WI vs SL 2nd Test Commentary - Saint Peters (03 July 2026)

Flatter, outside off, left alone by John Campbell.

Fullish, on off, John Campbell blocks it back to the bowler.

Keeps it full, on off, John Campbell taps it to point.

Nice and full, on off, John Campbell flicks it to mid-wicket.

Fired in, on off, John Campbell blocks it to cover.

Fullish, on off, John Campbell lunges and eases it to short cover. Both sides decide to shake hands, and the match ends in a draw. West Indies win the series 1-0.

Quicker, outside off, John Campbell eases it back to the bowler.

Much fuller, outside off, John Campbell lunges and blocks it to short cover.

Similar line and length, John Campbell works it to short cover again.

Fullish, outside off, John Campbell guides it to short third for a single.

Past the edge! Turn and bounce, outside off, Brandon King looks to block it but misses.

Much fuller, on off, Brandon King leans on and stabs it to mid off.

Too full, on off, Brandon King digs it to mid-wicket.

On the stumps, fuller in length, Brandon King defends it watchfully.

Full again, on off, Brandon King lunges and blocks it back to the bowler.

Similar delivery, on middle, Brandon King blocks it back to the bowler again.

SIX! FIFTY up in style for Brandon King! He gets to his 4th Test half century. It's been a well-constructed one, and full of patience as he gets to his milestone in 126 balls. Prabath Jayasuriya drops it short, on off, Brandon King rocks back and effortlessly pulls it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Beaten! Flatter and outside off, Brandon King looks to block it but misses.

FIFTY up for John Campbell! Full, on middle, John Campbell looks to block it but miscues it to backward point for a single. That's his 5th fifty in the Tests to go along with a solitary century. A quality 72 in the first inning and a mature and responsible knock in the second inning as well. He deservedly gets a big applause from his teammates in the dressing room.

Quicker, on off, Brandon King eases it to mid off.

Beaten! Flatter and outside off, Brandon King has a waft at it but misses.

Too full, on off, Brandon King knocks it to wide of mid off for a single. West Indies need 200 runs.

Quicker, on off, John Campbell eases it to cover.

Fired in, on off, John Campbell lunges and blocks it to short cover.

Fired in, on off, Brandon King eases it to mid on.

FOUR! That's a fine shot! Overpitched, on off, Brandon King takes a step forward and knocks it firmly through mid on for a boundary.

FOUR! 100 comes up for the West Indies! Similar delivery, on off, Brandon King knocks it through mid on for four more. A centurion partnership between the West Indian opening pair as well.

Quicker, on off, Brandon King blocks it back to the bowler.

Short, down leg, Brandon King looks to pull it but misses.

Flatter, on leg, Brandon King flicks it to mid-wicket.

Much fuller, on off, John Campbell digs it back to the bowler.

Full and straight, John Campbell stabs it to mid off.

Fired in, on off, John Campbell lunges and blocks it back to the bowler.

Much fuller, on leg, John Campbell eases it to mid on.

Nice and full, on off, John Campbell covers his line and blocks it watchfully.

A flatter length ball, outside off and sharply turning in. Campbell is drawn forward and is beaten on the inside edge and is hit the pads. An appeal for LBW, but seemingly, it was heading down leg.

Much fuller, on off, John Campbell pushes it to the right of the bowler.

Quicker, outside off, John Campbell leaves it alone.

Fired in, on off, John Campbell stabs it to mid off.

Fullish, on off, John Campbell flicks it to mid-wicket.

Quicker, on leg, John Campbell turns it to square leg for a single.

Quicker, on leg, Brandon King tucks it to mid-wicket.

A full toss, on off, John Campbell flicks it to mid-wicket.

Flatter, on off, John Campbell eases it to mid off.

Too full, on leg, John Campbell digs it to mid-wicket.

Too full, on off, John Campbell blocks it back to the bowler.

Full and straight, John Campbell flicks it to long on for a single.

Fired in, on off, Brandon King knocks it to the mid on fielder.

Around off, fuller in length, Brandon King knocks it to mid on.

Too full, on off, Brandon King digs it to mid off.

Fired in, on off, sliding in. Brandon King looks to block it but gets an inside edge onto his pads. The ball rolls back to the bowler. Dot.

Fullish, on off, Brandon King stabs it back to the bowler.

That kept low! Short and it keeps low, Brandon King toe ends it to the mid off fielder.

Flatter, on off, Brandon King eases it to the left of the bowler. A maiden from Jayasuriya.

