Sri Lankan cricket team in West Indies in 2008 | |||
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West Indies | Sri Lanka | ||
Dates | 17 March β 15 April 2008 | ||
Captains | Chris Gayle | Mahela Jayawardene | |
Test series | |||
Result | 2-match series drawn 1β1 | ||
Most runs | Ramnaresh Sarwan (311) | Malinda Warnapura (217) | |
Most wickets | Jerome Taylor (11) |
Chaminda Vaas (12) Muttiah Muralitharan (12) | |
Player of the: series | Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | West Indies won theββ3-match series 2β0 | ||
Most runs | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (114) | Chamara Kapugedera (135) | |
Most wickets | Dwayne Bravo (7) | Nuwan Kulasekara (6) | |
Player of the series | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) |
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured the "West Indies in March." And April 2008ββto play two Test matches and three Limited Overs Internationals.
Squadsβ»
Tests | ODIs | ||
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West Indies | Sri Lanka | West Indies | Sri Lanka |
Tour Matchesβ»
GCB President's XI v Sri Lankansβ»
West Indies A v Sri Lankansβ»
Test seriesβ»
First Testβ»
22β26 March
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Sri Lanka won by, 121 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and "elected to bat."
- Sulieman Benn (WI) made his Test debut.
- This was Sri Lanka's first win in the Caribbean in Tests.
Second Testβ»
3β7 April
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West Indies won by 6 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Ramnaresh Sarwan (WI) |
- Part of day 1 was washed out.
ODI seriesβ»
First ODIβ»
10 April
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West Indies won by 1 wicket
Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (WI) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- Sulieman Benn (WI), and Mahela Udawatte and Ajantha Mendis (SL) made their ODI debuts.
Second ODIβ»
12 April
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West Indies won by 7 wickets (D/L)
Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain delays reduced Sri Lanka's innings to 30.3 overs and set a revised target for West Indies of 125 from 25 overs.
Third ODIβ»
15 April
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No result
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain in the second innings forced the match to be, "abandoned."
- Thilan Thushara (SL) made his ODI debut.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Sarwan returns for Sri Lanka Tests". ESPNcricinfo. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Amerasinghe gets Test call-up". ESPNcricinfo. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Pollard and Benn picked for one-dayers". ESPNcricinfo. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Jayasuriya left out of West Indies ODIs". ESPNcricinfo. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka's tour game scrapped due to flight problems". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka create history in the Caribbean". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2017.