Jayasuriya nears ton

Sanath Jayasuriya, who had launched the visitors’ reply on the first day with an unbeaten 80, stretched his score to 90, in sight of his third Test century. But he was not the flamboyant strokemaker of Friday. He did not hit a boundary and his 10 runs took him 70 minutes and 39 balls.

Earlier on Friday fast-bowler Ravindra Pushpakumara grabbed five wickets to rip apart the West Indies’s first innings, taking five for 41 off 12.4 overs as the home team were routed for 147 in spite of Carl Hooper’s classy 81.

SCOREBOARD AT LUNCH ON DAY TWO

WEST INDIES (1st Innings): S Campbell c Mahanama b Dharmasena 20, S Williams c Kalu b Pushpakumara 0, F Reifer lbw b Pushpakumara 0, B Lara c&b S de Silva 1, C Hooper c Attapattu b Pushpakumara 81, R Holder c Attapattu b Muralitharan 16, I Bishop b Muralitharan 11, C Browne lbw b Pushpakumara 0, C Ambrose b Pushpakumara 7, F Rose b Muralitharan 1, C Walsh not out 1; Extras: (b3, lb3, nb3) 9. Total: (all out in 44.4 overs) 147

Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-2, 3-5, 4-34, 5-92, 6-126, 7-133, 8-139, 9-145

Bowling: S DeSilva 13-2-46-1 (nb1); Pushpakumara 12.4-1-41-5; Dharmasena 7-0-26-1; Muralitharan 12-1-28-3 (nb2)

Sri Lanka (1st innings) (overnight 157-3): S Jayasuriya batting 90, R Mahanama c Browne b Rose 28, M Atapattu c Hooper b Rose 7, A de Silva c Lara b Hooper 35, A Ranatunga c Lara b Walsh 13, S Ranatunga batting 1; Extras: (lb 3, nb 8) 11. Total: (for 4 wkts in 55 overs) 185

Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-75, 3-151

Bowling: Ambrose 6-1-16-0; Walsh 21-3-56-1 (nb3); Rose 12-1-44-2 (nb5); Bishop 7-0-51-0; Hooper 9-3-15-1