First ever Test Victory by Sri Lanka on Caribbean Soil

Sri Lanka beat the West Indies by 121 runs in the first Test at Guyana yesterday.
Match Summary:-
West Indies Vs Sri Lanka
First Test- Played at Providence Stadium, Guyana, on 22-26 March 2008 (5-day match)
Result Sri Lanka won by 121 runs
Sri Lanka 1st innings

MG Vandort lbw b Taylor 52
BSM Warnapura c Ramdin b Bravo 120
KC Sangakkara c Smith b Taylor 50
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b Gayle 136
TT Samaraweera c sub (TM Dowlin) b Taylor 0
TM Dilshan lbw b Taylor 20
HAPW Jayawardene b Powell 21
WPUJC Vaas not out 54
MTT Mirando c sub (TM Dowlin) b Gayle 0
HMRKB Herath not out 13
Extras (lb 7, w 1, nb 2) 10
Total (8 wickets dec; 162 overs; 647 mins) 476

Did not bat
M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets
1-130 (Vandort, 42.4 ov), 2-205 (Warnapura, 69.3 ov), 3-243 (Sangakkara, 82.1 ov), 4-243 (Samaraweera, 82.3 ov), 5-277 (Dilshan, 94.4 ov), 6-331 (HAPW Jayawardene, 120.5 ov), 7-457 (DPMD Jayawardene, 157.2 ov), 8-459 (Mirando, 159.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
DBL Powell 29 3 89 1 3.06
JE Taylor 33 8 110 4 3.33
CH Gayle 27 4 66 2 2.44
DJ Bravo 30 3 74 1 2.46 (2nb, 1w)
SJ Benn 40 6 120 0 3.00
RO Hinds 3 0 10 0 3.33



West Indies 1st innings

CH Gayle lbw b Vaas 0
DS Smith c HAPW Jayawardene b Mirando 14
RR Sarwan c HAPW Jayawardene b Vaas 80
MN Samuels c HAPW Jayawardene b Mirando 5
S Chanderpaul c Warnapura b Muralitharan 23
DJ Bravo lbw b Muralitharan 8
RO Hinds c HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan 37
D Ramdin c Sangakkara b Vaas 38
SJ Benn run out (Dilshan) 28
JE Taylor not out 27
DBL Powell c DPMD Jayawardene b Mirando 12
Extras (lb 4, nb 4) 8
Total (all out; 111.5 overs; 446 mins) 280

Fall of wickets
1-4 (Gayle, 2.6 ov), 2-46 (Smith, 19.2 ov), 3-58 (Samuels, 25.1 ov), 4-99 (Chanderpaul, 40.6 ov), 5-109 (Bravo, 44.3 ov), 6-162 (Sarwan, 67.5 ov), 7-193 (Hinds, 78.4 ov), 8-236 (Ramdin, 92.1 ov), 9-252 (Benn, 96.6 ov), 10-280 (Powell, 111.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 25 7 48 3 1.92
MTT Mirando 20.5 3 59 3 2.83
TM Dilshan 1 0 2 0 2.00
M Muralitharan 40 6 112 3 2.80 (2nb)
HMRKB Herath 25 6 55 0 2.20 (2nb)

Sri Lanka 2nd innings

MG Vandort c Ramdin b Gayle 24
BSM Warnapura c Ramdin b Bravo 62
KC Sangakkara c sub (FH Edwards) b Bravo 21
DPMD Jayawardene c Chanderpaul b Benn 33
TT Samaraweera not out 56
TM Dilshan lbw b Taylor 4
WPUJC Vaas c Ramdin b Benn 13
MTT Mirando c Taylor b Benn 14
HAPW Jayawardene not out 5
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 5) 8
Total (7 wickets dec; 57 overs; 246 mins) 240

Did not bat
M Muralitharan, HMRKB Herath


Fall of wickets
1-43 (Vandort, 9.6 ov), 2-94 (Sangakkara, 22.5 ov), 3-133 (Warnapura, 30.2 ov), 4-159 (DPMD Jayawardene, 37.3 ov), 5-171 (Dilshan, 40.4 ov), 6-192 (Vaas, 47.2 ov), 7-224 (Mirando, 53.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
DBL Powell 9 0 33 0 3.66
JE Taylor 8 0 37 1 4.62
DJ Bravo 14 0 54 2 3.85 (1nb)
SJ Benn 13 0 59 3 4.53
CH Gayle 13 1 54 1 4.15


West Indies 2nd innings (target: 437 runs)

DS Smith c Mirando b Vaas 10
DJ Bravo c & b Muralitharan 83
RR Sarwan lbw b Mirando 72
MN Samuels c Sangakkara b Vaas 10
S Chanderpaul b Vaas 3
CH Gayle not out 51
RO Hinds c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 10
D Ramdin c DPMD Jayawardene b Mirando 1
SJ Benn lbw b Muralitharan 7
JE Taylor c Dilshan b Vaas 12
DBL Powell c Muralitharan b Vaas 14
Extras (b 25, lb 3, nb 14) 42
Total (all out; 106.2 overs; 448 mins) 315

Fall of wickets
1-22 (Smith, 4.3 ov), 2-156 (Bravo, 50.5 ov), 3-171 (Samuels, 57.5 ov), 4-178 (Chanderpaul, 61.1 ov), 5-212 (Sarwan, 75.5 ov), 6-229 (Hinds, 82.4 ov), 7-231 (Ramdin, 83.5 ov), 8-244 (Benn, 88.3 ov), 9-291 (Taylor, 102.1 ov), 10-315 (Powell, 106.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 22.2 7 61 5 2.73
MTT Mirando 17 2 70 2 4.11 (8nb)
HMRKB Herath 22 7 44 0 2.00 (1nb)
M Muralitharan 45 6 112 3 2.48 (1nb)

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat firstSeries Sri Lanka led the 2-match series 1-0
Test debut SJ Benn (West Indies)


Player of the match WPUJC Vaas (Sri Lanka)
Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and SJA Taufel (Australia)


TV umpire GE Greaves


Match referee BC Broad (England)


Reserve umpire CR Duncan