Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Udara hits 188 in debut Test:SL finish 338/5 on Day 1, Jayden Seales of the West Indies completes 100 wickets

Sri Lanka has made a strong start in the second Test against West Indies. The team scored 338 runs for 5 wickets on the first day of the match. 32-year-old opener Lahiru Udara played an innings of 188 runs off 248 balls in his debut match. He missed a double century by just 12 runs. At the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. Udara was included in the playing eleven in place of Pathum Nissanka. Half an hour before the end of play on the first day, West Indies took two wickets to make a slight comeback in the match. Sonal Dinusha returned unbeaten on 5 runs. Sri Lanka’s poor start, record partnership between Udara-Mendis Sri Lanka had a very poor start. In the very first hour of the match, fast bowler Shamar Joseph sent Nishan Madushka and Dinesh Chandimal back to the pavilion cheaply. At one point, the team’s score was 25/2. Opener Lahiru Udara made a 215-run partnership for the third wicket with Kamindu Mendis (84 runs) off 255 balls. This is Sri Lanka’s largest third-wicket Test partnership on West Indian soil. This partnership was broken by Justin Greaves. He had Mendis stumped by wicketkeeper Shai Hope. Mendis scored 84 runs off 120 balls. 93-run partnership between De Silva and Udara After Kamindu Mendis was out, captain Dhananjaya de Silva came to the crease. Udara and Dhananjaya formed a 93-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Udara also hit 4 sixes in his innings. He also completed his maiden Test century with a six. Jayden Seales completes 100 Test wickets In the last session of the day, West Indies made a comeback in the match. The team first took the wicket of Lahiru Udara, then Dhananjaya de Silva was caught in the slips after scoring 33 runs. As soon as Dhananjaya’s wicket fell, West Indies fast bowler Jayden Seales completed his 100 wickets in Test cricket. He became the second fastest West Indies bowler to reach 100 Test wickets in terms of balls bowled. Former fast bowler Ian Bishop is in the first position in this list. Udara’s catch dropped, no appeal against Mendis West Indies also missed two crucial opportunities during the day’s play. Lahiru Udara was on 55 runs when a catch off Jayden Seales’ bowling was dropped due to a lack of coordination between John Campbell and Justin Greaves in the slips. Kamindu Mendis was batting on 41 runs when his bat took an edge, but the West Indies players did not appeal. Later, replays with Ultra-Edge clearly showed that the ball had taken the edge of the bat.