Tour of Sri Lanka 2010-11                   Captain:  Darren Sammy
	62nd West Indies Test tour   Fourth Test-playing tour of Sri Lanka by West Indies        (November - December 2009)	The series was drawn as rain affected all three Test matches.  On its debut as Test cricket's 104th ground, Pallekele lost two complete days to the weather. As torrential rain continued, the Sri Lankan and West Indian Boards then agreed to abandon the one-day series and reschedule it for late January.  The ICC then would not allow the World Cup grounds Hambantota and the R. Premadasa Stadium to be used just prior to the tournament, so all three ODIs were played at the SSC, Colombo. West Indies had the better of the series after Chris Gayle had become only the fourth batsman in Test cricket (after Bradman, Lara and Sehwag) to hit a triple century twice. Sulieman Benn, who was unavailable for the first Test due to a one-match suspension, was replaced by off-spinner Shane Shillingford but he was reported for a suspect bowling action in the first Test at Galle.	Other West Indies tours   Previous tour Australia 2009-10   Next tour Bangladesh 2011-12   Next tour of Sri Lanka None scheduled
	Members of the Test tour party  (15)     Opening batsmen  Adrian Barath, Devon Smith, Chris Gayle Middle-order batsmen: Darren Bravo, Shiv Chanderpaul, Brendon Nash Wicket-keepers:Carlton Baugh, Devon Thomas All-rounder:  Dwayne Bravo Spin bowlers:  Shane Shillingford, Sulieman Benn. Fast bowlers: Kemar Roach, Nelon Pascal, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy.	A B Barath T  ⋄ 20 RHB   opener ODI   C J Baugh  Ja ⋄ 28 WK ODI   S J Benn B  ⋄ 29 SLA ODI   D J Bravo T  27 RHB   RFM ODI   D M Bravo  T  ⋄ 21 LHB  ODI   S Chanderpaul G  ⋄ 36 LHB ODI   C H Gayle Ja 31 LHB   opener ODI   B P Nash  Ja  ⋄ 31 LHB  vice-captain     N T Pascal W  ⋄ 23 RF  (Grenada)     K A J Roach B  ⋄ 22 RF ODI   A D Russell Ja  ⋄ 22 RHB   RFM ODI   D J G Sammy W  ⋄ 26 RHB   RFM  captain ODI   S Shillingford W  ⋄ 27 OB     D S (Devon) Smith W  ⋄ 29 LHB  opener ODI   D C Thomas L 21 WK       Required for one-day series only : K A Edwards ODI ⋄  - central contract   N O Miller  (⋄) ODI       K A Pollard ODI       R Rampaul (⋄) ODI       R R Sarwan ODI	⋆     Regional representation:       B - Barbados (2) G - Guyana (1) Ja - Jamaica (4) L - Leeward Islands (1) T - Trinidad & Tobago (3) W - Windward Islands (4)   ⋄- central contract  (12)      Average age of  team at time of first Test match (at 15 November 2010)           26 yrs  8 months
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Chanderpaul 126,  Gayle 88,  D J Bravo 37, D S Smith 31,  Benn 15,  Nash 15,  Sammy 8,  Roach 7,  Baugh 5,  Shillingford 3,  Barath 2,  Pascal 1,  D M Bravo  0, Russell 0, Thomas 0.  .
	Tour Officials	Joel Garner Team Manager Ottis Gibson Head Coach David Williams Assistant coach C J Clark Physiotherapist Hector Martinez Charles Strength & Conditioning Richard Berridge Video & statistical analyst Philip Spooner Media Officer Virgil Brown Massage Therapist Courtney Browne Selector on tour   Joel Garner was appointed interim team manager on 28 October, continuing his position from the Australian tour, until a long-term appointment was made. For the rescheduled one-day tour in January, Richie Richardson was team manager.
	Selectors	Clyde Butts (chairman), Courtney Browne,  Robert Haynes.
