Test Cricket Tours Sri Lanka to India 2005-06

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to India 2005-06

Tour of India 2005-06               Captain: Marvan Atapattu

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Sri Lanka’s thirty-sixth Test tour
    (October -
        December 2005

Sixth Test-playing tour of India by Sri Lanka
   (previous tour 1997-98)

The selectors dared to leave out Sanath Jayasuriya for the first time in a decade. This was done on grounds of poor form and fitness - his dislocated right shoulder was slow to heal.

After losing the one-day international series 6-1, the team briefly went home before returning for the Test series. Coach Tom Moody said his team's cricket was nowhere near the standards they were capable of in any department of the game.

Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour
New Zealand 2004-05

Next tour
Bangladesh 2005-06

Next tour of India
2009-10

Members of the Test tour party (15 + 1)

Opening batsmen: Marvan Atapattu, Avishka Gunawardene, Upul Tharanga.
Middle-order batsmen: Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedara (returned home), Jehan Mubarak (replacement), Tilan Samaraweera, Kumar Sangakkara (also WK)
Spin bowlers: Muttiah Muralithara, Malinga Bandara.
Fast bowlers:Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Dilhara Fernando, Lasith Malinga, Sajeewa Weerakoon.

M S Atapattu
SSC
34
captain
ODI

C M Bandara
Rag
25
LBG

T M Dilshan
Bf'd
29
RHB
ODI

C R D Fernando
SSC
26
RFM
ODI

D A Gunawardene
SSC
28
LHB opener

M D Jayawardene
SSC
28
RHB
ODI

C K Kapugedera
CCC
18
RHB

M F Maharoof
Bf'd
21
RFM
ODI

S L Malinga
NCC
22
RF

M Muralitharan
T U
33
OB
ODI

T T Samaraweera
SSC
29
RHB
ODI

K C Sangakkara
NCC
28
LHB   WK
ODI

W U Tharanga
NCC
20
RHB opener
ODI

C U Vaas
Ct
31
RFM   vice-captain
ODI

S Weerakoon
BRC
26
SLA

Required only for the ODI series

R P Arnold
ODI

U D U Chandana (NCC)
ODI

S T Jayasuriya
ODI

L H D Dilhara *
ODI

D N T Zoysa
ODI


Average age of team at time of first Test match
(2 December 2005) :
27 yrs 0 months.

Representation of clubs :

Bf'd: Bloomfield (2)
BRC : Burger Recreation Club (1)
CCC: Colombo CC (1)
Ct: Colts Cricket Club (1)
NCC: Nondescripts (3)
Rag : Ragama CC (1)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (5)
TU: Tamil Union (1)

ODI Member of squad for the Videocon one-day series

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

* L H D Dilhara is also known as Dilhara Lokuhettige

Test Appearances made before the tour

Muralitharan 96, Vaas 88, Atapattu 85, Jayawardene 71, Sangakkara 50, Samaraweera 30, Dilshan 27, Fernando 18, Malinga 10, Maharoof 5, Gunawardene 4, Bandara 1, Kapugedera 0, Tharanga 0, Weerakoon 0.

Tour Officials

Michael Tissera
Manager
Tom Moody
Coach
Trevor Penney
Assistant coach
Tommy Simsek
Physiotherapist
C J Clark * / Lal Thamel
Fitness trainer
Ruwan Kalpage
Computer analyst

Clark was fitness trainer for the ODI series, Thamel for the Test series.

Selectors

Selectors : In May 2005 Sports Minister Jeevan Kumaratunga decided that Lalith Kaluperuma should take over from Asantha De Mel heading a new five-man (instead of seven-man) selection panel.
Lalith Kaluperuma (Chairman), K M Nelson, Don Anurasiri, Pramodya Wickremasinghe and Shabbir Asgerally.
However, Pramodya Wickremasinghe resigned for personal reasons the day before the ODI team to India was announced.

Selection

On 27 September a 20-player Sri Lankan pool for the tour of India was announced. Only Rangana Herath out of the provisional squad was not chosen, and Kapugadera added.
One-day squad announced : 14 October 2005.

Unavailable: Sanath Jayasuriya (recovering from a shoulder injury)
Tour Party Announced : 11 November 2005
Not selected : Rangana Herath.   Chaminda Vaas replaced Mahela Jayawardene as vice-captain.
Reserves : R K Herath, C Jayaweera, H A P W Jayawardene, N R G Wijekoon.

Time between selection for one-day squad and departure from Sri Lanka:
   6 days
(14 - 20 October)

Travel

Colombo Q Chennai Q Mumbai (20 Oct)/ Bangalore (23 Nov)

The team had practice at the R Premadasa Stadium before assembling for the tour.
They left Colombo for Mumbai on Thursday 20 October, landed at Chennai's airport on Thursday afternoon and spent three hours in the Kamaraj domestic terminal before boarding the evening flight to Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport arriving at Mumbai at 9:55 pm on October 20 via Chennai.
The team finished the first leg of their split tour of India after the seventh one-day match at Baroda (12 November) and returned home before flying off again for the second leg on 23 November.
The 15-member Test team, accompanied by its support staff, arrived in Chennai from Colombo on Wednesday evening 23 Nov for the three Test match series, and flew on to Bangalore.

