Sri Lanka v West Indies, Galle International Stadium

Sri Lanka 484/10

West Indies 251/10 & 227/10

Sri Lanka won by 6 runs

Sri Lanka v West Indies 2015 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium 14–17 Oct 2015

How hard each side found the batting

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

Sri Lanka

1.21× +21%

West Indies

1.02× +2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Sri Lanka led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

186 +173

J Blackwood West Indies

103 +162

LD Chandimal Sri Lanka

151 +142

DM Bravo West Indies

81 +89

KC Brathwaite West Indies

53 +48

Best bowling

Top match figures

HMRKB Herath6/68

HMRKB Herath4/79

D Bishoo4/143

KTGD Prasad2/28

Top score

186

FDM Karunaratne · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

238

3rd wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–17

3 wkts for 17 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 6 runs

Length4 days

Sri Lanka

484 /10 (152.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c & b MN Samuels	186	354	16	1	52.54
JK Silva	c D Ramdin b KAJ Roach	17	49	1	0	34.69
HDRL Thirimanne	c R Chandrika b D Bishoo	16	62	1	0	25.81
LD Chandimal	c J Blackwood b JE Taylor	151	298	16	2	50.67
AD Mathews	c & b JO Holder	48	65	5	1	73.85
TAM Siriwardana	c D Ramdin b JE Taylor	1	8	0	0	12.50
MDKJ Perera	b ST Gabriel	23	31	2	0	74.19
KTGD Prasad	c JO Holder b D Bishoo	13	35	1	0	37.14
HMRKB Herath	lbw b D Bishoo	0	1	0	0	0.00
PHT Kaushal*	not out	9	12	2	0	75.00
N Pradeep	c ST Gabriel b D Bishoo	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 20 (b 4, lb 5, w 5, nb 6)

Total 484/10 (152.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JE Taylor	20.0	4	65	2	3.25
KAJ Roach	19.0	3	57	1	3.00
JO Holder	21.0	4	36	1	1.71
ST Gabriel	20.0	2	76	1	3.80
MN Samuels	27.0	4	84	1	3.11
D Bishoo	40.3	3	143	4	3.53
KC Brathwaite	5.0	0	14	0	2.80

Fall of wickets

1-56 (JK Silva, 17.6)·2-101 (HDRL Thirimanne, 40.6)·3-339 (FDM Karunaratne, 113.6)·4-425 (LD Chandimal, 133.4)·5-427 (TAM Siriwardana, 135.2)·6-448 (AD Mathews, 141.1)·7-467 (KTGD Prasad, 148.4)·8-467 (HMRKB Herath, 148.5)·9-475 (MDKJ Perera, 149.4)·10-484 (N Pradeep, 152.3)

West Indies

251 /10 (82.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	lbw b HMRKB Herath	19	24	4	0	79.17
SD Hope	b HMRKB Herath	23	49	3	0	46.94
DM Bravo	c LD Chandimal b HMRKB Herath	50	107	8	1	46.73
MN Samuels	b HMRKB Herath	11	28	2	0	39.29
J Blackwood	c TAM Siriwardana b KTGD Prasad	11	37	1	0	29.73
D Ramdin	c MDKJ Perera b N Pradeep	23	66	4	0	34.85
JO Holder	c MDKJ Perera b KTGD Prasad	19	28	4	0	67.86
KAJ Roach	st MDKJ Perera b HMRKB Herath	22	80	1	0	27.50
JE Taylor	c AD Mathews b PHT Kaushal	31	31	4	1	100.00
D Bishoo*	not out	23	48	4	0	47.92
ST Gabriel	b HMRKB Herath	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 19 (b 5, lb 6, w 1, nb 7)

Total 251/10 (82.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KTGD Prasad	15.0	6	38	2	2.53
N Pradeep	15.0	4	56	1	3.73
HMRKB Herath	33.0	9	68	6	2.06
PHT Kaushal	14.0	4	65	1	4.64
TAM Siriwardana	5.0	2	13	0	2.60

Fall of wickets

1-33 (KC Brathwaite, 7.3)·2-49 (SD Hope, 15.1)·3-70 (MN Samuels, 23.6)·4-111 (J Blackwood, 36.2)·5-132 (DM Bravo, 45.2)·6-165 (JO Holder, 54.4)·7-171 (D Ramdin, 58.2)·8-217 (JE Taylor, 68.2)·9-251 (KAJ Roach, 81.5)·10-251 (ST Gabriel, 81.6)

West Indies

227 /10 (68.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	lbw b HMRKB Herath	34	75	3	0	45.33
SD Hope	b TAM Siriwardana	6	32	0	0	18.75
DM Bravo	c MDKJ Perera b N Pradeep	31	66	2	2	46.97
D Bishoo	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	10	25	1	0	40.00
MN Samuels	lbw b HMRKB Herath	0	1	0	0	0.00
J Blackwood	c JK Silva b KTGD Prasad	92	135	10	3	68.15
D Ramdin	c JK Silva b TAM Siriwardana	11	31	2	0	35.48
JO Holder	run out (AD Mathews)	18	26	0	1	69.23
KAJ Roach	st MDKJ Perera b HMRKB Herath	5	6	1	0	83.33
JE Taylor	lbw b KTGD Prasad	5	4	1	0	125.00
ST Gabriel*	not out	7	13	1	0	53.85

Extras 8 (lb 3, w 2, nb 3)

Total 227/10 (68.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KTGD Prasad	9.3	3	28	2	2.95
HMRKB Herath	22.0	5	79	4	3.59
N Pradeep	14.0	1	28	1	2.00
TAM Siriwardana	12.0	1	60	2	5.00
PHT Kaushal	11.0	3	29	0	2.64

Fall of wickets

1-18 (SD Hope, 9.6)·2-60 (KC Brathwaite, 23.3)·3-74 (D Bishoo, 31.1)·4-74 (MN Samuels, 31.2)·5-88 (DM Bravo, 34.6)·6-136 (D Ramdin, 47.1)·7-172 (JO Holder, 59.6)·8-178 (KAJ Roach, 61.2)·9-189 (JE Taylor, 62.4)·10-227 (J Blackwood, 68.4)