West Indies loses early wicket on rain-hit day

KANDY, NOV. 23. Nuwan Zoysa took a wicket with his first ball on his return to Test cricket today when he dismissed West Indies' opener Darren Ganga for a duck. Zoysa, who has been absent for eight months through injury, induced Ganga to edge his opening delivery to Mahela Jaywardene at third slip as West Indies began its reply to Sri Lanka's first innings 288 on the third day of the second Test here.

At close, after heavy overnight rain had prevented any play before lunch or after tea, West Indies was 39 for one with Chris Gayle unbeaten on 25 from 32 balls with four boundaries. The West Indies pace bowlers captured the last two Sri Lanka wickets after the home side resumed at 273 for eight. Zoysa took eight runs off the first over bowled by Pedro Collins, but was bowled in the next for 23, ending a 32-run ninth wicket stand with Niroshan Bandaratillake.

Mervyn Dillon finished the innings off in the fourth over of the day when he had Muttiah Muralitharan caught by Collin Stuart at mid-off for four. Collins ended with figures of four for 78 with Dillon and leg-spinner Dinananth Ramnarine taking three apiece. - Reuters

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