West Indies and Sri Lanka opened a three-match one-day international series on Wednesday at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, with the first ball scheduled for 10:30 a.m. ET. The ODI opener marked the start of a short series that will stay at the same venue for the next two matches, set for Saturday and Monday.
For readers following sri lanka vs west indies, the timing matters because this was the first ODI meeting between the teams since Sri Lanka went 2-0-1 at home in Nov. 2024. Sri Lanka arrived in Jamaica after a three-match loss to England in Colombo in January, while West Indies came in after being swept in three tightly contested matches in New Zealand last November.
Sri Lanka entered the series ranked No. 6 in the ICC ODI rankings and was captained by Kusal Mendis. Charith Asalanka was its top-rated batter and sat tied for 11th in the ICC standings, Maheesh Theekshana was sixth among bowlers and Wanindu Hasaranga was ninth among allrounders. West Indies, ranked No. 10, were led by Shai Hope, who also held the No. 7 batting ranking, with Jayden Seales 16th among bowlers and Gudakesh Motie 16th among allrounders.
The series sits inside a longer West Indies tour by Sri Lanka that also includes three T20I matches and two test matches, with Kingston also set to host the T20I leg and the tests scheduled for North Shore, Antigua. Fans could watch the ODI opener on Willow TV, but the confirmed XIs for the first match were not listed, leaving the first look at the lineups for the field to answer.
That makes the next two days the real checkpoint. The same ground, the same opponents and the same rankings will give the series a quick read, and the remaining ODIs on Saturday and Monday should show whether West Indies can reset at home or whether Sri Lanka can carry the sharper recent ODI record into the rest of the tour.
