Test Cricket Tours Sri Lanka to Zimbabwe 1994-95

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to Zimbabwe 1994-95

Tour of Zimbabwe 1994-95               Captain: Arjuna Ranatunga

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



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

Highlights

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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
-

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.

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