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 |
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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.
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Tour matches
March 17-19 Scorecard |
Georgetown |
![]() 492-5d (117.2) & 177-6 (63) |
- |
![]() 248 (62) |
draw |
March 29th - 31st Scorecard |
Scarborough |
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- |
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Game canceled |
Testing
First test in Georgetown
March 22-26 Scorecard |
Georgetown |
![]() 476-8d (162) & 240-7d (57) |
- |
![]() 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 |
![]() 278 (64.5) & 268 (75.1) |
- |
![]() 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 |
![]() 235-7 (50) |
- |
![]() 236-9 (50) |
West Indies wins by 1 wicket |
Second ODI in Port of Spain
April 12th scorecard |
Port of Spain |
![]() 112-5 (30.3 / 30.3) |
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![]() 125-3 (20.3 / 25) |
West Indies wins with 7 wickets ( D / L method ) |
Third ODI in Gros Islet
April 15 scorecard |
Gros Islet |
![]() 257-8 (50) |
- |
![]() 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 |
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2 | 4th | 311 | 77.75 | 102 | 1 | 3 |
Malinda Warnapura |
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2 | 4th | 217 | 54.25 | 120 | 1 | 1 |
Mahela Jayawardene |
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2 | 4th | 207 | 51.75 | 136 | 1 | 0 |
Thilan Samaraweera |
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2 | 4th | 187 | 62.33 | 125 | 1 | 1 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
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2 | 4th | 130 | 43.33 | 86 * | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Chaminda Vaas |
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2 | 87.2 | 12 | 19.75 | 5/61 | 1 | 0 |
Muttiah Muralitharan |
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2 | 138.5 | 12 | 32.91 | 5/79 | 1 | 0 |
Jerome Taylor |
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2 | 73.3 | 11 | 24.81 | 4/52 | 0 | 0 |
Thilan Thushara |
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2 | 61.5 | 8th | 31.25 | 3/59 | 0 | 0 |
Fidel Edwards |
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1 | 32 | 5 | 29.20 | 4/84 | 0 | 0 |
Dwayne Bravo |
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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 |
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3 | 2 | 135 | 67.50 | 95 | 0 | 1 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
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2 | 2 | 114 | 62 * | 0 | 2 | |
Mahela Udawatte |
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3 | 3 | 87 | 29.00 | 73 | 0 | 1 |
Chamara Silva |
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3 | 3 | 75 | 25.00 | 67 | 0 | 1 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan |
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3 | 2 | 66 | 33.00 | 64 | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Dwayne Bravo |
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3 | 26th | 7th | 16.42 | 4/32 | 0 | 0 |
Nuwan Kulasekara |
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3 | 21st | 6th | 17.33 | 3/28 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Gayle |
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3 | 12.3 | 4th | 13.25 | 2/6 | 0 | 0 |
Ajantha Mendis |
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3 | 14th | 3 | 20.00 | 3/39 | 0 | 0 |
Jerome Taylor |
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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 |
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test |
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ODI |
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Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
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1st test |
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2nd test |
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1. ODI |
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2. ODI |
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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.