ranatunga possibly facing a difficult condition about when to declare to leave enough time for his bowlers on a wearing pitch.
West Indies 1st Innings 200/10 All Out (Overs 65.1)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Haynes | lbw | b UDU Chandana | 61 | 110 | 93 | 2 | 0 |
| PV Simmons | c RP Arnold | b RS Kalpage | 40 | 97 | 72 | 7 | 0 |
| RB Richardson* | b RP Arnold | 42 | 78 | 74 | 5 | 0 | |
| AL Logie | c RP Arnold | b RS Kalpage | 13 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| CA Best | lbw | b HDPK Dharmasena | 5 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| CB Lambert | c S Ranatunga | b RS Kalpage | 8 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| JR Murray | c S Ranatunga | b RP Arnold | 0 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| RA Harper | c S Ranatunga | b RS Kalpage | 10 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| MD Marshall | b RP Arnold | 14 | 30 | 31 | 3 | 0 | |
| BP Patterson | not out | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| CA Walsh | b RS Kalpage | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| extras | (b1 lb0 w2 nb1) | 4 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 200 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-98(PV Simmons) 2-103(DL Haynes) 3-141(AL Logie) 4-165(CA Best) |
| 5-167(RB Richardson) 6-173(CB Lambert) 7-175(JR Murray) 8-197(RA Harper) |
| 9-197(MD Marshall) 10-200(CA Walsh) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 10 | 1 | 42 | 0 |
| KSC de Silva | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| A Ranatunga | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| HDPK Dharmasena | 10 | 2 | 26 | 1 |
| UDU Chandana | 9 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| RS Kalpage | 14.1 | 2 | 28 | 5 |
| RP Arnold | 11 | 3 | 29 | 3 |
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