West Indies pacemen reduce Sri Lanka to 59-4 at lunch
The West Indies captain was the best of the bowlers with 2 for 8 in 6 overs.
COLOMBO (AFP) - The West Indies pace attack left Sri Lanka struggling on 59-4 at lunch Thursday on the first day of the second and final Test in Colombo.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat at the P Sara Stadium, where numerous third umpire reviews left the hosts reeling after they won the first Test by an innings.
The visitors, desperate to save the series, tasted 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 West Indies captain Jason Holder called for a review.
Opener Dimuth Karunaratne, who scored 184 in the first Test in Galle, looked shaky from the start in the face of the West Indies attack.
A searing leg stump yorker from Holder trapped the left hander leg before, sending him back to the pavilion on another review.
A third review by the West Indies saw series debutant Kusal Mendis, who made an unimpressive 13 in his first Test innings, given out for a faint edge off Kemar Roach, leaving the hosts precariously placed at 34 for 3.
After a fourth review, captain Angelo Mathews was also given out, caught by Kraigg Brathwaite low down at second slip off Holder for 14.
The West Indies captain was the best of the bowlers with 2 for 8 in 6 overs.
