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Debutant West Indies spinner Jomel Warrican strikes to halt Sri Lanka
The West Indies savored early success when Jerome Taylor had opener Kaushal Silva caught behind off the fourth ball for a duck. Umpire Rod Tucker was forced to reverse his initial decision of not out after the West Indies captain Jason Holder called for a review.
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne, who scored 184 in the first Test, looked shaky from the start and was next to fall, followed by series debutant Kusal Mendis.
After a fourth review, captain Angelo Mathews was also given out, caught by Kraigg Brathwaite at second slip off Holder for 14.
In the afternoon session Dinesh Chandimal, whose century had helped Sri Lanka to victory in the first Test, was clean-bowled by Taylor for 25. Kusal Perera was caught and bowled by Warrican for 16.
The West Indies have not found Sri Lanka a happy hunting ground since they played their first official Test on the island in 1993. Now they are next to bottom – above only Bangladesh – in the league table of regular Test-playing nations while Sri Lanka are one notch above them in seventh place.
Sri Lanka are going through a rebuilding phase after the recent retirements of star batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene. But they were still far too strong for the visitors in Galle.
Copyright 2015 AFP
