West Indies v Sri Lanka 1st Test

Sri Lanka tour of West Indies - 2008 (2007/08) · Providence Stadium, Providence · 22 March 2008

Sri Lanka won by 121 runs

Sri Lanka won by 121 runs. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 136 for Sri Lanka. Chaminda Vaas took 5/61.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Sri Lanka tour of West Indies - 2008 (2007/08)
Ground: Providence Stadium, Providence
Dates: 22 March 2008 to 26 March 2008
Toss: Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result: Sri Lanka won by 121 runs
Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas
Captains: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Chris Gayle (West Indies)
Debut: Sulieman Benn (West Indies)
Umpires: BF Bowden and SJA Taufel
Match referee: BC Broad

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. It was Sulieman Benn's first Test.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 476 for 8 declared. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 136 off 234 balls, and Malinda Warnapura made 120. Jerome Taylor took 4 for 110 for West Indies. The innings was built on a 130-run stand for the first wicket between Michael Vandort and Malinda Warnapura.

West Indies replied with 280 all out. Ramnaresh Sarwan top-scored with 80 off 199 balls. Chaminda Vaas took 3 for 48 for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka led by 196 on first innings.

Sri Lanka made 240 for 7 declared in their second innings. Malinda Warnapura top-scored with 62 off 91 balls, and Thilan Samaraweera made 56. Sulieman Benn took 3 for 59 for West Indies.

Set 437 to win, West Indies made 315 all out. Dwayne Bravo top-scored with 83 off 169 balls, and Ramnaresh Sarwan made 72. Chaminda Vaas took 5 for 61 for Sri Lanka. The innings was built on a 134-run stand for the second wicket between Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo, 43% of the total.

Sri Lanka won by 121 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Providence Stadium across the 2 Tests in our archive. Sri Lanka's 476 is the highest total at Providence Stadium. Mahela Jayawardene's 136 is the highest individual score at Providence Stadium.

SRI LANKA, FIRST INNINGS: 476 FOR 8 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Michael Vandort	lbw b Jerome Taylor	52	117
Malinda Warnapura	c Denesh Ramdin b Dwayne Bravo	120	226
Kumar Sangakkara	c Devon Smith b Jerome Taylor	50	114
Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Chris Gayle	136	234
Thilan Samaraweera	c Travis Dowlin b Jerome Taylor	0	2
Tillakaratne Dilshan	lbw b Jerome Taylor	20	39
Prasanna Jayawardene	b Daren Powell	21	83
Chaminda Vaas	not out	54	142
Thilan Thushara	c Travis Dowlin b Chris Gayle	0	9
Rangana Herath	not out	13	8

Did not bat: Muthiah Muralidaran

Extras 10 · Total 476 for 8 declared

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Daren Powell	29	3	89	1
Jerome Taylor	33	8	110	4
Chris Gayle	27	4	66	2
Dwayne Bravo	30	3	74	1
Sulieman Benn	40	6	120	0
Ryan Hinds	3	0	10	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-130 (Michael Vandort, 42.4 ov), 2-205 (Malinda Warnapura, 69.3 ov), 3-243 (Kumar Sangakkara, 82.1 ov), 4-243 (Thilan Samaraweera, 82.3 ov), 5-277 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 94.4 ov), 6-331 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 120.5 ov), 7-457 (Mahela Jayawardene, 157.2 ov), 8-459 (Thilan Thushara, 159.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Vandort (52) and Malinda Warnapura (77)	130	256
second	Kumar Sangakkara (31) and Malinda Warnapura (43)	75	162
third	Mahela Jayawardene (17) and Kumar Sangakkara (19)	38	77
fourth	Mahela Jayawardene (0) and Thilan Samaraweera (0)	0	2
fifth	Mahela Jayawardene (11) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (20)	34	73
sixth	Mahela Jayawardene (32) and Prasanna Jayawardene (21)	54	157
seventh	Chaminda Vaas (49) and Mahela Jayawardene (76)	126	219
eighth	Chaminda Vaas (2) and Thilan Thushara (0)	2	16
ninth	Chaminda Vaas (3) and Rangana Herath (13)	17	12

WEST INDIES, FIRST INNINGS: 280 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Chris Gayle	lbw b Chaminda Vaas	0	11
Devon Smith	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Thilan Thushara	14	43
Ramnaresh Sarwan	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas	80	199
Marlon Samuels	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Thilan Thushara	5	19
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	c Malinda Warnapura b Muthiah Muralidaran	23	53
Dwayne Bravo	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	8	16
Ryan Hinds	c Prasanna Jayawardene b Muthiah Muralidaran	37	104
Denesh Ramdin	c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas	38	74
Sulieman Benn	run out (Tillakaratne Dilshan)	28	52
Jerome Taylor	not out	27	61
Daren Powell	c Mahela Jayawardene b Thilan Thushara	12	43

