On the off chance that Kaushal Silva's 105-ball vigil was limit less, Siriwardana's second and third scoring shots were stroked past the spreads for fours.
He clouted Jomel Warrican over midwicket and afterward sent Devendra Bishoo straight down the ground. By then the lead had crossed 150. Bishoo excessively got disturbing turn yet blundered short, as he has been all through the arrangement, permitting Angelo Mathews to settle down.
Mathews was more calm, wedging the ball into the holes, and was the ninth Sri Lanka batsman rejected for 46, missing the mark regarding his fifth fifty or more score in five Tests at the P Sara Oval. Dilruwan Perera scratched to slip the following ball, giving Brathwaite his 6th wicket, and Jermaine Blackwood his fifth catch.
West Indies had started well before surrendering the stage to Siriwardana and Mathews. Warrican discovered the outside edge in the first over of the day however it snuck away to one side of Denesh Ramdin and did not convey to slip either.
It was not much sooner than Silva's air pocket burst as he played against the turn, heaving a catch straight to Blackwood at slip. Two balls later, Jerome Taylor evacuated Chandimal with an inducker, Ramdin taking a more keen discover tossing himself to one side.
Brathwaite tailed it with another twofold strike. He first inspired one to turn far from round the wicket and broke an occupied 67-run organization by nipping out Siriwardana. He then struck at the stroke of lunch, having Kusal Perera driving an edge behind to leave the hosts six down.
Rangana Herath emerged ready to take care of business after lunch, hitting converse compasses and in addition standard scopes in a 30-run stand with Mathews. Brathwaite, notwithstanding, cleaned Sri Lanka off, the last four wickets tumbling for 11 runs.
With the pitch beginning to play more traps, West Indies confront the possibility of conveying their best batting execution for the arrangement for them to draw level with Sri Lanka.
