Tour of England 2002              Captain: Sanath Jayasuriya
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	Sri Lanka’s twenty-ninth Test tour     (April - July 2002)   Fifth Test-playing tour of England by Sri Lanka    (previous tour 1998)	Ajith Jayesekera, who served 30 years in the Sri Lanka armed forces as an Air Commodore, was abruptly replaced in February 2002 after 14 months of successful team management.  It was said that C T A Schaffter was brought in because discipline was lacking on and off the field.  Then towards the end of the tour Schaffter himself learned that he was being dropped as manager. This was the first time Sri Lanka had been granted anything but a one-Test series in England. There would be three Test matches. The Sri Lankans arrived on the back of nine consecutive Test match wins and aspired to taking revenge for England's victory in Sri Lanka in 2000-01, but could not maintain their record and lost the series 2-0. On a flat pitch at Lord's Sri Lanka scored 555 but, without Muralitharan who was in Melbourne having treatment for a dislocated shoulder, could not force a victory.  England responded with two huge victories in the remaining Test matches.  Jayasuriya had a poor tour as captain and opening batsman.	Other Sri Lankan Tours     Previous tour Pakistan 2000-01     Next tour South Africa 2002-03     Next tour of England 2006
	Members of the Test tour party (18  +  2)       Opening batsmen: Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya. Middle-order batsmen: Russel Arnold, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (also wk), Aravinda de Silva, Thilan Samaraweera, Hashan Tillekeratne. Wicket-keeper:Prasanna Jayawardene Spin bowlers:Muttiah  Muralitharan, Upul Chandana Fast bowlers:Buddhika Fernando, Dilhara Fernando (who replaced Ishara Amerasinghe), Chaminda Vaas, Eric Upashantha, Ruchira Perera, Nuwan Zoysa	M K D I Amerasinghe  added NCC 24 RFM ODI   w/d   R P Arnold NCC 28 LHB ODI   M S Atapattu SSC 31 RHB       vice-captain ODI   T C Buddhika Fernando Pa 21 RFM ODI   U D U Chandana    added TU 30 LHB       LB ODI   P A de Silva NCC 36 RHB     C R D Fernando SSC 22 RFM ODI   S T Jayasuriya Bf'd 32 LHB    SLA       captain ODI   M D Jayawardene SSC 24 RHB ODI   P W Jayawardene CCC 22 second WK ODI   M Muralitharan T U 30 OB     R L Perera SSC 25 LFM     T T Samaraweera SSC 25 RHB   OB ODI   K C Sangakkara NCC 24 LHB  WK ODI   H P Tillekeratne NCC 34 LHB     K E A Upashantha Ct 29 RFM     C U Vaas Ct 28 LFM ODI   D N T Zoysa SSC 23 LFM ODI            The following were selected for the   D A Gunawardene ODI one-day international series only   R S Kaluwitharana ODI       Naveed Nawaz ODI       L P Chamara Silva ODI       G P Wickremasinghe ODI	Average age of  team at time of first Test match (16 May 2002) :      27 yrs 7 months.     Club representation B'fd: Bloomfield, CCC: Colombo, Ct: Colts Cricket Club G  Galle Ku: Kurunegala,  NCC: Nondescripts, SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club, TU: Tamil Union             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         ODI : Member of squad for the NatWest one-day tri-series
	Test Appearances made before the tour	de Silva 89,  Muralitharan 73,  Jayasuriya 70,  Tillekeratne 67,  Vaas 59,  Atapatta 55,  M Jayawardene 41,  Arnold 37,  Zoysa 22,   Sangakkara 20,  Samaraweera 9,  Dilhara Fernando 9,  Perera 6,   Buddhika 5,  Chandana 1,  P Jayawardene 1,  Upashantha  1,  Amerasinghe  0.
	Tour Officials	C T A Schaffter Manager Dav Whatmore Coach Alex Kountouri Physiotherapist Daryl Foster Bowling advisor Barry Richards Batting advisor
	Selectors	Michael Tissera (chairman),   Don Anurasiri,  Mahes Goonetilleke,  Roger Wijesuriya,   The selection committee resigned just before the First Test at Lord's.
	Selection	The selection committee met on 17 January and named a ‘national squad’ of 23 from which players would make up the team in England. Buddhika Fernando, P Jayawardene and Samaraweera were not in the original national squad but were included in the touring side. Tour Party Announced : 2 April 2002. The team originally consisted of fifteen players with an additional fast bowler to be added after the ODIs in Sharjah and Namibia. The choice of the extra fast bowler fell on Eric Upashantha.. Not selected:   Kumar Dharmasena, T M Dilshan, Kaushalya Weerarathne, Niroshan Bandarathileke, Dinuk Hettiarachchi, Sujeewa de Silva and Ravindra Pushpakumara were all among the original squad of 23, as were Romesh Kaluwitharana,  Avishka Gunawardene who were chosen only for the limited-overs matches. Injured : Dilhara Fernando (stress fracture of the back)  and  Muralitharan (having treatment in Melbourne on his dislocated shoulder). Upul Chandana was called in for Murali, and Ishara Amerasinghe to cover until Dilhara could join the team. The names of these two and Upashantha were announced on 18 April, bringing the strength up to 18.   ODI Series squad:  Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Muttiah Muralitharan, Russel Arnold, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Nuwan Zoysa, Upul Chandana, Dilhara Fernando, Buddika Fernando, Chaminda Vaas, Chamara Silva, Avishka Gunawardene, Naveed Nawaz, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Pramodya Wickramasinghe.	Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka   19 days (2 April to 21 April)
	Travel   Colombo  Q   London	The tour party asembled at the Board headquarters in Colombo on 20 April, two days after returning from playing in Sharjah.  Flew out from Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, in the early hours of Sunday 21 April. Arrived at Heathrow Airport, London, on the morning of 21 April.  Muralitharan returned to Colombo from Melbourne on 13 May.  He and Dilhara Fernando, also joining the tour late owing to injuries, left for London via Dubai and arrived in England on Saturday 18 May.	Time spent in England    56 days (21 April - 16 July)
	On-tour selection panel	Chandra Schaffter (manager),  Sanath Jayasuriya (captain), Marvan Atapattu (vice-captain) but not officially including Dav Whatmore (coach), nor the new chairman of selectors, Guy de Alwis who was in England.
