| Tour of Zimbabwe 1994-95 Captain: Arjuna Ranatunga | |
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| Fifteenth Test tour First official Test-playing tour of Zimbabwe by Sri Lanka (October 1994 - January 1995) | Because of poor performances by Sri Lanka, blamed on players taking part in charity and exhibition matches before the recent Indian tour, they were no longer allowed to play without prior approval. Ranatunga, De Silva and Muralitharan asked to participate in charity matches in Bahrain and India shortly before this tour. | Other Sri Lankan Tours Previous tour To India 1993-94 Next tour To New Zealand 1994-95 | |
| Members of the Test tour party (15) Openers: Roshan Mahanama, Dulip Samaraweera Batsmen: Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanath Jayasuriya, Hashan Tillekeratne, Sanjeeva Ranatunga, Asanka Gurusinha. Wicket-keeper: Pubudu Dassanayeke Spin bowlers: Muttiah Muralitharan, Ruwan Kalpage Fast bowlers: Ravindra Pushpakumara, Pramodya Wickremasinghe, Chaminda Vaas. | P B Dassanayake | Bf'd | 24 | WK | | | P A de Silva | NCC | 28 | RHB vice-captain | | | H D K Dharmasena | Bf'd | 23 | OB | | | A P Gurusinha | SSC | 28 | LHB opener | | | S T Jayasuriya | Bf'd | 25 | LHB opener SLA | | | R S Kalpage | Bf'd | 24 | OB | | | R S Mahanama | Bf'd | 28 | RHB opener | | | M Muralitharan | T U | 22 | OB | | | K R Pushpakumara | NCC | 19 | RFM | | | A Ranatunga | SSC | 30 | LHB captain | | | S Ranatunga | NCC | 25 | LHB | | | D P Samaraweera | Ct | 22 | RHB opener | | | H P Tillakeratne | NCC | 27 | LHB reserve WK | | | C U Vaas | Ct | 20 | LFM | | | G P Wickremasinghe | SSC | 23 | RFM | | |
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Average age of team at time of first Test match (11 October 1994) : yrs months. Representation of clubs : B'fd: Bloomfield (5) Ct: Colts Cricket Club (2) NCC: Nondescripts (4) SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (3) TU: Tamil Union (1) 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 | A Ranatunga 51, Aravinda de Silva 43, Mahanama 29, Gurusinha 28, Tillekeratne 25, Jayasuriya 15, Muralitharan 14, Wickremasinghe 13, Dassanayake 9, Kalpage 7, Samaraweera 5, Dharmasena 3, Pushpakumara 1, Sanjeeva Ranatunga 1, Vaas 1. | | |
| Management Team | ER Fernando | Administrative Manager & Cricket manager | Don Kiesel | Physiotherapist |
Ranjith Fernando was asked to take both mangerial roles. The Zimbabwe Cricket Union could provide accommodation for only 17 tourists so the place of assistant manager was given to a player. So there was no place for Kehelgumuwa who was manager for Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1994 and had helped the team to regroup after the disastrous tour of India. | | |
| Selectors | Anuruddha Polonowita (chairman), T B Kehelgumuwa, Ranjan Madugalle and..................? | | |
| Selection | Unavailable none known Tour Party Announced : 20 September 1994 There was a recall for Gurusinha. Stand-bys : UC Hathurusinghe, Romesh S Kaluwitharana, Eric Upushantha, Hemantha Wickremaratne. | | |
| Travel | All the Sri Lankan players reported to Nondescripts Club for practice beginning on 22 September. They embarked on the tour early on Saturday 1 October 1994, arriving later that day in Harare, ready for the first match on Monday. | | |
| On-tour selection panel | Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva, Ranjith Fernando | | |
| Reinforcements | Eric Upashantha (Colts) joined the team in South Africa. Tillekeratne failed to recover from a strained hamstring but he had no replacement. Dulip Samaraweera ...... | | |
