Test Cricket Tour Sri Lanka to England 2006

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to England 2006

Tour of England 2006               Captain: Mahela Jayawardene

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Thirty-eighth Test tour
(May - July 2006)

Sixth official Test-playing tour of England by Sri Lanka
    (previous tour 2002)

Sri Lanka surprised England by making a clean sweep of the one-day international series, the first time they had achieved this on tour. A world-record opening partnership of 286 runs between Jayasuriya (152) and Tharanga (109) in the fifth match at Headingley gave them their historic 5-0 whitewash. The controversially recalled Sanath Jayasuriya was named as man of the series.
Earlier the visitors had won the first T20 international between the countries and, more significantly, had shared the Test series. At Lord’s Sri Lanka followed on, more than 350 behind, but survived for almost 14 hours and 200 overs as seven of their batsmen chipped in with fifties. They lost at Edgbaston, but on a dry Trent bridge pitch Muralitharan took 8 wickets for 70 runs as England were dumbfounded by his doosra. For the second consecutive Test he had taken more than ten wickets in the match.
Sri Lanka later wrapped up their European tour by beating the Netherlands 2–0 in the one-day series. The team shattered the one-day world record by piling on 443-9 in their 195-run win over the Netherlands.


Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour
Bangladesh 2005-06

Next tour
New Zealand 2006-07

Next tour of England
2011

Members of the Test tour party (16 + 1)

Opening batsmen : Upul Tharanga, Michael Vandort, Sanath Jayasuriya (reinforcement)
Middle-order batsmen: Kumar Sangakkara, Jehan Mubarak, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera,
Wicket-keeper: Prasanna Jayawardene
Spin bowlers: Malinga Bandara, Muttiah Muralitharan.
Fast bowlers: Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera

H M Bandara
Rag
26
LBG
ODI

T M Dilshan
Bf'd
29
RHB      OB
ODI

M D Jayawardene
SSC
29
RHB     captain
ODI

P W Jayawardene
Seb
26
WK

C K Kapugedera
CCC
19
RHB
ODI

K M D N Kulasekera
Ct
23
RFM

M F Maharoof
Bf'd
21
RFM
ODI

S L Malinga
NCC
22
RF
ODI

J Mubarak
CCC
25
LHB

M Muralitharan
T U
34
OB
ODI

T T Samaraweera
SSC
29
RHB

K C Sangakkara
NCC
28
LHB   WK
ODI

W U Tharanga
NCC
21
LHB opener
ODI

C U Vaas
Ct
32
LFM
ODI

M G Vandort
CCC
26
LHB

D N T Zoysa
SSC
28
LFM

Members of the ODI squad
R P Arnold (NCC)
ODI

C R D Fernando (SSC)
ODI

S T Jayasuriya (Bf’d)
ODI

P D R L Perera (Ct)
ODI

K Lokuarachchi(SSC)
ODI



Average age of team at time of first Test match
(11 May 2006) :
26 yrs 7 months.

Representation of clubs :
Bf'd: Bloomfield (2)
CCC: Colombo (3)
Ct: Colts Cricket Club (2)
NCC: Nondescripts (3)
Rag: Ragama (1)
Seb: Sebastianites (1)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (3)
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

ODI in one-day squad in England.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Muralitharan 103, Jayasuriya 102, Vaas 90, M Jayawardene 78, Sangakkara 57, Samaraweera 37, Dilshan 34, Zoysa 30, Malinga 15, Maharoof 10, Bandara 8, Mubarak 7, P Jayawardene 5, Tharanga 5, Vandort 4, Kulasekera 2, Kapugedera 0.

Tour Officials

Michael Tissera
Manager
Tom Moody
Coach
Trevor Penney
Assistant coach
Tommy Sismek
Physiotherapist
C J Clarke
Trainer
G T Niroshan
Computer analyst

Selectors

The team was chosen by the outgoing selection committee, headed by Lalith Kaluperuma, and including K M Nelson, Don Anurasiri and Shabbir Asgerally.
In May, 2006, one year after he was sacked from the Selection Committee of which he was chairman, de Mel was once again appointed as Chairman of the National Selection Committee.

