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The three-match ODI series between Sri Lanka and West Indies was not just about the hosts winning it 2-0, but also the introduction to international cricket of the new spinning phenomenon Ajantha Mendis.
The third and final one-day international of the series between West Indies and Sri Lanka was abandoned following heavy rain.
Heavy rain caused the third One-Day International between West Indies and Sri Lanka to be abandoned after just 18 overs of the hosts' innings on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka's decision to leave out Muttiah Muralitharan from the one-day series in West Indies made Chaminda Vaas their most experienced bowler. After the first two matches, Vaas had 392 wickets while Sri Lanka's second highest wicket-taker was Tillakaratne Dilshan with 45. This week we look at the largest differences in wickets, runs and matches between players in the same team.
West Indies claimed a 2-0 series triumph over Sri Lanka after the third one-day international was abandoned following heavy rain.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, April 15 (Reuters) - Heavy rain caused the third one-day international between West Indies and Sri Lanka to be abandoned after just 18 overs of the hosts' innings on Tuesday.
April 15 (Reuters) - West Indies v Sri Lanka one day international was abandoned after heavy rain:
April 15 (Reuters) - Scoreboard after Sri Lanka's innings in third and final one-dayer against West Indies at Gros Islet, St Lucia on Tuesday:
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, April 15 (Reuters) - Half-centuries by Mahela Udawatte and Tillakaratne Dilshan led Sri Lanka to a total of 257 for eight in the third and final one-dayer against West Indies on Tuesday.
April 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka hit 257 for eight in 50 overs in the third one-day international against West Indies at Gros Islet, St Lucia on Tuesday.
April 15 (Reuters) - West Indies won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat in the third one day international at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia on Tuesday.
West Indies seal a 2-0 series win after the third one-day international against Sri Lanka is abandoned because of rain.
West Indies meet Sri Lanka in the third and final one-day international having already secured the series.
John Dyson, the West Indies coach, has heaped praise on his side following their seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Trinidad. In a rain-affected match, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels guided West Indies to a facile win, chasing down a revised 125 from 25 overs with 27 balls to spare, and in doing so they took the series.
West Indies took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the one-day series with Sri Lanka thanks to a seven-wicket win in Trinidad.
Unbeaten half-centuries from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels have guided West Indies to a series-clinching seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a rain-hit second one-day international in Port of Spain.
April 12 (Reuters) - West Indies beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their rain-affected one-day international in Port of Spain, Trinidad on Saturday.
PORT OF SPAIN, April 12 (Reuters) - West Indies need 125 to win in 25 overs after rain halted Sri Lanka's innings at 112 for five in their one-day international on Saturday.
April 12 (Reuters) - Scoreboard from one-day international between West Indies and Sri Lanka at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad on Saturday.
April 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka made 112 for five in their rain interupted one-day game against West Indies at Port of Spain, Trinidad on Saturday.
(Reuters) - West Indies won the toss and invited Sri Lanka to bat in the second one-day international at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain on Saturday.
Sri Lanka have barely had time to catch their breath after losing Thursday's thrilling last-baller against West Indies, but their new-look side will be looking to square the series in Port-of-Spain in the second of three ODIs.
Sri Lanka seek to level the series as they take on West Indies in the second one-day international in Trinidad.
Tougher days surely lie ahead, but Ajantha Mendis appears to be a spin bowler with a bright future based on the evidence of his one-day international debut for Sri Lanka against West Indies in Trinidad.
Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss has praised young spinner Ajantha Mendis after he bamboozled the West Indies batsmen on his debut.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a six off the last ball of the game to give West Indies a thrilling win over Sri Lanka in 1st ODI.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit the last two balls for a four and six to swing West Indies to a thrilling one-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the opening One Day International.
Man of the match Dwayne Bravo was not entirely satisfied with the West Indies' nail-biting one-wicket win over Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a six off the last ball to give the West Indies an amazing win over Sri Lanka in their first ODI.