Sri Lankan ground staff brings in cover during the rain during the third day of the first Test cricket match between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Galle, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, November 23, 2021.
Highlight
- Sri Lanka’s 386. West Indies resumed 113-6 in reply to
- Overnight batsmen Kyle Meyers and Jason Holder put on 63 runs for the seventh wicket
- After lunch the rain came and never really left, but the umpires waited 3 1/2 hours
West Indies were 224-9 behind Sri Lanka by 162 runs when the third day of the Test came to an end on Tuesday due to incessant drizzle.
Only 38 overs were played, and the better part of two seasons were lost. West Indies resumed 113-6 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 386 and overnight in the morning, batsmen Kyle Meyers and Jason Holder, who added 50 to their partnership.
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Meyers was caught for 45 by Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne off spinner Dhanjaya de Silva. Holder out for 36, caught mismantha chimera Left-arm spinner Praveen Jayavikrama left the tourists 175-8 on point.
Rakhim Cornwall and Joshua da Silva took West Indies to lunch, but Cornwall wrongly pulled the bridge off a short ball later in the fifth over. Suranga Lakmali And top-edged it at square leg. He scored the team’s 200 runs in 58 balls with the help of five fours and a six at midwicket.
Cornwall and da Silva combined for 49 runs, their team’s second-best partnership. At that point the rain came and never really left, but the umpires waited 3 1/2 hours.
More rain is forecast on the fourth and fifth days. If and when play resumes, Sri Lanka can take the new ball.
Da Silva was the next player to make his Test debut alongside Jeremy Sollozano, scoring an unbeaten 11 off 70 balls. Spinners Praveen Jayavikrama and Ramesh Mendis took three wickets each.
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