f50746 t1869	West Indies v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in West Indies 2007/08 (1st Test)
Venue	Guyana National Stadium, Providence on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th March 2008 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 121 runs
Umpires	BF Bowden (New Zealand), SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire	CR Duncan
Referee	BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire	GE Greaves
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 269/4 (DPMD Jayawardene 25*, Dilshan 15*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	West Indies (1) 29/1 (Smith 8*, Sarwan 21*; 16 overs)
Close of play day 3	West Indies (1) 269/9 (Taylor 22*, Powell 6*; 106 overs)
Close of play day 4	West Indies (2) 96/1 (Bravo 46*, Sarwan 34*; 23 overs)
Player of the Match	WPUJC Vaas
Pictures	Chaminda Vaas helps Sri Lanka historic win over West Indies

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Vandort	lbw b Taylor	52	117	167	8	-
SM Warnapura	c Ramdin b Bravo	120	226	269	14	-
KC Sangakkara	c Smith b Taylor	50	114	164	3	-
*DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Gayle	136	234	369	13	-
TT Samaraweera	c sub (TM Dowlin) b Taylor	0	2	1	-	-
TM Dilshan	lbw b Taylor	20	39	50	4	-
+HAPW Jayawardene	b Powell	21	83	107	2	-
WPUJC Vaas	not out	54	142	162	4	-
MTT Mirando	c sub (TM Dowlin) b Gayle	0	9	7	-	-
HMRKB Herath	not out	13	8	10	3	-
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 647 minutes, 162 overs)	476
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)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Powell	29	3	89	1	-	-
Taylor	33	8	110	4	-	-
Gayle	27	4	66	2	-	-
Bravo	30	3	74	1	1	2
Benn	40	6	120	0	-	-
Hinds	3	0	10	0	-	-

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*CH Gayle	lbw b Vaas	0	11	11	-	-
DS Smith	c HAPW Jayawardene b Mirando	14	43	78	-	-
RR Sarwan	c HAPW Jayawardene b Vaas	80	199	262	5	-
MN Samuels	c HAPW Jayawardene b Mirando	5	19	24	1	-
S Chanderpaul	c Warnapura b Muralitharan	23	53	66	1	-
DJ Bravo	lbw b Muralitharan	8	16	13	1	-
RO Hinds	c HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan	37	104	132	5	-
+D Ramdin	c Sangakkara b Vaas	38	74	97	1	-
SJ Benn	run out (Dilshan)	28	52	76	2	1
JE Taylor	not out	27	61	73	2	1
DBL Powell	c DPMD Jayawardene b Mirando	12	43	51	1	-
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 446 minutes, 111.5 overs)	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)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	25	7	48	3	-	-
Mirando	20.5	3	59	3	-	-
Dilshan	1	0	2	0	-	-
Muralitharan	40	6	112	3	-	2
Herath	25	6	55	0	-	2

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Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Vandort	c Ramdin b Gayle	24	40	48	2	-
SM Warnapura	c Ramdin b Bravo	62	91	138	5	-
KC Sangakkara	c sub (FH Edwards) b Bravo	21	28	52	1	-
*DPMD Jayawardene	c Chanderpaul b Benn	33	38	72	3	-
TT Samaraweera	not out	56	89	107	5	-
TM Dilshan	lbw b Taylor	4	10	13	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Ramdin b Benn	13	21	26	-	-
MTT Mirando	c Taylor b Benn	14	16	21	1	-
+HAPW Jayawardene	not out	5	10	9	1	-
M Muralitharan	did not bat
HMRKB Herath	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 5 nb)	8
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 246 minutes, 57 overs)	240
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)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Powell	9	0	33	0	-	-
Taylor	8	0	37	1	-	-
Bravo	14	0	54	2	-	1
Benn	13	0	59	3	-	-
Gayle	13	1	54	1	-	-

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West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DS Smith	c Mirando b Vaas	10	14	19	2	-
DJ Bravo	c and b Muralitharan	83	169	189	10	1
RR Sarwan	lbw b Mirando	72	206	278	3	-
MN Samuels	c +Sangakkara b Vaas	10	23	28	1	-
S Chanderpaul	b Vaas	3	11	17	-	-
*CH Gayle	not out	51	131	215	7	1
RO Hinds	c +Sangakkara b Muralitharan	10	21	28	1	-
+D Ramdin	c DPMD Jayawardene b Mirando	1	7	5	-	-
SJ Benn	lbw b Muralitharan	7	11	20	1	-
JE Taylor	c Dilshan b Vaas	12	42	58	3	-
DBL Powell	c Muralitharan b Vaas	14	13	19	3	-
Extras	(25 b, 3 lb, 14 nb)	42
Total	(all out, 448 minutes, 106.2 overs)	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)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	22.2	7	61	5	-	-
Mirando	17	2	70	2	-	8
Herath	22	7	44	0	-	1
Muralitharan	45	6	112	3	-	1

