The first rain break of the day got here at 11:10 a.m. however lasted solely 10 minutes.
Dhananjaya fell lbw to part-time off-spinner Jermaine Blackwood within the eightieth over, six overs after the resumption. He was sluggish to get his bat down on a shorter, flatter supply from Blackwood which pitched on the road of center and off.
Dhananjaya made no try and evaluate the umpires verdict of out, a critical oversight when replays confirmed the ball was turning and lacking leg.
The rain returned lower than an hour later, tougher and extra persistent. The umpires known as for an early lunch and the gamers finally had been capable of return to the sector at 1:25 p.m, however there was one other 2 1-2-hour rain delay not lengthy after.
Wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella made 21 from 25 deliveries astride the rain break earlier than falling to Jason Holder, who was probably the most threatening of the West Indies bowlers within the final two classes. Shannon Gabriel was spectacular within the first session.
The ball handed between Dickwellas bat and pad and the West Indies attraction for a catch behind by wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva was turned down. The subsequent evaluate confirmed the all had taken an inside edge earlier than hitting the pad and occurring to the keeper.
Suranga Lakmal was 6 when he mistimed a supply from Alzarri Joseph within the 91st over and lobbed a mild catch to West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite, standing subsequent to the non-striker. Sri Lanka was 214-7.
Dushmantha Chameera confronted a testing time, particularly from Holder who combined quick and full deliveries, as soon as hanging Chameera on the shoulder.
Holder arrange Chameera for the dismissal within the 98th over, first beating him with a full supply which simply missed off stump. He then examined Chameera with a brief ball which pressured the batsman onto tip-toe to defend. Another quick ball had Chameera defending earlier than a size ball once more beat him exterior off-stump.
The fifth ball of the over was on a size and angled into off stump; Chameera defended however the ball took the sting and carried to Da Silva.
Rain had the ultimate say and the day was ended by a heavy bathe and by darkening skies simply after 5 p.m. The bathe was fleeting however left damp patches near the pitch on the Sir Vivian Richards stadium and the umpires known as off play for the day about 45 minutes later.
___
More AP sports activities: https://apnews.com/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports
