Sri Lanka vs West Indies Highlights, 2nd Test Day 5: SL beats WI by 164 runs; Mendis, Embuldeniya claim five each

Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2nd Test, Day 5: Get the cricket score and commentary of the Sri Lanka vs West Indies second Test match being played at the Galle International Stadium.

Updated : Dec 03, 2021 17:28 IST

Sri Lankan bowler Ramesh Mendis, left, celebrates the wicket of West Indies batter Shai Hope with teammates during the fifth day of the second Test match between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Galle, Sri Lanka on Friday.
Sri Lankan bowler Ramesh Mendis, left, celebrates the wicket of West Indies batter Shai Hope with teammates during the fifth day of the second Test match between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Galle, Sri Lanka on Friday.
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Sri Lankan bowler Ramesh Mendis, left, celebrates the wicket of West Indies batter Shai Hope with teammates during the fifth day of the second Test match between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Galle, Sri Lanka on Friday.

Hello and welcome to Sportstar's Highlights of the Sri Lanka vs West Indies Test match being played at the Galle International Stadium.

Test Report :

Day 4 Report: West Indies hopes ended by De Silva's 153 in Sri Lanka

Dhananjaya de Silva ended the West Indies' hopes of a maiden win on Sri Lankan soil with a brilliant six-hour spell at the crease in Galle to finish day four with an unbeaten 153 on Thursday.

The tourist went wicketless through the final session, with Lasith Embuldeniya rounding out a record 107-run partnership.

Sri Lanka finished on 328 for eight at stumps and is ahead by 279 runs. No team has chased that many to win a Test match in Galle.

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De Silva's back to the wall knock helped the host out of trouble when he walked in to bat at 73-3, a lead of just 24.

Having first put up a 78-run stand with overnight batsman Pathum Nissanka, de Silva then went on to eke out a crucial partnership of 51 with Ramesh Mendis.

It was de Silva's eighth Test ton and the 30-year-old ticked over 150 in style by driving Nkrumah Bonner for four.

The West Indies was ruing a dropped catch off de Silva when he was on five, with wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva spilling the chance. The batsman made the tourist pay with an excellent counterattack.

To add insult to injury, Veerasammy Permaul dropped de Silva off his own bowling when he was on 116.

The West Indies trails the two-Test series 0-1. The highest successful run chase in Galle is 268 by Sri Lanka in 2019 against New Zealand.

The tourists introduced pace to unsettle the batsmen, but with a couple of pulled boundaries off Kemar Roach, de Silva ensured that Sri Lanka had the momentum.

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Opener Nissanka, playing just his sixth Test match, posted his third half-century in the series with a conservative approach.

Nissanka made 66 before a Roston Chase delivery saw him dismissed on the last ball before lunch.

Mendis then lost his wicket and Angelo Mathews, struggling with a hamstring injury, came into bat at the fall of the seventh wicket. He managed just one run.

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