Tour of England 1991                 Captain: Aravinda de Silva
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	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
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	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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