Second Test, Colombo (day two, close):
Sri Lanka 294-5 v West Indies
Match scorecard

Sangakkara hits out during his 252-ball innings

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara made his 24th Test century as his team closed day two of the second Test with the West Indies in Colombo on 294-5.

Resuming on 84-3 with Sangakkara on 25, the Sri Lankans saw their captain share 170 with Thilan Samaraweera who hit 80.

Sangakkara was on 135 after 16 fours and a six when rain prompted an early tea and then ended play for the day.

The three-match series is level at 0-0 after the Sri Lankans battled to a draw in a rain-hit opening Test in Galle.

West Indies made Sri Lanka follow on in a first Test that was badly hit by rain, and half the allotted overs have already been lost in this match.

Sangakkara broke his bat after consecutive fours off slow left-armer Sulieman Benn in the penultimate over before lunch, but had few other alarms in an assured third Test century against the Windies.

606: DEBATE I think the WI decision to bring in Benn was a very negative approach! Two spinners isn't necessary, especially Benn who doesn't turn the ball at all or bowl quicker deliveries. Benn depends on bounce with his height to undo batsmen, but on these flat wickets bounce will be at a premium, so his selection baffles me unitsypher

He moved into the 90's by advancing down the wicket to hit off-spinner Shane Shillingford for six, and came down the wicket again to drive the next ball over mid-on for four.

Samaraweera, who hooked paceman Kemar Roach for six early in his innings, recorded his 25th Test half century before he pulled a short ball from Dwayne Bravo straight to fine-leg.

Angelo Matthews added 25, but then became Roach's third wicket of the match, an outside edge carrying to wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh.

No further play was possible after the tea interval as rain closed in, with the umpires abandoning play for the day an hour after the evening session had been scheduled to start.

E-mail this to a friend

Printable version