The West Indies are in deep trouble in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.

The tourists collapsed to 113-6 at stumps on day two in reply to the hosts’ first-innings total of 386 all out.

After Sri Lanka’s quicks failed to take a wicket, the spinners made hay as off-spinner Ramesh Mendis claimed three wickets and left-arm orthodox duo Praveen Jayawickrama and Lasith Embuldeniya shared three wickets between them.

Openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Jermaine Blackwood had added 46 runs for the first wicket before Embuldeniya provided the breakthrough, trapping Blackwood leg before for 20.

Jayawickrama was operating from the City End and Nkrumah Bonner gloved one to first slip where Dhananjaya de Silva took a low catch. He made one.

Then off-spinner Mendis came into the attack in the 32nd over, replacing Jayawickrama, and claimed two wickets in two balls to put the West Indies in all sorts of trouble.

He struck with the last ball of his first over when Brathwaite was caught at leg slip.

Brathwaite had looked solid on his way to 41 off 115 deliveries, with seven fours, and had successfully overturned a decision before tea.

Mendis struck again in the first ball of his second over when Shai Hope was well caught by Oshada Fernando at short leg for 10.

Hope came in as a concussion substitute for Jeremy Solozano. On his Test debut, Solozano was taken to hospital on the first morning when a full-blooded pull shot from Dimuth Karunaratne smashed into his helmet grille.

He spent the night under observation but scans revealed no serious injuries other than a concussion and he returned to Galle and spent time in the team hotel after being discharged.

Jayawickrama changed ends and came on from the Dutch Fort End to pick up a second wicket as Jomel Warrican edged to wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal and then exhausted a review as the West Indies middle order collapsed, losing four wickets for 20 runs.

Earlier, the West Indies bowled out Sri Lanka with Roston Chase claiming a five-wicket haul.

Among his victims were Dimuth Karunaratne, whose classy 147 ended when Joshua da Silva completed a smart stumping.

Karunaratne was involved in two 100-plus stands with Pathum Nissanka (56) and Dhananjaya de Silva (61). Chandimal chipped in with 45 runs.

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