Sri Lankan cricket team in the West Indies in 1997

International cricket tour

Sri Lankan cricket team in West Indies in 1997

	Sri Lanka	West Indies
Dates	6 June 1997 – 24 June 1997
Captains	Arjuna Ranatunga	Courtney Walsh
Test series
Result	West Indies won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Sanath Jayasuriya (192)	Sherwin Campbell (182)
Most wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan (16)	Curtly Ambrose (11)
One Day International series
Results	West Indies won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Arjuna Ranatunga (53)	Stuart Williams (90)
Most wickets	Sanath Jayasuriya (5)	Laurie Williams (3)
Player of the series	Stuart Williams

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured the West Indies in June 1997 to play 2 Test matches and 1 Limited Overs Internationals. This was the first time Sri Lanka had played a Test match in the West Indies. Both series were won by the West Indies.^[1]^[2] Sri Lanka were captained by Arjuna Ranatunga; the West Indies by Courtney Walsh.^{[citation needed]}

Squads

Test squads		ODI squads
Sri Lanka	West Indies	Sri Lanka^[3]	West Indies
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	Courtney Walsh (c)	Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	Courtney Walsh (c)
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sherwin Campbell	Sanath Jayasuriya	Stuart Williams
Roshan Mahanama	Stuart Williams	Marvan Atapattu	Junior Murray (wk)
Russel Arnold	Floyd Reifer	Aravinda de Silva	Franklyn Rose
Aravinda de Silva	Brian Lara	Hashan Tillakaratne	Brian Lara
Hashan Tillakaratne	Carl Hooper	Roshan Mahanama	Carl Hooper
Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)	Roland Holder	Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)	Floyd Reifer
Kumar Dharmasena	Courtney Browne	Kumar Dharmasena	Roland Holder
Ravindra Pushpakumara	Ian Bishop	Dulip Liyanage	Laurie Williams
Sajeewa de Silva	Curtly Ambrose	Muttiah Muralitharan	Curtly Ambrose
Muttiah Muralitharan	Franklyn Rose	Sajeewa de Silva	Dinanath Ramnarine
Marvan Atapattu
Sanjeeva Ranatunga

ODI series

Only ODI

6 June 1997
Scorecard

West Indies 283/7 (49 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 248/8 (49 overs)
Stuart Williams 90 (107) Sanath Jayasuriya 5/58 (10 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 53 (78) Laurie Williams 3/56 (8 overs)

West Indies won by 35 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Umpires: Clyde Cumberbatch (WI) & Eddie Nicholls (WI)
Player of the match: Stuart Williams

Sri Lanka, who chose to field
ST Jayasuriya retired hurt on 7* from 8/1 (2.2 ov) to 39/3 (after facing 6 balls)
D Ramnarine and FL Reifer (West Indies)

Test series summary

1st Test

13–17 June 1997
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	West Indies
223 (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 1997
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.
Courtney Walsh (WI) set the record for the most ducks scored in Tests (25).^[4]

References

^ "Sri Lanka in West Indies ODI Match 1997". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ "Sri Lanka in West Indies Test Series 1997". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ "Sri Lanka in West Indies ODI Match". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
^ "Windies' Walsh Edges Out Morrison". The Press. Christchurch, New Zealand. NZPA. 26 June 1997. Retrieved 19 January 2020 – via ESPNcricinfo.