Jangoo’s 233 and a record sixth-wicket stand sink Sri Lanka in Antigua
Called up only after Shai Hope’s injury, Amir Jangoo made 233 and joined captain Roston Chase in the highest sixth-wicket partnership in Test history as West Indies thumped Sri Lanka by an innings and 217 runs.
Jun 30, 2026
Amir Jangoo was not even meant to be playing. He was called up only after Shai Hope hurt himself on the eve of the first Test in Antigua, and by the close of the third day he had a double-century and a place in the record books. His 233, alongside captain Roston Chase’s 194, carried West Indies to 626 for 9 declared and on to a thumping win by an innings and 217 runs over Sri Lanka, wrapped up inside four days on June 28.
A stand that rewrote the record book
The remarkable part is where it started. West Indies were 168 for 5 when Jangoo and Chase came together, still 140 short of Sri Lanka’s first-innings 308 and in real danger of conceding a lead. What followed was 401 runs for the sixth wicket, the highest partnership for that wicket in the history of Test cricket. The previous best had stood for a decade: 399 between Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes against South Africa in 2016.
It was also the second-highest stand for any wicket in West Indies’ Test history, behind only the 446 Garfield Sobers and Conrad Hunte put on back in 1958. For a side that has spent years searching for batting that holds up against the better attacks, two of their own rewriting that list in the same afternoon meant something beyond the scoreboard.
Jangoo’s unlikely arrival
This was only Jangoo’s second Test. He had made his debut in Pakistan early in 2025 and had done little since to suggest a score like this was in him. Hope’s injury opened the door, and the 28-year-old walked through it without a backward glance, batting more than a full day for his 233. He was named player of the match, which felt inevitable by the time he was dismissed.
Chase, for his part, ended a long personal drought. The captain had gone more than seven years without a Test century, so 194, six short of a double, was some way to break the wait. For a player who has carried this team through plenty of thin years with the ball and in the field, the runs were overdue.
Sri Lanka folded badly
Sri Lanka had themselves to blame for letting a competitive position slip. Milan Rathnayaka was the pick of their bowlers with 5 for 124, but the rest of the attack had no answer once the stand took hold, and 308 looked a long way short by the time West Indies declared.
The follow-on made it worse. Asked to bat again more than 300 in arrears, Sri Lanka lasted only 101, with Dinesh Chandimal’s 43 off 60 the lone show of resistance. The West Indies seamers ran through the rest, and a contest that had looked even after two days was settled comfortably inside four.
West Indies do not get many weeks like this, and they will want to bank it. A 1-0 lead in the series, a new batting hero in Jangoo, a captain back among the runs, and a world record to show for it. Sri Lanka, who arrived with their own ambitions, now have plenty to fix before the second Test.