Sri Lanka v West Indies

Kemar Roach removed both Sri Lanka openers as the West Indies made a positive start to a shortened first day at the second Test in Colombo.

Two hours of play were lost to rain at the start of the day, while bad light in the final session meant that only 37 overs were possible once the action got underway.

And it was the tourists who took control during that period, with Roach's double strike and another wicket from skipper Darren Sammy reducing Sri Lanka to 34-3.

But Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera then combined for an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 50, leading the hosts to recover to 84-3 by the close of play.

Sri Lanka elected to bat on the new pitch at the R Premadasa Stadium, but did not get out into the middle until 12.30pm local time.

Breakthrough

Only 10 runs were on the board when Roach (2-24) made the breakthrough as his straightening delivery clattered into Tillakaratne Dilshan's stumps to remove the batsman for four.

Roach then dismissed the hosts' other opener, Tharanga Paranavitana (16), whose edge fell into the hands of Dwayne Bravo at second slip.

Mahela Jayawardene (two) was the third batsman to fall after facing only seven balls, as a Sammy delivery caught his inside-edge before going on to strike off-stump.

Captain Sangakkara steadied the ship by making an unbeaten 25, while Samaraweera added 26 of his own, which included two fours and a six.

Thick cloud cover then forced the players off for the day, with play scheduled to start 15 minutes early on Wednesday in an attempt to recover some of the lost time.

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