The unbeaten first Test century by a patient, Nakramah Bonner, won against Sri Lanka as the fifth and final day of the first day of a Test match against Sri Lanka for a day in the West Indies. In just his third Test, the 32-year-old Bonner already raised a considerable reputation as a middle-order batsman with significantly more substance than style.
He compiled 113 not out dogs in just seven hours, during which he faced 274 balls, hitting 13 fours and a six.
This ensured that his team comfortably saved the match at 236 for four, setting a possible target of 375.
Having missed a century in each of their first two Tests in Bangladesh last month, the Jamaican right-hander was not denied for the third time in a day when the home side needed their brand of determination once, which Determining that Mila getting 341 runs with nine wickets on the final day was not a more realistic possibility.
“I did some work with the batting coach (Monty Desai) in the nets after the first innings,” said Bonner.
“The Sri Lankan bowlers are very disciplined and it was also important for me to be disciplined and put the ball in the ‘V’ at the most.”
He struck a 105-run third-wicket partnership with Kyle Meyers, which took nearly three hours and effectively smashed Sri Lanka’s hopes of completing a great fightback from day one with the win.
This ensures that both teams will have everything to play when the second and final Test begins on Monday at the same Sir Vivian Richards Stadium venue.
Sri Lanka will be concerned about the fitness of first-time wicketkeeper Niroshan Dikwela, who has been either sustained or injured on more than one occasion during the day, requiring prolonged treatment on the field every time he continues. are. .
Meters, who marked his Test debut on that Bangladesh campaign with a sensational, match-winner unbeaten 210 in the first match at the Chatogram, saw his naturally aggressive reaching 52 before falling to Lasith Ambuldenia’s left-arm orthodox spin. The beginning of the final season curb the genre.
Ambuldenia claimed the lone success of Sri Lanka’s morning game when they removed Cragg Brathwaite to maintain the tourists’ hopes to press for a win that day.
Batting with exaggerated care to score 23 off 124 balls, the West Indies skipper downed the pitch 20 minutes before lunch, scoring a 66-run partnership for the second wicket.
Sri Lankan hopes were briefly exposed again in the final session as Meyer’s wicket was then driven by the impressive Vishwa Fernando on the second ball after the dismissal of Jermaine Blackwood, who gave the pacer the second wicket of the innings.
At 204 for four, and with more than an hour to play, the visitors kept pushing for more success but Bonner and former captain Jason Holder made sure the West Indians were not grateful to be away from the match. . .
Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne said that I am really happy with the way I am fighting in the second innings.
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“Today, maybe we tried a lot at times, but the pitch was better and better for him to bat and you have to give credit to Bonner and the rest of the West Indies batsmen.
“At least we know what to expect from the pitch as we move into the second Test.”
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