Sri Lankan national cricket team in the West Indies for the 2018 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour of the West Indies for the 2017/18 season took place from June 6th to June 26th, 2018. The international cricket tour was part of the 2018 international cricket season and included three tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

prehistory

The West Indies previously contested a Twenty20 against a world selection , for Sri Lanka it is the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Sri Lanka in the 2015/16 season .

Stadion

Bridgetown Gros Islet Port of Spain

Tour venues

The following stages were set as the venues for the tour and announced on December 4, 2017.

city	country	Stadion	capacity	Games
Bridgetown	Barbados	Kensington oval	11,000	3rd test
Gros Islet	Saint Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	20,000	2nd test
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Queen's Park Oval	25,000	1st test

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its roster on May 11, 2018. The West Indies named their roster on May 25, 2018.

test
West Indies	Sri Lanka
Jason Holder ( K ) Devendra Bishoo Kraigg Brathwaite Roston Chase Miguel Cummins Shane Dowrich ( wk ) Shannon Gabriel Jahmar Hamilton ( wk ) Shimron Hetmyer Shai Hope Keemo Paul Kieran Powell Kemar Roach Devon Smith	Dinesh Chandimal ( K ) Suranga Lakmal ( UK ) Akila Dananjaya Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella ( wk ) Asitha Fernando Lahiru Gamage Danushka Gunathilaka Rangana Herath Lahiru Kumara Angelo Mathews Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Kasun Rajitha Dasun Shanaka Roshen Silva Mahela Udawatte Jeffrey Vandersay

Tour match

May 30th - June 1st scorecard	San Fernando	Sri Lankans 428 (119.4) & 135-0 (33)	-	West Indies President's XI 272 (77)
		draw

Testing

First test in Port of Spain

June 6-10 scorecard	Port of Spain	West Indies 414-8d (154) & 223-7d (72)	-	Sri Lanka 185 (55.4) & 226 (83.2)
		West Indies wins with 226 runs

Second test in Gros Islet

June 14-18 scorecard	Gros Islet	Sri Lanka 253 (79) & 342 (91.4)	-	West Indies 300 (100.3) & 147-5 (60.3)
		draw

During the morning of the day before the game, the umpires viewed TV material which they had requested the previous evening to determine whether the Sri Lankan team had carried out ball manipulation (ball tampering). They identified the Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal as he took something out of his pocket, put it in his mouth and then spread it on the ball. They then issued a penalty against the Sri Lankan team, which then refused to restart the game. Sri Lanka complained about the timing of the penalty and the associated replacement of the match ball. After two hours of discussion, the game resumed. After the test, Chandimal was banned from a test. Furthermore, an investigation was carried out against Chandimal, trainer Chandika Hathurusingha and team manager Asanka Gurusinha from the world association, whether they had violated the spirit of cricket by refusing to play.

Third test in Bridgetown

June 23-27 Scorecard	Bridgetown	West Indies 204 (69.3) & 93 (31.2)	-	Sri Lanka 154 (59) & 144-6 (40.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 4 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sri Lanka set to play Test at Kensington Oval for first time in June 2018 ( English ) Cricinfo. December 4, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
2. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Udawatte, Rajitha, Vandersay picked for West Indies Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. May 11, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
3. ^ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Devon Smith returns to West Indies Test squad after three years ( English ) Cricinfo. May 25, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
4. ↑ How the ball-tampering episode unfolded in St Lucia ( English ) Cricinfo. June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018.