NORTH SOUND (ANTIGUA), March 31: Left hanging on 99 overnight, West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite completed his ninth test century to place his team in a strong position at stumps on the second day of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka.
Brathwaite needed only two balls at the start of the day to reach his first century since July 2018.
He worked the second ball from Suranga Lakmal to fine leg for a single to also complete his first hundred as West Indies captain from 241 balls with 11 fours.
Brathwaite has now scored nine of the last 10 centuries by a West Indies opener. His 103-run eighth-wicket partnership with Rahkeem Cornwall helped the West Indies to 354.
Brathwaite batted through the West Indies innings and was the last man out, dragging a ball from Dushmantha Chameera onto his stumps.
At stumps, Sri Lanka was 136-3, 218 runs behind.
Lahiru Thirimanne followed his scores of 70 and 76 in the first Test with 55, which provided solidity at the top of the Sri Lanka order.
Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva then batted through 25 overs in an unbroken fourth-wicket partnership which was worth 59 runs at stumps. (AP)
