WI vs SL Stats Preview 1st Test West Indies vs Sri Lanka

WI vs SL Stats : West Indies will take on Sri Lanka in the first of two Tests at Sir Viv Richards Stadium in Antigua on Sunday, 21 March. After winning the T20I and ODI series host West Indies will look to continue their good form and they’re also coming with a Test series win over Bangladesh and that will also give them a lot of confidence. On the other side, Sri Lanka who have been poor on this tour will look to make a come back in this series.

WI vs SL Stats Preview

West Indies defeated Bangladesh in 2 Tests series one month ago and they’re going with the same team and under a new permanent captain Kraigg Brathwaite under whom they won in Bangladesh as well and the return of all rounder Jason Holder and Darren Bravo have further strengthened them and the likes of Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel and Rahkeem Cornwall too will be the key bowlers for them. On the other side, Sri Lanka who are without Angelo Mathews need to play their best cricket to defeat the hosts in their own backyard and captain Dimuth Karunaraten has to lead from front.

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West Indies vs Sri Lanka Statistical Preview of the First Test : A list of all the major stats and records ahead of the First Test between West Indies and Sri Lanka in Antigua –

Head to Head in Test Cricket : West Indies and Sri Lanka have played total 20 Tests so far.

West Indies and Sri Lanka in Test Cricket 

Matches – 20
WI won – 4
SL won – 9
Drawn – 7 

1 – Sri Lanka have won only one of their last nine Test matches and the win came against Zimbabwe last year and losses came against Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand and England.

3 – West Indies have won 3 out of 8 Tests at Sir Viv Richards Stadium in Antigua. Two Tests they lost while other three Tests were drawn.

2000 – Dananjaya de Silva needs 58 more runs to complete 2000 runs in Test Cricket.

21 – Shannon Gabriel has taken 21 wickets at an average of 17.85 in 4 Test matches against Sri Lanka including the career best Test match bowling figures of 13/121.

30 – Kemar Roach has taken 30 wickets at 14.90 in 5 Tests at Sir Viv Richards Stadium in Antigua.

263 & 15 – Jason Holder has scored 263 runs at 29.22 and has also taken 15 wickets at 17.33 in 5 Test matches against Sri Lanka.

2000 – West Indies vice captain Jermain Blackwood also needs 97 more runs to achieve the milestone of 2000 Test runs.

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