	Selection	Darren Sammy was appointed captain in place of Chris Gayle on 17 October 2010 and also made one-day captain eleven days later. Gayle and two all-rounders, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard, had turned down offers of central contracts (⋄) from the West Indies Board.   Unavailable:   Fidel Edwards, Jerome Taylor (both injured). Test tour party announced:  17 October 2010. Not selected :  Denesh Ramdin,  Ramnaresh Sarwan.   One-day squad named  28 October. A B Barath, C J  Baugh (wk), S J Benn, D J Bravo, D M Bravo, S Chanderpaul, K A Edwards, C H Gayle, N O Miller, K A Pollard, R Rampaul, K A J  Roach, A D Russell, D J G Sammy (capt), D S Smith.   Rescheduled  one-day series squad named :  27 January Kirk Edwards was dropped from the squad chosen in October and Ramnaresh Sarwan included.	Time between selection and departure from West Indies   18 days (17 October to 4 November)
	Travel BridgetownQ London  Q   Colombo	A preparation camp in Barbados was disrupted by Hurricane Tomas and net sessions were replaced by fitness training. At the conclusion of the camp, the players flew to London in two batches on 4 and 5 November. and arrived in Colombo on Sunday morning 7 November.  On arrival at the airport the Windies were warmly greeted by fans and well-wishers. The players had a pool session at their hotel in the evening and held their first training session on Monday morning.   For the rescheduled one-day series, the team departed from Barbados on 29 January 2011.	Time spent in Sri Lanka -    33 days (7 November - 10 December)
	On-tour selection	Ottis Gibson (coach),  Courtney Browne (selector on tour),  Darren Sammy (captain)
	Reinforcements	None
	Fixtures/Results	a † Colombo (SSC) Sri Lanka Cricket President's XII Drawn b GALLE SRI LANKA  First Test DRAWN c COLOMBO RPS SRI LANKA  Second Test DRAWN d PALLEKELE SRI LANKA  Third Test DRAWN           §  Hambantota Sri Lanka (1st ODI) cancelled   §  Hambanthota Sri Lanka (2nd ODI) cancelled   §  Galle Sri Lanka (3rd ODI) cancelled   §  Colombo SSC Sri Lanka (4th ODI) cancelled   §  Colombo RPS Sri Lanka (5th ODI) cancelled   Å  Colombo RPS Sri Lanka (Twenty 20) cancelled         e §  Colombo SSC Sri Lanka  (1st ODI) No result f §  Colombo SSC Sri Lanka  (2nd ODI) Lost 8 w g §  Colombo SSC Sri Lanka  (3rd ODI) Lost 26 r	† not first-class §  one-day international ⊕  Twenty20 international   Time spent in  before First Test:  8 days (7 November - 15 November)   Time from end of final Test until departure from Sri Lanka    6 days (
	Test appearances on tour	3  -   Baugh,  Darren Bravo,  Dwayne Bravo,  Chanderpaul,  Gayle,  Nash,  Roach,  Sammy. 2  -   Barath,  Benn,  Shillingford 1  -   Russell,  Pascal,  Devon Smith. 0  -   Thomas.
	Match appearances	a b c d     e f g A B Barath x T T       o o o C J Baugh x T T T     o o o S J Benn     T T         o D J Bravo x T T T       o o D M Bravo x T T T     o o o S Chanderpaul x T T T     o   o C H Gayle x T T T     o o o N O Miller             o o o B P Nash x T T T           N T Pascal x     T           K A Pollard             o o   R Rampaul             o o o K A J Roach x T T T     o o   A D Russell x T               D J G Sammy x T T T     o o o S Shillingford x T T             R R Sarwan             o o o D S Smith       T
	Highlights	•    Chris Gayle’s triple century (333 at Galle) was the highest score by a West Indian on a Test cricket tour.  •    West Indies reached a total of 580-9 dec and forced Sri Lanka to follow on but could not force a victory  •    Kemar Roach took 5 for 100 in the 2nd Test on a pitch favouring the batsman.  •   Darren Bravo scored three half centuries in his debut series.
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Cancelled Test Matches 3 0 0 3 - - Other first-class matches 0 - - - - - ϯ Minor matches 1 0 0 1 - - § One-day internationals 5 - - - - 5 ⊕ Twenty 20 internationals 0 - - - - 1 § Rearranged one-day internationals 3 0 2 1 - - All Matches 7 0 2 5 - 6
	Return to West Indies   ColomboQ  London  Q   Bridgetown	Once the one-day series was abandoned because of bad weather, the team flew home on Friday 10 December.  The one-day series was completed on 6 February 2011 and the West indians remained in Sri Lanka for the World Cup, their first warm-up match being against Kenya in Colombo on 12 February. Their last match in the tournament was against India on 20 March.	Time away from West Indies    x days   (4 November to arrive home in WI in December)
	Finances	Postponing the one-day series resulted in a loss of US$ 125,000 to Sri Lanka Cricket.
	Accounts of the tour
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