Test Cricket Tours Sri Lanka to India 1986-87

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to India 1986-87

Tour of India 1986-87               Captain: Duleep Mendis

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Sri Lanka’s sixth Test tour

(December 1986 -
            January 1987)

Second Test-playing tour of India by Sri Lanka
   (previous tour 1982)

Sri Lanka's request for a return tour of India, issued after winning the previous September's Test series against them, made the Indian season unusually long. The Indian Government wanted its Cricket Board of Control to avoid arranging any matches in southern India, where demonstrations over the Tamil separatist cause were feared. A one-dayer at Trivandrum was thus cancelled and for the first time a Test Match was arranged at Cuttack.
For Sri Lanka, after a good start, the tour went sour. Team conduct deteriorated such that during the second Test at Nagpur the umpires walked off the field in protest at the Sri Lankan fielders' complaints and insults.
The spinners won the series for India. Their two-nil victory was satisfying after their defeat in Sri Lanka the year before. By then the Sri Lankans' tour was in decline and they lost the last four ODIs. Ravi Ratnayeke, who was made one of India's Cricketers of the Year, was again an exception to generally low playing standards.
At the end of a tour of disastrous results Wettimuny announced his retirement from first-class cricket and manager Fuard requested two months' leave for health reasons. The Board President said "Some problems have to be resolved both at playing level and at management level". Dr CDL Fernando took over as team manager in the meantime.

Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour
To Pakistan 1985-86

Next tour
To Australia 1987-88

Next Indian tour
1990-91

Members of the Test tour party (16)

Opening batsmen: Roshan Mahanama, Sidath Wettimuny
Middle-order batsmen :Aravinda de Silva, Duleep Mendis, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ranjan Madugalle, Roy Dias, Asanka Gurusinha, Roshan Jurangpathy.
Wicket-keeper:Guy de Alwis
All-rounder: Ravi Ratnayeke
Spin bowlers: Don Anurasiri, Asoka de Silva
Fast bowlers: Asantha de Mel, Rumesh Ratnayeke, Graeme Labrooy

S D Anurasiri
Pa
20
SLA

R G de Alwis
SSC
27
WK

A L F de Mel
SSC
27
RFM

E A R de Silva
NCC
30
LB

P A de Silva
NCC
21
RHB

R L Dias
CCC
34
RHB

A P Gurusinha
SSC
20
LHB   second WK

B R Jurangpathy
CCC
19
RHB    OB

G F Labrooy
CCC
22
RFM

R S Madugalle
NCC
27
RHB

R S Mahanama
CCC
20
RHB opener

L R D Mendis
SSC
34
RHB       captain

A Ranatunga
SSC
23
LHB       vice-captain

J Ravi Ratnayeke
NCC
26
LHB opener        RFM

Rumesh J Ratnayeke
NCC
22
RFM

S Wettimuny
SSC
30
RHB opener

Average age of team at time of first Test match
(17 December 1986) :
  25 yrs 7 months.

Representation of clubs :
CCC: Colombo (4)
NCC: Nondescripts (5)
Pa: Panadura (1)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (6)

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

Wettimuny 20, Mendis 19, Madugalle 18, Ranatunga 18, de Mel 16, Dias 16, Ravi Ratnayeke 14, Rumesh Ratnayeke 11, PA de Silva 10, de Alwis 7, Gurusinha 3, Anurasiri 2, EAR de Silva 2, Mahanama 2, Jurangpathy 1, Labrooy 0.

Tour Officials

M A H Fuard
Manager

Coach

Selectors

-

Selection

Unavailable: F S Ahangama (ill).
Tour Party Announced : ?
Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka
x days
(selection to December)

Travel
Colombo  Q Delhi?

Took a plane from Colombo to Delhi ?
The team arrived at Gwalior by train. First match 7 December 1986.

Time spent in India
   x days
(December - depart Host)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

None

Fixtures/Results

a
Gwalior
Board President's XI
Drawn
b
Kolhapur
Indian under-25 XI
Drawn
c
KANPUR
INDIA First Test
DRAWN
d
§ Kanpur
India (1st ODI)
Won 117 r
e
NAGPUR
INDIA Second Test
LOST inns 106 r
f
CUTTACK
INDIA Third Test
LOST inns 67 r
g
§ Guwahati
India (2nd ODI)
Lost 8 w
h
§ New Delhi
India (3rd ODI)
Lost 6 w
i
§ Baroda
India (4th ODI)
Lost 94 r
j
§ Bombay
India (5th ODI)
Lost 10 r

† not first-class
§ one-day international

Time spent India before First Test: x days
(arrival - 17 December)

Test appearances on tour

3 - de Alwis, Asoka de Silva, Aravinda de Silva, Dias, Gurusinha, Mendis, Ranatunga, Ravi Ratnayeke, Wettimuny.
2 - Rumesh Ratnayeke
1 - Anurasiri, de Mel, Jurangpathy, Labrooy.
0 - Madugalle, Mahanama.

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
x

T

o
o
R G de Alwis
x
x
T
o
T
T
o
o
o

A L F de Mel

x
T
o

o
o

o
E A R de Silva
x

T
o
T
T
o

P A de Silva

x
T
o
T
T
o
o

R L Dias
x
x
T
o
T
T
o
o
o
o
A P Gurusinha
x

T
o
T
T
o
o
o
o
B R Jurungpathy
x
x

T

G F Labrooy

x
T

o
o
o
R S Madugalle
x
x

o
o
o

R S Mahanama

x

o

o
o
L R D Mendis
x
x
T
o
T
T
o
o
o
o
A Ranatunga

x
T
o
T
T
o
o
o
o
Ravi Ratnayeke
x

T
o
T
T
o
o
o
o
Rumesh Ratnayeke
x

o
T
T
o
o
o
o
S Wettimuny
x

T

T
T

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

Highlights

• Wettimuny and Ratnayeke made 153 runs in an opening partnership in the first Test at Kanpur.
• Sri Lanka went on to total 420 but India’s repsonse was a massive 676
• Ranatunga scored 52 and 59 in his first two innings.

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
0
2
1
-
Other first-class matches
2
0
0
2
-
ϯ Minor matches
0
-
-
-
-
§ One-day internationals
5
1
4
0
-
All Matches
10
1
6
3
-

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

Return to Sri Lanka
Bombay Q Colombo

after 17 January 1987.

.

Time away from Sri Lanka
x days
(December - January))

Postscript

Other Test tours in 1986-87

Australians to
England to Australia 1986-87 - captain Mike Gatting

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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
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Men In White, A History of Australian Cricket (Harte), A History of Indian Cricket (Bose), A History of West Indies Cricket (Manley)
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