West Indies have beaten Sri Lanka by 226 runs in the first Test with the tourists always struggling to pull off a record run chase on the final day.
Resuming on 3-176, Sri Lanka needed 277 for an unlikely win but lasted only 30 more overs and were all out for 226 as they collapsed from 5-218 at Queen's Park Oval.
Kusal Mendis was leading Sri Lanka's ambitious push at an unprecedented 453 runs for victory and was 94 not out at the start of day five. But Mendis could add only eight runs before he was caught behind off Shannon Gabriel for 102 with 10 fours and two sixes.
Captain Dinesh Chandimal - who retired on 15 on Saturday - was out for 27.
Barbadian seamer Roston Chase finished on 4-15 off 8.2 overs and legspinner Devendra Bishoo took 3-48 off 19 overs.
West Indies declared their first innings at 8-414 with wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich 125 not out, and also declared their second on 7-223 with Kieran Powell scoring 88. Sri Lanka's right-arm pacer Lahiru Kumara took seven wickets in the match.
Sri Lanka was dismissed for 185 in their first dig.
The second of three tests starts Thursday at Gros Islet.
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