{"id":190169,"date":"2026-07-05T06:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190169"},"modified":"2026-07-05T06:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:16:19","slug":"wi-vs-sl-2nd-test-west-indies-begins-mammoth-trail-after-sri-lanka-declares-at-549-9-on-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190169","title":{"rendered":"WI vs SL, 2nd Test: West Indies begins mammoth trail after Sri Lanka declares at 549-9 on day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71185062\">Sonal Dinusha and Kusal Mendis put on 143 runs for the sixth wicket Saturday as Sri Lanka ground down the West Indies pacers to declare its first innings at 549-9 on the second day of the second Test.<\/p>\n<p>West Indies lost the wicket of Brandon King (17) in 24 overs before stumps and finished 58-1, still 491 runs behind. John Campbell was 31 and Kavem Hodge 6 not out.<\/p>\n<p>West Indies leads the two-match series after winning the first Test by an innings and 217 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Dinusha and Mendis built on the foundation laid by Lahiru Udara and Kamindu Mendis whose record 215-run partnership had Sri Lanka 338-5 at stumps on the first day. Udara made 188 and Kamindu 84.<\/p>\n<p>After taking two wickets late on day one and operating with the second new ball which was only two overs old, the West Indies wanted an early breakthrough on day two. It was denied by Dinusha who made 92 and Mendis who made 69 and batted through all of the first and much of the second session.<\/p>\n<p>Mendis was first to fall, to a relatively unthreatening delivery from Anderson Phillip which he tried to sweep and managed only to deflect onto his stumps. Sri Lanka was 476-6.<\/p>\n<p>Dinusha was out eight runs short of a maiden century, caught by King at cover off Hodge.<\/p>\n<p>The tail then wagged. Prabath Jayasuriya made an unbeaten 17, Milan Rathnayake made 15 and Isitha Wijesundara 14 as Sri Lanka added 73 for the seventh, eighth and ninth wickets before declaring.<\/p>\n<p>The West Indies pacers toiled hard and were sometimes let down by their fielders with John Campbell dropping a regulation catch of Mendis at first slip from the bowling Shamar Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>The four West Indies fast bowlers were largely disciplined as Mendis and Dinusha ground out 64 runs in the first session. Mendis showed occasional aggression against Joseph when he smashed the pace bowler over backward point for a six and then followed it with back-to-back boundaries before Campbell spilled a chance in the slips cordon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 05, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/west-indies-vs-sri-lanka-test-score-day-2-wi-sl-top-scorers-wickets-report\/article71185062.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonal Dinusha and Kusal Mendis put on 143 runs for the sixth wicket Saturday as Sri Lanka ground down the West Indies pacers to declare its first innings at 549-9 on the second day of the second Test. West Indies lost the wicket of Brandon King (17) in 24 overs before stumps and finished 58-1, &#8230; <a title=\"WI vs SL, 2nd Test: West Indies begins mammoth trail after Sri Lanka declares at 549-9 on day 2\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=190169\" aria-label=\"Read more about WI vs SL, 2nd Test: West Indies begins mammoth trail after Sri Lanka declares at 549-9 on day 2\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AFP_B99Z9HD.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":189697,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189697","url_meta":{"origin":190169,"position":0},"title":"WI vs SL, 2nd Test: Udara hits 188 as Sri Lanka reaches 338-5 against West Indies on day 1","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 4, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Opener Lahiru Udara compiled a maiden century in a 215-run partnership with Kamindu Mendis which lifted Sri Lanka from 25-2 to 338-5 against West Indies at stumps on the first day of the second Test on Friday. 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