RESULT
1st Test, Galle, November 15 - 19, 2010, West Indies tour of Sri Lanka
(f/o) 378 & 241/4

Match drawn

Player Of The Match
333
chris-gayle
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SL 2nd Innings
Full commentary

That winds up our coverage for the match. It's been a pleasure bringing you the match and on behalf of my colleagues, Andrew Fernando in Galle, Abhishek Purohit who brought you the first three days of the match, and Gopi Rangarajan on scoring, this is Nitin Sundar signing off. Cheers and be good.

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Presentations time, Tony Cozier does the honours.

Sammy: "We came into the match well prepared, despite being short of practice. The oppotunities we got, we made the best of it all and it showed in the way we performed. Good to see that we dictated the game through out. Plans were clear, execution was good to see. I must commend Chris (Gayle) for the way he set it up. The way Shane Shillingford came and bowled.. I know the guy, he loves to bowl and never drops the ball. That's the kind of passion I wanted. There is always room for improvement. Players have been supportive, hopefully we can achieve big things. This match has shown we can compete and we can put ourselves in winning positions. This is over, we now start a whole new Test and we need to keep moving as a team."

Sanga: "Tough match, our attitude in the first couple of hours wasn't up to the mark and Chris Gayle took advantage. (About the tail end contributions) One of the great joys of playing for SL is the way everyone chips in. We got to admit, we were pretty much outplayed. There could have had a result if not for the rain (yesterday and today). Credit to the West Indies. Not heard much about the new ground at RPS. We will leave that to the groundsmen, and look forward to see what's there."

Umpire Kettleborough gets an award for a fine Test debut. Applause all around and well deserved.

Surprise surprise. Man of the match is Chris Gayle. HUGE smile on his face. "It's good to be in the same class as the great players (who hit 2 300s). I hope I can continue the form in the second Test and take it from there. I have to commend young Barath for the part he played. Young Darren Bravo too, Nash chipped in with a half century, it was fantastic. Barath is a promisingplayer, hope for more from him. Conditions will be different in the second Test, we will be prepared for it. My injury is pretty much ok. I batted for long, got cramps and some injury, but I'll be back strong."

4.16pm Right, thats it. Play has been officially called off. The covers remain in place, there is still some rain in the air and the umpires shake hands with the captains under glum skies. West Indies have punched above their weight, but having done that, threw away the chance to knock out Sri Lanka, who have done well to save the game.

4.13pm More from Andrew: "Covers remain in place and drizzle is intermittent. Chances of any more action are slim."

3.34pm Some hope from Andrew: "Rain has now stopped. But the covers remain in place as dark clouds move in from the southwest."

3.28pm Ten Cricket have shifted away from the Galle action and are showing the Stanbic domestic tournament in Zimbabwe. Unfortunately Brian Lara is not playing this particular game. That would've been fun.

3.13pm I'm afraid things don't look good. Andrew Fernando from Galle: "It's coming down hard now. Not sure how long it will last but the remainder of the ground's extensive covers are quickly coming on." Here's Andrew's match report of the day's proceedings so far. And this is today's story in pictures.

2.42pm The drizzle has won the battle. Play has been stopped by rain. The light is pretty poor too. They have decided to take tea early.

Ravdeep again: "Seeing the way Test matches are progressing in the subcontinent lately (Ind-NZ, Pak-SA & SL-WI), wondering if there is anything called "Accountability" for pitch curators."

Indeed. As someone recently pointed out, things would be really good in India if road builders and pitch curators were to swap jobs.

Vasanth: "If SL gets a lead of 100 runs and declare the innings, SL can win the match as WI are known to crumble under pressure." Yes, true.

I'll let you know the next developments at around 3.05pm local time which is when the team break ends. In the meantime, do follow our happening Twitter page at @ESPNcricinfo.

It's raining in Nagpur where the final India-NZ Test begins tomorrow. Harsha Bhogle reckons a drawn series is as good as a defeat for India.

