Sri Lankan cricket team in the West Indies in 1996–97

Sri Lankan cricket team in the West Indies in 1996–97

	West Indies	Sri Lanka
Dates	6 June 1997 – 24 June 1997
Captains	Courtney Walsh	Arjuna Ranatunga
Test series
Result	West Indies won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Sherwin Campbell (182)	Sanath Jayasuriya (192)
Most wickets	Curtly Ambrose (11)	Muttiah Muralitharan (16)
One Day International series
Result	West Indies won the 1-match series 1–0

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured the West Indies in June 1997 and played a two-match Test series against the West Indies cricket team which the West Indies won 1–0. Sri Lanka were captained by Arjuna Ranatunga; the West Indies by Courtney Walsh. In addition, the teams played a single Limited Overs International (LOI) which the West Indies won.^[1]

Test series summary

1st Test at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's – West Indies won by 6 wickets^[2]

2nd Test at Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown – match drawn^[3]

Test series

1st Test

13 - 17 June
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	West Indies
233 (68.1 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 85 (115) Curtly Ambrose 5/37 (13.1 overs)		189 (60.4 overs) Sherwin Campbell 50 (117) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/34 (23.4 overs)
152 (35 overs) Aravinda de Silva 47 (52) Curtly Ambrose 3/41 (9 overs)		189/4 (49.2 overs) Stuart Williams 83 (118) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/72 (21.2 overs)

West Indies won by 6 wickets
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
Umpires: Lloyd Barker (WI) and Steve Dunne (NZ)
Player of the match: Curtly Ambrose (WI)

West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
Floyd Reifer (WI) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

20 - 24 June
Scorecard

West Indies	v	Sri Lanka
147 (44.4 overs) Carl Hooper 81 (118) Ravindra Pushpakumara 5/41 (12.4 overs)		222 (63.4 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 90 (148) Carl Hooper 5/26 (13.4 overs)
343 (102 overs) Brian Lara 115 (207) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/113 (41 overs)		233/8 (68 overs) Aravinda de Silva 78 (124) Courtney Walsh 4/73 (24 overs)

Match drawn
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Doug Cowie (NZ)
Player of the match: Carl Hooper (WI)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

References

↑ "Sri Lanka in the West Indies 1996". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
↑ "West Indies v Sri Lanka, First Test 1997". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
↑ "West Indies v Sri Lanka, Second Test 1997". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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