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| Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to Pakistan 1999-00
| Tour of Pakistan 1999-2000 Captain: Sanath Jayasuriya | | | | | © Test Cricket Tours | | | Sri Lanka’s twenty-sixth Test tour (February - March 2000) Sixth Test-playing tour of Pakistan by Sri Lanka (previous tour 1998-99) | Sri Lanka won another Test series, their third in a row. New captain Jayasuriya had now led his team to series victories over Australia, Zimbabwe and Pakistan. The first Test at Rawalpindi produced an exciting ninth wicket stand of 43 between Kaluwitharana and Arjuna Ranatunga, who returned to the crease with a broken thumb, to beat Pakistan. After winning the first two Test matches, the absence of Aravinda de Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga through injury made a difference, and Pakistan recorded a compensation victory at Karachi. Dilshan was again in trouble, accused of throwing the ball at umpire Riazuddin, who had made a number of controversial decisions. | Other Sri Lankan Tours Previous tour To Zimbabwe 1999-00 Next tour To South Africa 2000-01 | | | Members of the Test tour party (16) Opening batsmen:,Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jaysuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana. Middle-order batsmen: Russel Arnold, Mahela Jayawardene, Indika de Saram, Tillekeratne Dilshan. Wicket-keeper Chamara Silva Spin bowlers:Muttiah Muralitharan, Upul Chandana, Muthumudalige Pushpakumara Fast bowlers: Ian Gallage, R Pushpakumara, Chaminda Vaas, Promodya Wickremasinghe, Nuwan Zoysa | R P Arnold | NCC | 26 | LHB | ODI | | M S Atapattu | SSC | 29 | RHB | ODI | | U D U Chandana | T U | 27 | RHB LB | ODI | | S I de Saram | T U | 26 | RHB | ODI | | T M Dilshan | Sb | 23 | RHB | ODI | | I S Gallage | CCC | 24 | RFM | ODI | | S T Jayasuriya | Bf'd | 30 | LHB opener SLA captain | ODI | | M D Jayawardene | SSC | 22 | RHB vice-captain | ODI | | R S Kaluwitharana | Ct | 30 | RHB opener, WK | ODI | | M Muralitharan | T U | 27 | OB | ODI | | K R Pushpakumara | NCC | 24 | RFM | ODI | | M Pushpakumara | SSC | 18 | OB | ODI | | L P C Silva | Pa | 20 | WK | ODI | | C U Vaas | Ct | 26 | LFM | ODI | | G P Wickremasinghe | SSC | 28 | RFM | ODI | | D N T Zoysa | SSC | 21 | LFM | ODI | |
Late additions to team for the Test series P A de Silva | NCC | 34 | RHB | | R K Herath | Ms | 21 | SLA | | A Ranatunga | SSC | 36 | LHB | | The following appeared only in the | | | | one- day international series | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|  Club Representation B'fd: Bloomfield, CCC: Colombo, Ct: Colts Cricket Club G Galle Ku: Kurunegala, Ms : Moors NCC: Nondescripts, SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club, TU: Tamil Union Average age of team at time of first Test match (26 February 2000) : 25 yrs 7 months. Key to type : LHB left-hand bat, LBG leg break and googly bowler, OB off break, SLA slow left-arm bowler, RFM right arm fast medium bowler | | | Test Appearances made before the tour | Ranatunga 86, P A de Silva 79, Muralitharan 48, Jayasuriya 44, Wickremasinghe 36, Vaas 34, Kaluwitharana 33, Atapattu 29, K R Pushpakumara 19, Jayawardene 15, Arnold 12, Zoysa 8, de Saram 3, Dilshan 3, Herath 2, Chandana 1, Gallage 1, M Pushpakumara 0, L P C Silva 0. | | | | Tour officials | T B Kehelgamuwa | Manager | Dav Whatmore | Coach | Alex Kontouri | Physiotherapist | David Harris | Physiotherapist | Malik Parvez Babar | Liaison Officer |
Kehelgamuwa returned as tour manager and again saw the team victorious in an overseas Test series. | | | | Selectors | Sidath Wettimuny (chairman), T B Kehelgamuwa, A L F de Mel, Brendon Kuruppu. | | | | Selection | A squad of 22 names was asked to report for training on 6 January 2000. Aravinda de Silva was not among them as he was not playing in the domestic tournament, but Arjuna Ranatunga was. Also omitted: Upekka Fernando, Ranga Herath, Prasanna Jayawardene, Nimesh Perera, Kumara Sangakkara, while Muthumudalige Pushpakumara was added. Nuwan Zoysa was chosen subject to a fitness test on his hamstring and Eric Upashantha was on stand-by. The team of fifteen for the ODI series was announced on 19 January and some changes would then be made for the Test series. Murali, Arjuna and Aravinda were all omitted. Unavailable: Ruchira Perera and Suresh Perera (both stress fractures) Test Tour Party Announced : 18 February 2000. | Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka 18 days (19 January to 6 February) | | | Travel Colombo Q Rawalpindi | Left Colombo on morning of 6 February 2000. was scheduled to arrive in Karachi at 11:30am but their arrival was delayed for more than 12 hours. After a 12-hour flight delay, the team arrived in Karachi at midnight. | Time spent in Pakistan 41 days (6 February - 18 March?) | | | On-tour selection panel | | | | | Reinforcements | Indika de