Windies make promising start chasing 437

Mar 25, 2008

Muttiah Muralitharan began day four in an attempt to snap the last-wicket stand ... •AFP

Thilan Thushara broke the last-wicket stand of 28 and West Indies were out for 280•AFP

Malinda Warnapura followed up his first-innings hundred with an assured 62 •AFP

Dwayne Bravo reveled in the unfamiliar position of an opener, remaining unbeaten on 46 •AFP

... but Daren Powell and Jerome Taylor averted the follow-on rather easily•AFP

Sri Lanka's openers added a brisk 43 to extend the lead•AFP

Mahela Jayawardene made an aggressive 32 before he miscued a pull off Suleiman Benn•AFP

Bravo and Ramnaresh Sarwan returned to the pavilion after giving hope to West Indies, who now need a further 341 runs to win. They were involved in an unbroken 74-run stand, with Sarwan making 34 of those runs •AFP

Michael Vandort began at a good clip before falling to Chris Gayle for 24•AFP

Thilan Samaraweera scored an unbeaten 56 off 89 before Sri Lanka declared on 240 for 7, leaving West Indies with a record target of 437 •AFP