West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019–20

West Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019–20
	Sri Lanka	West Indies
Dates	17 February – 6 March 2020
Captains	Dimuth Karunaratne (ODIs) Lasith Malinga (T20Is)	Kieron Pollard
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Avishka Fernando (206)	Shai Hope (238)
Most wickets	Angelo Mathews (5)	Alzarri Joseph (10)
Player of the series	Wanindu Hasaranga (SL)
Twenty20 International series
Results	West Indies won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Kusal Perera (81)	Brandon King (76) Lendl Simmons (76)
Most wickets	Seven bowlers took one wicket each[n 1]	Oshane Thomas (6)
Player of the series	Andre Russell (WI)

The West Indies cricket team toured Sri Lanka in February and March 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.^[1][2][3] The full schedule for the tour was confirmed by Sri Lanka Cricket on 21 January 2020.^[4][5] The West Indies last toured Sri Lanka in October and November 2015.^[6]

On 19 February 2020, Sri Lanka named their ODI squad, with Dimuth Karunaratne returning as captain of the side.^[7] Lahiru Thirimanne had led the team in their previous ODI series, against Pakistan, but was dropped due to poor form.^[8] Sri Lanka won the first two ODIs, to give them an unassailable lead in the series.^[9] Sri Lanka won the final ODI by six runs, winning the series 3–0.^[10]

In the first T20I match, Kieron Pollard became the first cricketer to play in 500 Twenty20 matches.^[11][12] The West Indies won the T20I series 2–0.^[13]

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
Sri Lanka[14]	West Indies[15]	Sri Lanka[16]	West Indies[17]
Dimuth Karunaratne (c) Niroshan Dickwella (wk) Avishka Fernando Wanindu Hasaranga Shehan Jayasuriya Lahiru Kumara Angelo Mathews Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera (wk) Thisara Perera Nuwan Pradeep Lakshan Sandakan Dasun Shanaka Dhananjaya de Silva Isuru Udana	Kieron Pollard (c) Fabian Allen Sunil Ambris Darren Bravo Roston Chase Sheldon Cottrell Jason Holder Shai Hope (wk) Alzarri Joseph Brandon King Keemo Paul Nicholas Pooran Rovman Powell Romario Shepherd Hayden Walsh Jr.	Lasith Malinga (c) Niroshan Dickwella (wk) Asitha Fernando Avishka Fernando Wanindu Hasaranga Shehan Jayasuriya Lahiru Kumara Angelo Mathews Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera (wk) Thisara Perera Nuwan Pradeep Lakshan Sandakan Dasun Shanaka Dhananjaya de Silva Isuru Udana	Kieron Pollard (c) Fabian Allen Dwayne Bravo Sheldon Cottrell Shimron Hetmyer Shai Hope (wk) Brandon King Nicholas Pooran Rovman Powell Andre Russell Lendl Simmons Oshane Thomas Hayden Walsh Jr. Kesrick Williams

During the ODI series, Nuwan Pradeep and Dhananjaya de Silva both suffered injuries and were ruled out of Sri Lanka's T20I squad.^[18] Asitha Fernando replaced Pradeep, but no replacement was named for de Silva.^[19]

Tour matches

One-day match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs West Indies

17 February 2020 10:00 Scorecard

West Indies  282 (49.4 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Board President's XI 283/8 (47.3 overs)
Darren Bravo 100 (88) Dilshan Madushanka 3/47 (7 overs)		Upul Tharanga 120 (124) Sheldon Cottrell 2/22 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka Board President's XI won by 2 wickets P. Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: Hemantha Boteju (SL) and Rohitha Kottahachchi (SL)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

One-day match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs West Indies

20 February 2020 10:00 Scorecard

Sri Lanka Board President's XI  276/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 277/4 (46.3 overs)
Minod Bhanuka 69 (88) Keemo Paul 2/45 (9 overs)		Roston Chase 136 (113) Vishwa Fernando 2/56 (8.3 overs)

West Indies won by 6 wickets FTZ Sports Complex, Katunayake Umpires: Deepal Gunawardene (SL) and Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL)

