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| June 22, 2003 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 21,1424 |
Collymore pegs back Sri Lanka
GROS ISLET (St Lucia(, June 21: Fast bowler Corey Collymore grabbed a maiden five-wicket haul to lead a West Indies fightback in the opening Test against Sri Lanka at the Beausejour Stadium here on Saturday.
The 25-year-old took 5-62 as Sri Lanka slipped to 309-8 in their first innings at lunch on the second day after resuming at a healthy 250-4.
Chaminda Vaas (13) and Muttiah Muralitharan (9) were at the crease.
Collymore did not allow Sri Lanka to strengthen their position with two quick wickets in his incisive opening spell with the second new ball, taken after two overs in the morning.
The fast bowler trapped hard-hitting Romesh Kaluwitharana (2) leg-before and had Kaushal Lokuarachchi (15) caught by a diving Brian Lara in the slips.
Lara set a West Indies record of 123 Test catches by a fielder in his 95th match, surpassing Viv Richards’s previous mark of 122.
It was part-time seamer Wavell Hinds who provided a vital breakthrough when he had Sri Lankan opener Marvan Atapattu (118) caught by Lara in his first over of the day.
Atapattu was beaten by a delivery that moved away a bit and edged a drive straight to the West Indies captain.
The Sri Lankan opener could add only 10 runs to his overnight score.
Atapattu hit 15 fours in his 11th Test century, his first against the West Indies and the fourth away from home.
The big moment for Collymore came when he got rid of Thilan Samaraweera (11) for the fifth victim in an innings in only his second Test.
Samaraweera, who had averaged 83.00 in his previous 10 Tests, added four to his overnight total before being caught by wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs.
On Friday, Atapattu’s unwavering concentration confounded the West Indies bowlers, who laboured to break up the solid partnerships he formed with Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Dillon worked hard to ruffle the feathers of Jayawardene, who gave a half chance that was spurned by wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs. The Sri Lankan batsman responded with a fine drive through extra cover in the same over.
Another shortish Dillon delivery brought a loud appeal against Jayawardene but umpire Billy Bowden turned down claims that the ball had taken a thin edge.
Off-spinner Banks finally dismissed Jayawardene (45) with a sharply turning delivery that he edged to Lara at slip. Tillekeratne then chopped Collymore on to his off stump for 13.
SRI LANKA (1st Innings, overnight 250-4):
M.S. Atapattu c Lara b Hinds 118
S.T. Jayasuriya c Banks b Collymore 8
K.C. Sangakkara lbw b Gayle 56
D.P.M. Jayawardene c Lara b Banks 45
H.P. Tillekeratne b Collymore 13
T.T. Samaraweera c Jacobs b Collymore 11
R.S. Kaluwitharana lbw b Collymore 2
K.S. Lokuarachchi c Lara b Collymore 15
W.P.U.J.C. Vaas not out 13
M. Muralitharan not out 9
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-5, NB-8) 13
TOTAL (for eight wkts, ) 309
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-127, 3-195, 4-228, 5-266, 6-269, 7-285, 8-288.
TO BAT: R.A.P. Nissanka.
BOWLING (to-date): Dillon 22-6-39-0 (1nb, 2w); Collymore 26-3-62-5 (6nb, 3w); Taylor 24-1-93-0 (1nb); Hinds 5-2-15-1; Banks 26-5-63-1; Gayle 8-0-22-1; Samuels 3-0-9-0.
WEST INDIES: C.H. Gayle, W.W. Hinds, D. Ganga, B.C. Lara, R.R. Sarwan, M.N. Samuels, R.D. Jacobs, O.A.C. Banks, M. Dillon, C.D. Collymore, J.E. Taylor.
UMPIRES: D.J. Harper (Australia) and B.F. Bowden (New Zealand).
TV UMPIRE: B. Doctrive (West Indies).
MATCH REFEREE: Wasim Raja (Pakistan).—AFP/Reuters
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