Sri Lanka claim first Test win in Caribbean

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Sri Lanka scored a historic first win over the West Indies in the Caribbean as they wrapped up a 121-run victory on the final day of the opening Test on Wednesday.

West Indies, needing 437 for victory but battling for a draw, were finally all out for 315 only 15 minutes left to survive.

In a tense final hour Chaminda Vaas bagged both final wickets with the new ball.

Vaas forced Jerome Taylor to edge a delivery to second slip, then four overs later he lured Daren Powell into a speculative shot into the covers where Muttiah Muralitharan took a spectacular catch running backwards.

Vaas ended with 5-61 and 8-109 for the match.

West Indies captain Chris Gayle, who dropped himself down the order after a first-innings duck, was left unbeaten on 51.

Dwayne Bravo topscored with 83 and Ramnaresh Sarwan scored a confident 72.

The pair stretched its overnight partnership to 134 but once they were separated, Sri Lanka took wickets at regular intervals as they charted their victory course.

The second Test starts on April 3 at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. E-mail to a friend

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