Lunch West Indies 89 for 1 (Campbell 36*, Hodge 12*) trail Sri Lanka 308 by 219 runs

West Indies produced a near-perfect start to the second day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka, with openers John Campbell and Brandon King putting on a half-century stand. Starting overnight on zero for no loss, West Indies scored 89 runs in 23 overs, bringing the deficit down to 219 runs in response to Sri Lanka's first-innings effort of 308.

Sri Lanka were also hurt by Lahiru Kumara's exit from the field after bowling just one over in the morning. He is suspected to have suffered a hamstring niggle.

The runs began flowing early on, with Kumara spraying the ball wide in his only over of the session, conceding two four-byes. Campbell and King were watchful in the opening hour, with Asitha Fernando and Kasun Rajitha operating close to the corridor of uncertainty.

Boundaries came the classical way largely - on-drives past the non-striker or crisp shots square on either side - while the occasional mistimed slash also finding the fence with the Sri Lanka seamers occasionally getting sideways movement off the pitch and in the air.

King was the early batting enforcer, and it took until the 11th over for Campbell to play something aggressive. He launched Rajitha, coming around the wicket, over cover for the innings' first six.

Sri Lanka finally broke the stand in the 14th over, shortly after the drinks break, when King miscued a drive off Milan Rathnayake to short cover. He finished on 31 with four boundaries.

Campbell added a second six to his name when Rathnayake was swatted over mid-off in the 18th over. Rathnayake could've dismissed Campbell in the 20th over, but a top-edge landed safely after flying over the wicketkeeper.

Kavem Hodge, the No. 3, took 30 balls to score his first eight runs, playing watchfully with lunch approaching. Although he did finish the session with a four off left-arm spinner Sonal Dinusha in the final ball before the break. Campbell was unbeaten on 36.