Brathwaite steadies WI crumbling chase

GROS ISLET: Roston Chase has played a few rearguard acts in his short Test career so far, and he was expected to do something similar today. But against the searing pace of Lahiru Kumara, he struggled for long, but survived. He then went on to score against the ones who were clocking slower, before being beaten and castled by a fine inswinging delivery by Suranga Lakmal, less than five minutes before Lunch. Windies went to the first break of the final day on 55 for 3. Having taken a 287-run lead at the end of the penultimate day, it was quite a bizarre decision by the visitors to not declare on their overnight score, especially given Windies ‘safety-first’ approach. Sri Lanka decided to bat on and added eight runs to their total before getting bowled on.Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 253 & 342 (Kusal Mendis 87, Niroshan Dickwella 62; Shannon Gabriel 8-62, Kemar Roach 2-78) lead Windies 300 & 55/3 (Kraigg Brathwaite 32*; Kasun Rajitha 2-15) by 240 runs.

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