Spears it full on off, Campbell covers the stumps and blocks it to cover.

Wide outside off, full, left alone.

FOUR BYES! Miles outside off, stays low after pitching. John Campbell leans forward and tries to punch it away, but misses by a fair bit and the ball skids through, beats Kusal Mendis to his left. The keeper cannot get behind the ball and it runs away to the fence behind.

Milan Rathnayaka bowls it slow and outside off, John Campbell leaves. It's a No Ball for overstepping.

Full and on the stumps, John Campbell blocks it back to the bowler.

Angling in, on off, John Campbell tucks it to mid-wicket.

Edgy! Good length, on off, John Campbell tries to block it but edges it to the fielder at slip. Luckily, it doesn't carry.

Big shout for LBW, but Ahsan Raza is unmoved. Full and straight, going with the arm from around the stump. John Campbell leans forward to defend, but misses on the inside edge as the ball spins in and is hit on the flap of the front pad. Impact is probably outside off here.

Full outside off, Campbell shimmies ahead and drives it to deep cover for a single.

Short on leg, dabbed to short leg.

Short once again, around off, Brandon King knocks it straight to mid off.

Spins away, on a length, outside off, King cuts away to backward point.

Pushed through, full on middle. Brandon King stretches forward and smothers the spin.

Around the stump, slanted into the batter. John gets behind the line and blocks it to the point region.

Short on top of middle. Campbell climbs on it and fences it to the gully region.

Aims the sticks, full, blocked comfortably by John by covering the line.

Nagging length, outside off. Campbell goes for a square cut, but the ball skids low and beats the inside edge.

Back of a length, around off. Campbell lets the ball arrive and dabs it on the bounce to the left of first slip.

Length ball, outside off. Campbell knocks it behind square on the off side for a single.

Too full, on off, eased out to the cover fielder.

 SIX! Punished ruthlessly! A long half-volley from Jayasuriya, around off. John Campbell shimmies down the track and clubs it over long off for a cracking six.

Sharp turn into the batter, on a length. Alertly blocked off the back foot.

Full outside off, Campbell advances again but yorks himself and shovels it back to the bowler.

Outside off and full, straight line. John Campbell nails the cover drive through the gap for a single.

Slowish length ball, on middle. Brandon King gets deep in the crease and nudges it on the bounce to forward short leg.

Nip-backer on a fuller length, on off. Campbell gets on the front foot and defends it off the inner half.

Fullish, outside off, Campbell carves it to deep point for a single.

Holds on a touch, a full ball, around off. King drives it to the cover region.

Short of a length, outside off. King square cuts it to deep point for a single.

Full, at 122.5 kph, outside off. Campbell leaves. Isitha has overstepped here and it is called a No Ball.

A lot fuller, outside off, let through.

Back of a length, outside off. Campbell hangs back and cuts it to deep backward point for an easy run.

Tossed up, on off and full. Campbell leans on and steers it through backward point for an easy run.

JAFFA! An absolute ripper from Jayasuriya. This is probably the first ball that has turned a mile. Full in front of middle. It lands on the rough patch and spins square past the bat. Brandon King is sucked on the front foot to defend but gets beaten.

Floated up, full on middle, eased back to the bowler.

Overpitched on off, King carves it away to mid off.

 FOUR! Half a chance, but a chance nonetheless. A touch short on the off stump, spinning away. Brandon King hangs deep in the crease and looks to defend it out, but gets a thick outside edge and the ball just drops short of the first slip fielder, who is a bit late to dive to his right and the ball seeps through to run away to the fence.

Length ball on the stumps, at 81 kph, King hangs back and punches the ball towards short mid-wicket off the backfoot.

Inswinger on a good length, on off. Campbell tucks it to deep square leg for a single.

Catching mid off and mid on in position, just beside the pitch on either sides. A full toss on the stumps. Clipped across to square leg.

Full and straight on middle. King drives it straight to the fielder at cover.

A confident appeal for LBW, but nothing doing. Not sure if it took a bit of a bat on its way. Slants it on the pads, on a fullish length. Brandon King is trapped in front as he tries to flick it across the line but seems to have got a faint inside edge on the front pad. And the wait longs for Isitha to claim his first Test wicket.

Full and around off, sweetly timed off the front foot, but straight to mid off.

Wayward down leg, on a length. King misses the pull. Kusal dives low to his left and scoops the ball nicely.

Shortish, outside off. John cuts it off the back foot to deep point for a single.

Fuller and slower, on middle. King defends off the inner half to mid-wicket.

Full again, on off, defended to cover.

