By Anthony Layne
Sri Lanka, led by a resolute century by skipper Mahela Jayawardene, maintained their grip over the first test of the Digicel Home Series against the West Indies at the National Stadium, Providence.
At close of the second day’s play yesterday, the West Indies were 29-1, a whopping 447 runs adrift of Sri Lanka’s formidable first innings total of 476-8 declared.
Resuming on 269-4 in slightly overcast conditions, with skipper Jayawardene on 25 and Tillakeratne Dilshan on 15, Sri Lanka suffered an early setback when in the fifth over pacer Jerome Taylor trapped Dilshan leg before wicket as he attempted to work a wicket-to-wicket delivery through the on-side.
