The West Indies pace attack put on a show on the fourth morning to blow Sri Lanka away in the opening Test in Antigua. In pursuit of a monumental effort to claw back into the Test match, Sri Lanka's batting caved to get bowled out for just 101 inside 32 overs, eventually losing the contest by a massive margin of an innings and 217 runs.

Sri Lanka kickstarted the day at 15/1, still needing 303 runs just to make West Indies bat again. But the visitors made a horror start by losing a wicket in the very first over of the day with Nishan Madushka getting trapped lbw by Kemar Roach. More misery was in store just three balls later when nightwatchman Kasun Rajitha edged Jayden Seales behind to the slip cordon. Kamindu Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal had an epic task ahead of them after those early strikes.

Chandimal did find the boundary on a few occasions to break the shackles with Mendis showcasing more caution. But that approach didn't yield the desired result as he shouldered arms to a delivery from Shamar Joseph that crashed into the stumps just before the drinks break. Next, it was the turn of the Sri Lankan skipper Dhananjaya de Silva to head back to the pavilion early as the first innings centurion was also trapped lbw by Shamar.

With half the side already in the pavilion, the writing was on the wall for Sri Lanka. A delivery from Roach then seamed in sharply to knock over the stumps to send Kusal Mendis packing just before a drizzle forced the groundstaff to run in with the covers. But any hopes Sri Lanka had of delaying the inevitable with assistance from the rain god evaporated as play resumed very soon.

Post lunch, it was the Kemar Roach show as dismissed Chandimal and Milan Rathnayake in the same over to edge closer to a personal milestone. The veteran eventually got there when he castled Asitha Fernando to reach 300 wickets in Test cricket - becoming only the fifth West Indies bowler to get to the milestone. Seales then put Sri Lanka out of their misery with the final wicket of the innings that gave the home side their first win in Tests under Roston Chase. The two teams will now remain at the same venue for the second and final Test, which begins on Friday.

Brief scores: Sri Lanka 308 (Dhananjaya de Silva 120; Justin Greaves 3-39) & 101 (Dinesh Chandimal 43; Kemar Roach 4-51) lost to West Indies 626/9d (Amir Jangoo 233, Roston Chase 194) by an innings and 217 runs