Story West Indies: The Dead Empire. [SL Tour: Test 1(Day2:STUMP)

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DAY 2
Session 1

West Indies had toke the New Ball early, as K Roach and R Rampal try
to Finish off the Tail. K Roach was the person to have Done it. He
Had Clean Bowled Jayawardene for 47 and then got Lakmal LBW for 6.
Sri Lanka End there Inning on 279 All out.

West Indies both openers didn't last long. A Barath was Bowled by
Kulasekara for 4, While Gayle was Caught by Jayawardene for 11.
West Indies started to wobble As D Bravo also went cheaply.
D Bravo was caught by Jayawardene off the bowling of Fernando for 3.
With the Score on 38 for 3.
Both Chanderpaul 12 and Sarwan 25 guide West Indies to Lunch, as they
look to rebuild this West Indies, which had a Poor start.

At Lunch West Indies are 56 for , Trail by 223 runs.
With Dywane Bravo, D Ramdin, D Sammy, S Shillingford, R Rampal and
K Roach Remain to Bat. Which mean the two most experience Batsmen
Sarwan and Chanderpaul will have to Score big, to get WI out of this trouble.

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After Lunch
DAY 2

Sarwan and Chanderpaul had Build a decent partnership of 33 Before,
Chanderpaul was Caught by Jayawardene off the bowling of Dilshan for 18.
With West Indies struggling on 71 for 4
A Quick fire from D Bravo moved West Indies Pass the 100 Mark.
Sri Lanka kept on applying pressure of West Indies, As Sarwan was
stumped off the bowling of Mendis for 40. With the Fall of Sarwan,
West Indies were 103 for 5
Without any feature damage to west Indies batting line up. Baugh and
DJ Bravo carry WI into Tea at 138 for 5

TEA 29 Over, 83 Runs, 2 wickets
Bravo on 49 and Baugh on 8.​

 

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Bravo & Baugh Pull West Indies out of Trouble

Dywane Bravo and C Baugh puts on a Good Partnership of 100 Runs.
Before both Fell right after the Other.
Dywane Bravo was the first to go. he was Caught by Samaraweera off Mendis
for 74, while Baugh was LBW by Mendis for 63.
After the wicket of Baugh West Indies was on 227 for 7, Given Sammy and
Shillingford a few over before Stump on Day 2. Both Batsmen survive as they
added 15 Runs, At the close of Play West Indies were 242 for 7 with just 37
runs Behind Sri Lanka total.

STUMP
WI 242/7
Sammy 14 and Shillingford 5.​