Dhananjaya de Silva's unbeaten 79 steadied Sri Lanka to 204 for 5 by tea, recovering from two double-strikes by West Indies bowlers Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph.

Sri Lanka reached 95 for 3 at lunch, with Chandimal's unbeaten 40 and Dhananjaya's steady 25 countering Alzarri Joseph's impressive two-wicket haul.

Dhananjaya de Silva's unbeaten 79 steadied Sri Lanka to 204 for 5 by tea, recovering from two double-strikes by West Indies bowlers Alzarri Joseph and Shamar Joseph.

Dhananjaya de Silva’s assured 13th Test hundred anchored a determined Sri Lankan batting effort with the visitors dismissed for 308 just before the close of the first day of the…