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2nd Test - Day Four: Match on a knife-edge, and Greaves stands tall

MANGESH KULKARNI: The calculus is clear. Sri Lanka need to declare at a total that gives their bowlers enough overs to bowl West Indies out, without setting a target so low that the hosts can realistically win.

07.07.26, 14:24 Updated 07.07.26, 14:24

Machel Hewitt

Machel Hewitt

The question day three posed was whether Hope and Greaves could convert overnight fifties into something that truly mattered. The answer arrived over the course of a long, absorbing day four that will be remembered for an innings of stature, an unusual dismissal, a captain taken off the field injured, and a match that arrives at day five entirely alive. 

West Indies were bowled out for 499, and Sri Lanka closed at 92 for 2 with a lead of 142. A draw remains the most likely outcome. But only just. 

The Morning: Centuries in lockstep 

Hope and Greaves picked up where they left off: composed, unhurried, and completely untroubled by the Sri Lanka attack. The morning session belonged entirely to them. 

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