DHAMMIKA Prasad and the rest of Sri Lanka’s bowling attack wrested back control of the second Test from the West Indies as the hosts built up a three-figure lead in Colombo.The tourists began the second day with 17 on the board and only one man down, as they looked to surpass Sri Lanka’s first-innings total of 200, yet they lost six wickets for 86 runs in the second session to be dismissed for 163.
And it was Prasad, rather than first-Test hero Rangana Herath, who did most of the damage with four for 34, before some patient batting from Kaushal Silva ensured Sri Lanka closed 113 runs ahead with eight wickets in hand.
Prasad had claimed Sri Lanka’s sole wicket on the first day and he was back to remove n nightwatchman Devendra Bishoo for 13 with the first ball of the 11th over which the nightwatchman nicked to wicketkeeper Kusal Perera.
Darren Bravo, who had shown little rhythm in making two, played on, to succumb to Prasad to leave the Windies 37 for three.
Marlon Samuels survived an early lbw shout from Herath but departed for 13 and was unable to negotiate his way through to lunch alongside Kraigg Brathwaite, as Angelo Mathews snaffled a first-slip chance off the bowling of Milinda Siriwardana.
Having taken lunch at 77 for four, the visitors capitulated in the afternoon session, a collapse that was brought about once Brathwaite, three shy of 50, was given out for an edge behind, off Siriwardana that the West Indies opener unsuccessfully reviewed.
Perera took another catch off Prasad’s bowling to remove Jermaine Blackwood for 16 and Herath struck Denesh Ramdin’s stumps to claim his only victim of the innings for 14, two balls after unsuccessfully reviewing an lbw shout when Ramdin had offered no shot.
Dilruwan Perera then finished off the tail with the wickets of Jason Holder, who weighed in with 21, and Jerome Taylor and Jomel Warrican, who both contributed one.
Sri Lanka’s second innings started in inauspicious fashion, Dimuth Karunaratne chipping the first delivery faced from Taylor that was straying down leg, behind square to a diving Bishoo.
But Silva, himself a golden-duck victim first time around, showed more staying power this time and put on 55 with Kusal Mendis before he perished to a catch behind off Warrican 11 shy of a half-century.
Dinesh Chandimal could have been run-out at the non-striker’s end after being sent back attempting a second when on one, while he experienced more fortune when the West Indies reviewed an lbw shout from Warrican which went with the umpire’s on-field call of not out.
He had moved to five by stumps and Silva had accrued a 90-ball 31 and was yet to find the rope. (PA Sport)

SRI Lanka 1st innings 200 all out
WEST INDIES 1st innings (o/n 17/1)
K. Brathwaite c K Perera b Siriwardana 47
S. Hope lbw Prasad 4
D. Bishoo c K. Perera b Prasad 13
D. Bravo b Prasad 2
M. Samuels c Mathews b Siriwardana 13
J. Blackwood c K. Perera b Prasad 16
D. Ramdin b Herath 14
J. Holder c Mathews b D. Perera 21
K. Roach not out 17
J. Taylor lbw D. Perera 1
J. Warrican c & b D. Perera 1
Total: (all out 64.2 overs) 163
Extras: (b-9, lb-3, w-1, nb-1) 14
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-33, 3-37, 4-76, 5-89, 6-105, 7-137, 8-149, 9-151.
Bowling: D. Prasad 12-3-34-4, N. Pradeep 11-3-24-0, R. Herath 20-5-39-1, D. Perera 11.2-3-28-3, M. Siriwardana 10-2-26-2.
SRI LANKA 2nd innings (lead 37)
D. Karunaratne c Bishoo b Taylor 0
K. Silva not out 31
K. Mendis c Ramdin b Warrican 39
D. Chandimal not out 5
Total: (for 2 wickets, off 31 overs) 76
Extras: (lb-1) 1
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-55.
Bowling: J. Taylor 4-1-15-1, K. Roach 4-1-10-0, J. Holder 5-1-9-0, J. Warrican 11-1-21-1, D. Bishoo 7-1-20-0.