After completing two practice matches, in which they shared the spoils with the Sri Lanka Board President’s XI, Kieron Pollard and the West Indies now look to tackle Sri Lanka in a three-match One-Day International (ODI) series, starting in Colombo this weekend. The West Indies, who are coming off a series sweep of Ireland in the Caribbean, has been presented with the opportunity to leapfrog the Sri Lankans, who currently lie a single point ahead of them on 80 points, in the ICC ODI Team Rankings.

The last time the West Indies faced Sri Lanka outside of an ICC hosted competition, was in the Zimbabwe Tri-Series in 2016. The most recent bilateral ODI contest between the two teams was over four (4) years ago, back in 2015, on the subcontinent, where the hosts swept the then, Holder-led WINDIES 3-0.