by Test # 1369
West Indies v Sri Lanka, 1st Test
Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua
13,14,15 June 1997
Result: West Indiesa won by 6 wickets
Toss: West Indies
Umpires: LH Barker (WI) and RS Dunne (NZ)
TV Umpire: P Whyte
Match Referee: Talat Ali (Pak)
Man of the Match: CEL Ambrose (WI)
Close of Play:
Day 1: Sri Lanka 223; West Indies 56/1 (Williams 24*, Reifer 10*)
Day 2: West Indies 189; Sri Lanka 151/8 (KSC de Silva 2*)
Sri Lanka 1st innings R B 4 6
ST Jayasuriya b Hooper 85 115 9 2
RS Mahanama c Browne b Ambrose 1
RP Arnold c Williams b Ambrose 0 1
PA de Silva c Walsh b Ambrose 0 8
*A Ranatunga run out (Ambrose/Browne) 42 118
HP Tillekeratne retired hurt 1
+RS Kaluwitharana hit wicket b Bishop 23
HDPK Dharmasena c Browne b Ambrose 29
KR Pushpakumara c Reifer b Bishop 1
KSC de Silva c Campbell b Ambrose 6
M Muralitharan not out 6
Extras (b 4, lb 11, nb 14) 29
Total (all out, 68.1 overs) 223
FoW: 1-19 (Mahanama), 2-19 (Arnold), 3-23 (PA de Silva),
4-133 (Ranatunga), 5-171 (Jayasuriya), 6-206 (Dharmasena),
7-210 (Pushpakumara), 8-216 (Kaluwitharana), 9-223 (KSC de Silva).
Bowling O M R W
Ambrose 13.1 3 37 5 (5nb)
Bishop 15 3 46 2 (2nb)
Walsh 11 0 46 0 (4nb)
Rose 10 2 30 0 (3nb)
Hooper 19 2 49 1
West Indies 1st innings R B 4 6
SL Campbell c Muralitharan b KSC de Silva 50 117 1 0
SC Williams c Arnold b Pushpakumara 21
FL Reifer c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara 29 61 4 0
BC Lara c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara 0 6 0 0
CL Hooper lbw b Muralitharan 27 53 5 0
RIC Holder c & b Dharmasena 28 52 5 0
+CO Browne c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 0 12 0 0
IR Bishop b Muralitharan 5 26 0 0
CEL Ambrose not out 11 26 1 1
FA Rose b Muralitharan 0 5 0 0
*CA Walsh b Muralitharan 0 1 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 8) 18
Total (all out, 60.4 overs) 189
FoW: 1-40 (Williams), 2-94 (Reifer), 3-97 (Lara),
4-127 (Campbell), 5-168 (Hooper), 6-168 (Holder),
7-172 (Browne), 8-189 (Bishop), 9-189 (Rose),
10-189 (Walsh).
Bowling O M R W
KSC de Silva 13 1 56 1 (1nb)
Pushpakumara 15 2 62 3 (5nb)
Dharmasena 8 4 19 1
Muralitharan 23.4 13 34 5 (2nb)
Jayasuriya 1 0 8 0
Sri Lanka 2nd innings R B 4 6
ST Jayasuriya c Hooper b Ambrose 0 3 0 0
RS Mahanama c Browne b Ambrose 14 13 1 0
RP Arnold c Browne b Ambrose 12 25 2 0
PA de Silva c Browne b Bishop 47 39 8 1
*A Ranatunga c Rose b Bishop 13 17 2 0
+RS Kaluwitharana c Browne b Walsh 16 20 3 0
HDPK Dharmasena c Walsh b Rose 31 43 3 0
KR Pushpakumara c Williams b Rose 8 18 1 0
KSC de Silva not out 2 3 0 0
M Muralitharan c Williams b Rose 0 2 0 0
Extras (lb 2, nb 7) 9
Total (9 wickets, 45 overs) 152
DNB: HP Tillekeratne.
FoW: 1-0 (Jayasuriya), 2-17 (Arnold), 3-41 (Mahanama),
4-85 (Ranatunga), 5-91 (PA de Silva), 6-113 (Kaluwitharana),
7-140 (Pushpakumara), 8-151 (Dharmasena), 9-152 (Muralitharan).
Bowling O M R W
Ambrose 9 0 41 3 (2nb)
Walsh 10 0 37 1 (3nb)
Rose 9 1 43 3 (2nb)
Bishop 17 0 29 2
West Indies 2nd innings R B 4 6
SL Campbell c Mahanama b Muralitharan 76
SC Williams c sub b Muralitharan 83
FL Reifer b Dharmasena 1
BC Lara c sub b Muralitharan 4 2 1 0
CL Hooper not out 6 5 0 1
RIC Holder not out 0 0 0 0
Extras 19
Total (4 wickets) 189
DNB: +CO Browne, CEL Ambrose, IR Bishop, FA Rose,
*CA Walsh.
FoW: 1-160 (Williams), 2-178 (Campbell), 3-182 (Lara),
4-183 (Reifer).
Bowling O M R W
KSC de Silva 6 1 26 0
Pushpakumara 7 1 30 0
Muralitharan 16.2 2 62 3 (4nb)
Dharmasena 6 2 18 1 (1nb)
Jayasuriya 4 0 18 0
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*** Day 1
*** Tillekeratne retired hurt (fractured forearm) on 1*
when the score was 139/4 (bowler was Walsh).
*** With KSC de Silva's wicket Ambrose reached the mark of 300
wickets in Tests
*** Day 2
*** Bishop was dropped when 0 by Mahanama off Dharmasena.
*** Browne was dropped when 0 by Mahanama off Dharmasena.
*** In the Sri Lankan 2nd innings the ball was replaced after 3.1 overs.