	Reinforcements	Fast bowler Ishara Amerasinghe was sent home suffering from a stress fracture in his back W M P N  Warnasinghe Galle 31 RFM ODI   K S C de Silva B Rec 31 LFM ODI   Pasan Warnasinghe who had played for Sri Lanka A in Kenya and  Sajeewa de Silva of Burgher Rec were drafted in from the Lancashire League to play against Glamorgan in order to rest the other fast bowlers.   Avishka Gunawardene, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Naveed Nawaz, Chamara Silva and Pramodya Wickremasinghe were members of the ODI squad only.   Samaraweera, who was meant to go home after the Test series, was retained for the ODIs because of Muralitharan's early return home with an injured shoulder.
	Fixtures/Results	a Canterbury Kent Drawn b † Wormsley Sir Paul Getty's XI Rained off c Northampton British Universities Drawn d Chester-le-Street Durham Drawn e Shenley Middlesex Drawn f LORD'S ENGLAND  First Test DRAWN g Cardiff Glamorgan Drawn h EDGBASTON ENGLAND   Second Test LOST inns 111 r i Chesterfield M C C Drawn j OLD TRAFFORD ENGLAND Third Test LOST 10w k † Hove West Indies A Won 7 w l † Taunton Somerset Lost 63 r m † Bristol Gloucestershire Won 93 r n † Northampton Northamptonshire Won 8 w o § Trent Bridge England (1st ODI) Lost 44 r p § Kennington Oval India (2nd ODI) Lost 4 w q § Headingley England (3rd ODI) Lost 3 w r § Edgbaston India (4th ODI) Lost 4 w s § Old Trafford England (5th ODI) Won 23 r t  Bristol India (6th ODI) Lost 63 r u † Shenley PCA Masters' XI   ?	† not first-class §  one-day international     Time spent in England before First Test:    25 days (21 April  - 16 May)
	Test appearances on tour	3 -   Atapattu,  Arnold,  de Silva,  Sangakkara,  M Jayawardene,  Jayasuriya,  Tillekeratne,  Vaas. 2 -   Buddikka,  Muralitharan,  Zoysa. 1 -   Perera,  Fernando,  Upashantha 0 -   P Jayawardene,  Samaraweera.
	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 k l m n o p q r s t u  I Amerasinghe x   x x                                   R P Arnold x   x x x T x T o T                       M S Atapattu x   x x x T   T   T                       Buddhika Fernando x   x   x T   T                           U D U Chandana         x   x   o                         P A de Silva x   x x x T   T o T                       K S C de Silva             x                             C R D Fernando             x   o T                       A Gunawardene                                           S T Jayasuriya x   x   x T x T o T                       M Jayawardene x     x x T   T   T                       P Jayawardene             x   o                         R Kaluwitharana                                           M Muralitharan               T   T                       Naveed Nawaz                                           R L Perera x     x x T     o                         T Samaraweera x   x x     x   o                         K Sangakkara x   x x x T x T o T                       L P C Silva                                           H Tillakeratne     x x x T x T o T                       E Upashantha     x   x   x   o T                       C Vaas     x x   T   T   T                       P Wanasinghe             x                             P Wickremasinghe                                           N Zoysa x     x   T   T                             R E S U L T S D A D D D D D L D L W L W W L L L L W L U
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	Tour Summary	F  W L D Aban Test Matches   3  0 2 1 - Other first-class matches   6  0 0 6 - ϯ Minor matches   5  3 1 0 1 § One-day internationals   6  1 5 0 - All Matches 20  4 8 7 1	F  Fixtures   W  Won   L  Lost   D Drawn   T  Tied  Canc  Cancelled  Aban  abandoned
	Return to Sri Lanka   London    Q    Colombo	At the end of the Test series  Aravinda de Silva, Prasanna Jayawardene, Muralitharan, Hashan Tillakaratne Ruchira Perera  and Eric Upashantha flew home.  de Silva had just had £3000 sponsorship money stolen from him. Daryl Foster, the bowling coach decided to leave the tour as the Sri Lankan Board would not agree to some of his expenses. The main team left London on 16 July, and arrived home in arrival from London with his team at the Bandaranaike International Airport (Katunayake), Colombo, on Wednesday 17 July.	Time away from Sri Lanka     57 days   (21 April to 17 July)
	Postscript	Aravinda de Silva's Test career was all but over but he was given one more Test in front of his home supporters against Bangladesh in July 2002 when he scored a double century. Press allegations that Ruchira Perera threw the ball were later reported by the umpires to the I.C.C. On 18 July  Ajith Jayasekera was re-appointed manager for the next two years.
	Other Test tours in 2002	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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