West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001–02

West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001–02

	Sri Lanka	West Indies
Dates	13 November 2001 – 3 December 2001
Captains	Sanath Jayasuriya	Carl Hooper
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Hashan Tillakaratne (403)	Brian Lara (688)
Most wickets	Chaminda Vaas (26)	Dinanath Ramnarine (10)
Player of the series	Brian Lara (WI)
One Day International series
Player of the series	See 2001 LG Abans Triangular Series

The West Indies cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 13 November to 3 December 2001. The tour consisted of three Test matches and the 2001 LG Abans Triangular Series, which also included Zimbabwe.

Squads

Test squads
Sri Lanka	West Indies
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	Carl Hooper (c)
Marvan Atapattu	Daren Ganga
Kumar Sangakkara	Chris Gayle
Mahela Jayawardene	Ramnaresh Sarwan
Russel Arnold	Brian Lara
Hashan Tillakaratne	Marlon Samuels
Thilan Samaraweera	Ridley Jacobs
Chaminda Vaas	Neil McGarrell
Niroshan Bandaratilleke	Mervyn Dillon
Muttiah Muralitharan	Dinanath Ramnarine
Charitha Buddhika	Colin Stuart
Nuwan Zoysa	Pedro Collins
	Marlon Black

Test Series

1st Test

13 November 2001 (2001-11-13)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	Sri Lanka
448 (141.4 overs) Brian Lara 178 (294) Muttiah Muralitharan 6/126 (53.4 overs)		590/9d (202.4 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 140 (373) Dinanath Ramnarine 3/158 (58 overs)
144 (78.3 overs) Brian Lara 40 (99) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/44 (31.3 overs)		6/0 (0.4 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 6 (4) Colin Stuart 0/6 (0.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Galle International Stadium
Umpires: John Hampshire (Eng) & Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

West Indies, who chose to bat
12th man: Suresh Perera (SL), Leon Garrick (WI)

2nd Test

21 November 2001 (2001-11-21)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	West Indies
288 (96.4 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 88 (146) Pedro Collins 4/78 (27 overs)		191 (66.4 overs) Brian Lara 74 (154) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/54 (23.4 overs)
224/6d (67 overs) Marvan Atapattu 84 (169) Dinanath Ramnarine 4/66 (16 overs)		190 (83.5 overs) Marlon Samuels 54 (117) Muttiah Muralitharan 6/81 (35.5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 131 runs
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: John Hampshire (Eng) & Gamini Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
12th man Upul Chandana (SL), Wavell Hinds (WI)

3rd Test

29 November 2001 (2001-11-29)
Scorecard

West Indies	v	Sri Lanka
390 (113.2 overs) Brian Lara 221 (354) Chaminda Vaas 7/120 (32.2 overs)		627/9d (197 overs) Hashan Tillakaratne 204 (343) Pedro Collins 3/156 (47 overs)
262 (82 overs) Brian Lara 130 (215) Chaminda Vaas 7/71 (25 overs)		27/0 (5.3 overs) Marvan Atapattu 19 (18) Mervyn Dillon 0/12 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) & Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Brian Lara (WI)

West Indies, who chose to bat
12th man Upul Chandana (SL), Wavell Hinds (WI)

ODI Series

The ODI series was the 2001 LG Abans Triangular Series which also included Zimbabwe.^[1]

References

^ "LG Abans Triangular Series 2001/02". Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

External links

West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2001/02, Cricinfo

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours
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Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016 2022
Bangladesh	2002 2005 2007 2012–13 2016–17 2019 2020–21
England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2018–19 2020–21
India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015 2017 2021 2024
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West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16 2019–20 2021–22
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Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1986 1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2001–02 2001–02 2002 2004 2009 2010 2010 2010 2011 2012 2018

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Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981
Bangladeshi	1985–86
Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12
English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01
Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76
Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14
Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68
New Zealand	1927 1937–38
Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79
Scottish	2011–12 2013–14
West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79
Irish	2020–21
South Africa A	2023

v t e International cricket in 2001–02
Preceding season: International cricket in 2001
September 2001	Asian Test Challenge South Africa in Zimbabwe
October 2001	England in Zimbabwe Standard Bank Triangular Tournament New Zealand in Australia Khaleej Times Trophy
November 2001	West Indies in Sri Lanka Zimbabwe in Bangladesh England in India
December 2001	South Africa in Australia Bangladesh in New Zealand LG Abans Triangular Series Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka
January 2002	England women in India Pakistan in Bangladesh Australia Tri-Nation Series Kenya in Sri Lanka Pakistan women in Sri Lanka West Indies against Pakistan in UAE
February 2002	Zimbabwe in India New Zealand in Australia Australia in South Africa New Zealand women in Australia
March 2002	Australia women in New Zealand India women in South Africa India in South Africa
April 2002	Sharjah Cup
Following season: International cricket in 2002