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07/04 16:56 CDT Sri Lanka declares at 549-9 on day 2 of the 2nd test. West
Indies 58-1 at stumps.
Sri Lanka declares at 549-9 on day 2 of the 2nd test. West Indies 58-1 at
stumps.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua (AP) --- Sonal Dinusha and Kusal Mendis put on 143 runs
for the sixth wicket Saturday as Sri Lanka ground down the West Indies pacers
to declare its first innings at 549-9 on the second day of the second test.
West Indies lost the wicket of Brandon King (17) in 24 overs before stumps and
finished 58-1, still 491 runs behind. John Campbell was 31 and Kavem Hodge 6
not out.
West Indies lead the two-match series after winning the first test by an
innings and 217 runs.
Dinusha and Mendis built on the foundation laid by Lahiru Udara and Kamindu
Mendis whose record 215-run partnership had Sri Lanka 338-5 at stumps on the
first day. Udara made 188 and Kamindu 84.
After taking two wickets late on day one and operating with the second new ball
which was only two overs old, the West Indies wanted an early breakthrough on
day two. They were denied by Dinusha who made 92 and Mendis who made 69 and
batted through all of the first and much of the second session.
Mendis was first to fall, to a relatively unthreatening delivery from Anderson
Phillip which he tried to sweep and managed only to deflect onto his stumps.
Sri Lanka was 476-6.
Dinusha was out eight runs short of a maiden century, caught by King at cover
off Hodge.
The tail then wagged. Prabath Jayasuriya made an unbeaten 17, Milan Rathnayake
made 15 and Isitha Wijesundara 14 as Sri Lanka added 73 for the seventh, eighth
and ninth wickets before declaring.
The West Indies pacers toiled hard and were sometimes let down by their
fielders with John Campbell dropping a regulation catch of Mendis at first slip
from the bowling Shamar Joseph.
The four West Indies fast bowlers were largely disciplined as Mendis and
Dinusha ground out 64 runs in the first session. Mendis showed occasional
aggression against Joseph when he smashed the pace bowler over backward point
for a six and then followed it with back-to-back boundaries before Campbell
spilled a chance in the slips cordon.
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