Sri Lankan national cricket team in the West Indies in the 2007-08 season
The 2007-08 season tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to the West Indies took place from March 22 to April 15, 2008. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included two tests , three ODIs . South Africa won the ODI series 2-0, while the Test series 1-1 ended in a draw.
prehistory
The West Indies previously played a tour in South Africa , Sri Lanka a three-nation tournament in Australia . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2005 season in Sri Lanka .
Stages
Tour venues |
Tour venues |
The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on November 11, 2007.
city | country | Stadion | capacity | Games |
---|---|---|---|---|
Georgetown | Guyana | Providence Stadium | 20,000 | 1st test |
Gros Islet | Saint Lucia | Beausejour Stadium | 20,000 | 3. ODI |
Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | Queen's Park Oval | 25,000 | 2. test; 1st & 2nd ODI |
Squad lists
Sri Lanka named its test roster on February 19 and its ODI roster on March 12, 2008. West Indies named their test roster on March 11 and their ODI roster on April 7, 2008.
test | ODI | ||
---|---|---|---|
West Indies | Sri Lanka | West Indies | Sri Lanka |
Tour matches
March 17-19 Scorecard |
Georgetown |
Sri Lankans 492-5d (117.2) & 177-6 (63) |
- |
Guyana 248 (62) |
draw |
March 29th - 31st Scorecard |
Scarborough |
West Indies A |
- |
Sri Lankans |
Game canceled |
Testing
First test in Georgetown
March 22-26 Scorecard |
Georgetown |
Sri Lanka 476-8d (162) & 240-7d (57) |
- |
West Indies 280 (111.5) & 315 (106.2) |
Sri Lanka wins with 121 runs |
Second test in Port of Spain
April 3-7 Scorecard |
Port of Spain |
Sri Lanka 278 (64.5) & 268 (75.1) |
- |
West Indies 294 (76.2) & 254-4 (68.3) |
West Indies wins with 6 wickets |
One-day internationals
First ODI in Port of Spain
April 10th scorecard |
Port of Spain |
Sri Lanka 235-7 (50) |
- |
West Indies 236-9 (50) |
West Indies wins by 1 wicket |
Second ODI in Port of Spain
April 12th scorecard |
Port of Spain |
Sri Lanka 112-5 (30.3 / 30.3) |
- |
West Indies 125-3 (20.3 / 25) |
West Indies wins with 7 wickets ( D / L method ) |
Third ODI in Gros Islet
April 15 scorecard |
Gros Islet |
Sri Lanka 257-8 (50) |
- |
West Indies 81-2 (18.2) |
No result |
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
Testing | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Ramnaresh Sarwan | West Indies | 2 | 4th | 311 | 77.75 | 102 | 1 | 3 |
Malinda Warnapura | Sri Lanka | 2 | 4th | 217 | 54.25 | 120 | 1 | 1 |
Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 2 | 4th | 207 | 51.75 | 136 | 1 | 0 |
Thilan Samaraweera | Sri Lanka | 2 | 4th | 187 | 62.33 | 125 | 1 | 1 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 2 | 4th | 130 | 43.33 | 86 * | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka | 2 | 87.2 | 12 | 19.75 | 5/61 | 1 | 0 |
Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 2 | 138.5 | 12 | 32.91 | 5/79 | 1 | 0 |
Jerome Taylor | West Indies | 2 | 73.3 | 11 | 24.81 | 4/52 | 0 | 0 |
Thilan Thushara | Sri Lanka | 2 | 61.5 | 8th | 31.25 | 3/59 | 0 | 0 |
Fidel Edwards | West Indies | 1 | 32 | 5 | 29.20 | 4/84 | 0 | 0 |
Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | 2 | 73.3 | 5 | 49.00 | 2/54 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Chamara Kapugedera | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 135 | 67.50 | 95 | 0 | 1 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 2 | 2 | 114 | 62 * | 0 | 2 | |
Mahela Udawatte | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 87 | 29.00 | 73 | 0 | 1 |
Chamara Silva | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 67 | 0 | 1 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 66 | 33.00 | 64 | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | 3 | 26th | 7th | 16.42 | 4/32 | 0 | 0 |
Nuwan Kulasekara | Sri Lanka | 3 | 21st | 6th | 17.33 | 3/28 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Gayle | West Indies | 3 | 12.3 | 4th | 13.25 | 2/6 | 0 | 0 |
Ajantha Mendis | Sri Lanka | 3 | 14th | 3 | 20.00 | 3/39 | 0 | 0 |
Jerome Taylor | West Indies | 3 | 26th | 3 | 33.66 | 1/10 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
series | Player of the Series |
---|---|
test | Ramnaresh Sarwan |
ODI | Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
---|---|
1st test | Chaminda Vaas |
2nd test | Ramnaresh Sarwan |
1. ODI | Dwayne Bravo |
2. ODI | Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbados to host West Indies' first Twenty20 ( English ) Cricinfo. November 11, 2007. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ↑ Amerasinghe gets Test call-up ( English ) Cricinfo. February 19, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ↑ Jayasuriya left out of West Indies ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. March 12, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ↑ Sarwan returns for Sri Lanka Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. March 11, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ↑ Pollard and Benn picked for one-dayers ( English ) Cricinfo. April 7, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in West Indies ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in West Indies ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 31, 2016.