Saram, M Pushpakumara and Chamara Silva went home after the ODIs when Aravinda de Silva, Ranatunga and Herath joined the party. Arjuna Ranatunga had to go to Australia for hospital treatment after breaking his left thumb, so de Saram came back to Pakistan from Sri Lanka. Aravinda had a knee problem. Nuwan Zoysa was also injured and returned home early. | | | | Fixtures/Results (1) National Stadium, Karachi (2) United Bank Sports Complex (3) Khan Research Laboratories Ground (4) Rawalpindi Stadium | a | � Karachi (1) | Pakistan Board XI | Won 8 w | b | � Karachi (2) | P C B XI | Won 9 w | c | � Karachi (2) | P C B XI (exhibition) | Won 7 w | d | § Karachi (1) | Pakistan (1st ODI) | Won 29 r | e | § Gujranwala | Pakistan (2nd ODI) | Won 34 r | f | § Lahore | Pakistan (3rd ODI) | Won 104 r | g | Rawalpindi (3) | P C B XI | Drawn | h | RAWALPINDI (4) | PAKISTAN First Test | WON 2 w | i | PESHAWAR | PAKISTAN Second Test | WON 57 r | j | KARACHI (1) | PAKISTAN Third Test | LOST 222 r |
| � not first-class § one-day international Time spent in Sri Lanka before First Test: 20 days (6 February - 26 February) | | | Test appearances on tour | 3 - Arnold, Atapattu, Jayasuriya, Jayawardene, Kaluwitharana, Muralitharan, Vaas, Wickremasinghe 2 - P A de Silva, K R Pushpakumara, Dilshan. 1 - de Saram, Ranatunga, Zoysa. 0 - Chandana, Gallage, Herath, M Pushpakumara, Silva. | | | | Match appearances T Test match o one-day international x other match ⊕ T/20 international - teams not announced W won L lost D drawn T tie N no result A abandoned u unknown result C cancelled | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | R P Arnold | x | x | | o | o | o | x | T | T | T | M S Atapattu | x | x | | o | o | o | | T | T | T | U Chandana | x | x | | o | o | o | x | | | | S I de Saram | | x | | o | o | | | | | T | P A de Silva | | | | | | | x | T | T | | T M Dilshan | x | x | | o | o | o | x | | T | T | I S Gallage | x | | | | | | | | | | R K Herath | | | | | | | x | | | | S T Jayasuriya | x | x | | o | o | o | x | T | T | T | M Jayawardene | x | | | o | o | o | x | T | T | T | R Kaluwitharana | x | x | | o | o | o | x | T | T | T | M Muralitharan | x | x | | o | o | o | | T | T | T | R Pushpakumara | x | x | | | | | x | | T | T | M Pushpakumara | | | | | | | | | | | A Ranatunga | | | | | | | x | T | | | L P C Silva | | | | | | | | | | | C U Vaas | | x | | o | o | o | | T | T | T | P Wickremasinghe | | x | | o | o | o | | T | T | T | N Zoysa | x | | | | | o | x | T | | | R E S U L T S | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L |
| | | | Highlights | • Muralitharan took 26 wickets, a total which had never been reached in a 3-Test series before. | | | | Tour Summary | | F | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | Other first-class matches | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | ϯ Minor matches | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | § One-day internationals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | All Matches | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - |
| F Fixtures W Won L Lost D Drawn T Tied Canc Cancelled Aban abandoned | | | Return to Sri Lanka Q Colombo | The three players not required for the Test series returned to Sri Lanka on 19 February. 16 March 2000 (published date due to return 18th) | Time away from Sri Lanka 41 days (6 February to 18? March) | | | Postscript | | | | | Other Test tours in 1999-00 | Australians to | © 2015 | | | Acknowledgements To general reading of The Times newspaper digital archive (Gale Group); Jamaica Gleanor archive; National Library of Australia Trove; Papers Past NZ. From former British Newspaper Library, Colindale and online: The Age, Melbourne Argus, Bangladesh Daily Star, Barbados Advocate, Canberra Times, Daily Telegraph, Dawn, Eastern Daily Press, The Hindu, The Independent (Dhaka), Indian Express, The Island (Lanka), Lahore Times, New Nation, New Zealand Auckland Herald, Sri Lanka Daily News, Stabroek News, Straits Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph (Calcutta), Times of India , The Tribune Chandigarh, Trinidad Guardian, The West Australian. cricketweb.net; ESPN cricinfo; cricket archive; www.cricketcountry; www.coverpoint Magazines/periodicals including Australian Cricket, B & H West Indies Annual, The Cricketer International, Cricketer Quarterly, Indian Cricket, Indian Cricket Field Annual, Playfair Cricket Monthly, Shell Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, Wisden Cricket Monthly, Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack. Men In White, A History of Australian Cricket (Harte), A History of Indian Cricket (Bose), A History of West Indies Cricket (Manley) Biography and tour books (own collection and at the M.C.C. Library at Lord’s Ground) © ALL CONTENTS OF THE TEST-CRICKET-TOURS.CO.UK WEBSITE ARE COPYRIGHT | |
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