# Sri Lankan cricket team in the West Indies in 2003

The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured the West Indies in June 2003 to play two Test matches and three One Day Internationals. Sri Lanka won the ODI series 2–1, but the West Indies won the Test series 1–0 after one Test was drawn.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| West Indies | Sri Lanka | West Indies | Sri Lanka |
| Brian Lara (c) | Hashan Tillakaratne (c) | Brian Lara (c) | Marvan Atapattu (c) |
| Omari Banks | Marvan Atapattu | David Bernard | Upul Chandana |
| Corey Collymore | Kumar Dharmasena | Corey Collymore | Kumar Dharmasena |
| Mervyn Dillon | Tillakaratne Dilshan (wk) | Mervyn Dillon | Tillakaratne Dilshan (wk) |
| Vasbert Drakes | Dinusha Fernando | Vasbert Drakes | Dharshana Gamage |
| Fidel Edwards | Sanath Jayasuriya | Chris Gayle | Sanath Jayasuriya |
| Daren Ganga | Mahela Jayawardene | Wavell Hinds | Mahela Jayawardene |
| Chris Gayle | Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) | Ryan Hurley | Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) |
| Wavell Hinds | Kaushal Lokuarachchi | Ridley Jacobs (wk) | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Ridley Jacobs (wk) | Muttiah Muralitharan | Daren Powell | Naveed Nawaz |
| Marlon Samuels | Prabath Nissanka | Ricardo Powell | Prabath Nissanka |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | Thilan Samaraweera | Marlon Samuels | Kumar Sangakkara |
| Jerome Taylor | Kumar Sangakkara | Ramnaresh Sarwan | Chaminda Vaas |
| | Thilan Thushara | Jerome Taylor | Dinusha Fernando |
| | Chaminda Vaas | | |

## Tour matches
### 50-over: Shell Cricket Academy Invitation XI v Sri Lankans

* 4 June 2003 Scorecard
| Sri Lankans 243/7 (50 overs) | v | Shell Cricket Academy Invitation XI 128/9 (50 overs) |
| Marvan Atapattu 99 Dwayne Bravo 2/44 (9 overs) | | Matthew Sinclair 22 Muttiah Muralitharan 3/5 (7 overs) |
* Sri Lankans won by 115 runs Queen's Park, St. George's, Grenada Umpires: Glenroy T. Johnson (WI) and EA Jones (WI)
* Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to bat.
* Krishna Arjune, Jason Bennett and Jerome Taylor (all Shell Cricket Academy Invitation XI) made their List A debuts.

### First-class: West Indies Cricket Board President's XI v Sri Lankans

* 14–16 June 2003 Scorecard
* Match drawn Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent Umpires: Goaland Greaves (WI) and Gary White (WI)
* Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to bat.
* Play on Day 1 reduced to 18 overs due to rain.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 7 June 2003 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 201 (48.4 overs) | v | West Indies 146 (41 overs) |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana 54 (75) Mervyn Dillon 3/39 (9.4 overs) | | Brian Lara 64* (130) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/17 (7 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 55 runs Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Billy Doctrove (WI) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd ODI

* 8 June 2003 Scorecard
| West Indies 312/4 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 313/6 (49.3 overs) |
| Brian Lara 116 (106) Chaminda Vaas 1/33 (10 overs) | | Upul Chandana 89 (71) Vasbert Drakes 2/49 (7 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Eddie Nicholls (WI) Player of the match: Upul Chandana (SL)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 11 June 2003 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 191 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 160/4 (36.5 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 51 (74) Corey Collymore 3/28 (10 overs) | | Marlon Samuels 45* (38) Upul Chandana 1/25 (4 overs) |
* West Indies won by 6 wickets (D/L method) Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Billy Doctrove (WI) Player of the match: Marlon Samuels (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain reduced the West Indies innings to 42 overs.
* Jerome Taylor (WI) made his ODI debut.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 20–24 June 2003 Scorecard
* Match drawn Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Brian Lara (WI)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on Day 4 due to rain.
* Jerome Taylor (WI) made his Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 27–29 June 2003 Scorecard
* West Indies won by 7 wickets Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Corey Collymore (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Thilan Thushara (SL) and Fidel Edwards (WI) made their Test debuts.