West Indies v Sri Lanka, Trinidad

Sri Lanka 278/10 & 268/10

West Indies 294/10 & 254/4

West Indies won by 6 wickets

Sri Lanka v West Indies 2008 · 2nd Test Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad 3–6 Apr 2008

How hard each side found the batting

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

Sri Lanka

1.22× +22%

West Indies

0.89× -11%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, West Indies led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

RR Sarwan West Indies

159 +241

TT Samaraweera Sri Lanka

131 +181

S Chanderpaul West Indies

104 +174

LPC Silva Sri Lanka

89 +106

TM Dilshan Sri Lanka

87 +91

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Muralitharan5/79

JE Taylor4/52

FH Edwards4/84

WPUJC Vaas2/52

Top score

125

TT Samaraweera · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

157

4th wkt · West Indies

Worst collapse

3–28

3 wkts for 28 · West Indies

Match facts

TossWest Indies, field

ResultWest Indies won by 6 wickets

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

278 /10 (64.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MG Vandort	c D Ramdin b FH Edwards	30	81	5	37.04
SM Warnapura	c S Chattergoon b FH Edwards	35	38	8	92.11
KC Sangakkara	c D Ramdin b FH Edwards	10	9	1	111.11
DPMD Jayawardene	b JE Taylor	26	41	5	63.41
TT Samaraweera	c CH Gayle b JE Taylor	6	9	1	66.67
TM Dilshan	c D Ramdin b FH Edwards	62	60	8	103.33
LPC Silva	c DBL Powell b DJ Bravo	76	108	12	70.37
WPUJC Vaas	c D Ramdin b DBL Powell	1	3	0	33.33
T Thushara	run out (RR Sarwan)	1	21	0	4.76
M Muralitharan	c DJ Bravo b DBL Powell	8	3	2	266.67
MKDI Amerasinghe*	not out	0	22	0	0.00

Extras 23 (lb 8, w 5, nb 10)

Total 278/10 (64.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	17.0	7	59	2	3.47
JE Taylor	17.2	7	74	2	4.27
FH Edwards	18.0	4	84	4	4.67
CH Gayle	2.0	2	0	0	0.00
DJ Bravo	10.3	3	53	1	5.05

Fall of wickets

1-62 (SM Warnapura, 15.2)·2-72 (KC Sangakkara, 17.1)·3-93 (MG Vandort, 25.6)·4-112 (TT Samaraweera, 28.5)·5-117 (DPMD Jayawardene, 30.1)·6-222 (TM Dilshan, 46.9)·7-224 (WPUJC Vaas, 47.5)·8-240 (T Thushara, 54.2)·9-255 (M Muralitharan, 55.3)·10-278 (LPC Silva, 64.6)

West Indies

294 /10 (76.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CH Gayle	c MG Vandort b T Thushara	45	44	9	0	102.27
S Chattergoon	b WPUJC Vaas	46	78	5	0	58.97
RR Sarwan	c SM Warnapura b M Muralitharan	57	86	8	0	66.28
MN Samuels	lbw b M Muralitharan	3	10	0	0	30.00
S Chanderpaul	lbw b T Thushara	18	37	1	0	48.65
DS Smith	b M Muralitharan	47	92	5	0	51.09
DJ Bravo	lbw b MKDI Amerasinghe	26	37	2	0	70.27
D Ramdin	c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	13	44	0	0	29.55
JE Taylor	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	13	31	0	1	41.94
DBL Powell	lbw b M Muralitharan	3	8	0	0	37.50
FH Edwards*	not out	1	6	0	0	16.67

Extras 22 (lb 5, w 2, nb 15)

Total 294/10 (76.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	23.0	1	76	2	3.30
MKDI Amerasinghe	12.0	1	62	1	5.17
T Thushara	12.0	0	72	2	6.00
M Muralitharan	29.2	5	79	5	2.69

Fall of wickets

1-58 (CH Gayle, 11.2)·2-137 (S Chattergoon, 29.2)·3-141 (MN Samuels, 30.6)·4-177 (RR Sarwan, 38.1)·5-199 (S Chanderpaul, 45.4)·6-246 (DJ Bravo, 57.5)·7-266 (DS Smith, 62.6)·8-289 (JE Taylor, 73.4)·9-291 (D Ramdin, 74.4)·10-294 (DBL Powell, 76.2)

Sri Lanka

268 /10 (75.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MG Vandort	run out (JE Taylor)	1	3	0	0	33.33
SM Warnapura	c S Chattergoon b JE Taylor	0	4	0	0	0.00
KC Sangakkara	c MN Samuels b DBL Powell	14	33	2	0	42.42
DPMD Jayawardene	b FH Edwards	12	13	3	0	92.31
TT Samaraweera	run out (MN Samuels)	125	199	18	0	62.81
TM Dilshan	b JE Taylor	25	19	4	1	131.58
LPC Silva	c MN Samuels b JE Taylor	13	27	2	0	48.15
WPUJC Vaas	c D Ramdin b CH Gayle	45	114	2	0	39.47
T Thushara	c D Ramdin b DJ Bravo	10	20	2	0	50.00
M Muralitharan	c DBL Powell b JE Taylor	4	18	0	0	22.22
MKDI Amerasinghe*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 19 (b 1, lb 10, w 6, nb 2)

Total 268/10 (75.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	13.0	4	49	1	3.77
JE Taylor	15.1	2	52	4	3.43
FH Edwards	14.0	1	62	1	4.43
DJ Bravo	19.0	5	64	1	3.37
CH Gayle	14.0	0	30	1	2.14

Fall of wickets

1-2 (SM Warnapura, 1.1)·2-4 (MG Vandort, 1.4)·3-32 (DPMD Jayawardene, 7.5)·4-32 (KC Sangakkara, 8.6)·5-73 (TM Dilshan, 16.2)·6-99 (LPC Silva, 24.3)·7-237 (WPUJC Vaas, 65.6)·8-252 (T Thushara, 70.3)·9-268 (TT Samaraweera, 74.3)·10-268 (M Muralitharan, 75.1)

West Indies

254 /4 (68.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
CH Gayle	c TM Dilshan b T Thushara	10	14	2	71.43
S Chattergoon	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	11	26	2	42.31
RR Sarwan	c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan	102	172	15	59.30
MN Samuels	c SM Warnapura b WPUJC Vaas	11	40	1	27.50
S Chanderpaul*	not out	86	146	7	58.90
DS Smith*	not out	14	18	3	77.78

Extras 20 (b 11, lb 2, w 2, nb 5)

Total 254/4 (68.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	2	52	2	3.06
T Thushara	12.0	3	49	1	4.08
MKDI Amerasinghe	13.0	0	43	0	3.31
M Muralitharan	24.3	4	92	1	3.76
LPC Silva	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-23 (CH Gayle, 5.2)·2-24 (S Chattergoon, 6.6)·3-73 (MN Samuels, 19.6)·4-230 (RR Sarwan, 62.3)