Sri Lanka haven't yet won a Test in the West Indies, but they have an excellent opportunity to change that statistic over the next couple of weeks. West Indies have traditionally been a powerhouse at home, but more recently even their impregnability there has been eroded: in their last five series, they have lost five and won just two, against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Since 2000, they have lost 14 Tests and won just ten at home; in the 1990s, their win-loss record at home was a far more impressive 19-8.
In ten Tests between the two teams, West Indies have only won two, but both those victories came on home turf, while all five defeats were in Sri Lanka.
West Indies will depend largely on Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan, and while the last two have impressive records against Sri Lanka, Gayle has .struggled for runs against them. In five Tests, he has a paltry aggregate of 112, with four ducks in nine innings. His nemesis has been Chaminda Vaas, who has dismissed him six times, four times before he had scored a run. Marlon Samuels has struggled as well, with just 98 runs in five matches.
In ten Tests between the two teams, West Indies have only won two, but both those victories came on home turf, while all five defeats were in Sri Lanka.
West Indies will depend largely on Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan, and while the last two have impressive records against Sri Lanka, Gayle has .struggled for runs against them. In five Tests, he has a paltry aggregate of 112, with four ducks in nine innings. His nemesis has been Chaminda Vaas, who has dismissed him six times, four times before he had scored a run. Marlon Samuels has struggled as well, with just 98 runs in five matches.
