Second Test, Colombo (day five):
SRI LANKA 387-9 dec & 57-2 dec drew with WEST INDIES 243 & 12-2
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The second Test between Sri Lanka and the West Indies ended a draw, after rain washed out most of the match.

A half-century from Carlton Baugh was the only highlight of a shortened final day in Colombo, ending any hope Sri Lanka had of an unlikely victory.

Dismissing the visitors for 243, Sri Lanka then declared on 57, leaving the West Indies to bat out a few overs in deteriorating light before the close.

The series will now be decided by the third test in Kandy.

Rain had forced the fourth day to be abandoned and ruined any hope of play in the first session on day five.

When the West Indies finally resumed their first innings after lunch on 165-5, they knew they only needed 23 runs to take them past the follow-on target and end the game as a contest.

Wicketkeeper Baugh survived a scare in the second over of the day, after initially being dismissed lbw by Ajantha Mendis. Baugh sought a review, and the decision was overturned after the ball proved to be pitching outside leg-stump.

Baugh and Dwayne Bravo's partnership of 44 took the West Indies past the follow-on target, before Bravo was eventually stumped off Ragana Herath's bowling. Baugh reached his 50 but was dismissed the following over by Herath, as Sri Lanka wrapped up the innings for 243.

Faced with an uncompetitive final session, the Sri Lankan top-order scored 57 from 15 overs before declaring. Dwayne Bravo had Tillakaratne Dilshan caught behind for 26, shortly before Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara chose to head to the dressing room.

In increasing gloom the West Indies lost openers Chris Gayle and Adrian Barath cheaply, but their wickets had long since been meaningless.

The series will now be decided by the third and final Test, which starts next Saturday in the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy.

It will be the first international to be played at the 35,000 capacity ground, which has been built for the 2011 World Cup.

Should the series finish in a 0-0 draw, England could move up to third in the International Cricket Council's world rankings as Sri Lanka may drop behind them and Australia into fifth position.

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