Sri Lanka vs West Indies Test series 2021-22 / Sobers-Tissera Trophy 2021-22
2nd Test:
Second and last Test of the Sobers-Tissera (Trophy) series 2021-22 of 2 Test matches between Sri Lanka and West Indies is going to be played at the Galle International Stadium, Galle starting from November 29th 2021.
West Indies tour of Sri Lanka 2021-22 Test Series – 1st Test
Sri Lanka vs West Indies History:
Overall:
Series:
This is going to be the tenth bilateral series between the teams, The host won the series thrice. Whereas the opponent won twice. Remaining 5 series resulted in a draw.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 4 series in a span of 10 years, from 1997 to 2007-08, where the Sri Lanka team won twice and West Indies team won twice, as well.
The consecutive winning streak for the Sri Lanka team against West Indies was 1 series in 2001-02, in 2005 and in 2015-16.
The longest undefeated streak for the Sri Lanka team against West Indies was 6 series from 2005 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for West Indies team against Sri Lanka was 1 series in 1997 and in 2003.
The longest undefeated streak for West Indies team against Sri Lanka was 2 series from 1993-94 to 2001-02, from 2007-08 to 2015-16 and from 2018 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Sri Lanka against West Indies are DDWDD.
Sri Lanka never lost the series against West Indies after 2003.
Matches:
The teams completed 23 meetings in the longest format of cricket, till date. The host won 10 times, whereas the opponent won 4 times with 9 draws.
The teams played consecutive 5 tests without any draw from 2003 to 2010, in which, Sri Lanka won thrice and West Indies won twice.
The consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against West Indies was 3 Tests from 2001 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2008.
The longest undefeated streak for Sri Lanka against West Indies was 5 tests from 1997 to 2003, from 2008 to 2018 and from 2018 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for West Indies against Sri Lanka was 1 Test in 1997, in 2003, in 2008 and in 2018.
The longest undefeated streak for West Indies against Sri Lanka was 4 tests from 2008 to 2015.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka against West Indies are WDDWD.
Sobers-Tissera Trophy:
Since 2015-16, the series, which is played between Sri Lanka and West Indies, is known as the Sobers-Tissera Trophy.
Series:
The teams played the Sobers-Tissera trophy thrice. The upcoming series will be the fourth installment of the trophy. Sri Lanka won the trophy inaugural series (2015-16 series). West Indies have never lifted the trophy, yet. The next two (2018 series and 2020-21 series) were concluded as a draw, and so the trophy was retained by Sri Lanka.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 1 series in 2015-16.
The consecutive winning streak in the trophy for the Sri Lanka team against West Indies was 1 in 2015-16.
The longest undefeated streak in the trophy for the Sri Lanka team against West Indies was 3 series from 2015-16 to present.
The consecutive winning streak in the trophy for West Indies team against Sri Lanka was 0, till date.
The longest undefeated streak in the trophy for West Indies team against Sri Lanka was 2 from 2018 to present.
Last 5 (completed) series results in the trophy of Sri Lanka against West Indies are DDL – -.
Sri Lanka never lost the trophy, yet.
Matches:
The teams completed 8 meetings in the Sobers-Tissera trophy, till date. The host won 4 times, whereas the opponent won just once with 3 draws.
The teams played consecutive 3 tests without any draw from 2015 to 2018, in which, Sri Lanka won 3 tests and West Indies won just once.
The consecutive winning streak in the trophy for Sri Lanka against West Indies was 2 Tests between 2015 to 2018.
The longest undefeated streak in the trophy for Sri Lanka against West Indies was 5 tests from 2018 to present.
The consecutive winning streak in the trophy for West Indies against Sri Lanka was 1 Test in 2018.
The longest undefeated streak in the trophy for West Indies against Sri Lanka was 2 tests from 2018 to 2018 and from 2021 to present.
Last 5 (completed) match results in the trophy of Sri Lanka against West Indies are WDDWD.
Sri Lankan Backyard:
Series:
When touring Sri Lanka by West Indies, the teams met to play bilateral series 5 times, out of them, the host won the series thrice and the visitors never won the series, yet. 2 series resulted in a draw.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 2 series in a span of 9 years, between 2001-02 to 2010-11, where Sri Lanka won both the series.
The consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against West Indies in Sri Lanka was 2 series between 2001-02 to 2010-11.
The longest undefeated streak for Sri Lanka against West Indies in Sri Lanka was 5 series from 1993-94 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for West Indies against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka was 0 till date.
The longest undefeated streak for West Indies against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka was 1 in 1993-94 and in 2010-11.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Sri Lanka against West Indies in Sri Lanka are WDWWD.
Matches:
On the soil of Sri Lanka, the teams faced each other 12 times. out of them, Sri Lanka received victory 8 times and never defeated, yet with 4 draws.
The teams played consecutive 5 tests without any draw from 2001 to 2010, in which, Sri Lanka won all 5 games.
The consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against West Indies in Sri Lanka was 5 Tests between 2001 to 2010.
The longest undefeated streak for Sri Lanka against West Indies in Sri Lanka was 12 tests from 1993 to present.
The consecutive winning streak for West Indies against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka was 0 test, yet.
The longest undefeated streak for West Indies against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka was 3 tests from 2010 to 2015.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka against West Indies in Sri Lanka are WWWDD.
Sobers-Tissera Trophy in Sri Lankan Backyard:
Series:
The teams played the Sobers-Tissera trophy just once, which was won by Sri Lanka.
