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West Indies vs Sri Lanka স্কোরকার্ড, 1st Test, Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2021
Result · Nov 21 2021, Sun - 09:45 AM (IST)
SRI LANKA386, 191/4 decl
WEST INDIES230, 160
Sri Lanka won by 187 runs
CRR:2.03
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Match Info
| সিরিজ : | West Indies in Sri Lanka 2021 |
| তারিখ: | Nov 21 2021, Sun - 09:45 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Galle |
| ভেন্যু: | Galle International Stadium |
| টস: | Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Sri Lanka Playing XI: | Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Pathum Nissanka, Oshada Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Ramesh Mendis, Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Chameera, Lasith Embuldeniya, Praveen Jayawickrama |
| West Indies Playing XI: | Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Jermaine Blackwood, Jeremy Solozano, Nkrumah Bonner, Roston Chase, Kyle Mayers, Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Rahkeem Cornwall, Jomel Warrican, Shannon Gabriel, Shai Hope |
- Three of the last four men's Test match meetings between Sri Lanka and West Indies have ended in a draw with the Lions winning the other match; this will be the first Test match between the two sides in the Island nation since October 2015.
- Sri Lanka have never lost a men's Test match at home against West Indies, they have won seven and drawn four of the 11 such fixtures played between the two sides in the format.
- Sri Lanka are unbeaten in their last four men's Test matches (W1 D3). two of these matches were played against West Indies earlier this year; however, The Lions lost all their four matches prior to this run.
- Four of the last five multigame bilateral men's Test series between Sri Lanka and West Indies have ended in a draw, with The Lions winning the only other such series when the Windies last visited the Island Nation in 2015.
- West Indies have won their last two men's Test matches away from home, the last time they won more consecutive matches on the road was in 1988 (7 matches).
- Since the beginning of 2020, Sri Lankan batters have managed to strike a boundary once every 19 balls faced in men's Test cricket, the slowest such rate of any nation.
- Only New Zealand (87%) have a better catch success percentage than West Indies (84%) in men's Test cricket since the start of 2021, they have dropped just 19 of their 116 chances during that period.
- West Indies' Roston Chase needs just four more runs to score 2,000 runs in Test cricket, he averages 20.5 against Sri Lanka from his six innings in this format so far.
- Jason Holder needs just 66 runs to score 2,500 runs in Test cricket, in doing so he will become just the third West Indian all-rounder to score 2,500 runs and have over 100 wickets in this format after Garry Sobers (8032 runs & 235 wickets) and Carl Hooper (5762 runs and 114 wickets).
- Angelo Mathews is set to appear in his 91st Test for Sri Lanka, only eight players have made more appearances for The Lions than Mathews; he is also the fifth highest run getter for the Lankans (6236 runs).
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