11.04am It's a four-for then for Praveen Jayawickrama, and Sri Lanka lead by as many as 156. Joshua Da Silva was doing well to farm the strike and steal the odd single here and there, but Gabriel eventually perished once he got an entire over to face. As expected, spinners are ruling here in Galle, nine wickets for the Sri Lankan spinners to add to West Indies' tally of eight, making it 17 out of 20. There's more rain forecast for today and tomorrow, so will Sri Lanka score quickly and declare today itself? We should find out in 10 minutes.
Bimal: "Where is the rain?" More chances of arriving in the second and third session now.
Shah Safeer: "Joshua Da Silva is like Chanderpaul, no matter what happens he'll go out unbeaten!! "
Kapil Baldawa: "Da Silva bats too low for his ability as a batsman. WI should have batted at least for an hour or got down the lead to under 120 but both didn't happen. Up to SL to score quickly n try to apply pressure but they are fighting rain, which isn't easy"
ST Gabriel lbw b Jayawickrama 2 (20m 11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 18.18
Punya: "Why not put the fast bawllers and finish it off?"
Gabriel from the start of the over now
END OF OVER:85 | (maiden) | WI: 230/9
- Joshua Da Silva15 (94b)
- Shannon Gabriel2 (6b)
- Lasith Embuldeniya32-11-67-1
- Praveen Jayawickrama19-6-40-3
END OF OVER:84 | 1 Run | WI: 230/9
- Joshua Da Silva15 (88b)
- Shannon Gabriel2 (6b)
- Praveen Jayawickrama19-6-40-3
- Lasith Embuldeniya31-10-67-1
END OF OVER:83 | 3 Runs | WI: 229/9
- Shannon Gabriel2 (6b)
- Joshua Da Silva14 (82b)
- Lasith Embuldeniya31-10-67-1
- Praveen Jayawickrama18-6-39-3
Two slips, silly point and short leg for Gabriel