Tour of England 1988                    Captain: Ranjan Madugalle
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	Sri Lanka’s eighth Test tour    (August -       September 1988)   Second Test-playing tour of England by Sri Lanka    (previous tour 1984)	Roy Dias was recalled in a pool of 29 names announced in April (?) but, anticipating that he would not be chosen for the tour party, Dias took a coaching engagement in Holland to protect his financial future. Duleep Mendis by contrast was recalled to the touring squad. This. A Sri Lankan under-17 team led by Marvan Atapattu simultaneously toured southern England.	Other Sri Lankan Tours   Previous tour Australia 1987-88   Next tour  Australia 1989-90   Next England tour  1991
	Members of the Test tour party (16)     Opening batsman: Roshan Mahanama Wicket-keeper/openers: Brendon Kuruppu, Amal Silva Middle-order batsmen: Aravinda de Silva, Ranjan Madugalle, Duleep Mendis, Arjuna Ranatunga, Athula Samarasekera, Hashan Tillekeratne Spin bowlers: Ranjith Madurasinghe, Brian Rajadurai, Don Anurasiri Fast bowlers: Champaka Ramanayake, Graeme Labrooy, Saliya Ahangama, Ravi Ratnayeke	F S Ahangama SSC 28 RM   S D Anurasiri Pa 22 SLA   P A de Silva NCC 22 RHB   D B Kuruppu BRC 26 RHB opener    second WK    G F Labrooy CCC 24 RFM   R S Madugalle NCC 29 RHB  captain   A W R Madurasinghe Ku 27 OB   R S Mahanama CCC 22 RHB opener   L R D Mendis SSC 36 RHB   B E A Rajadurai SSC 23 LB   C P H Ramanayake T U 23 RFM   A Ranatunga SSC 24 LHB   vice-captain   J Ravi Ratnayeke NCC 28 LHB    RFM   M A R Samarasekara BRC 27 RHB   RFM   S A R Silva NCC 27 LHB opener  WK   H P Tillekeratne NCC 21 LHB	Average age of  team at time of first Test match (25 August 1988) :     26 yrs 1 months       Representation of clubs : BRC: Burgher Recreation Club (2) CCC: Colombo (2) Ku: Kurunegala (1) NCC: Nondescripts (5) 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	Mendis 23, Ranatunga 23, Madugalle 20, Ratnayeke 19, de Silva 14, Silva 8, Anurasiri 4,  Mahanama 4,  Ahangama 3, Kuruppu 2,  Labrooy 2,  Ramanayake 1,  Madurasinghe 0,  Rajadurai 0,  Samarasekera 0,  Tillekeratne 0.
	Tour Officials	M A H Fuard Tour  Manager E R Fernando Cricket manager   Despite the failure in Australia in 1987-88 the management team of Fuard and Fernando was retained in preference to Michael Tissera who had managed the successful B team tour of Zimbabwe
	Selectors	P I Pieris (chairman), ….
	Selection	Unavailable  Roy Dias (coaching appointment in Holland). Tour Party Announced :   June ? Not selected :  Asanka Gurusinha (SSC) Brian Rajadurai was an 11th hour choice.	Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka   x days (June to 17 July)
	Travel Colombo    Q   London	On 17 July 1988 the team flew from Colombo to London and next day practiced at Lord's.	Time spent in England    52 days (17 July - 7 September)
	On-tour selection panel	Abu Fuard,  Ranjit Fernando,  Ranjan Madugalle,  Arjuna Ranatunga.
	Reinforcements	Roshan Mahanama was plagued by a back injury throughout the tour.
	Fixtures/Results	a † Birkenhead League  Conference Drawn b Edgbaston Warwickshire Drawn c † Osterley Indian Gymkhana Won  9 w d †Arundel Duchess of Norfolk’s XI Drawn e Lord’s Middlesex Drawn f †Sleaford Minor Counties Drawn g Nottingham Nottinghamshire Drawn h Leeds Yorkshire Drawn i The Oval Surrey Drawn j Bristol Gloucestershire Drawn k Southampton Hampshire Drawn l LORD’S ENGLAND Test Match LOST  7 w m Derby Derbyshire Drawn n § The Oval England (ODI) Lost  5 w	† not first-class §  one-day international   Time spent in England before First Test:  39 days (17 July - 25 August)
	Test appearances on tour	1 - de Silva, Kuruppu, Labrooy, Madugalle, Madurasinghe, Mendis, Ramanayake, Ranatunga, Ratnayeke, Samarasekera, Silva. 0 - Ahangama, Anurasiri, Mahanama, Rajadurai, Tillekeratne.
	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 n F S Ahangama x         x x x x   x   x   S D Anurasiri       x x x       x     x o P A de Silva x x   x x         x x T x o D B Kuruppu       x   x x x x x   T x o G F Labrooy   x   x     x x x   x T x o R S Madugalle   x   x x   x x x   x T x o A Madurasinghe x       x   x x x   x T   o R S Mahanama x x   x x x x     x x       L R D Mendis x x   x x x x x x x x T x o B E A Rajadurai x x   x   x       x         C Ramanayake   x   x x x       x   T     A Ranatunga x x   x x x   x x x x T x o Ravi Ratnayeke x x     x   x x x x x T   o A Samarasekara x x   x x x x x x x x T x o S A R Silva x x     x x x x x   x T x   H Tillekeratne x         x x x x x     x o    R E S U L T S D D W D D D D D D D D L D L
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	Tour Summary	F W L  D Aban Test Matches   1 0 1   0 - Other first-class matches   8 0 0   8 - ϯ Minor matches   4 1 0   3 - § One-day internationals   1 0 1   0 - All Matches 14 1 2 11 -	F  Fixtures   W  Won   L  Lost   D Drawn   T  Tied  Canc  Cancelled  Aban  abandoned
	Return to Sri Lanka London     Q   Colombo	The team met the Sri Lankan High Commissioner, Chandra Monarawala, at the Kensington Close Hotel, London, before departure. Six players stayed back after the end of the tour: Ravi Ratnayeke, Samarasekera and Kuruppu took a coaching course offered by the National Coaching Association in Hove.  Duleep Mendis, Amal Silva and Aravinda de Silva also remained in England. The rest returned home on 7 September 1988.  They flew from Gatwick Airport via Dubai and arrived in Colombo at 7.30 next morning.	Time away from Sri Lanka     53 days   (17 July to 8 September)
	Other Test tours in 1988	West Indians to England 1988   -  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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