Stand-in captain Suranga Lakmal responded to the challenge of leading a depleted Sri Lankan team with two early wickets as the West Indies were reduced to 46 for four at tea on the opening day of the day-night third and final Test match at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. This is the first day-night Test to be played in the Caribbean and the tenth overall since the first such fixture between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide in 2015.

Appointed to lead the tourists with regular captain Dinesh Chandimal suspended for the match after being found guilty of ball tampering during the second Test in St Lucia, Lakmal swiftly dispensed with West Indies openers Devon Smith and Kraigg Brathwaite on a grassy pitch.