Slides one into the batter, full in length. Brandon King leans and blocks.

Short on middle, King nudges it on the bounce to forward short leg.

Arm ball, full on the pads. King alertly defends it back to the bowler.

Length-delivery, on off. John Campbell punches it to cover for a single.

Wayward down leg, short in length. Helped behind towards deep fine leg by King. The deep square leg fielder runs across to his right and cuts it off with a slide. Keeps it down to a single only.

Length-delivery, nipping in, still stays outside off. John Campbell hops off and steers it through backward point for an easy single.

At 130.2 kph, short down leg. King lets it through by ducking under it.

A bit loose from King there! Short by Fernando, on the leg stump. King gets inside the line, casually goes for the pull shot but the ball pops off the surface and goes over his bat.

Attacks the stumps, on a length. King gets behind the line and defends it down the pitch. And that will be TEA on Day 5!

Just short of mid on! Pitched fuller, on middle. King chips it across, on the bounce to the mid on fielder.

Around off and full, King presses ahead and defends.

Nicely flighted, full on middle. Watchfully blocked down the pitch by Brandon.

A bit round-armish, full around off. King strides across and defends.

Slows it up on the stumps. King gets on the front foot and taps the full ball to the off side.

King survives for the second time against Prabath! In-drifter on a length, on the leg stump. Brandon King hangs back and across to nudge it around the corner on the leg side, but misses and is hit on the front pad. A lengthy appeal for LBW, but not given. Dhananjaya de Silva at first slip chats with Kusal Mendis and goes for a review, challenging the on-field decision. This looks a bit close. Flat line on UltraEdge. And King is saved once again as Ball Tracking shows the ball is brushing the leg stump on umpire's call. Sri Lanka retain the review, but the first breakthrough still remains elusive.

Short and outside off. This is gently tapped to the point region.

Back of a length, outside off. John Campbell knocks it off the back foot behind point for a single.

Short and down leg. King misses out on the pull shot as the ball bounces above his angled bat.

Banged halfway on the pitch, outside off. King comfortably guides it to deep third and they stroll for a single.

Back of a length, around off, sliding in. Campbell taps it to the right of cover, but denies for the run.

A fraction fuller, outside off. John is drawn forward to play the cover drive, but misses.

Flat and full, around off, Campbell uses his feet and drives it to deep extra cover for a single.

Around the stump, on a length, at 79.7 kph. King nudges it to short leg.

Slides one down leg, full in length. King goes for the sweep but misses out on connecting. Kusal gets across to his left and grabs it nicely.

Smart review by King! Floated fuller, on middle and leg. Brandon King sits down to play the sweep shot, but plays over the line and is hit on the front pad. A massive appeal for LBW, and up goes the finger. King walks to his partner and eventually opts for a review. That looks straight if there's no bat involved. UltraEdge shows a clear gap between bat and ball. And whoa, Ball Tracking projects the ball to miss the leg stump on height. The on-field decision is overturned and King survives. He actually took the review with just a few seconds left on the timer.

Around off, on a length. King rocks back and punches it to cover.

Pushed through, fuller and on the stumps. King takes a giant stride ahead and smothers the spin.

On middle and leg, on a length. King stabs it to the leg side.

Short of a good length, on middle. Brandon King stands tall and nails the pull shot to deep square leg. Dinesh Chandimal sprints towards it from mid-wicket and slides to haul it back in before the ropes. Two taken.

Just a hint of an away shape, outside off. King steers it through backward point for a single.

Short of a length, outside off. Campbell cuts it off the back foot to deep backward point for a single.

Short of a good length, on leg. Brandon King ducks under it to let it fly to the keeper.

Down the leg stump, short in length. King walks forward and lets it through.

Tossed up, on off, John Campbell moves forward and blocks it back to the bowler.

Fullish, on off, John Campbell goes for the reverse sweep, but gets a bit of a top edge and it rebounds on his throat.

Flighted up, on off, John Campbell blocks it back to the bowler.

Fired in, on leg, John Campbell stabs it back to the bowler.

Keeps it full, on leg, John Campbell flicks it to the fielder at short leg.

Beaten! Flatter, outside off, holds the line. John Campbell leans on and looks to block it but gets beaten. An appeal for caught behind but nothing from the umpire.

Much fuller, on off, Brandon King taps it to mid off.

A yorker, on middle, Brandon King digs it to mid-wicket.

Shaping in, on off, Brandon King stabs it to the cover fielder.

A tad fuller, on off, Brandon King eases it to mid off.

