The

West Indies cricket team The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a multi-national men's cricket team representing the mainly Commonwealth Caribbean, English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West I ...

toured

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

in October/November 2015 to play two

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, three

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s (ODIs) and two

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(T20I) matches. Starting with this series, all bilateral Test tours between the

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and

will be called the

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. Sri Lanka won the Test series 2–0, the ODI series 3–0 with the T20I series was drawn 1–1. The whole series was rain affected and the play was interrupted on numerous occasions. All three matches in the ODI series were rain interrupted and the results were all determined by the

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. The second T20I match, which was originally scheduled to be held on 12 November 2015 was rescheduled and was held on 11 November at the

R Premadasa Stadium The R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium (RPS) ( si, ආර්. ප්‍රේමදාස ක්‍රීඩාංගනය, ta, ஆர். பிரேமதாச அரங்கம்; also known as Khettarama Stadium, Ranasinghe Prem ...

, after discussions with the relevant Cricket Boards of the two nations. The T20I was rescheduled as 12 November was declared a national day of mourning by the government, due to the death of Venerable

Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero ( si, මාදුළුවාවේ සෝභිත හිමි; 29 May 1942 – 6 November 2015) was an influential Sinhalese people, Sinhalese Buddhist Buddhist monasticism, monk regarded for his nonviolent revolutio ...

, with Thero's funeral being held on the 12th. Also, there was a minute of silence prior to the match and the Sri Lankan cricketers wore a yellow band on their arms as a gesture of respect.

Squads

West Indies bowler

Samuel Badree Samuel Badree (born 8 March 1981) is a former Trinidadian cricketer and cricket coach who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a right-arm leg-spin bowler. Badree made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2002, b ...

was ruled out of the T20I series after contracting

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. He was replaced by

Devendra Bishoo Bryson leitao (born 6 November 1985)
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Tour matches

Tour match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs West Indians

One day: Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs West Indians

Test series (Sobers-Tissera Trophy)

1st Test

2nd Test

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

References

External links

Series Home at ESPNCricinfo
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