| Fixtures/Results | a | Harare (1) | Mashonaland Country XI | Won inns 298 r | b | Harare (2) | ZCU President's XI | Drawn | c | HARARE(3) | ZIMBABWE First Test | DRAWN | d | BULAWAYO | ZIMBABWE Second Test | DRAWN | e | HARARE(3) | ZIMBABWE Third Test | DRAWN | f | § Harare (3) | Zimbabwe (1st ODI) | Won 56 r | g | § Harare (3) | Zimbabwe (2nd ODI) | Lost 2 r | h | § Harare (3) | Zimbabwe (3rd ODI) | Won 191 r | i | � Pietermaritzburg | Natal | Lost 6 w | j | § Durban | Pakistan (1st ODI) | Lost 6 w | k | § Verwoerdburg | Pakistan (2nd ODI) | Lost 12 r | l | § Bloemfontein | New Zealand (3rd ODI) | No result | m | � Kimberley | Griqualand West | Won 45 r | n | � Virginia | Orange Free State | Won 5 w | o | § Bloemfontein | South Africa (4th ODI) | Won 35 r | p | § East London | New Zealand (5th ODI) | Won 5 w | q | § Port Elizabeth | South Africa (6th ODI) | Lost 44 r | r | � Zwide | Eastern Province XI | Won 36 r | s | Port Elizabeth | Eastern Province | Drawn | t | East London | Border | Drawn |
| � not first-class § one-day international (1) South Country Club (2) Old Hararians (3) Harare Sports Club. | |
| Test appearances on tour | 3 - de Silva, Dharmasena, Gurusinha, Mahanama, Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanjeeva Ranatunga, Tillekeratne, Vaas. 2 - Dassanayeke, Muralitharn, Pushpakumara, Wickremasinghe. 1 - Jayasuriya, Kalpage. 0 - Samaraweera. | | |
| Match appearances | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | P Dassanayake | x | | T | T | | | | | x | | | o | x | x | | | | x | x | x | P A de Silva | x | | T | T | T | o | o | o | x | o | o | o | | x | o | o | o | x | x | x | K Dharmasena | | x | | T | T | | | | | o | o | o | x | | | | o | x | x | | A P Gurusinha | x | x | T | T | T | o | o | o | x | o | o | o | x | x | o | o | o | x | x | x | S T Jayasuriya | x | x | | | T | o | o | o | x | o | o | o | x | | o | o | o | x | x | x | R S Kalpage | x | x | | | T | o | o | o | | o | o | o | x | x | o | o | | x | | x | R S Mahanama | | x | T | T | T | o | o | o | | o | o | o | x | x | o | o | o | | | | M Muralitharan | x | | T | T | | | | o | x | | o | | x | x | o | o | o | x | x | x | R Pushpakumara | x | x | T | | T | o | o | o | | o | o | o | | x | o | o | | x | x | | A Ranatunga | x | x | T | T | T | o | o | o | x | o | o | o | x | | o | o | o | | x | x | S Ranatunga | x | x | T | T | T | o | o | | x | | | | x | x | | | | x | x | x | D Samaraweera | x | x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H Tillakeratne | | x | T | T | T | o | o | o | x | o | | | | x | o | o | o | | | | E A Upashantha | | | | | | | | | x | | | | x | x | | | | x | x | x | C U Vaas | | x | T | T | T | o | o | o | x | o | o | o | x | | o | o | o | x | x | x | P Wickremasinghe | x | | T | T | | o | o | o | x | o | o | o | | x | o | o | o | | | x |
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| Highlights | • | | |
| Tour Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | Other f-c matches | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | Minor matches | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | One-day internationals | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | All Matches | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | - |
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| Return to Sri Lanka | Members of the team returned from Johannesburg to Colombo on Friday 6 January 1995. Ranjith Fernando said that staying back to play side matches after failing to qualify for the Mandela Cup gave opportunities to team members who hadn't played much but made it difficult to motivate the senior players. . | | |