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 85/0 (MG Vandort 32*, SM Warnapura 53*; 31 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 190/1 (SM Warnapura 114*, KC Sangakkara 23*; 64 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 330/5 (DPMD Jayawardene 59*, HAPW Jayawardene 21*; 120 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 418/6 (DPMD Jayawardene 120*, WPUJC Vaas 26*; 148 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: West Indies (1) 107/4 (RR Sarwan 57*, DJ Bravo 6*; 44 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: West Indies (1) 186/6 (RO Hinds 32*, D Ramdin 17*; 75 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 83/1 (SM Warnapura 44*, KC Sangakkara 14*; 20 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Sri Lanka (2) 186/5 (TT Samaraweera 26*, WPUJC Vaas 10*; 45 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: West Indies (2) 170/2 (RR Sarwan 51*, Samuels 9*; 56 overs)
--> Day 5 Tea: West Indies (2) 229/6 (CH Gayle 14*; 82.4 overs)
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 12.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 100 in 34.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 150 in 52.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 67.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 250 in 86.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 300 in 103.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 350 in 125.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 400 in 140.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 450 in 155.3 overs
--> West Indies first innings: 50 in 19.3 overs
--> West Indies first innings: 100 in 41.3 overs
--> West Indies first innings: 150 in 57.6 overs
--> West Indies first innings: 200 in 83.2 overs
--> West Indies first innings: 250 in 96.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 50 in 12.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 100 in 24.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 150 in 35.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka second innings: 200 in 48.6 overs
--> West Indies second innings: 50 in 10.3 overs
--> West Indies second innings: 100 in 24.4 overs
--> West Indies second innings: 150 in 48.2 overs
--> West Indies second innings: 200 in 74.1 overs
--> West Indies second innings: 250 in 89.3 overs
--> West Indies second innings: 300 in 103.6 overs
--> SJ Benn made his debut in Test matches
--> MG Vandort (1) 50 in 115 balls with 8 fours
--> MG Vandort (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 52
--> SM Warnapura (1) 50 in 91 balls with 7 fours
--> SM Warnapura (1) passed his previous highest score of 82 in Test matches
--> SM Warnapura (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> SM Warnapura (1) 100 in 182 balls with 12 fours
--> KC Sangakkara (1) 50 in 113 balls with 3 fours
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 50 in 119 balls with 6 fours
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) 100 in 189 balls with 10 fours
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 75
--> HAPW Jayawardene (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 17
--> WPUJC Vaas (1) 50 in 136 balls with 4 fours
--> RR Sarwan (1) 50 in 99 balls with 5 fours
--> JE Taylor (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Test matches
--> SM Warnapura (2) 50 in 71 balls with 5 fours
--> TT Samaraweera (2) 50 in 84 balls with 4 fours
--> MTT Mirando (2) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Test matches
--> CH Gayle (2) 50 in 129 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> RR Sarwan (2) 50 in 123 balls with 3 fours
--> DJ Bravo (2) 50 in 77 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> DJ Bravo (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> SJ Benn made his debut for West Indies in First-Class matches
--> MG Vandort made his debut in West Indies in First-Class matches
--> MG Vandort made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> SM Warnapura made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> TM Dilshan made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> HAPW Jayawardene made his debut in West Indies in First-Class matches
--> HAPW Jayawardene made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> HMRKB Herath made his debut in West Indies in First-Class matches
--> HMRKB Herath made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> MTT Mirando achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DS Smith in the West Indies first innings (previous best was 0-23)
--> M Muralitharan reached 1300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RO Hinds, his 3rd wicket in the West Indies first innings

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New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 330/5 after 120.1 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 59, HAPW Jayawardene 21)
New Ball Taken: West Indies 235/7 after 91.1 overs (D Ramdin 37, SJ Benn 24)
KC Sangakkara kept wicket in the West Indies 2nd innings
New Ball Taken: West Indies 283/8 after 100.3 overs (CH Gayle 37, JE Taylor 12)
MG Vandort (13) and BSM Warnapura (38) added 50 in 78 balls for the Sri Lanka 1st wicket in the first innings
MG Vandort (38) and BSM Warnapura (64) added 100 in 209 balls for the Sri Lanka 1st wicket in the first innings
BSM Warnapura (32) and KC Sangakkara (20) added 50 in 110 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket in the first innings
DPMD Jayawardene (29) and HAPW Jayawardene (20) added 50 in 134 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket in the first innings
DPMD Jayawardene (36) and WPUJC Vaas (16) added 50 in 89 balls for the Sri Lanka 7th wicket in the first innings
DPMD Jayawardene (64) and WPUJC Vaas (35) added 100 in 183 balls for the Sri Lanka 7th wicket in the first innings
RR Sarwan (22) and RO Hinds (27) added 50 in 111 balls for the West Indies 6th wicket in the first innings
BSM Warnapura (29) and KC Sangakkara (21) added 50 in 74 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket in the second innings
DJ Bravo (26) and RR Sarwan (22) added 50 in 67 balls for the West Indies 2nd wicket in the second innings
DJ Bravo (46) and RR Sarwan (43) added 100 in 204 balls for the West Indies 2nd wicket in the second innings