West Indies vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, no run, very full and far too down leg

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, 2 runs, wristed into the gap at mid-wicket

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, no run, wobbly seam fuller length delivery just outside off, Dickwella's eyes light up and goes for the expansive drive. Hint of inward shape as it goes past the inside edge

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, no run, wayward delivery down leg, Dickwella wanted to help it fine and wasn't successful

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, no run, length, decking back in. Exemplary leave by Dickwella

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, sits back in line and blocks this harmlessly

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, Thirimanne gets into serious strife against this short delivery. Didn't see it coming at all.. was caught in a state of flux and it was too late to avoid it as well. Clonked right on the arm-guard after coming in the firing line and it balloons up to loop over the stumps. Looked really ugly, well-directed by Joseph

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, sliding in, impulsive flick straight to mid-wicket

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, Joseph keeping it there hoping Thirimanne would unleash himself but nah! Waves it to the keeper

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, 136kph full ball outside off, blocked

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, 1 run, tucked to square leg, a misfield will help Dickwella get off strike

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, no run, skiddy full delivery outside off, Dickwella leaves

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, short of length in the channel outside off, Thirimanne is not interested

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, bouncer, gunning in briskly. Thirimanne ducks in time

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, 2 runs, commits himself forward and times the drive to the right of cover

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, no run, length at 138kph outside off, a check push to point

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, no run, late curve in on a fuller length just outside off, Dickwella tentatively gropes and inside-halves it to short leg

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, no run, rides the bounce off this back of a length delivery and jabs it gently to point

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, 1 run, too straight from Joseph, tickled away to fine leg

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, I0$ bumper, Thirimanne avoids it

Alzarri Joseph to Dickwella, 1 run, plants it on a goodish length outside off, Dickwella stays deep and dinks it with soft hands in front of cover. Easy single on offer

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, 1 run, tailing on leg, seamlessly clipped away to fine leg

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, 2 runs, bouncing off from a length, worked past mid-wicket for two

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, short, meandering away outside off. Thirimanne hides his bat behind

Alzarri Joseph to Pathum Nissanka, 1 run, 134kph, drops it in front of cover, softly, and quickly pinches a quick single

Alzarri Joseph to Pathum Nissanka, no run, 133kph, nips in on the legs, nudged out softly to leg

Alzarri Joseph to Pathum Nissanka, no run, 140kph, length, sixth-stump, ignored

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, 1 run, 134kph, flicked uppishly, and just over Blackwood at leg-gully. If only Holder was there

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, 134kph, back of a length, angling across and way outside off. A nice loose warm up

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, short of a length and sliding down leg, Thirimanne was looking to help it on its way and missed

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, banged in short and angling across the left-hander, Thirimanne drops his gloves and sways away from the line

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, fuller length delivery and pushed across the left-hander, Thirimanne went hard on the drive and gets an inside edge back towards the bowler

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - too close to cut and Thirimanne chops a mistimed shot towards gully

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, fraction fuller and around off, Thirimanne plays close to his body and defends

Alzarri Joseph to Chandimal, no run, short of a good length and holding its line outside off, left alone

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, 1 run, full and straight from Joseph, clipped away backward of square on the on-side for a single

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, 2 runs, fuller length delivery and angling across the left-hander, Thirimanne leant into the drive and squirts an inside edge past square leg, back on the second run

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, banged in short and at the stumps, Thirimanne ducks under it and lets it go

Alzarri Joseph to Chandimal, no run, a fiery yorker from Joseph - full and around middle, Chandimal gets his right leg away, jams his bat down and squeezes it to the off-side

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, 1 run, tad too short and too straight from Joseph, worked down towards long leg for a single

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, back of a length and well wide of off, Thirimanne doesn't need to play those, left alone

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, Joseph shortens his length and angles one down leg, Thirimanne drops his gloves and sways away from the line

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, short of a length and angling across the left-hander, draws a loose waft from the left-hander as he's beaten on the cut

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, back of a length and straightening from an angle - Thirimanne is slightly squared up as he defended it towards backward point

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, Joseph shortens his length outside off - Thirimanne presses across and defends it to the off-side

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, short of a length and just outside off, Thirimanne presses across and blocks it back at the bowler

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, Joseph shortens his length around off, Thirimanne rides the bounce and then defends

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, short of a length and angling across the left-hander, left alone

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, short of a length and at the stumps, Thirimanne leans across and defends it to the on-side

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, half-an-appeal for LBW, but the ball was bouncing past the leg-stump - Thirimanne fell across on the tuck and missed, struck high on the pad and rolled to the off-side

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, no run, Joseph shortens his length and angles one across the left-hander, left alone

Alzarri Joseph to Thirimanne, 2 runs, a gentle start from Joseph, full and sliding onto the pads, clipped backward of square on the on-side for a couple of runs