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West Indies vs Sri Lanka Test: The second Test played by West Indies against Sri Lanka ended in a draw. With this draw, the Caribbean team won the series 1-0, because the team had won the first Test by an innings and 217 runs. With this, West Indies won the Test series against Sri Lanka after a long wait of 23 years.
The team had earlier won the series against the Asian team in 2003. At that time also West Indies had won 1-0 in the 2-match series. Now history repeated itself and broke the 23 year old record.
23 years in waiting, the sweet taste of victory against Sri Lanka. 🏏 🏆 #WIvSL | #MenInMaroon pic.twitter.com/Nwp6xUTnbD
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) July 8, 2026
First win in Test Championship cycle
After playing 10 matches, West Indies got their first win in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Now the team is at 8th position. The team won 1 out of 10 matches and lost 7. The remaining 2 matches ended in a draw. The team’s percentage was 16.67. Pakistan is at the lowest position at 9th position. Pakistan has won only 1 match out of 4 and the team has had to face defeat in the remaining 3 matches. The team’s percentage is 8.33.
This was the condition of both the tests of West Indies and Sri Lanka
First Test: The first Test between Sri Lanka and West Indies was played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Sri Lanka, who came to bat in the first innings, was all out for 308 runs. In reply, West Indies, batting in the first innings, declared the innings after scoring 626 runs for 9 wickets. In reply, Sri Lanka, which came for the second innings, was limited to 101 runs. In the match, Aamir Jangu played the biggest innings for West Indies and scored 233 runs, for which he was awarded the title of Player of the Match.
Second Test: The second test was also played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Sri Lanka, who came to bat first in the match, declared its innings after scoring 549 runs for 9 wickets. In reply, West Indies was all out for 499 runs in its first innings. After this, Sri Lanka once again declared the innings after scoring 251/9 runs in the second innings. In reply, West Indies could reach 109 runs without losing any wicket and the match was drawn.
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