The consecutive winning streak in the trophy for Sri Lanka against West Indies was 1 in 2015-16.
The longest undefeated streak in the trophy for Sri Lanka against West Indies was 1 in 2015-16.
The consecutive winning streak in the trophy for West Indies against Sri Lanka was 0 till date.
The longest undefeated streak in the trophy for West Indies against Sri Lanka was 0 till date.
Last 5 (completed) series results in the trophy of Sri Lanka against West Indies are W – – – -.
Matches:
The teams completed 3 meetings in the Sobers-Tissera trophy in Sri Lanka, till date. The host won all the 3 encounters, whereas the opponent never won yet.
The consecutive winning streak in the trophy for Sri Lanka against West Indies was 3 Tests from 2015 to present.
The longest undefeated streak in the trophy for Sri Lanka against West Indies was 3 tests from 2015 to present.
The consecutive winning streak in the trophy for West Indies against Sri Lanka was 0 Test, till date.
The longest undefeated streak in the trophy for West Indies against Sri Lanka was 0 Test, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results in the trophy of Sri Lanka against West Indies are WWW – -.
Points and Rankings:
The series is the comparison between the eighth rank (Sri Lanka) and seventh rank (West Indies) team (almost a perfect series). The host is just 2 points behind the visitors.
The Home Team:
The team completed 298 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 94 times and lost 113 times. 91 outings were completed as a Draw.
If the team will win with a margin of 2, then the team will earn 5 points with a (1) position in the ranking. In case of a reverse result, the team will lose 5 points without any impact in the rankings.
If the team will win with a margin of 1, then the team will earn 3 points with a (1) position in the ranking. In case of a reverse result, the team will lose 4 points without any impact in the rankings.
In case of drawing the series, the team will neither gain nor lose either the points or the rank.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka are WWDDD.
The Visiting Team:
The team completed 559 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 178 times and lost 203 times. 1 match was completed as a tie. 177 times, the plays were completed as a Draw.
If the team will win with a margin of 2, then the team will earn 4 points without any impact. In case of a reverse result, the team will lose 5 points with a (1) position in the ranking.
If the team will win with a margin of 1, then the team will earn 3 points without any impact in the rankings. In case of a reverse result, the team will lose 3 points with a (1) position in the ranking.
In case of drawing the series, the team will neither gain nor lose either the points or the rank.
Last 5 (completed) match results of West Indies are LLWLL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Galle shows the weather would be a mixture of partly cloudy to thunderstorms during the match. The thunderstorms would be expected for the first three days of the game and partly cloudy would be expected for the remaining two days. The precipitation percentage would be between 56 to 90 for the first three days. There is less chance of rain for the last two days, as the precipitation percentage would be from 22% to 24%. The temperature would be between 27 to 30 Celsius. The wind would be between 5 – 9 km/h.
Toss and Pitch:
Teams preferred to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 31 times out of 36 games, and the selection favored the teams, as the teams won 18 times and lost 8 times with 5 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLLLW.
On the other hand, the teams who chose to field first, the team won twice and lost twice, as well, with a (1) draw.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WLLDW.
The longest streak without a draw at the venue was 14 matches from 2013 to present.
Overall, 20 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 10 times with 6 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLLLW.
Particularly, for Sri Lanka, the team won the toss 20 times in 36 games. The team won 13 times and lost just thrice with 4 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLLWW.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue, while losing the toss, are WLLLW.
The first batting team won the matches 20 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the matches 10 times, with 6 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLLLW.
Scores:
The lowest defended total was 168 in 2009, and the highest successful chase 268 in 2019.
The first inning lowest total was 135 in 2021, and the highest total was 600 runs in 2017. For the second inning, the lowest total was 81 in 2007, whereas the highest was 638 runs in 2013. For the third inning, the lowest total was 114 runs (completed innings) in 1998, whereas the highest was 512 runs in 2004. And for the fourth inning, the lowest total was 73 (completed innings) in 2018, whereas the highest was 300 runs in 2012.
The batting average of the first innings is 38.90 and 30.81 is for the second innings. The batting average of the third innings is 29.26, and 23.41 is for the fourth innings.
Test History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 4 times at the venue. Sri Lanka won thrice, whereas West Indies is still searching for the first win. 1 encounter was completed as a draw.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka against West Indies at the venue are WWDW -.
Teams’ Test History at Venue:
The Home Team:
The home side has a pretty good record at the venue, and won 20 times out of 36 played games and lost 10 times with 6 draws.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue are WLLWL.
The Visiting Team:
The visiting team has a horrendous record, as the team never won, yet and lost 3 outings out of 4. 1 game was completed as a draw.
Last 5 (completed) match results of West Indies at the venue are LLDL -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Sri Lanka:
The home side would include C. Asalanka in place of D. Chameera.
Sri Lanka Eleven: D. Karunaratne, P. Nissanka, O. Fernando, A. Mathews, D. de Silva, D. Chandimal, C. Asalanka, R. Mendis, S. Lakmal, L. Embuldeniya, P. Jayawickrama
West Indies:
The visiting team would go with S. Hope, if J. Solozano will not be fit for the play, the team may include K. Roach in place of S. Gabriel.
West Indies Eleven: K. Brathwaite, J. Solozano / S. Hope, N. Bonner, K. Mayer, J. Blackwood, R. Chase, J. da Silva, J. Holder, R. Cornwell, J. Warrican, K. Roach
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”.
