Herath's Galle record and West Indies' lower-order recovery

8 Number of five-wicket hauls Rangana Herath has taken in Galle. Only one other bowler has taken more five-fors at a venue: Muttiah Muralitharan took 14 such hauls at the SSC and 11 each in Kandy and Galle. Ian Botham also took eight five-wicket hauls at Lord's. Herath has taken 75 wickets in Galle at an average of 24.46. Overall, this was Herath's 23rd five-wicket haul in Tests.

6 Number of times Herath has taken six or more wickets in an innings in Galle including his 6 for 68 in West Indies' first innings in this Test. Only Muralitharan has taken more at a single venue in Tests. Muralitharan took six-plus wickets seven times out the 11 five-fors he took in Kandy. Overall, Herath has taken 11 such hauls in his Test career.

21.93 Herath's bowling average in Tests in Galle this year. He has taken 15 wickets in three Tests here including two five-fors. In the four other Tests he has played this year, Herath has taken 10 wickets at an average of 60.00.

5 Number of times West Indies have been asked to follow-on in Tests since 2010 including this match. No other team has had to follow-on more often during this period. Bangladesh and New Zealand have been asked to follow-on four times since 2010.

5 Number of times Sri Lanka have now asked their opposition to follow-on in Tests in Galle. This equals the highest number of times any team has enforced the follow-on at a venue in the sub-continent. India too have enforced follow-on five times at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.

4 Number of fifties Darren Bravo has made against Sri Lanka in Tests in just six innings including his 50 in the first innings of this match. Bravo has played four Tests against Sri Lanka - all away - and has a fifty in each one of them. Bravo has 276 runs against them at an average of 69.00.

251 West Indies' total in their first innings - the fifth-lowest by any team in Test innings in which at least ten batsmen have reached double-figures. Pakistan had made 221 in their first innings against New Zealand in the Lahore Test in 1984-85 which is the lowest. Overall this was the 11th time that at least ten West Indies batsmen had scored 10 or more in an innings. The last such instance for West Indies had come against Australia in Barbados.

10.61 Marlon Samuels' batting average against Sri Lanka - the lowest he averages against any team in Tests. Samuels has played eight Tests against them and has made only 138 runs in 14 innings. Among West Indies batsmen, only Learie Constantine averaged lower against an opposition from ten or more innings batting in the top-order.

80 Deliveries Kemar Roach faced in his innings of 22 in West Indies' first innings. This equals the second-highest number of balls he has faced in an innings in Tests. Roach had batted for 55 balls in the company of Jason Holder to help save the Antigua Test against England earlier this year.

2008 The last time before this Test each of West Indies' No. 8, 9 and 10 made at least 20 runs in an innings. On that occasion too, Sri Lanka was the opposition. Overall, there have been only eight such instances for West Indies in Tests.