Sri Lankan cricket team in the West Indies in 2007–08

Sri Lankan cricket team in West Indies in 2008
Teams	West Indies	Sri Lanka
Dates	17 March – 15 April
Captains	Chris Gayle	Mahela Jayawardene
Number of Tests	2
Tests won	1	1
Most runs (Tests)	Ramnaresh Sarwan 311 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 130 Dwayne Bravo 117	Malinda Warnapura 217 Mahela Jayawardene 207 Thilan Samaraweera 187
Most wickets (Tests)	Jerome Taylor 11 Fidel Edwards & Dwayne Bravo 5	Chaminda Vaas & Muttiah Muralitharan 12 Thilan Thushara 8
Player of Series (Tests)	Ramnaresh Sarwan (WIN)
Number of ODIs	3
ODIs won	2	0
Most runs (ODIs)	Shivnarine Chanderpaul 114	Chamara Kapugedera 135
Most wickets (ODIs)	Dwayne Bravo 7	Nuwan Kulasekara 6
Player of Series (ODIs)	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIN)

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured the West Indies in March and April 2008 to play 2 Test matches and 3 Limited Overs Internationals.

Squads

22–26 March
(scorecard)

Sri Lanka	v	West Indies
476/8(dec) (162 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 136 (234) Jerome Taylor 4/110 (33 overs)		280 (111.5 overs) Ramnaresh Sarwan 80 (199) Chaminda Vaas 3/48 (25 overs)
240/7(dec) (57 overs) Malinda Warnapura 62 (91) Sulieman Benn 3/59 (13 overs)		315 (106.2 overs) Dwayne Bravo 83 (169) Chaminda Vaas 5/61 (22.2 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 121 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) & Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas (SRI)

3–7 April
(scorecard)

Sri Lanka	v	West Indies
278/10 (64.5 overs) Chamara Silva 76 (108) Fidel Edwards 4/84 (18 overs)		294/10 (76.2 overs) Ramnaresh Sarwan 57 (86) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/79 (29.2 overs)
268/10 (75.1 overs) Thilan Samaraweera 125 (199) Jerome Taylor 4/52 (15.1 overs)		254/4 (68.3 overs) Ramnaresh Sarwan 102 (172) Chaminda Vaas 2/52 (17 overs)

West Indies won by 6 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) & Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Ramnaresh Sarwan (WIN)

10 April
(scorecard)

Sri Lanka 235/7 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 236/9 (50 overs)
Chamara Kapugedera 95 (117) Dwayne Bravo 4/32 (10 overs)		Shivnarine Chanderpaul 62* (63) Ajantha Mendis 3/39 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 1 wicket
Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WIN) & Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (WIN)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a four and a six off the last two balls, with ten required for victory.

12 April
(scorecard)

Sri Lanka 112/5 (30.3 overs)	v	West Indies 125/3 (20.3/25 overs)
Upul Tharanga 40 (82) Chris Gayle 2/6 (1.3 overs)		Marlon Samuels 54* (49) Nuwan Kulasekara 3/28 (5 overs)

West Indies won by 7 wickets(D/L)
Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WIN) & Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIN)

Rain delays reduced Sri Lanka's innings to 30.3 overs and set a revised target for West Indies of 125 from 25 overs.

15 April
(scorecard)

Sri Lanka 257/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 81/2 (18.2 overs)
Mahela Udawatte 73 (121) Chris Gayle 2/41 (10 overs)		Sewnarine Chattergoon 46 (53) Thilan Thushara 1/12 (5.2 overs)

No Result
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Umpires: Clyde Duncan (WIN) & Simon Taufel (AUS)

17–19 March

Guyana Cricket Board President's XI	v	Sri Lanka
248 (62 overs) Shamarah Brooks 68 Rangana Herath 5/67		492/5 (dec) (117.5 overs) Malinda Warnapura 132 Devendra Bishoo 5/144
		177/6 (63 overs) Malinda Warnapura 50 Devendra Bishoo 3/25

Match Drawn
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Colin Alfred and Eddy Nichols

29–31 March

Match Cancelled
St. Augustine, Trinidad

International cricket in 2007–08

Preceding season: International cricket in 2007

September 2007	2007 ICC World Twenty20

October 2007	Pakistan v South Africa India v Australia Intercontinental Cup

November 2007	Sri Lanka v England Australia v Sri Lanka India v Pakistan South Africa v New Zealand Zimbabwe v West Indies

December 2007	Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Australia v India South Africa v West Indies New Zealand v Bangladesh

January 2008	Pakistan v Zimbabwe

February 2008	ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Commonwealth Bank Series New Zealand v England Bangladesh v South Africa Women's Ashes

March 2008	India v South Africa West Indies v Sri Lanka Bangladesh v Ireland

Following season: International cricket in 2008

Sri Lankan international Test cricket tours abroad

History of cricket in Sri Lanka

Australia	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2012–13 2018–19

Bangladesh	2005–06 2008–09 2013–14 2019–20

England	1984 1988 1991 1998 2002 2006 2011 2014 2016

India	1982–83 1986–87 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2005–06 2009–10 2015–16 2017–18

New Zealand	1982–83 1990–91 1994–95 1996–97 2004–05 2006–07 2014–15 2018–19

Pakistan	1981–82 1985–86 1991–92 1995–96 1998–99 1999–00 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2013-14 2017–18

South Africa	1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2018–19

West Indies	1995–96 1996–97 2003 2007–08 2018

Zimbabwe	1994–95 1999–00 2004 2016–17

International Test cricket tours of Sri Lanka International one day cricket against Sri Lanka Other tours of Sri Lanka

International cricket tours of the West Indies

Test and LOI tours

Afghanistan	2017

Australia	1954–55 1964–65 1972–73 1977–78 1983–84 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2008 2011–12 2015

Bangladesh	2004 2009 2014 2017–18

England	1929–30 1934–35 1947–48 1953–54 1959–60 1967–68 1973–74 1980–81 1985–86 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2003–04 2008–09 2013–14 2014–15 2016–17

India	1952–53 1961–62 1970–71 1975–76 1982–83 1988–89 1996–97 2001–02 2006 2009 2011 2016 2017

New Zealand	1971–72 1984–85 1995–96 2002 2012 2014

Pakistan	1957–58 1976–77 1987–88 1992–93 1999–2000 2005 2011 2013 2016

South Africa	1992 2001 2004–05 2010

Sri Lanka	1996–97 2003 2007–08

Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2006 2009–10 2012–13

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	2007 2010 2016

Other tours

American	1887–88 1909 2004

Australian (WSC)	1978–79

Bermudian	1957–58 1982–83 1992–93 1993–94 2012–13

Canadian	1976 1984–85 1987–88 1988–89 2009–10 2011–12 2012–13

Dutch	2001

English	1894–95 1896–97 (Priestley) 1896–97 (Hawke) 1901–02 1904–05 1910–11 1912–13 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1931–32 1955–56 1956–57 1960–61 1969–70 1974–75 1991–92

Irish	2009–10 2013–14

Multi-national	1966–67

Scottish	2005–06

Sri Lankan	1995–96

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