Samaraweera came to the tourists' rescue with a knock of 125 after they had looked like being steamrolled by the West Indies pace attack.Samaraweera cracked 18 fours to record his 16th Test century after the Windies had ripped through the Sri Lankan top order.
He was eventually run out attempting a second run and Muttiah Muralitharan followed, caught at fine leg by Daren Powell off the bowling of Jerome Taylor, for four the next over to leave the hosts to chase 253 for a victory which would level the series.
Sri Lanka had been reeling on 6-99 when Silva was caught at gully by Marlon Samuels off the bowling of Taylor for 13. They had earlier lost both openers within the first two overs, Warnapura (zero) caught by Sewnarine Chattergoon at third slip off Taylor, who then ran out Michael Vandort (1) with a superb direct hit from silly mid-off.
Mahela Jayawardene (12) looked to inject some spark into the Sri Lanka innings by hitting three quick boundaries, but he played on to the stumps attempting a square drive off a wide Fidel Edwards delivery. Kumar Sangakkara added 14 before he guided an attempted cut off Powell straight to Samuels at gully.
Dilshan (25) had signalled his intent by smashing Powell for two fours and a six in his first over but he was next to fall when Taylor uprooted his off stump shortly before the interval.
Chaminda Vaas was the only one to provide support for Samaraweera, scoring 45 in a 138-run partnership with the centurion before he edged a Chris Gayle delivery.
West Indies added 26 runs to their overnight total before being bowled out for 294.
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