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Darren Bravo marked his return with a stroke-filled century as West Indies had their first warm-up match on the ongoing tour against the Sri Lanka Cricket XI on Monday at the P Sara Oval.

The experienced left-hander hit 14 fours and a six in an even 100 – before he retired. He faced just 88 balls and played a number of powerful shots on both side of the wicket but was particularly eye-catching driving through the covers. His effort helped the West Indies post 282 all out off 48.4 overs.

The score, however, wasn’t enough as the Sri Lanka XI made 283-8 off 47.3 overs.

Bravo shared in two crucial partnerships as the West Indies batsmen looked to get valuable time in the middle ahead of the ODI series, which starts on Saturday. He added 113 with Sunil Ambris, who made 41 off 63 balls with six boundaries.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Clearly the object was not to win, but to provide match practice. Two players retired when apparently on the go, no doubt to give others some time in the middle.

In reply to Cameron

Winning is a habit to be learned so that too needs to be practiced

A win is always a confidence booster whereas match practice does not always boost confidence. So I would have felt much better if they won.

Ambris always play well in warm-up matches, really needs psychological support during actual matches.