Too full, on off, Brandon King digs it to the mid off fielder.

Angling in, on a length, on leg. Brandon King defends it to mid on. A maiden from Isitha Wijesundara. West Indies are 55 for no loss.

Fullish, on off, Brandon King leans on and blocks it back to the bowler.

Keeps it full, on off, Brandon King blocks it to mid off.

Full again, on off, Brandon King lunges and stabs it to cover.

A bit short, on off, Brandon King punches it through covers for a single.

Fired in, on off, John Campbell eases it to the right of the bowler.

Nice and full, on off, John Campbell eases it to cover.

Back of a length, down the leg side, Brandon King looks to flick it but misses.

Much fuller, on leg, Brandon King flicks it through square leg for a single. 50 up for West Indies and a 50-run partnership as well between Brandon King and John Campbell.

FOUR! That's a real loosener and gets the treatment! Isitha Wijesundara errs his line down leg, John Campbell picks it well and tickles it through fine leg for a boundary.

Back of a length, outside off, John Campbell leaves it alone.

Hard length, outside off again, John Campbell lets it through to the keeper.

Shaping away, outside off, John Campbell leaves the harmless delivery.

Flatter, on off, Brandon King lunges and blocks it to cover.

Flighted up, on off, Brandon King drives it through extra covers for a single.

Nice and full, outside off, John Campbell eases it to cover for a quick single.

Keeps it full, on leg, Brandon King digs it through mid-wicket for one more.

Quicker and outside off, John Campbell leaves it alone.

Just short! Quicker, on off, John Campbell blocks it with soft hands. Gets an edge but the ball doesn't carry towards the slip fielder. Dot.

Back of a length, on off, John Campbell blocks it to the slip fielder.

That kept low! Hard length, outside off, and it keeps low. John Campbell looks to block it but gets beaten on the lack of bounce.

FOUR! Perfectly timed through the gap! Back of a length, outside off, John Campbell rides the bounce and punches it through backward point for a boundary.

Angling in, on off, John Campbell pushes it to cover for a single.

Good length, on off, Brandon King looks to block it but gets an inside edge as the ball rolls towards square leg. They cross.

Much fuller, on leg, John Campbell flicks it to mid-wicket.

Looped up, full outside off. King cracks it away straight to cover.

In front of the sticks, full in length. King leans forward and smothers the spin.

The length is pulled back on off, Brandon King hangs back and punches it back to Prabath.

Short on off, King knocks it to long off for a single.

A lot fuller on the pads. John clips it on the bounce to the short leg fielder.

Spins in on off, on a length. Campbell gets back and across and whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Begins from around the stump and lands it on a length, around off. John Campbell hangs back and punches it away to deep point for a single.

Half an appeal for LBW, but turned down. Clearly going down the leg side. Onto the pads, full in length. King misses the flick and the ball ricochets off the front pad to the keeper. Kusal Mendis dives to his left and makes a sharp stop.

Full on the pads again, nicely clipped behind square on the leg side for a single.

Comes from around the stump. Length ball, outside off. John Campbell square cuts it off the back foot to deep backward point for a single.

Hits the hard length, on top of the stumps. King gets behind the ball, hops on the toes and knocks it crisply to the cover fielder.

Another LBW appeal which is turned down by the umpire. Fuller in length, around the leg stump, shaping in from there. Brandon King looks to flick but plays all around it. The ball deflects off the front pad and trickles to deep fine leg. They get a leg bye.

Full on the pads, Brandon King clips it straight to short mid-wicket.

Fuller one, around off, King checks the drive to cover. Dinesh Chandimal dives to his left to stop, but gets a bad bounce and the ball deflects off his hands and smashes on his chin. 

Fuller again, outside off, this is pushed to cover.

Hard length, on off, King rides the bounce and taps it between cover and point for a quick single.

Too full on off, Campbell drills it back to the bowler.

Tap and run! On a back of a length, angling in. John Campbell camps back and nudges it to the mid-vacant wicket region for a quick single.

A slight appeal for LBW, but not given. Slides in on the stumps and goes straight with the arm. Brandon King tries to nudge it around the corner but gets a bit of an inside edge on the stumps.

Nice and full, around off, King eases it to mid off.

Down the leg stump, full, King misses the sweep.

Floated up, full on middle. King gets to the pitch of the ball and drives it down the ground for a single. 

At 75.6 kph, a bit too full, on off. Campbell defends.

 FOUR! Blazed away! Flatter this time by Prabath, around off, spinning in. John Campbell picks the length in a trice and sweeps it hard along the ground, and into the gap at deep square leg for a cracking boundary.

