Sri Lankan national cricket team in the West Indies in the 2003 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour of the West Indies in the 2003 season took place from June 7th to June 29th, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003 international cricket season and included two tests and three ODIs . The West Indies won the Test Series 1–0 while Sri Lanka won the ODI Series 2–1.

prehistory

The West Indies previously played a tour against Australia and Sri Lanka a three-nation tournament at home. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2001/02 season in Sri Lanka .

Stages

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 15, 2003.

Bridgetown Kingstown Gros Islet

Tour venues

Kingston

Tour venues in Jamaica

city	country	Stadion	capacity	Games
Bridgetown	Barbados	Kensington oval	11,000	1st & 2nd ODI
Gros Islet	Saint Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	20,000	1st test
Kingston	Jamaica	Sabina Park	20,000	2nd test
Kingstown	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Arnos Vale Stadium	18,000	3. ODI

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its ODI roster on May 27, 2003 and its test roster on June 9, 2003. The West Indies named their ODI roster on June 5, 2003.

test		ODI
West Indies	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Sri Lanka
Brian Lara ( K ) Omari Banks Corey Collymore Mervyn Dillon Vasbert Drakes Fidel Edwards Daren Ganga Chris Gayle Wavell Hinds Ridley Jacobs ( wk ) Marlon Samuels Ramnaresh Sarwan Jerome Taylor	Hashan Tilla caratne ( K ) Marvan Atapattu Kumar Dharmasena Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Kaushal Lokuarachchi Thilan Thushara Muttiah Muralitharan Prabath Nissanka Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Hashan Tilla caratne Chaminda Vaas	Brian Lara ( K ) David Bernard Corey Collymore Mervyn Dillon Vasbert Drakes Chris Gayle Wavell Hinds Ryan Hurley Ridley Jacobs ( wk ) Daren Powell Ricardo Powell Marlon Samuels Ramnaresh Sarwan Jerome Taylor	Marvan Atapattu ( K ) Upul Chandana Kumar Dharmasena Tillakaratne Dilshan Dharshana Gamage Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Muttiah Muralitharan Prabath Nissanka Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas

Tour matches

June 4th scorecard	St. George's	Sri Lankans 243-7 (50)	-	Shell Cricket Academy Invitation XI 128-9 (50)
		Sri Lankans wins with 115 runs

June 14-16 Scorecard	Kingstown	Sri Lankans 299 (123.3)	-	West Indies Cricket Board President's XI 296 (78.5)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Bridgetown

June 7th scorecard	Bridgetown	Sri Lanka 201 (48.4)	-	West Indies 146 (41)
		Sri Lanka wins with 55 runs

Second ODI in Bridgetown

June 8th scorecard	Bridgetown	West Indies 312-4 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 313-6 (49.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 4 wickets

Third ODI in Kingstown

June 11th scorecard	Kingstown	Sri Lanka 191 (50)	-	West Indies 160-4 (36.5 / 42)
		West Indies wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in Gros Islet

June 20-24 scorecard	Gros Islet	Sri Lanka 354 (143.2) & 123-0 (34)	-	West Indies 477-9d (138.3)
		draw

Second test in Kingston

June 27-29 Scorecard	Kingston	Sri Lanka 208 (85.4) & 194 (54)	-	West Indies 191 (53.3) & 212-3 (42.2)
		West Indies wins by 7 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Brian Lara	West Indies	2	3	299	149.50	209	1	1
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	2	4th	211	70.33	118	1	1
Wavell Hinds	West Indies	2	3	161	53.66	113	1	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	3	143	47.66	75	0	2
Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	2	3	120	40.00	82	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Corey Collymore	West Indies	2	63	14th	11.35	7/57	2	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	76.4	9	23.22	5/138	1	0
Fidel Edwards	West Indies	1	30.4	6th	15.00	5/36	1	0
Prabath Nissanka	Sri Lanka	2	42	6th	39.33	5/64	1	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2	66	4th	50.75	2/54	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Brian Lara	West Indies	3	3	194	97.00	116	1	1
Marlon Samuels	West Indies	3	3	130	130.00	56 *	0	1
Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka	2	2	122	61.00	89	0	1
Chris Gayle	West Indies	3	3	115	38.33	94	0	1
Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	3	3	102	34.00	54	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Corey Collymore	West Indies	3	28.3	5	24.60	3/28	0	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	3	24	4th	18.50	2/16	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	3	26th	4th	24.00	3/17	0	0
Vasbert Drakes	West Indies	2	17th	3	30.66	2/49	0	0
Prabath Nissanka	Sri Lanka	2	16	3	31.33	2/27	0	0
Mervyn Dillon	West Indies	2	19.4	3	35.00	3/39	0	0
Marlon Samuels	West Indies	3	25th	3	36.66	1/29	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Corey Collymore
ODI	Marlon Samuels

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Muttiah Muralitharan
2. ODI	Upul Chandana
3. ODI	Marlon Samuels
1st test	Brian Lara
2nd test	Corey Collymore

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bangladesh tour schedule announced ( English ) Cricinfo. July 15, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
2. ↑ Charlie Austin: Atapattu retains captaincy for one-day series in West Indies ( English ) Cricinfo. May 27, 2003. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
3. ↑ Charlie Austin: Chandana's heroics fail to win him Test berth ( English ) Cricinfo. June 9, 2003. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
4. ↑ Daren Powell brought in as cover for Lawson ( English ) Cricinfo. June 5, 2003. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
5. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2003 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
6. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2003 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
7. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in West Indies ODI Series, 2003 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
8. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in West Indies ODI Series, 2003 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.