Time spent in India
   54 days
(20 October - 23 December, less 13-23 November )

On-tour selection panel

-

Reinforcements (1)

J Mubarak
CCC
24
LHB
ODI

Jehan Mubarak was chosen by the national selectors on Tuesday c 30 November to replace Chamara Kapugedara , who withdrew on 29 Nov 2005 with a lateral ligament sprain on his right knee suffered during a training session in Bangalore.
Chamara Kapugedera was the first Dharmaraja cricketer to be selected for the Test squad (before him T.B. Kehelgamuwa was selected for the Ceylon side before Test status was awarded) but he was ruled out without playing a match after suffering the sprain. As the injury would take at least two weeks to heal, the management decided to send him home and summon Mubarak.

Fixtures/Results

a
† Mumbai
Mumbai CA President's XII (50 overs)
Lost 3 w
b
§ Nagpur
India (1st ODI)
Lost 152 r
c
§ Mohali (D/N)
India (2nd ODI)
Lost 8 w
d
§ Jaipur
India (3rd ODI)
Lost 6 w
e
§ Pune
India (4th ODI)
Lost 4 w
f
§ Ahmedabad (D/N)
India (5th ODI)
Won 5 w
g
§ Rajkot
India (6th ODI)
Lost 7 w
h
§ Baroda
India (7th ODI)
Lost 5 w

i
Bangalore
Board President's XI
Drawn
j
CHENNAI
INDIA First Test
DRAWN
k
DELHI
INDIA Second Test
LOST 188 r
l
AHMEDABAD
INDIA Third Test
LOST 259 r

† not first-class
§ one-day international

Time spent in India before First Test: 33 days
(20 October - 2 December, less 13-23 November )

Test appearances on tour

3 -   Atapattu, Bandara, Dilshan, Jayawardene, Mubarak, Muralitharan, Samaraweera, Sangakkara.
2 -   Fernando, Gunawardene, Vaas.
1 -   Tharanga, Maharoof, Malinga.
0 - Kapugedera, Weerakoon.

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
R P Arnold
x
o
o
o
o
o
o
o

M S Atapattu
x
o
o
o
o
o
o
o

T
T
T
C M Bandara

x
T
T
T
U D U Chandana
x
o
o

o
o

L H D Dilhara *
x
o

o

T M Dilshan
x
o
o
o
o
o
o
o

x
T
T
T
C R D Fernando
x

o
o
o
o
o

x
T
T

D A Gunawardene

x
T
T

S T Jayasuriya
x
o
o
o
o
o
o

D M Jayawardene
x
o
o
o

o
o
o

x
T
T
T
C K Kapugedera

M F Maharoof
x
o
o
o
o
o
o

T
S L Malinga

x

T
j Mubarak

T
T
T
M Muralitharan

o
o
o
o
o

T
T
T
T T Samaraweera
x

o

o

x
T
T
T
K C Sangakkara
x
o
o
o
o
o
o
o

x
T
T
T
W U Tharanga

o
o
o
o

x

T
C U Vaas

o
o
o
o
o
o
o

x
T
T

S Weerakoon

x

D N T Zoysa
x

o

o

   R E S U L T S
L
L
L
L
L
W
L
L

D
D
L
L

Highlights

• N
• N
• N

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
0
2
1
-
Other first-class matches
1
0
0
1
-
ϯ Minor matches
1
0
1
0
-
§ One-day internationals
7
1
6
0
-
All Matches
12
1
9
2
-

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

Return to Sri Lanka
Mumbai?   Q Colombo

Kapugedera returned to Sri Lanka on 30 November because of his knee injury.
At the end of the Test tour the team returned to Colombo on 23 December 2005.

Time away from Sri Lanka
54 days
(20 October to 23 December)

Postscript

Other Test tours in 2005-06

Australians to South Africa & Bangladesh 2005-06 - captain Ricky Ponting
England to Pakistan 2005-06 - captain Michael Vaughan
England to India 2005-06 - captain Andrew Flintoff
Indians to Pakistan 2005-06 - captain Rahul Dravid
New Zealanders to South Africa 2005-06 - captain Stephen Fleming
Pakistanis to Sri Lanka 2005-06 - captain Inzamamul Haq
South Africans to Australia 2005-06 - captain Graeme Smith
Sri Lankans to Bangladesh 2005-06 - captain Mahela Jayawardene
West Indians to Australia 2005-06 - captain Shiv Chanderpaul
West Indians to New Zealand 2005-06 - captain Shiv Chanderpaul

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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.
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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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