Extras 8 · Total 280 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Chaminda Vaas	25	7	48	3
Thilan Thushara	20.5	3	59	3
Tillakaratne Dilshan	1	0	2	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	40	6	112	3
Rangana Herath	25	6	55	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-4 (Chris Gayle, 2.6 ov), 2-46 (Devon Smith, 19.2 ov), 3-58 (Marlon Samuels, 25.1 ov), 4-99 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 40.6 ov), 5-109 (Dwayne Bravo, 44.3 ov), 6-162 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 67.5 ov), 7-193 (Ryan Hinds, 78.4 ov), 8-236 (Denesh Ramdin, 92.1 ov), 9-252 (Sulieman Benn, 96.6 ov), 10-280 (Daren Powell, 111.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Chris Gayle (0) and Devon Smith (4)	4	18
second	Ramnaresh Sarwan (32) and Devon Smith (10)	42	98
third	Ramnaresh Sarwan (7) and Marlon Samuels (5)	12	35
fourth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (23) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (16)	41	97
fifth	Ramnaresh Sarwan (2) and Dwayne Bravo (8)	10	21
sixth	Ramnaresh Sarwan (23) and Ryan Hinds (27)	53	141
seventh	Ryan Hinds (10) and Denesh Ramdin (19)	31	66
eighth	Sulieman Benn (24) and Denesh Ramdin (19)	43	81
ninth	Sulieman Benn (4) and Jerome Taylor (11)	16	29
tenth	Daren Powell (12) and Jerome Taylor (16)	28	89

SRI LANKA, SECOND INNINGS: 240 FOR 7 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Michael Vandort	c Denesh Ramdin b Chris Gayle	24	40
Malinda Warnapura	c Denesh Ramdin b Dwayne Bravo	62	91
Kumar Sangakkara	c Fidel Edwards b Dwayne Bravo	21	28
Mahela Jayawardene	c Shivnarine Chanderpaul b Sulieman Benn	33	38
Thilan Samaraweera	not out	56	89
Tillakaratne Dilshan	lbw b Jerome Taylor	4	10
Chaminda Vaas	c Denesh Ramdin b Sulieman Benn	13	21
Thilan Thushara	c Jerome Taylor b Sulieman Benn	14	16
Prasanna Jayawardene	not out	5	10

Did not bat: Muthiah Muralidaran, Rangana Herath

Extras 8 · Total 240 for 7 declared

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Daren Powell	9	0	33	0
Jerome Taylor	8	0	37	1
Dwayne Bravo	14	0	54	2
Sulieman Benn	13	0	59	3
Chris Gayle	13	1	54	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-43 (Michael Vandort, 9.6 ov), 2-94 (Kumar Sangakkara, 22.5 ov), 3-133 (Malinda Warnapura, 30.2 ov), 4-159 (Mahela Jayawardene, 37.3 ov), 5-171 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 40.4 ov), 6-192 (Chaminda Vaas, 47.2 ov), 7-224 (Thilan Thushara, 53.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Vandort (24) and Malinda Warnapura (18)	43	60
second	Kumar Sangakkara (21) and Malinda Warnapura (30)	51	77
third	Mahela Jayawardene (20) and Malinda Warnapura (14)	39	46
fourth	Mahela Jayawardene (13) and Thilan Samaraweera (13)	26	43
fifth	Tillakaratne Dilshan (4) and Thilan Samaraweera (8)	12	19
sixth	Chaminda Vaas (13) and Thilan Samaraweera (8)	21	40
seventh	Thilan Samaraweera (16) and Thilan Thushara (14)	32	40
eighth	Thilan Samaraweera (11) and Prasanna Jayawardene (5)	16	18

WEST INDIES, SECOND INNINGS: 315 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Devon Smith	c Thilan Thushara b Chaminda Vaas	10	14
Dwayne Bravo	c & b Muthiah Muralidaran	83	169
Ramnaresh Sarwan	lbw b Thilan Thushara	72	206
Marlon Samuels	c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas	10	23
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	b Chaminda Vaas	3	11
Chris Gayle	not out	51	131
Ryan Hinds	c Kumar Sangakkara b Muthiah Muralidaran	10	21
Denesh Ramdin	c Mahela Jayawardene b Thilan Thushara	1	7
Sulieman Benn	lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran	7	11
Jerome Taylor	c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Chaminda Vaas	12	42
Daren Powell	c Muthiah Muralidaran b Chaminda Vaas	14	13

Extras 42 · Total 315 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)	O	M	R	W
Chaminda Vaas	22.2	7	61	5
Thilan Thushara	17	2	70	2
Rangana Herath	22	7	44	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	45	6	112	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-22 (Devon Smith, 4.3 ov), 2-156 (Dwayne Bravo, 50.5 ov), 3-171 (Marlon Samuels, 57.5 ov), 4-178 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 61.1 ov), 5-212 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 75.5 ov), 6-229 (Ryan Hinds, 82.4 ov), 7-231 (Denesh Ramdin, 83.5 ov), 8-244 (Sulieman Benn, 88.3 ov), 9-291 (Jerome Taylor, 102.1 ov), 10-315 (Daren Powell, 106.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Devon Smith (10) and Dwayne Bravo (12)	22	27
second	Ramnaresh Sarwan (50) and Dwayne Bravo (71)	134	280
third	Ramnaresh Sarwan (1) and Marlon Samuels (10)	15	42
fourth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (3)	7	21
fifth	Ramnaresh Sarwan (18) and Chris Gayle (9)	34	91
sixth	Chris Gayle (5) and Ryan Hinds (10)	17	41
seventh	Chris Gayle (0) and Denesh Ramdin (1)	2	8
eighth	Chris Gayle (4) and Sulieman Benn (7)	13	30
ninth	Chris Gayle (23) and Jerome Taylor (12)	47	83
tenth	Chris Gayle (10) and Daren Powell (14)	24	25

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