Test Cricket Tours Sri Lanka to Pakistan 1991-92

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to Pakistan 1991-92

Tour of Pakistan 1991-92             Captain: Aravinda de Silva

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Sri Lanka’s thirteenth Test tour

(December 1991 -
        January 1992)

Third Test-playing tour of Pakistan by Sri Lanka
    (previous tour 1985-86)

Arjuna Ranatunga was reinstated as a player for the brief visit to Bangladesh and the Test tour of Pakistan but Aravinda de Silva retained the captaincy. The Test series was reduced from four matches to three after the pitch at Sargodha was found to be unsatisfactory.
Muralitharan was not selected.
This was Sri Lanka's last overseas Test tour for two years, but at last, after five years without a touring team visiting Sri Lanka, the Board of Control was able to organise home Test matches again. Visiting teams which played Test series in Sri Lanka before the next tour included:
                           Australia in Sri Lanka : Aug/Sep 1992 (3 Tests)
                           New Zealand in Sri Lanka : Nov/Dec 1992 (2 Tests)
                           England in Sri Lanka : Mar 1993 (1 Test)
                           India in Sri Lanka : Jul/Aug 1993 (3 Tests)
                           South Africa in Sri Lanka : Aug/Sep 1993 (3 Tests)
                           West Indies in Sri Lanka : Dec 1993 (1 Test)

Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour
To England 1991

Next tour
To India 1993-94

Next Pakistan tour
1995-96

Members of the Test tour party (16)

Opening batsmen: Roshan Mahanama, Chandika Hathurusinghe, Marvan Atapattu, Athula Samarasekera.
Middle-order batsmen: Aravinda de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya, Arjuna Ranatunga, Asanka Gurusinha.
Wicket-keepers:Hashan Tillekeratne, Ashley de Silva
Spin bowlers: Ranjith Madurasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan, Don Anurasiri.
Fast bowlers: Champaka Ramanayake, Kapila Wijegunawardene, Rumesh Ratnayeke. Pramodya Wickremasinghe.

S D Anurasiri
Pa
25
SLA
ODI

M S Atapattu
SSC
19
RHB opener
ODI

A M de Silva
CCC
28
second WK

P A de Silva
NCC
26
RHB     captain
ODI

A P Gurusinha
SSC
25
LHB    vice-captain
ODI

U C Hathurasinghe
T U
23
RHB opener
ODI

S T Jayasuriya
CCC
22
LHB   SLA
ODI

A W R Madurasinghe
Ku
30
OB
ODI

R S Mahanama
CCC
25
RHB opener
ODI

C P H Ramanayake
T U
26
RFM
ODI

A Ranatunga
SSC
28
LHB

Rumesh J Ratnayeke
NCC
27
RFM

M A R Samarasekara
CCC
30
RHB opener    RM
ODI

H P Tillekeratne
NCC
24
LHB    WK
ODI

G P Wickremasinghe
SSC
20
RFM
ODI

K I W Wijegunawardene
CCC
27
RFM
ODI

R S Kalpage
ODI

G F Labrooy
ODI

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(12 December 1991) :
      25 yrs 10 months

Representation of clubs :
CCC: Colombo (5)
Ku: Kurunegala (1)
NCC: Nondescripts (3),
Pa: Panadura (1)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (4)
TU: Tamil Union (2)

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 30, de Silva 22, Ratnayeke 20, Gurusinha 14, Mahanama 9, Labrooy 9, Ramanayake 8, Tillekeratne 6, Anurasiri 5, Hathurusinghe 3, Jayasuriya 3, Samarasekara 3, Madurusinghe 2, Wijegunawardene 1, Atapattu 1, Wickremasinghe 0.

Tour officials

E R Fernando
Tour Manager
L R D Mendis
Cricket manager
Lal Thamel
Physiotherapist

Selectors

Selection

Unavailable: Graeme Labrooy
Tour Party Announced : 2 November 1991
Ranatunga who was omitted from the England tour for disciplinary reasons was recalled.
Not selected:   Salil Ahangama, Roshan Kaluwitharana, Brendon Kuruppu, Muttiah Muarlitharan.

Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka
32 days
(2 November to 4 December)

Travel
Colombo  Q Karachi

The Sri Lankans arrived in Karachi late on Wednesday night, 4 December 1991.

Time spent in Pakistan
   48 days
(4 December - 20 January)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Ruwan S Kalpage (NCC) and Graeme Labrooy(CCC) were called up for the one-day internationals. Arjuna Ranatunga and Rumesh Ratnayeke went home after the third Test owing to poor health.

Fixtures/Results

a
Karachi
BCCP President's XI
Drawn
b
SIALKOT
PAKISTAN  First Test
DRAWN
c
GUJRANWALA
PAKISTAN   Second Test
DRAWN
d
Lahore
Punjab Governor's XI
Drawn
e
FAISALABAD
PAKISTAN   Third Test
LOST 3 w
f
§ Sargodha
Pakistan (1st ODI)
Lost 8 w
g
§ Karachi
Pakistan (2nd ODI)
Lost 29 r
h
§ Hyderabad
Pakistan (3rd ODI)
Lost 59 r
i
§ Multan
Pakistan (4th ODI)
Won 4 w
j
§ Rawalpindi
Pakistan (5th ODI)
Lost 117 r

† not first-class
§ one-day international

Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:
   8 days
(4 December - 12 December)

Test appearances on tour

3 - Anurasiri, Aravinda de Silva, Gurusinha, Hathurusinghe, Jayasuriya, Ranatunga, Rumesh Ratnayeke, Tillekeratne, Wickremasinghe.
2 - Mahanama, Ramanayake.
1 - Wijegunawardene, Samarasekera.
0 - Atapattu, Ashley de Silva, Madurusinghe.

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
S D Anurasiri
x
T
T

T

o

M S Atapattu

x

o

o
o
o
A M de Silva

x

P A de Silva
x
T
T

T
o
o
o
o
o
A P Gurusinha
x
T
T
x
T
o
o
o
o
o
C Hathurasinghe
x
T
T
x
T
o
o
o
o

S T Jayasuriya
x
T
T
x
T
o
o
o
o
o
R S Kalpage

o
o

G F Labrooy

o
o

R Madurasinghe

x

o
o
o
R S Mahanama
x

T
x
T
o
o

o
C Ramanayake
x
T
T

o
o
o
o
o
A Ranatunga
x
T
T
x
T

Rumesh Ratnayeke

T
T

T

A Samarasekara

T

x

o
o
o
H Tillekeratne
x
T
T

T
o
o
o
o
o
P Wickremasinghe
x
T
T
x
T
o
o

o
K Wijegunawardene
x

x
T
o
o
o
o
o
   R E S U L T S
D
D
D
D
L
L
L
L
W
L

Highlights

• N

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
0
1
2
-
Other first-class matches
2
0
0
2
-
ϯ Minor matches
0
-
-
-
-
§ One-day internationals
5
1
4
0
-
All Matches
10
1
5
4
-

F Fixtures   W Won   L Lost   D Drawn   T Tied Canc Cancelled Aban abandoned

Return to Sri Lanka
Karachi  Q Colombo

Arjuna Ranatunga and Rumesh Ratnayeke went home early owing to ill health.
On 20 January the team left the Punjab for Karachi from where they flew home.

Time away from Sri Lanka    48 days
(4 December to 21 January)

Postscript

Other Test tours in 1991-92

Australians to
England to

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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