• Sri Lanka Board President's XI won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

22 February 2020 09:45 Scorecard

West Indies  289/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 290/9 (49.1 overs)
Shai Hope 115 (140) Isuru Udana 3/82 (10 overs)		Dimuth Karunaratne 52 (57) Alzarri Joseph 3/42 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Paul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match: Wanindu Hasaranga (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

26 February 2020 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  345/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 184 (39.1 overs)
Avishka Fernando 127 (123) Sheldon Cottrell 4/67 (10 overs)		Shai Hope 51 (65) Wanindu Hasaranga 3/30 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 161 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Lyndon Hannibal (SL) Player of the match: Avishka Fernando (SL)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• Kusal Perera (SL) played in his 100th ODI.^[20]
• In terms of runs, this was Sri Lanka's biggest win against the West Indies in ODIs.^[21]

3rd ODI

1 March 2020 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  307 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 301/9 (50 overs)
Kusal Mendis 55 (48) Alzarri Joseph 4/65 (10 overs)		Shai Hope 72 (88) Angelo Mathews 4/59 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Angelo Mathews (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

4 March 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

West Indies  196/4 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 171 (19.1 overs)
Lendl Simmons 67* (51) Wanindu Hasaranga 1/33 (4 overs)		Kusal Perera 66 (38) Oshane Thomas 5/28 (3 overs)

West Indies won by 25 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL) Player of the match: Oshane Thomas (WI)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kieron Pollard (WI) played in his 500th Twenty20 match,^[22] and scored his 10,000th run in the format.^[23]
• Oshane Thomas (WI) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.^[24]

2nd T20I

6 March 2020 19:00 (N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  155/6 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 158/3 (17 overs)
Dasun Shanaka 31* (24) Fabian Allen 2/24 (4 overs)		Brandon King 43 (21) Dasun Shanaka 1/10 (1 over)

West Indies won by 7 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Lyndon Hannibal (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL) Player of the match: Andre Russell (WI)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs (ODI)

Rank	Runs	Player	Innings	Average	High Score	100	50
1	238	Shai Hope	3	79.33	115	1	2
2	206	Avishka Fernando	3	68.66	127	1	1
3	194	Kusal Mendis		64.66	119
4	106	Thisara Perera		35.33	38	0	0
5	97	Dimuth Karunaratne		32.33	52		1
Last Updated: 1 August 2020

Most wickets (ODI)

Rank	Wickets	Player	Innings	Best	Average	Economy
1	10	Alzarri Joseph	3	4/65	16.40	5.46
2	5	Angelo Mathews	3	4/59	19.20	5.33
		Sheldon Cottrel		4/67	38.80	6.46
3	4	Wanindu Hasaranga		3/30	29.50	3.93
		Isuru Udana		3/82	44.75	7.45
4	3	Nuwan Pradeep		2/37	33.66	4.92
		Lakshan Sandakan		3/57	43.33	6.78
		Jason Holder		2/68	57.00	6.10
Last Updated: 1 August 2020

Most runs (T20I)

Rank	Runs	Player	Innings	Average	High Score	Strike Rate	50
1	81	Kusal Perera	2	40.50	66	158.82	1
2	76	Brandon King	2	38.00	43	165.21	0
		Lendl Simmons		76.00	67*	128.81	1
3	75	Andre Russell		75.00	40*	267.85	0
4	52	Wanindu Hasaranga		26.00	44	123.80	0
5	43	Shimron Hetmyer	1	-	43*	102.38	0
Last Updated: 1 August 2020

Most wickets (T20I)

Rank	Wickets	Player	Innings	Best	Average	Economy
1	6	Oshane Thomas	2	5/28	8.66	7.42
2	2	Fabian Allen	1	2/24	12.00	6.00
		Rovman Powell		2/31	15.50	7.75
		Sheldon Cottrel	2	1/14	21.50	6.97
		DJ Bravo		1/30	32.50	8.12
Last Updated: 1 August 2020

Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2020-21

Notes

1. Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Isuru Udana, Angelo Mathews, Lakshan Sandakan and Lasith Malinga all took one wicket each.

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External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo