| Main Home | Country Home | Players | Records | Matches |
Sri Lanka v West Indies @ Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
21, 22, 23, 24, 25 November 2001 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: JH Hampshire, MG Silva
Third Umpire: PT Manuel
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 131 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Mervyn Dillon | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Chris Gayle b Pedro Collins | 16 | 22 | 37 | 3 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | b Dinanath Ramnarine | 15 | 46 | 79 | - | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c & b Dinanath Ramnarine | 88 | 146 | 180 | 9 | 1 |
| 5. Russel Arnold | b Dinanath Ramnarine | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | b Pedro Collins | 87 | 176 | 245 | 9 | 1 |
| 7. Thilan Samaraweera | c Ridley Jacobs b Mervyn Dillon | 29 | 99 | 122 | 2 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Carl Hooper b Pedro Collins | 0 | 16 | 21 | - | - |
| 9. Niroshan Bandaratilleke | not out | 12 | 36 | 53 | - | - |
| 10. Nuwan Zoysa | b Pedro Collins | 23 | 26 | 31 | 4 | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Colin Stuart b Mervyn Dillon | 4 | 8 | 15 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-27 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-49 (Kumar Sangakkara), 4-53 (Russel Arnold), 5-169 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-249 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-249 (Thilan Samaraweera), 8-249 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-281 (Nuwan Zoysa), 288 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 96.4 ovs, 403 mins) 288 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Mervyn Dillon | 20 | 4 | 55 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Pedro Collins | 27 | 7 | 78 | 4 | (0w,1nb) |
| Colin Stuart | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Chris Gayle | 0.3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Hooper | 21 | 6 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dinanath Ramnarine | 25 | 6 | 81 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Marlon Samuels | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Chris Gayle | b Nuwan Zoysa | 44 | 74 | 114 | 6 | - |
| 2. Daren Ganga | c Mahela Jayawardene b Nuwan Zoysa | 0 | 1 | 7 | - | - |
| 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 17 | 57 | 90 | 1 | - |
| 4. Brian Lara | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 74 | 154 | 196 | 8 | 2 |
| *5. Carl Hooper | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 23 | 61 | 74 | 3 | - |
| 6. Marlon Samuels | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 10 | 9 | - | - |
| +7. Ridley Jacobs | b Chaminda Vaas | 24 | 27 | 41 | 3 | - |
| 8. Mervyn Dillon | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 9. Dinanath Ramnarine | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 10. Pedro Collins | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 12 | 22 | - | - |
| 11. Colin Stuart | not out | 0 | - | 11 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-8 (Daren Ganga), 2-51 (Ramnaresh Sarwan), 3-72 (Chris Gayle), 4-126 (Carl Hooper), 5-126 (Marlon Samuels), 6-167 (Ridley Jacobs), 7-173 (Mervyn Dillon), 8-173 (Dinanath Ramnarine), 9-181 (Pedro Collins), 191 (Brian Lara). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 66.4 ovs, 284 mins) 191 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 22 | 8 | 56 | 4 | (0w,4nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 13 | 3 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 23.4 | 5 | 54 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | st Ridley Jacobs b Dinanath Ramnarine | 84 | 169 | 269 | 5 | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Chris Gayle b Dinanath Ramnarine | 55 | 113 | 146 | 8 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Dinanath Ramnarine b Mervyn Dillon | 45 | 64 | 76 | 4 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Colin Stuart b Mervyn Dillon | 16 | 22 | 29 | 3 | - |
| 5. Russel Arnold | c Mervyn Dillon b Dinanath Ramnarine | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 7 | 17 | 29 | - | - |
| 7. Chaminda Vaas | c Daren Ganga b Dinanath Ramnarine | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Thilan Samaraweera | not out | 3 | 10 | 15 | - | - |
| 9. Niroshan Bandaratilleke | ||||||
| 10. Nuwan Zoysa | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-89 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-176 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-204 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-206 (Russel Arnold), 5-215 (Marvan Atapattu), 6-215 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 3b, 6lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 67 ovs, 288 mins) 224 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Mervyn Dillon | 19 | 2 | 60 | 2 | (2w,2nb) |
| Pedro Collins | 11 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dinanath Ramnarine | 16 | 2 | 66 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Colin Stuart | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Hooper | 13 | 4 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Daren Ganga | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 8 | 31 | 40 | 1 | - |
| 2. Chris Gayle | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan | c Russel Arnold b Muttiah Muralitharan | 48 | 104 | 121 | 5 | - |
| 4. Brian Lara | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 45 | 110 | 136 | 4 | - |
| *5. Carl Hooper | lbw b Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 4 | 31 | 38 | - | - |
| 6. Marlon Samuels | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 54 | 117 | 118 | 8 | - |
| +7. Ridley Jacobs | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 5 | 34 | 31 | - | - |
| 8. Mervyn Dillon | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 19 | 54 | 59 | 2 | - |
| 9. Dinanath Ramnarine | not out | 0 | 17 | 24 | - | - |
| 10. Pedro Collins | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 11. Colin Stuart | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (Chris Gayle), 2-25 (Daren Ganga), 3-83 (Ramnaresh Sarwan), 4-107 (Carl Hooper), 5-110 (Brian Lara), 6-126 (Ridley Jacobs), 7-185 (Mervyn Dillon), 8-190 (Marlon Samuels), 9-190 (Pedro Collins), 190 (Colin Stuart). |
| Extras | 3b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 83.5 ovs, 294 mins) 190 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 13 | 2 | 39 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 35.5 | 16 | 81 | 6 | (0w,1nb) |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 15 | 7 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Hashan Tillakaratne, Chaminda Vaas, Thilan Samaraweera, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Nuwan Zoysa, Muttiah Muralitharan