Sri Lanka v West Indies, Galle

Sri Lanka 386/10 & 191/4

West Indies 230/10 & 160/10

Sri Lanka won by 187 runs

Sri Lanka v West Indies 2021 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium, Galle 21–25 Nov 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

1.25× +25%

West Indies

1.00× 0%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Sri Lanka's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

230 +206

NE Bonner West Indies

69 +114

J Da Silva West Indies

69 +101

RRS Cornwall West Indies

52 +62

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

72 +60

Best bowling

Top match figures

L Embuldeniya5/46

RL Chase5/83

P Jayawickrama4/40

RTM Mendis4/64

Top score

147

FDM Karunaratne · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

139

1st wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · West Indies

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 187 runs

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

386 /10 (133.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	c RRS Cornwall b ST Gabriel	56	140	7	0	40.00
FDM Karunaratne	st J Da Silva b RL Chase	147	300	15	0	49.00
BOP Fernando	c NE Bonner b RL Chase	3	27	0	0	11.11
AD Mathews	c JO Holder b RL Chase	3	25	0	0	12.00
DM de Silva	hit wkt b ST Gabriel	61	95	5	0	64.21
LD Chandimal	c RRS Cornwall b RL Chase	45	83	5	0	54.22
RTM Mendis	c J Da Silva b JA Warrican	13	49	2	0	26.53
RAS Lakmal	lbw b JA Warrican	11	44	2	0	25.00
PVD Chameera	c KC Brathwaite b JA Warrican	3	12	0	0	25.00
L Embuldeniya	c J Blackwood b RL Chase	17	18	1	1	94.44
P Jayawickrama*	not out	8	18	1	0	44.44

Extras 19 (b 5, lb 6, nb 8)

Total 386/10 (133.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
ST Gabriel	19.0	2	69	2	3.63
JO Holder	19.0	9	24	0	1.26
RRS Cornwall	27.0	3	91	0	3.37
KR Mayers	3.0	0	9	0	3.00
JA Warrican	32.0	5	87	3	2.72
RL Chase	28.5	3	83	5	2.88
J Blackwood	1.0	0	6	0	6.00
KC Brathwaite	4.0	0	6	0	1.50

Fall of wickets

1-139 (P Nissanka, 49.1)·2-164 (BOP Fernando, 57.3)·3-170 (AD Mathews, 65.1)·4-281 (DM de Silva, 94.5)·5-296 (FDM Karunaratne, 99.5)·6-331 (RTM Mendis, 112.6)·7-355 (RAS Lakmal, 124.4)·8-361 (LD Chandimal, 127.4)·9-361 (PVD Chameera, 128.1)·10-386 (L Embuldeniya, 133.5)

West Indies

230 /10 (85.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c P Nissanka b RTM Mendis	41	115	7	0	35.65
J Blackwood	lbw b L Embuldeniya	20	43	1	1	46.51
NE Bonner	c DM de Silva b P Jayawickrama	1	11	0	0	9.09
SD Hope	c BOP Fernando b RTM Mendis	10	31	0	0	32.26
RL Chase	c BOP Fernando b RTM Mendis	2	24	0	0	8.33
JA Warrican	c LD Chandimal b P Jayawickrama	1	8	0	0	12.50
KR Mayers	c FDM Karunaratne b DM de Silva	45	62	8	0	72.58
JO Holder	c PVD Chameera b P Jayawickrama	36	60	3	2	60.00
J Da Silva*	not out	15	94	1	0	15.96
RRS Cornwall	c RTM Mendis b RAS Lakmal	39	58	5	1	67.24
ST Gabriel	lbw b P Jayawickrama	2	11	0	0	18.18

Extras 18 (b 8, lb 5, w 3, nb 2)

Total 230/10 (85.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	6.0	1	10	1	1.67
PVD Chameera	8.0	0	14	0	1.75
L Embuldeniya	32.0	11	67	1	2.09
P Jayawickrama	19.5	7	40	4	2.02
RTM Mendis	17.0	1	75	3	4.41
DM de Silva	3.0	0	11	1	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-46 (J Blackwood, 20.1)·2-51 (NE Bonner, 23.5)·3-80 (KC Brathwaite, 31.6)·4-83 (SD Hope, 33.1)·5-86 (JA Warrican, 36.5)·6-100 (RL Chase, 39.6)·7-163 (KR Mayers, 57.1)·8-175 (JO Holder, 60.4)·9-224 (RRS Cornwall, 79.7)·10-230 (ST Gabriel, 85.5)

Sri Lanka

191 /4 (40.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
P Nissanka	c SD Hope b RRS Cornwall	3	11	0	0	27.27
FDM Karunaratne	c J Blackwood b RRS Cornwall	83	104	9	0	79.81
BOP Fernando	lbw b JA Warrican	14	32	1	0	43.75
AD Mathews*	not out	69	84	6	2	82.14
DM de Silva	c & b JA Warrican	1	7	0	0	14.29
LD Chandimal*	not out	10	8	1	0	125.00

Extras 11 (b 8, lb 2, nb 1)

Total 191/4 (40.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RRS Cornwall	15.5	0	60	2	3.79
JO Holder	5.0	0	19	0	3.80
RL Chase	6.0	1	28	0	4.67
JA Warrican	9.0	1	42	2	4.67
ST Gabriel	4.0	0	23	0	5.75
KC Brathwaite	1.0	0	9	0	9.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (P Nissanka, 2.3)·2-39 (BOP Fernando, 11.5)·3-162 (FDM Karunaratne, 36.4)·4-163 (DM de Silva, 37.6)

West Indies

160 /10 (79.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KC Brathwaite	lbw b RTM Mendis	0	14	0	0.00
J Blackwood	c AD Mathews b L Embuldeniya	9	18	1	50.00
NE Bonner*	not out	68	220	7	30.91
SD Hope	b RTM Mendis	3	9	0	33.33
RL Chase	b L Embuldeniya	1	7	0	14.29
KR Mayers	lbw b RTM Mendis	2	5	0	40.00
JO Holder	b RTM Mendis	0	1	0	0.00
J Da Silva	c DM de Silva b L Embuldeniya	54	129	5	41.86
RRS Cornwall	c RAS Lakmal b P Jayawickrama	13	46	2	28.26
JA Warrican	c BOP Fernando b L Embuldeniya	1	21	0	4.76
ST Gabriel	c DM de Silva b L Embuldeniya	0	6	0	0.00

Extras 9 (lb 5, w 2, nb 2)

Total 160/10 (79.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Embuldeniya	29.0	12	46	5	1.59
RTM Mendis	31.0	5	64	4	2.06
P Jayawickrama	14.0	6	28	1	2.00
DM de Silva	1.0	0	5	0	5.00
PVD Chameera	4.0	0	12	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-3 (KC Brathwaite, 3.4)·2-11 (J Blackwood, 6.4)·3-14 (SD Hope, 9.1)·4-15 (RL Chase, 10.2)·5-18 (KR Mayers, 11.3)·6-18 (JO Holder, 11.4)·7-118 (J Da Silva, 56.2)·8-149 (RRS Cornwall, 70.3)·9-156 (JA Warrican, 76.6)·10-160 (ST Gabriel, 78.6)