The West Indies cricket team toured Sri Lanka in October 2024 to play the Sri Lanka cricket team.[1] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2][3] In November 2023, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced its international calendar for 2024 and confirmed the bilateral series.[4]
| West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2024–25 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 13 – 26 October 2024 | ||
| Captains | Charith Asalanka |
Shai Hope (ODIs) Rovman Powell (T20Is) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Charith Asalanka (145) | Sherfane Rutherford (204) | |
| Most wickets | Wanindu Hasaranga (6) |
Alzarri Joseph (4) Gudakesh Motie (4) | |
| Player of the series | Charith Asalanka (SL) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Kusal Mendis (113) | Brandon King (91) | |
| Most wickets |
Wanindu Hasaranga (5) Maheesh Theekshana (5) | Romario Shepherd (4) | |
| Player of the series | Pathum Nissanka (SL) | ||
West Indies won the first T20I by five wickets, with Brandon King and Evin Lewis, both scoring match winning half-centuries.[5] The hosts won the second T20I by 73 runs, with Pathum Nissanka's 54 and Dunith Wellalage's 3/9.[6] Sri Lanka won the third and final T20I by nine wickets, with Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera, both scoring unbeaten half-centuries of 68 and 55 respectively,[7] to secure their first ever T20I series victory over West Indies.[8][9]
Squads
editAndre Russell, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer and Akeal Hosein withdrew from the series citing personal reasons.[14] Seventeen-year-old Jewel Andrew was named in the ODI squad.[13]
T20I series
edit1st T20I
edit2nd T20I
edit3rd T20I
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
ODI series
edit1st ODI
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 232 runs from 37 overs due to rain.
- Nishan Madushka (SL) made his ODI debut.
- Charith Asalanka (SL) scored his 2,000th run in ODIs.[15]
2nd ODI
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 44 overs per side due to rain.
- The partnership between Sherfane Rutherford and Gudakesh Motie (119) was the highest 9th-wicket partnership for West Indies in ODIs.[16]
3rd ODI
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain interrupted play with Sri Lanka at 81/1 in 17.2 overs. The match was then reduced to 23 overs per side.
- West Indies were set a revised target of 195 runs from 23 overs.
- Jewel Andrew (WI) made his ODI debut.
- Kusal Mendis (SL) scored his 4,000th run in ODIs.[17]
Statistics
editMost runs (T20I)
edit| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | Strike Rate | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 113 | Kusal Mendis | 
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3 | 56.50 | 68* | 124.17 | 1 |
| 2 | 104 | Pathum Nissanka |
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3 | 34.66 | 54 | 128.39 | 1 |
| 3 | 91 | Brandon King | 
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30.33 | 63 | 151.66 | 1 | |
| 4 | 85 | Kusal Perera |
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42.50 | 55* | 154.54 | 1 | |
| 5 | 70 | Kamindu Mendis | 35.00 | 51 | 129.62 | 1 | ||
| Last Updated: 02 November 2024[18] | ||||||||
Most wickets (T20I)
edit| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | 4W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Maheesh Theekshana |
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3 | 2/7 | 11.40 | 5.60 | - | |
| Wanindu Hasaranga | 2/24 | 18.80 | 8.54 | - | |||||
| 2 | 4 | Matheesha Pathirana |
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3 | 2/27 | 13.50 | 7.53 | - | |
| Romario Shepherd |
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2/23 | 21.50 | 8.60 | - | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Charith Asalanka |
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2 | 2/6 | 6.66 | 5.00 | - | |
| Dunith Wellalage | 3/9 | 15.00 | 5.62 | - | |||||
| Last Updated: 02 November 2024[19] | |||||||||
Most runs (ODI)
edit| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | Strike Rate | High Score | 100 | 50 |
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| 1 | 204 | Sherfane Rutherford |
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3 | 204.00 | 107.36 | 80 | - | 3 |
| 2 | 145 | Charith Asalanka |
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3 | 72.50 | 107.40 | 77 | - | 2 |
| 3 | 107 | Nishan Madushka | 2 | 53.50 | 109.18 | 69 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 103 | Evin Lewis |
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1 | - | 167.21 | 102* | 1 | - |
| 5 | 101 | Kusal Mendis |
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3 | 36.00 | 167.44 | 56* | - | 1 |
| Last Updated: 02 November 2024[20] | |||||||||
Most wickets (ODI)
edit| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | 5W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Wanindu Hasaranga |
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3 | 4/40 | 13.66 | 5.12 | - | |
| 2 | 4 | Gudakesh Motie |
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3 | 3/47 | 21.50 | 3.90 | - | |
| Asitha Fernando |
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3/35 | 25.50 | 6.37 | - | ||||
| Alzarri Joseph |
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2/30 | 27.50 | 6.47 | - | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Maheesh Theekshana |
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2 | 3/25 | 21.33 | 4.57 | - | |
| Last Updated: 02 November 2024[21] | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "West Indies in Sri Lanka schedule and fixtures". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "2024 West Indies in Sri Lanka". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Men's 2024 Future Tours Program of Sri Lanka Cricket". Sri Lanka Cricket. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Brandon King, Evin Lewis drive West Indies to victory". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Nissanka, Wellalage star in Sri Lanka's series-levelling win". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera fifties power SL to series win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka win first T20 series against West Indies". Loop Trinidad & Tobago News. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Mendis, Perera star as Sri Lanka script historic T20I series win over West Indies". India Today. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Chamindu Wickramasinghe picked for West Indies ODIs". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka T20I squad for West Indies series". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "West Indies T20I and ODI Squads Announced For Sri Lanka Tour". Cricket West Indies. 4 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Russell, Pooran opt out of SL T20Is; Andrew bolts into ODI squad". ESPNcricinfo. 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Pooran, Russell among seniors to skip Sri Lanka tour". Cricbuzz. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Asalanka, Madushka shine in SL's first ODI win". Daily News. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "Record Alert! Rutherford, Motie Slam 119-Run Partnership For 9th Wicket In WI's Rescue". OneCricket. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Balasuriya, Madushka (26 October 2024). "Lewis' 61-ball century trumps Kusal's 19-ball fifty in 23-over shootout". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
- ^ "Today's Cricket Match | Cricket Update | Cricket News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Today's Cricket Match | Cricket Update | Cricket News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Today's Cricket Match | Cricket Update | Cricket News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ "Today's Cricket Match | Cricket Update | Cricket News". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2024.