Rangana Herath, Milinda Siriwardana rip West Indies as Lanka clinch series
27 Oct 2015 2:01 AM GMT
The West Indies slipped to 138 for nine before the last-wicket pair of Kemar Roach (13)
Sri Lanka's captain Angelo Mathews, right, receives the series trophy from West Indies great Garfield Sobers, left and Michael Tissera, a national captain in Sri Lanka's pre-test era after Sri Lanka defeated West Indies in the second test cricket
Colombo: Left-arm spinners Rangana Herath and Milinda Siriwardana shared seven wickets as Sri Lanka thumped the West Indies by 72 runs in the second Test on Monday to sweep the series 2-0.
The tourists, who resumed on 20-1 chasing a victory target of 244, were shot out for 171 in the post-lunch session of the fifth day’s play at the P. Sara Oval in Colombo.
Veteran Herath finished with four for 56 and Siriwardana took three for 25 to wreck the tourists, for whom Darren Bravo played a lone hand with 61.
The West Indies slipped to 138 for nine before the last-wicket pair of Kemar Roach (13) and Jomel Warrican (20 not out) put on 33 runs to hand a batting lesson to their team-mates.
Sri Lanka, who had won the first Test in Galle by an innings and six runs, clinched the trophy named after West Indies great Garfield Sobers and former Sri Lankan captain Michael Tissera.
Herath finished with 15 wickets in the series to take his tally to 293, nearing the 300-wicket mark achieved by only two Sri Lankan bowlers, world record holder Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas.
When play resumed after the entire fourth day had been washed out, the overnight pair of Bravo and Shai Hope negotiated the Lankan bowlers to carry the score to 80/1.
SCOREBOARD
Sri Lanka (1st innings): 200
West Indies (1st innings): 163
Sri Lanka (2nd innings): 206
West Indies (2nd innings): K. Brathwaite lbw b Prasad 3, S. Hope st K. Perera b Siriwardana 35, D. Bravo c Mathews b Herath 61, M. Samuels c Mathews b D. Perera 6, J. Blackwood lbw b Siriwardana 4, D. Ramdin c Mathews b Herath 10, J. Holder lbw Siriwardana 7, K. Roach lbw b Herath 13, J. Taylor c Siriwardana b Herath 1, D. Bishoo (run out) 0, J. Warrican (not out) 20. Extras: (b3, lb1, w1, nb6) 11.
Total (in 65.5 overs) 171.
FoW: 1-20, 2-80, 3-97, 4-102, 5-124, 6-125, 7-133, 8-136, 9-138.
Bowling: Prasad 10-2-38-1, Pradeep 3-0-11-0, Herath 19.5-3-56-4, D. Perera 20-4-37-1, Siriwardana 13-1-25-3.
( Source : AFP )
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