Test Cricket Tours Sri Lanka to India 1990-91

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to India 1990-91

Tour of India 1990-91           Captain: Arjuna Ranatunga

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Sri Lanka’s tenth Test tour
(November -
           December 1990)

Third Test-playing tour of India by Sri Lanka
(previous tour 1986-87)

In June 1990 a first-class tournament began in Sri Lanka but as no international cricket was possible in Sri Lanka. This tour of India was hastily arranged. The Test match at Chandigarh was shifted from Jalandhar at a late stage because of tension there. On a poorly prepared pitch India defeated the tourists by a large margin. The Sri Lankans requested that an extra Test match or ODI should be arranged but the Indian Board was unable to meet this request.
The manager's end of tour report, in which he and his assistant said "we were disappointed with the captain's attitude as he appeared disinterested in the tour", was published. Arjuna had been warned in November 1990 about his conduct. A commission of enquiry found indications of the captain's indifferent and aloof attitude, and criticised him for failing to motivate players or to contribute at team meetings.

Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour
To Australia 1989-90

Next tour
To New Zealand 1990-91

Next Indian tour
1993-94

Members of the Test tour party (17)

Opening batsmen: Roshan Mahanama, Athula Samarasekera, Dammika Ranatunga.
Middle-order batsmen: Arjuna Ranatunga, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Marvan Atapattu.
Wicketkeeper:Gamini Wickremasinghe, Roshan Kaluwitharana, Hashan Tillekeratne
Spin bowlers: Ranjith Madurasinghe, Don Anurasiri, Jayananda Warnaweera.
Fast bowlers: Graeme Labrooy, Champaka Ramanayake, Kapila Wijegunawardene, Rumesh Ratnayeke.

S D Anurasiri
Pa
24
SLA

M S Atapattu      added
SSC
20
RHB

P A de Silva
NCC
25
RHB

A P Gurusinha
SSC
24
LHB

S T Jayasuriya    w/d
CCC
21
LHB    SLA

R S Kaluwitharana
BRC
21
second WK

G F Labrooy
CCC
26
RFM

A W R Madurasinghe
Ku
29
OB

R S Mahanama
CCC
24
RHB opener vice-captain

C P H Ramanayake
T U
25
RFM

A Ranatunga
SSC
26
LHB    captain

D Ranatunga
SSC
28
RHB opener

Rumesh J Ratnayeke
NCC
26
RFM

M A R Samarasekara
CCC
29
RHB opener    RFM

H P Tillekeratne
NCC
23
LHB   reserve WK

K P J Warnaweera
Ga
30
RM/OB

A G D Wickremasinghe
NCC
24
WK

K I W Wijegunawardene
CCC
26
RM

Average age of team at time of first Test match
(23 November 1990) :
   25 yrs 7 months

Representation of clubs :
BRC : Burgher Recreation Club (1)
CCC: Colombo (5)
Ga Galle (1)
Ku: Kurunegala (1)
NCC: Nondescripts (4)
Pa : Panadura (1)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (4)
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

Arjuna Ranatunga 26, Aravinda de Silva 17, Rumesh J Ratnayeke 15, Gurusinha 9, Mahanama 6, Labrooy 5, Ramanayake 4, Anurasiri 4, D Ranatunga 2, Samarasekera 2, Tillekeratne 1, Warnaweera 1, Wickremasinghe 1, Atapattu 0, Jayasuriya 0, Kaluwitharana 0, Madurasinghe 0, Wijegunawardene 0.

Tour Officials

Gamini Goonesena
Manager
Sidath Wettimuny
Assistant manager
Lal Thamel
Physiotherapist

Gamini Goonesena and Sidath Wettimuny were chosen as manager and assistant on 1 November for this tour and for the Asia Cup.
Mumtaz Yusuf and Jayantha Seneviratne were announced on 4 November to replace them on the Sharjah tour.

Selectors

Michael Tissera (Vice-President of the Board and chairman of selectors, J Paranathala, Anura Polonowita, Mumtaz M Yusuf (asst secretary of Board).

Selection

Arjuna Ranatunga was appointed captain on 4 November. despite facing disciplinary action for arguing with umpires and abusing spectators.
Unavailable   Ravi Ratnayeke, who had migrated to Melbourne the previous month; Pramodya Wickremasinghe, Saliya Ahangama and Piyal Wijetunga, all owing to injuries.
Tour Party Announced : 7 November 1990.
Rumesh Ratnayeke was back after a knee injury had made him miss the tour of England.
Stand-bys: M S Atapattu (SSC), C Hathurasinghe (TU).
Withdrawal: Sanath Jaysuriya split the webbing of his right hand (taking a catch at a practice session). He was replaced by Marvan Atapattu.

Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka
13 days
(7 November to 20 November)

Travel
Colombo  Q Delhi

Anurasiri contracted an eye infection but was passed fit to tour.
The tour began on the afternoon of 20 November when they flew via Bombay to Delhi After an overnight stopover, on 21 November they took a connecting flight to Chandigarh which was staging its first-ever Test.

Time spent in India
   19 days
(20 November - 9 December)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

None. The team had so many players (17) that Gamini Wickremasinghe did not play in a match. The Board's intention was to give more players exposure to one-day internationals.

Fixtures/Results

a
CHANDIGARH
INDIA Test Match
LOST inns 8 r
b
§ Nagpur
India (1st ODI)
Lost 19 r
c
§ Pune
India (2nd ODI)
Lost 6 w
d
§ Margao
India (3rd ODI)
Won 7 w

� not first-class
§ one-day international

Time spent in India before First Test: 3 days
(20 November - 23 November)

Test appearances on tour

1 - Atapattu, de Silva, Gurusinha, Labrooy, Madurasinghe, Mahanama, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ratnayeke, Samarasekera, Tillekeratne, Warnaweera.
0 - Anurasiri, Jayasuriya, Kaluwitharana, Ramanayake, Dammika Ranatunga, Gamini Wickremasinghe, Wijegunawardene.

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
S D Anurasiri

o
o
M S Atapattu
T
o
o

P A de Silva
T
o
o
o
A P Gurusinha
T
o
o
o
S T Jayasuriya

R S Kaluwitharana

o
G F Labrooy
T
o
o

R Madurasinghe
T
o

R S Mahanama
T
o
o
o
C Ramanayake

o
A Ranatunga
T
o
o
o
D Ranatunga

o
o
Rumesh Ratnayeke
T
o
o
o
A Samarasekara
T
o

H P Tillekeratne
T
o
o
o
K P J Warnaweera
T

o
G Wickremasinghe

K Wijegunawardene

o
o

   R E S U L T S
L
L
L
W

Highlights

• Tillekeratne scored his first Test fifty, sharing a record 9th wicket partnership of 60 with Madurasinghe

Tour Summary

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

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

Return to Sri Lanka
            Q Colombo

9 December 1990.

Time away from Sri Lanka   19 days
(20 November to 9 December)

Postscript
The team left Sri Lanka again for Sharjah for two benefit matches on 18 December and returned to India for the Asia Cup on 23 December.

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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