Dhananjaya de Silva’s scores century, Sri Lanka out for 308:Justin Greaves leads West Indies’ bowling effort with 3 wickets

Sri Lanka has scored 308 runs on Day 1 in the first innings of the first Test against the West Indies at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua on 25 June. By the end of play on the first day of the match on Thursday, West Indies openers remained unbeaten and were yet to score a run. Earlier, Jayden Seales took the last wicket of the Sri Lankan team. He had Asitha Fernando caught by Alzarri Joseph. Seales got only one wicket in the Sri Lankan innings. Sri Lanka’s poor start, lost 3 wickets within 50 runs Batting after losing the toss, Sri Lanka had a poor start. The team had lost 3 wickets within 50 runs. Kemar Roach sent Pathum Nissanka back to the pavilion for 2 runs on the last ball of the first over. After that, in the 10th over, Alzarri Joseph dismissed Nishan Madushka (23 runs) and Kamindu Mendis (zero) on consecutive balls. Chandimal and de Silva steadied the innings After Nissanka’s dismissal, Dinesh Chandimal came to the crease and took charge of the innings with Dhananjaya de Silva. The duo put together a 68-run partnership off 94 balls. He was dismissed as the fourth wicket. He was bowled by Shamar Joseph. Chandimal was out after scoring 54 runs off 67 balls. He hit 8 fours. Dhananjaya’s de Silva’s century, took the score past 250 After losing Chandimal’s wicket at a score of 110, Dhananjaya de Silva took the Sri Lankan innings past 250. De Silva played a century knock of 120 runs off 168 balls. He hit 17 fours in this innings. He made 2 half-century partnerships in the lower order. These included a 99-run partnership off 150 balls with Sonal Dinusha (43 runs) and a 64-run partnership off 85 balls with Milan Rathnayake. Graves took the most wickets, 3 bowlers took 2 wickets each For the West Indies, Justin Greaves took the most wickets with 3. In addition, 3 other bowlers took 2 wickets each. These included Kemar Roach, Alzarri Joseph, and Shamar Joseph. One wicket went to Jayden Seales.