West Indies cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2005 season
The West Indies cricket team's tour to Sri Lanka in the 2005 season took place from July 13-25, 2005. The international cricket tour was part of the 2005 international cricket season and included two tests . Sri Lanka won the Test Series 2–0.
prehistory
The West Indies previously played a tour against Pakistan , for Sri Lanka it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2003 season in the West Indies . The West Indies had a players strike before the start of the tour, which could not be completely resolved and so they did not have the best line-up in Sri Lanka.
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC) | Colombo | 10,000 | 1st test |
| Asgiriya Stadium | Kandy | 10,300 | 2nd test |
Squad lists
The West Indies named their roster on June 19, 2005. Sri Lanka named their roster on July 6, 2005.
| test | |
|---|---|
 Sri Lanka
|
 West Indies
|
Tour matches
| July 9-10 scorecard |
Colombo (NCC) |
West Indians 110 (51) & 109-4 (32) |
- |
Sri Lanka Cricket XI 382 (94.3) |
| draw | ||||
Testing
First test in Colombo
| July 13-16 Scorecard |
Colombo (SSC) |
West Indies 285 (88.4) & 113 (60) |
- |
Sri Lanka 227 (57.3) & 172-4 (38.3) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets | ||||
Second test in Kandy
| July 22nd - 25th Scorecard |
Kandy (AS) |
Sri Lanka 150 (46.1) & 375-7d (107) |
- |
West Indies 148 (58.1) & 137 (41.2) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 240 runs | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| test | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Kumar Sangakkara |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 4th | 197 | 65.66 | 157 * | 1 | 0 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
West Indies
|
2 | 4th | 154 | 51.33 | 69 | 0 | 1 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 4th | 144 | 48.00 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Denesh Ramdin |
West Indies
|
2 | 4th | 108 | 27.00 | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Thilan Samaraweera |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 4th | 99 | 24.75 | 51 | 0 | 1 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Muttiah Muralitharan |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 75.3 | 17th | 10.29 | 8/46 | 2 | 1 |
| Chaminda Vaas |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 49.4 | 13 | 5.53 | 6/22 | 1 | 0 |
| Jermaine Lawson |
West Indies
|
2 | 65.3 | 11 | 21.36 | 4/43 | 0 | 0 |
| Daren Powell |
West Indies
|
2 | 62.1 | 9 | 21.00 | 5/25 | 1 | 0 |
| Lasith Malinga |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 47 | 5 | 32.60 | 4/71 | 0 | 0 |
| Omari Banks |
West Indies
|
2 | 55 | 5 | 37.60 | 2/47 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
| series | Player of the Series |
|---|---|
| test |
Chaminda Vaas
|
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 |
Kumar Sangakkara
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ West Indies board and players still at odds ( English ) Cricinfo. June 23, 2005. Accessed December 17.
- ↑ Board denies using pressure tactics ( English ) Cricinfo. July 2, 2003. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ Second-string team hurts Windies well-wishers ( English ) Cricinfo. July 2, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ^ William Lucie-Smith: Cricket and industrial relations ( English ) Cricinfo. July 18, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ Ramdin included in West Indian squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 19, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ Arnold recalled by Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. July 6, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ↑ Records / West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ↑ Records / West Indies in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2005 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved December 20, 2016.