Pitch: 7B - Ball keeping low - favours all bowlers
Weather: 2 - Hot and sunny
Toss: West Indies
With the ball keeping low, West Indies elected to give their bowlers first use of the pitch.
A couple of early wickets to Ambrose had them on top, before the Ranatunga brothers, Dhammika, and captain Arjuna wrested control.
Dhammika Ranatunga went on to a solid 77, and older brother Arjuna a quicker 60, but when they fell Hooper ran through the middle order, and Winston Benjamin finished off the tail.
Sri Lankan Board XI had only posted a disappointing 197 from 48.4, failing to bat out their overs in a disappointing to end to their innings, wasting a solid platform.
Hooper was the best of the bowlers, continuing his good limited overs form with the ball.
In reply, Haynes and Simmons made quick starts before Haynes was yorked by Vaas, and Simmons caught in the slips off Sajeewa de Silva.
At 52/2 West Indies had work to do, but a magnificent partnership between Richardson and Lara settled the match, the pair adding 125 off 22.3 overs before Lara fell with victory in sight.
A boundary to Man of the Match Richardson handed West Indies a 7 wicket victory, their second on tour in 50 over games, putting their tour back on track.
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match: R.B.Richardson
Sri Lankan Board XI 1st Innings 197/10 All Out (Overs
48.4)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Ranatunga | c JC Adams | b C Hooper | 77 | 165 | 117 | 10 | 0 |
| DP Samaraweera | lbw | b CEL Ambrose | 14 | 40 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| S Ranatunga | c&b CEL Ambrose | 6 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| A Ranatunga* | lbw | b MD Marshall | 60 | 94 | 68 | 8 | 0 |
| RP Arnold | b C Hooper | 15 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 0 | |
| AGD Wickremasinghe+ | c DL Haynes | b C Hooper | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| RS Kalpage | c PV Simmons | b WKM Benjamin | 5 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| UDU Chandana | c D Williams | b WKM Benjamin | 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| HDPK Dharmasena | not out | 6 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c WKM Benjamin | b CEL Ambrose | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| KSC de Silva | c RA Harper | b WKM Benjamin | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| extras | (b0 lb0 w0 nb3) | 3 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 197 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-20(DP Samaraweera) 2-45(S Ranatunga) 3-155(A Ranatunga) 4-163(D Ranatunga) |
| 5-167(AGD Wickremasinghe) 6-177(RP Arnold) 7-183(RS Kalpage) 8-187(UDU Chandana) |
| 9-193(WPUJC Vaas) 10-197(KSC de Silva) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEL Ambrose | 10 | 3 | 27 | 3 |
| MD Marshall | 8 | 2 | 38 | 1 |
| WKM Benjamin | 8.4 | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| PV Simmons | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| RA Harper | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| C Hooper | 9 | 2 | 23 | 3 |
| JC Adams | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
West Indies 1st Innings 198/3 Closed (Overs 37.5)
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Haynes | b WPUJC Vaas | 14 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| PV Simmons | c RP Arnold | b KSC de Silva | 29 | 56 | 34 | 5 | 0 |
| RB Richardson* | not out | 81 | 123 | 103 | 12 | 2 | |
| BC Lara | c UDU Chandana | b KSC de Silva | 64 | 74 | 71 | 7 | 1 |
| JC Adams | not out | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| C Hooper | dnb | ||||||
| D Williams+ | dnb | ||||||
| RA Harper | dnb | ||||||
| MD Marshall | dnb | ||||||
| WKM Benjamin | dnb | ||||||
| CEL Ambrose | dnb | ||||||
| extras | (b3 lb0 w3 nb0) | 6 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3 wickets for | 198 |
| FOW |
|---|
| 1-26(DL Haynes) 2-52(PV Simmons) 3-177(BC Lara) |
| Bowler | Overs | Maid | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 8 | 3 | 34 | 1 |
| KSC de Silva | 8.5 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| A Ranatunga | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| HDPK Dharmasena | 7 | 1 | 41 | 0 |
| UDU Chandana | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| RS Kalpage | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| RP Arnold | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
West Indies captain Richie Richardson carried his team to victory with an unbeaten 81*
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