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Caribbeans extend lead
ARNOS VALE. St Vincent. June 23: West Indies batsmen confidently erased a first in nines deficit of 75 and began to build
a solid lead but heavy rain again severely curtailed play on the third day of the second cricket Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday, reports AP.
Resuming on 19 without loss, the home team went to lunch at 124 for two. By then, the bad weather was closing in and the skies opened up soon afterwards. That deluge resulted in a stoppage of 3 1-2 hours. Play of only two overs and three balls were possible when they resumed in late afternoon, the West Indies stretching their total to 128 for two. a lead of 53. before play was finally halted for bad light.
Brian Lara was unbeaten on 30 and Floyd Reifer on 15.
Saturday's play had also been badly hit by the weather with play of only 27.4 overs were possible under overcast conditions.
On Sunday, the West Indian openers Sherwin Campbell and Stuart Williams, who added a match-winning 160 in the opening Test, again provided an enterprising start in the morning session.
Despite overnight showers, play started on time and the pair added 62 stroke-filled runs for the first wicket before Campbell was bowled for 33.
It was fast bowler Ravlndra Pushpakumara, a five-wicket hero in the first Innings, who earned the breakthrough. He had been carved over backward point and ondrlven through square leg for boundaries in the same over that he ripped out Campbell's leg stump on the inside edge.
Campbell hit six boundaries and faced 35 balls in his hour-long Innings.
Williams was within four of a half-century when he was caught off bat and glove at silly Kilnt by Sanath Jayasuriya off uttiah Muralitharan. Standing umpire Dough Cowie of New Zealand consulted with his square leg colleague Steve Buc-knor to confirm that the ball carried to the fielder, who held the catch centimetres from the ground. But TV replays indicated that the ball may have re-
bounded off the right glove when it was removed from the bat.
Brian Lara, who was promoted above Reifer to the key No. 3 position, took a while to-settle. But he started to blossom lust before the rain came. He batted overall for 86 minutes, stroking Just one four off his 52
Vale on Sunday :
WEST INDIES: First innings 147 (C Hooper 81; R Pushpakumara 5-41)
SRI LANKA; First innings 222 IS Jayasuriya 90. C Hooper 5-26)
WEST INDIES : Second innings (overnight 19-01
Campbell b Pushpakumara 33
Williams c Jayasuriya b
Muralitharan 46
Laranotout 30
Reifer not out 15
Extras. Ob-2. nb-2) 4
Total (for 2 wktsl 128
Fall of wickets: 1-62. 2-92
Bowling O M R W
Sanjeeva 7 0 34 0
Pushpakumara 9 2 42 1
Muralitharan 12.3 3 35 1
Dharmasena 5 1 15 0
balls.
Reifer in only his second Test, also emerged from an uncertain start and a few confident appeals to bat with growing assurance. He hit two boundaries in his 46 minutes at the crease.
Pushpakumara took one wicket for 42 runs off nine overs and Muralitharan one for 35 off 12.3 overs.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard on the third day of the second Test between West Indies and Srl Lanka at Arnos