West Indies cricket team in Sri Lanka during the 2001/02 season

The tour of the West Indies cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2001/02 season took place from November 3 to 29, 2001. The international cricket tour was part of the 2001/02 international cricket season and included three test matches . Sri Lanka won the test series 3-0.

prehistory

Sri Lanka previously played a three-nation tournament , while it was the first tour of the season for the West Indies. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1996/97 season in the West Indies . After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in the USA , the West Indies reviewed their tour program, but decided to hold the tour in Sri Lanka. After parliamentary elections were scheduled for December 5th in Sri Lanka , the tour schedule had to be adjusted by a few days. Sri Lanka tried to avoid having the second test held in Kandy, as they lost the second in Kandy in previous tours after winning the first test in Galle. The original schedule therefore envisaged Kandy as the third test location, but due to the postponements and an intervention by the West Indies, the last two test locations were swapped and Kandy was again the venue for the second test.

Stages

Colombo (SSC) bile Kandy (AS)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as venues for the tour and announced on August 24, 2001.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	Colombo	10,000	3rd test
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	1st test
Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	10,300	2nd test

Squad

The West Indies named their roster on October 14, 2001. Sri Lanka named its roster on November 14, 2001.

test
Sri Lanka	West Indies
Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Niroshan Bandaratilleke Dilhara Fernando Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Hashan Tilla caratne Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Carl Hooper ( K ) Marlon Black Pedro Collins Mervyn Dillon Daren Ganga Chris Gayle Ridley Jacobs ( wk ) Brian Lara Neil McGarrell Dinanath Ramnarine Marlon Samuels Ramnaresh Sarwan Colin Stuart

Tour matches

November 3rd - 5th scorecard	Colombo	West Indians 334-7 (80)	-	Sri Lanka A
		draw

November 8-10 scorecard	Matara	Sri Lanka A 269 ​​(109.1)	-	West Indians 241-2d (64)
		draw

Test matches

First test in bile

November 13th - 17th Scorecard	bile	West Indies 448 (141.4) & 144 (78.3)	-	Sri Lanka 590-9d (202.4) & 6-0 (0.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 10 wickets

Second test in Kandy

November 21-25 scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 288 (96.4) & 224-6d (67)	-	West Indies 191 (66.4) & 190 (83.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 131 runs

Third test in Colombo

November 29th - December 3rd scorecard	Colombo	West Indies 390 (113.2) & 262 (82)	-	Sri Lanka 627-9d (197) & 27-0 (5.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 10 wickets

The third win meant the first win of all test matches in a series of Sri Lanka at all.

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	3	6th	688	114.66	221	3	1
Hashan Tilla caratne	Sri Lanka	3	4th	403	403.00	204 *	2	1
Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	3	6th	318	53.00	88	0	3
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	3	4th	255	63.75	140	1	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	3	4th	242	60.50	99	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	3	140.2	26th	15.42	7/71	2	1
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	3	217.4	24	22.33	6/81	3	2
Dinanath Ramnarine	West Indies	3	116	10	35.60	4/66	0	0
Mervyn Dillon	West Indies	3	139	9	42.11	3/55	0	0
Pedro Collins	West Indies	2	87.3	7th	43.00	4/78	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Brian Lara

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Muttiah Muralitharan
2nd test	Muttiah Muralitharan
3rd test	Brian Lara Chaminda Vaas

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ West Indies to review Sri Lankan tour ( English ) Cricinfo. September 24, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
2. ↑ West Indies tour of Sri Lanka set to go ahead ( English ) Cricinfo. October 18, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
3. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Elections force Cricket Board to reschedule matches ( English ) Cricinfo. October 17, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
4. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Cricket Board changes venues to end Kandy hoodoo ( English ) Cricinfo. September 19, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
5. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: WICB request changes to Lankan itinerary ( English ) Cricinfo. October 23, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
6. ↑ Time to worry about Kandy Hoodoo again ( English ) Cricinfo. October 25, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
7. ↑ West Indies to tour Sri Lanka in November ( English ) Cricinfo. August 24, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
8. ↑ West Indies Squad for the Sri Lankan tour announced ( English ) Cricinfo. October 14, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
9. ↑ Sri Lankan squad for 1st Test versus West Indies ( English ) Cricinfo. November 14, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
10. ↑ Sri Lanka completes sweep as Vaas scalps seven again ( English ) The Hindu. December 4, 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 13, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 13, 2016.