Fuller one, on the stumps. John Campbell shuffles a bit and keeps it out.

At 125.7 kph, this is an attempted yorker, around off. John Campbell drops the bat down in time and carves it through backward point for a single.

On a back of a length, on top of middle. Brandon King alertly defends it off the back foot.

Swings in from off, full in length, Brandon King blocks it right under the bat.

 BEATEN! In the corridor of uncertainty, on a good length, just around off, shaping away a bit with extra bounce. King is squared up while trying to block. Plays inside the line and is beaten on the outside edge by a kitten-whisker.

A lot straighter on the pads. Brandon King comfortably turns it to deep square leg for a single.

Tossed up, full on middle, Brandon King lunges in front and eases it to the off side.

A bit flat and quick on middle and leg. Brandon King plays off the back foot and taps it back to the bowler.

Shortish on the leg stump. King tucks it to short mid-wicket.

The in-drifter on a length, on the pads. Brandon King goes deep in the crease and steers it to backward square leg for a single. West Indies need 280 runs.

Overpitched on middle, John Campbell shimmies down the track and drills it down to long on for a single.

Slides one on the pads, Brandon King tucks the length ball through mid-wicket for a couple of easy runs.

Back of a length, on top of off. Brandon King hangs back and stabs it down the track.

A hint of shape away from the batter, full around off. King presses in front to block, gets a bit of an outside edge and the ball rolls to the vacant point region. The man from gully runs and dives to his right to keep it down to a single.

Around the stumps. Full on off, John Campbell leans on and defends it watchfully.

Angled into the batter, on a length. John Campbell walks out of the crease getting across and nudges it to the leg side, near the pitch.

Attacks the stumps, full in length. John gets on the front foot and blocks it out.

Variable bounce this time. Lands it outside off, on a length. But it goes underground after pitching and dribbles back to the keeper as John leaves.

Short and wide, Brandon King leaves it alone.

Slowish, on leg, Brandon King flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Fullish, on off, John Campbell eases it to mid off for a single.

Angling in, on off, Brandon King punches it through covers for one more.

A bit too full, on off, John Campbell stabs it to mid off.

FOUR! Perfectly timed through the gap! Back of a length, on leg, John Campbell swivels a bit and pulls it in the gap through square leg for a boundary.

Nice and full, on off, John Campbell flicks it to mid-wicket for a single.

Keeps it full, on off, Brandon King pushes it to mid off.

On the stumps, a tad fuller, Brandon King defends it back to the bowler.

A bit of extra bounce, on leg, Brandon King fends it to the on side for a single.

Full and straight, John Campbell pushes it to mid off.

Angling in, on off, John Campbell tucks it to mid-wicket.

Short, on leg, Brandon King ducks under it.

FOUR! Through the gap! Hard length, just outside off, Brandon King stays back in his crease and punches it through covers for a magnificent boundary.

A huge mix up! Slowish, on off, Brandon King punches it to cover and runs for a single. John Campbell sends him back from halfway. The fielder has a shy at the batter's end but misses by a long way. A direct hit and King was a goner.

Angling in, on off, Brandon King drives it to cover.

Hard length, on top of off, Brandon King covers his line and stabs it to mid off.

Short and wide, Brandon King leaves it alone.

Milan Rathnayaka starts with a slower one, outside off, John Campbell leaves it alone towards the keeper.

Nice and full, on off, John Campbell eases it through cover-point for a run.

FOUR! That's a poor delivery! Full and down the leg side, Brandon King picks it well and tickles it through the left of the keeper for a boundary. He gets off the mark.

A tad fuller, on off, Brandon King blocks it to mid off.

Much fuller, outside off, Brandon King looks to block it but gets an inside edge. The ball rolls towards fine leg as the batters cross.

A stifled appeal but there were two sounds. Hard length, outside off, John Campbell looks to block it but misses and wears it on his pads. An appeal but turned down. Perhaps there was an edge and the impact was outside off as well. The UltraEdge later shows that there was a thick inside edge.

Asitha Fernando starts with a short ball, outside off, John Campbell stays back and punches it to cover.

Slows it up, outside off, John Campbell leaves it alone.

Back of a length, outside off again, John Campbell shoulders arms at it again.

John Campbell and West Indies are underway! Fullish, outside off, John Campbell taps it to point for a single.

Down the leg side, Brandon King looks to flick it but misses.

Nice and full, on off, Brandon King blocks it to the cover fielder.