Sri Lanka 81-5, need 63 to win day-night Test

bridgetown — West Indies captain Jason Holder took four wickets under lights on day three of the first day-night cricket Test in the Caribbean as Sri Lanka stumbled to 81-5 chasing 144 for a series-levelling win in the third Test.

Holder had figures of 4-21 when rain stopped play on Monday eve- ning and the local talisman went a long way to rescuing the hosts after it had capitulated in its second innings to be all out for 93 in just 31.2 overs, setting the visitors a 144-run target for victory.

Sri Lanka captain Suranga Lakmal (3-25) and Lahiru Kumara (3-20) took three wickets each as the West Indies squandered its opportunity to bat the toruists out of the game. At one stage the hosts fell to 14-5 after seven overs, before Holder and wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich began the fight back. —

20 wickeTs in a day

204 J. Holder c Mendis b Rajitha D. Bishoo b Rajitha

K. Roach not out

M. Cummins c de Silva b D. Perera S. Gabriel run out

(lb-4, w-1)

K. Perera c Dowrich b Roach M. Udawatte lbw Roach D. Gunathilaka lbw Holder K. Mendis b Gabriel

D. de Silva lbw Gabriel

R. Silva c Dowrich b Gabriel N. Dickwella c Smith b Holder D. Perera not out

S. Lakmal c sub (Paul) b Holder K. Rajitha b Holder

L. Kumara run out

(b-9, lb-14, nb-3, w-1)

1-1, 2-8, 3-9, 4-14, 5-14, 6-41, 7-41, 8-56, 9-82, 10-93

S. Lakmal 11.3-3-25-3, L. Kumara 8.2-1-31-2, K. Rajitha 8-1-20-3 (1w), D. Perera 3.3-0-13-1

D. Gunathilaka c Bishoo b Holder M. Udawatte lbw Roach

D. de Silva b Holder

K. Mendis not out

R. Silva c Smith b Holder N. Dickwella b Holder

D. Perera not out

(b-4, lb-6)

1-9, 2-30, 3-48, 4-50, 5-74

K. Perera, S. Lakmal, K. Rajitha, L.

Kumara

21 0 17 25 1 6 1 10

1-0, 2-16, 3-75, 4-81, 5-85, 6-118, 7-147, 8-147, 9-150, 10-154

K. Roach 12-5-30-2 (1w), S. Gabriel 15-2-52-3, M. Cummins 15-6-29-0 (2nb), J. Holder 16-8-19-4 (1nb), D. Bishoo 1-0-1-0

K. Brathwaite c Udawatte b Lakmal D. Smith b Lakmal

K. Powell c Dickwella b Kumara S. Hope b Kumara

R. Chase c K. Perera b Lakmal S. Dowrich c Lakmal b Rajitha

K. Roach 7-1-21-1, S. Gabriel 5-017-0, J. Holder 8-3-21-4, M. Cummins 4-1-12-0