81.2
1
Dwayne Bravo to Thilan Samaraweera, 1 run

surprise bouncer, only 122 kph, but catches Thilan by surprise and he fends it without comfort to the leg side

81.2
1w
Dwayne Bravo to Thilan Samaraweera, 1 wide

Bravo lands this outside the rather generous wide marker and umpire Davies spreads his arms

81.1
Dwayne Bravo to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

short and widish outside off, easy leave for Thilan the unshakeable

A very light drizzle now.

end of over 814 runs
SL: 239/4CRR: 2.95 
Angelo Mathews5 (10b 1x4)
Thilan Samaraweera18 (39b 3x4)
Brendan Nash 5-0-21-1
Dwayne Bravo 12-1-38-0
80.6
Nash to Angelo Mathews, no run

opens the face and guides a short ball towards point.

80.5
Nash to Angelo Mathews, no run

homes in on leg stump this time and Mathews covers the possible turn and defends

80.4
Nash to Angelo Mathews, no run
80.3
Nash to Angelo Mathews, no run

another one landed just wide of off stump and it is played out to cover

80.2
Nash to Angelo Mathews, no run

lands it outside off and he pushes it to the off side

80.1
4
Nash to Angelo Mathews, FOUR runs

Nash tries to lull Mathews now with his gifts. Expect a good ball later in the over. This was a gently full toss that he duly whacked through midwicket for four

end of over 802 runs
SL: 235/4CRR: 2.93 
Thilan Samaraweera18 (39b 3x4)
Angelo Mathews1 (4b)
Dwayne Bravo 12-1-38-0
Brendan Nash 4-0-17-1
79.6
Dwayne Bravo to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

another length ball outside off, another laboured leave.

79.5
Dwayne Bravo to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

wider outside off and Thilan gets a good look at it and leaves

79.4
1
Dwayne Bravo to Angelo Mathews, 1 run

over-pitched on middle and off, Angelo punches towards mid on for a single to get off the mark

79.3
Dwayne Bravo to Angelo Mathews, no run

short ball just outside off, trundler at 114 kph, Angelo leaves

79.2
1
Dwayne Bravo to Thilan Samaraweera, 1 run

angles into Thilan from back of a length and he tucks it away square for one

79.1
Dwayne Bravo to Thilan Samaraweera, no run

swinging full delivery outside off, the square drive is mistimed to point

Dwayne Bravo comes on now. The clouds seem to have drifted away for the mooment.

end of over 791 run • 1 wicket
SL: 233/4CRR: 2.94 
Angelo Mathews0 (2b)
Thilan Samaraweera17 (35b 3x4)
Brendan Nash 4-0-17-1
Shane Shillingford 30-4-79-1
78.6
Nash to Angelo Mathews, no run

makes him play this time, with one flighted on off stump, and Angelo defends down the track

78.5
Nash to Angelo Mathews, no run

tossed up outside off and breaking away, Angelo leaves

Mahela's done his job though. Angelo walks out to replace him.

Ravdeep: "The probability of West Indies victory now in this match is same as that of my message/comment being published."

Now for an upset that defeats all possible logic and weather!

78.4
W
Nash to Mahela Jayawardene, OUT

Nash has his 2nd Test wicket. He's been serving up a lot of bad balls here, probably took Mahela by surprise with a good one. It was tossed up on middle and leg stump, slower through the air and invited Mahela into an early drive. He popped it right back and Nash took a smart catch low down to his left

Mahela Jayawardene c & b Nash 58 (134b 7x4 1x6 212m) SR: 43.28
78.3
Nash to Mahela Jayawardene, no run

over-pitched on leg stump and Mahela drives it to mid on

78.2
Nash to Mahela Jayawardene, no run

lands it this time on middle and leg, Mahela defends to the off side

78.1
1
Nash to Thilan Samaraweera, 1 run

Nash is serving some return gifts here. High loopy little full toss outside off, happily crashed through cover point

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