[caption id="attachment_720995" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Shannon-Gabriel-Getty.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-720995" alt="Shannon Gabriel Getty Images" src="http://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Shannon-Gabriel-Getty.jpg" width="628" height="355" /></a> Shannon Gabriel Getty Images[/caption] <p></p> <p></p><a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/shannon-gabriel/">Shannon Gabriel</a> followed his first-innings haul of 5 for 59 with 8 for 62 in the second innings as <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/teams/sri-lanka/">Sri Lanka </a> were bowled out for 342 in the second innings. Gabriel s 13 for 121 are the third-best match figures in West Indian history. The only West Indians with better match figures than him are <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/michael-holding/">Michael Holding</a> and <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/courtney-walsh/">Courtney Walsh</a>, both of Jamaica. Gabriel is a Trinidadian. Gabriel had got debutant Mahela Udawatte, Dhananjaya de Silva, <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/roshen-silva/">Roshen Silva</a>, wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella, and Suranga Lakmal in the first innings. In the second he accounted for Dhananjaya, Roshen, Dickwella, and Lakmal for a second time. He also snared <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/kusal-perera/">Kusal Perera</a>, debutant Kasun Rajitha, <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/kusal-mendis/">Kusal Mendis</a>, and Akila Dananjaya. Only captain <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/dinesh-chandimal/">Dinesh Chandimal </a> and Lahiru Kumara escaped him. These are the best match figures for West Indies: <p></p><table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup> <col width="54" /> <col width="46" /> <col width="53" /> <col width="111" /> <col width="89" /> <col width="77" /> <col width="60" /> </colgroup> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td colspan="7" width="490" height="20">Best match figures for West Indies</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">Figures</td> <p></p><td>1st inn</td> <p></p><td>2nd inn</td> <p></p><td>Bowler</td> <p></p><td>Against</td> <p></p><td>Venue</td> <p></p><td>Season</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">14/149</td> <p></p><td>8/92</td> <p></p><td>6/57</td> <p></p><td>Michael Holding</td> <p></p><td>England</td> <p></p><td>The Oval</td> <p></p><td>1976</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">13/55</td> <p></p><td>7/37</td> <p></p><td>6/18</td> <p></p><td>Courtney Walsh</td> <p></p><td>New Zealand</td> <p></p><td>Wellington</td> <p></p><td>1994-95</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">13/121</td> <p></p><td>5/59</td> <p></p><td>8/62</td> <p></p><td>Shannon Gabriel</td> <p></p><td>Sri Lanka</td> <p></p><td>Gros Islet</td> <p></p><td>2018</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">12/121</td> <p></p><td>7/64</td> <p></p><td>5/57</td> <p></p><td>Andy Roberts</td> <p></p><td>India</td> <p></p><td>Madras</td> <p></p><td>1974-75</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p>In the second innings, Gabriel also became the eighth West Indian to take eight wickets in an innings. These are the best innings figures for <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/teams/west-indies/">West Indies.</a> <p></p><table style="width: 600px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup> <col width="54" /> <col width="110" /> <col width="64" /> <col width="91" /> <col width="60" /> </colgroup> <p></p><tbody> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td colspan="5" width="379" height="20">Best innings figures for West Indies</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">Figures</td> <p></p><td>Bowler</td> <p></p><td>Against</td> <p></p><td>Venue</td> <p></p><td>Season</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">9/95</td> <p></p><td>Jack Noreiga</td> <p></p><td>India</td> <p></p><td>Port-of-Spain</td> <p></p><td>1970-71</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/29</td> <p></p><td>Colin Croft</td> <p></p><td>Pakistan</td> <p></p><td>Port-of-Spain</td> <p></p><td>1976-77</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/38</td> <p></p><td>Lance Gibbs</td> <p></p><td>India</td> <p></p><td>Bridgetown</td> <p></p><td>1961-62</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/45</td> <p></p><td>Curtly Ambrose</td> <p></p><td>England</td> <p></p><td>Bridgetown</td> <p></p><td>1990</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/49</td> <p></p><td>Devendra Bishoo</td> <p></p><td>Pakistan</td> <p></p><td>Dubai</td> <p></p><td>2016-17</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/62</td> <p></p><td>Shannon Gabriel</td> <p></p><td>Sri Lanka</td> <p></p><td>Gros Islet</td> <p></p><td>2018</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/92</td> <p></p><td>Michael Holding</td> <p></p><td>England</td> <p></p><td>The Oval</td> <p></p><td>1976</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p><tr> <p></p><td height="20">8/104</td> <p></p><td>Alf Valentine</td> <p></p><td>England</td> <p></p><td>Old Trafford</td> <p></p><td>1950</td> <p></p></tr> <p></p></tbody> <p></p></table> <p></p>For a country known for its fast bowlers, it is interesting how four of these eight entries are of spinners Jack Noreiga, Lance Gibbs, <a href="http://www.cricketcountry.com/players/devendra-bishoo/">Devendra Bishoo</a>, and Alf Valentine. Surprisingly, none of these men feature in the list of match figures.
