Galle, Nov. 18: Inexperienced Shane Shillingford and Kemar Roach shared seven wickets to help the West Indies gain a big lead in the opening Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Off-spinner Shillingford finished with 4-123, his maiden four-wicket haul in four Tests, and paceman Roach took 3-75 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 378 in their first innings in reply to the West Indies' 580-9 declared.
Following on, Sri Lanka batted steadily in their second innings to reach 89 for no loss at stumps to keep alive their hopes of salvaging a draw. Tharanga Paranavitana and Tillakaratne Dilshan were unbeaten on 44 each before rain stopped play, with 22 overs remaining in the day.
Shillingford and Roach, who had a combined experience of just 10 Tests before this match, did not allow the hosts to build a big stand as the West Indies enforced the follow-on against any team for the first time since 2005.
Scorecard
West Indies 1st innings 580/9
Sri Lanka 1st innings: T. Paranavitana b Roach 10, T. Dilshan c Shillingford b Russell 0, K. Sangakkara b Dwayne Bravo 73, M. Jayawardene c Baugh b Roach 59, T. Samaraweera run out 52, A. Mathews c Sammy b Shillingford 27, P. Jayawardene c Roach b Shillingford 58, S. Randiv b Shillingford 12, D. Prasad c Russell b Shillingford 47, A. Mendis c Darren Bravo b Roach 4, T. Thushara not out 4. Extras (b-8, lb-8, nb-13, w-3) 32.
Total (for all out; 95.2 overs) 378
FoW: 1-6, 2-61, 3-132, 4-193, 5-227, 6-264, 7-295, 8-367, 9-374, 10-378.
Bowling: Roach 19-2-75-3, Russell 15-1-73-1, Shillingford 33.2-3-123-4, Sammy 11-2-41-0, Dwayne Bravo 16-4-47-1, Gayle 1-0-3-0.
Sri Lanka 2nd innings: T. Paranavitana batting 44, T. Dilshan batting 44. Extras: (w1) 1.
Total (for no loss; 22 overs) 89
Bowling: Roach 6-0-18-0, Russell 2-0-17-0, Dwayne Bravo 7-0-30-0, Shillingford 5-0-20-0, Sammy 2-0-4-0.