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| Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to England 1991
| Tour of England 1991 Captain: Aravinda de Silva | | | | | © Test Cricket Tours | | | Sri Lanka’s twelfth Test tour (July - September 1991) Third Test-playing tour of England by Sri Lanka (previous tour 1988) | Arjuna Ranatunga was dropped as national captain after receiving critical reports from his tour managers on the two 1990-91 tours to India and New Zealand, He had became involved in arguments and showed a lack of restraint in dealing with his players and management, and his captaincy responsibilities were given to Aravinda de Silva. However, after Arjuna's fall from grace, the new Board President, Tyrone Fernando, said he would look into whether the Sports Ministry had interfered, and said "if any injustice has been done, it will be rectified." Immediately after the tour Ranatunga, who did not go to England, was reinstated in the team. The Sri Lankans also had a new tour manager, Chandra Schaffter, whose previous experience came on the 1982-83 tour to Madras. | Other Sri Lankan Tours Previous tour New Zealand 1990-91 Next tour Pakistan 1991-92 Next England tour 1998 | | | Members of the Test tour party (16) Opening batsmen: Roshan Mahanama, Brendon Kuruppu, Chandika Hathurusinghe Middle-order batsmen: Aravinda de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya, Asanka Gurusinha, Marvan Atapattu Wicket-keepers:Roshan Kaluwitharana, Hashan Tillekeratne. Spin bowlers: Ranjith Madurasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan, Don Anurasiri. Fast bowlers: Champaka Ramanayake, Kapila Wijegunawardene, Saliya Ahangama, Rumesh Ratnayeke. | F S Ahangama | SSC | 31 | RM | | | S D Anurasiri | Pa | 25 | SLA | | | M S Atapattu | SSC | 18 | RHB | | | P A de Silva | NCC | 25 | RHB captain | | | A P Gurusinha | NCC | 24 | LHB vice captain | | | U C Hathurasinghe | T U | 22 | RHB opener | | | S T Jayasuriya | CCC | 22 | LHB SLA | | | R S Kaluwitharana | BRC | 21 | RHB second WK | | | D B Kuruppu | Bf'd | 29 | RHB opener | | | A W R Madurasinghe | Ku | 30 | OB | | | R S Mahanama | CCC | 25 | RHB opener | | | M Muralitharan | T U | 19 | OB | | | C P H Ramanayake | T U | 26 | RFM | | | Rumesh J Ratnayeke | NCC | 27 | RFM | | | H P Tillekeratne | NCC | 24 | LHB WK | | | K I W Wijegunawardene | CCC | 26 | RFM | | |
|  Average age of team at time of first Test match (22 August 1991) : 25 yrs 2 months Representation of clubs : B'fd: Bloomfield (1) BRC Burger Recreation Club (1) CCC: Colombo (3) Ku: Kurunegala Youth (1) NCC: Nondescripts (4) Pa : Panadura (1) SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (2) TU: Tamil Union (3) 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 | de Silva 21, Ratnayeke 19, Gurusinha 13, Mahanama 8, Ramanayake 7, Tillekeratne 5, Anurasiri 4, Ahangama 3, Kuruppu 3, Jayasuriya 2, Hathurusinghe 2, Madurasinghe 2, Atapattu 1, Kaluwitharana 0, Muralitharan 0, Wijegunawardene 0. | | | | Tour Officials | C T A Schaffter | Manager | Mumtaz Yusuf | Assistant / coach | Lal Thamal | Physiotherapist |
Chandra Schaffter was previously the tour manager in India in 1982. | | | | Selectors | ? | | | | Selection | A pool of 27 cricketers from whom the team would be announced did not include Arjuna Ranatunga Sri Lankan captain and vice-captain announced ... Unavailable: Graeme Labrooy (for personal reasons) Tour Party Announced : Not selected: | Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka x days (selection to 18 July 1991) | | | Travel Colombo Q London | The team was short of practice not having played a Test since March, and unseasonal rains washed out their scheduled 3 and 4-day practice games. The team left Katunayeke Airport, Colombo, in the early hours of 18 July 1991, and arrived in London. | Time spent in England 42 days (18 July - 29 August) | | | On-tour selection panel | Schaffter, Yusuf, Aravinda, Gurusinha. | | | | Reinforcements | | | | | Fixtures/Results | a | � Dulwich College | Sri Lanka Old Boys | Won 72 r | b | � Richmond | Richmond CC | Won 1 w | c | � Wolverhampton | England Amateur XI | Won 5 w | d | � Hartlepool | Durham | Won 72 r | e | Headingley | Yorkshire | Drawn | f | Worcester | Worcestershire | Lost inns 24 r | g | Derby | Derbyshire | Drawn | h | Bristol | Gloucestershire | Lost 8 w | i | Taunton | Somerset | Won 8 w | j | � Old Trafford | England A (55 overs) | Lost 63 r | k | � Old Trafford | England A (55 overs) | Won 3 w | l | Hove | Sussex | Drawn | m | LORD'S | ENGLAND Test Match | LOST 137 r |
| � not first-class § one-day international Time spent in England before First Test: 35 days (18 July - 22 August) | | | Test appearances on tour | 1 - Anurasiri, Aravinda de Silva, Gurusinha, Hathurusinghe, Jayasuriya, Kuruppu, Mahanama, Ramanayake, Rumesh Ratnayeke, Tillekeratne, Wijegunawardene. 0 - Ahangama, Atapattu, Kaluwitharana, Madurasinghe, Muralitharan. | | | | 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 | F S Ahangama | | | | | | x | | x | x | | | | | S D Anurasiri | | | | x | x | | x | | | | x | x | T | M S Atapattu | | | x | x | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | | P A de Silva | | | | x | x | x | x | | x | x | | | T | A P Gurusinha | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | | x | x | x | T | C Hathurasinghe | | | x | | | x | x | x | x | | x | x | T | S T Jayasuriya | | | x | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | x | T | R Kaluwitharana | | | x | x | x | x | | x | | | | | | D B Kuruppu | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | T | R Madurasinghe | | | x | x | x | | | x | x | x | x | | | R S Mahanama | | | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | x | x | T | M Muralitharan | | | x | | | x | | x | | | | x | | C Ramanayake | | | x | x | x | x | x | | x | x | x | x | T | Rumesh Ratnayeke | | | | x | x | | x | x | | x | x | | T | H P Tillekeratne | | | | | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | T | K Wijegunawardene | | | x | | | x | x | | x | x | | x | T | R E S U L T S | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L |
| | | | Highlights | • N | | | | Tour Summary | | F | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | Other first-class matches | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | ϯ Minor matches | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | § One-day internationals | 0 | - | - | - | - | All Matches | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - |
| 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 tour Rumesh Ratnayeke stayed back for a week to undergo arthroscopy on his left knee. A few others also stayed in England but most team members left Heathrow Airport for home on Thursday 29 August 1991 and arrived home at Colombo's Katunayake Airport at 7am on 30 August. . | Time away from Sri Lanka 43 days (18 July to 30 August) | | | Postscript | | | | | Other Test tours in 1991 | West Indians to England 1991 - captain Viv Richards. | © 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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