Jangoo and Chase put West Indies in command with record 401-run stand against Sri Lanka

ST JOHN'S, Antigua. Amir Jangoo and captain Roston Chase put the West Indies in a dominant position against Sri Lanka with a 401-run sixth-wicket partnership at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

The stand was the highest in Test history for the sixth wicket and the West Indies’ second-best partnership overall. It carried the team to 626 for nine before Chase declared with a 318-run first-innings lead.

A record rebuild

The pair came together with the West Indies still 37 runs behind Sri Lanka. Jangoo resumed on 78 and went on to reach his maiden Test century in only his third match.

They took the score to 356 for five at lunch and 492 for five at tea against an undermanned bowling attack, with Chase reaching his sixth Test century as the partnership passed 300.

Jangoo brought up his double century with a single and eventually fell for 233 off 373 balls, an innings lasting more than nine and a half hours that included 19 fours and three sixes. His dismissal left the West Indies on 569 for six.

Alzarri Joseph added a quick 21 off 20 balls, with two sixes and a four, before falling to Milan Rathnayake.

Chase fell short of a double century, bowled for 194 off 324 balls after eight and a half hours at the crease.

Rathnayake’s five

Rathnayake was Sri Lanka’s standout bowler, taking his first Test five-wicket haul, 5 for 124, and triggering the declaration by dismissing Kemar Roach for a duck.

Jayden Seales then extended the West Indies’ advantage by removing Pathum Nissanka for three early in Sri Lanka’s second innings. Sri Lanka were fortunate not to lose Nishan Madushka as well after a dropped chance.