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Sri Lanka v West Indies @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
29, 30 November, 1, 2, 3 December 2001 (five-day match)
Toss: West Indies (bat)
Umpires: EAR de Silva, RB Tiffin
Third Umpire: MG Silva
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
1st Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Daren Ganga | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 25 | 34 | - | - |
| 2. Chris Gayle | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan | run out (Mahela Jayawardene > > ) | 69 | 162 | 244 | 10 | - |
| 4. Brian Lara | b Chaminda Vaas | 221 | 354 | 436 | 23 | 2 |
| *5. Carl Hooper | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 56 | 84 | 173 | 8 | - |
| 6. Marlon Samuels | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 4 | 25 | 36 | - | - |
| +7. Ridley Jacobs | b Nuwan Zoysa | 2 | 15 | 22 | - | - |
| 8. Mervyn Dillon | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 2 | 12 | 17 | - | - |
| 9. Dinanath Ramnarine | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 6 | 15 | - | - |
| 10. Pedro Collins | c Thilan Samaraweera b Chaminda Vaas | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 11. Marlon Black | not out | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-2 (Chris Gayle), 2-17 (Daren Ganga), 3-211 (Ramnaresh Sarwan), 4-347 (Carl Hooper), 5-359 (Marlon Samuels), 6-368 (Ridley Jacobs), 7-376 (Mervyn Dillon), 8-385 (Brian Lara), 9-389 (Dinanath Ramnarine), 390 (Pedro Collins). |
| Extras | 5b, 7lb, 0w, 14nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 113.2 ovs, 494 mins) 390 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 32.2 | 5 | 120 | 7 | (0w,10nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 20 | 4 | 55 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 9 | 2 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 37 | 6 | 115 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | c Chris Gayle b Pedro Collins | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Dinanath Ramnarine b Marlon Black | 85 | 166 | 244 | 9 | 1 |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Chris Gayle b Mervyn Dillon | 55 | 91 | 132 | 6 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Mervyn Dillon | 39 | 90 | 153 | 4 | - |
| 5. Russel Arnold | c Ridley Jacobs b Carl Hooper | 65 | 148 | 236 | 4 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 204 | 343 | 542 | 23 | - |
| 7. Thilan Samaraweera | run out (Marlon Black > > ) | 87 | 252 | 258 | 8 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Marlon Samuels b Pedro Collins | 23 | 31 | 37 | 2 | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | b Carl Hooper | 10 | 25 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 10. Niroshan Bandaratilleke | c Ridley Jacobs b Pedro Collins | 25 | 29 | 31 | 3 | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 4 | 5 | 14 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-104 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-179 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-204 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-345 (Russel Arnold), 6-510 (Thilan Samaraweera), 7-550 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-569 (Nuwan Zoysa), 9-611 (Niroshan Bandaratilleke). |
| Extras | 5b, 14lb, 2w, 5nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 197 ovs, 840 mins) 627 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Mervyn Dillon | 46 | 9 | 131 | 2 | (2w,3nb) |
| Pedro Collins | 47 | 4 | 156 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Marlon Black | 32 | 6 | 123 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dinanath Ramnarine | 17 | 3 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Hooper | 43 | 7 | 112 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Gayle | 10 | 1 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Daren Ganga | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 19 | 23 | 2 | - |
| 2. Chris Gayle | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 3. Ramnaresh Sarwan | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 66 | 140 | 203 | 11 | - |
| 4. Brian Lara | b Nuwan Zoysa | 130 | 215 | 259 | 14 | 1 |
| *5. Carl Hooper | st Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 9 | 19 | 32 | - | - |
| 6. Marlon Samuels | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| +7. Ridley Jacobs | not out | 31 | 63 | 88 | 2 | - |
| 8. Mervyn Dillon | c sub b Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 32 | 37 | 1 | - |
| 9. Dinanath Ramnarine | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Pedro Collins | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| 11. Marlon Black | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Chris Gayle), 2-20 (Daren Ganga), 3-161 (Ramnaresh Sarwan), 4-203 (Carl Hooper), 5-203 (Marlon Samuels), 6-240 (Brian Lara), 7-258 (Mervyn Dillon), 8-258 (Dinanath Ramnarine), 9-262 (Pedro Collins), 262 (Marlon Black). |
| Extras | 4b, 1lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 82 ovs, 335 mins) 262 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 25 | 3 | 71 | 7 | (0w,2nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 11 | 1 | 45 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 36 | 5 | 116 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Niroshan Bandaratilleke | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | not out | 19 | 18 | 25 | 3 | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | not out | 8 | 15 | 25 | - | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | ||||||
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | ||||||
| 5. Russel Arnold | ||||||
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | ||||||
| 7. Thilan Samaraweera | ||||||
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | ||||||
| 10. Niroshan Bandaratilleke | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 0 |
| Total | (for 0 wickets, 5.3 ovs, 25 mins) 27 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Mervyn Dillon | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pedro Collins | 2.3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Hashan Tillakaratne, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Muttiah Muralitharan