Selection

Unavailable : Ruchira Perera because he had not recovered sufficiently from a hamstring injury.
Tour Party Announced   10 April 2006.
Jehan Mubarak was on stand-by because Marvan Atapattu had a back problem
Not selected : Dilhara Fernando
Withdrawal Skipper Marvan Attapattu, owing to a bad back, was replaced by Jehan Mubarak, and by Jayawardene as captain.

One day sqaud - called up Russel Arnold, Dilhara Fernando and Ruchira Perera replacing Nuwan Zoysa and Nuwan Kulasekera in the 14-man squad.

Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka
10 days
(10 April to 20 April)

Travel
Colombo Q London Gatwick

Both coaches went to England ahead of the team. On 20 April the players bade farewell to their relatives at Sri Lanka Cricket's headquarters, Maitland Place, and flew from Colombo's airport with Qatar Airways, via Doha, to Gatwick Airport, London, arriving on 21 April.

Time spent in England
   80 days
(21 April - 10 July)

On-tour selection panel

Chairman Michael Tissera (manager), Tom Moody (coach) , Mahela Jayawardene (captain).

Reinforcements (1)

S T Jayasuriya
Bf’d
36
LHB opener    SLA
ODI

The selectors met on 10 May, afterSanath Jayasuriya had indicated a willingness to make himself available for Tests again, and they sent him to England, arriving on approx 14 May.
Kaushal Lokuarachchi(SSC), 24, replaced Muralitharan after the 2nd one-day international against England, when Murali returned to his son who had undergone an operation in Chennai, India.

Fixtures/Results

a
Cambridge
British Universities
Drawn
b
Derby
Derbyshire
Won 6 w
c
† Wormsley
Paul Getty's XI
Won 16 r
d
Worcester
England A
Lost 10 w
e
LORD’S
ENGLAND First Test
DRAWN
f
Hove
Sussex
Drawn
g
EDGBASTON
ENGLAND Second Test
LOST 6w
h
TRENT BRIDGE
ENGLAND Third Test
WON 134 r
i
† Chelmsford
Essex (50 overs)
Lost 6 w
j
† Taunton
Somerset (50 overs)
Lost 51 r
k
† Arundel
PCA Masters XI (20/20)
No result
l
Å Southampton
England (T20)
Won 2 r
m
§ Lord's
England (1st ODI)
Won 20 r
n
§ Oval
England (2nd ODI)
Won 46 r
o
§ Chester-le-Street
England (3rd ODI)
Won 8 w
p
§ Old Trafford
England (4th ODI)
Won 33 r
q
§ Headingley
England (5th ODI)
Won 8 w
r
§ Amstelveen
Netherlands (1st ODI)
Won 195 r
s
§ Amstelveen
Netherlands (2nd ODI)
Won 55 r

† not first-class
§ one-day international
T20 Twenty20 international

Time spent in England before First Test:
   20 days
(21 April - 11 May)

Test appearances on tour

3 - Dilshan, M Jayawardene, Maharoof, Muralitharan, Sangakkara, Tharanga, Vaas.
2 - Kapugedera, Kulasekara, Malinga, Samaraweera, Vandort
1 - Jayasuriya, Mubarak.
0 - Bandara, Prasanna Jayawardene, Zoysa.

Match appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
x other match
⊕ T/20 international

W won L lost D drawn   N no result   A abandoned   u unknown result

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
R P Arnold

x
x
x
Å
o
o
o
o

o
M Bandara
x

x

x
x
x

o
o
o
o
o
T M Dilshan
x
x
x
x
T

T
T
x
x
x
Å
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
C R D Fernando

x
x
Å
o

o
o
o
o
o
S T Jayasuriya

T
x
x
x
Å
o
o
o
o
o
o

M Jayawardene
x

x
x
T
x
T
T

x
x
Å
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
P Jayawardene
x
x

x

x
x
x

C K Kapugedera
x
x
x
x
T
x

T
x

x
Å
o

o
o
o
N Kulasekera
x

x
x
T
x
T

x

x

K Lokuarachchi

o
o
F Maharoof

x
x
x
T

T
T
x

Å

o
o
o
o
o
o
S L Malinga

x

x

x
T
T

x

Å
o
o
o
o
o
o

J Mubarak

x
x

T
x

x

M Muralitharan

x
x

T

T
T

o
o

P D R L Perera

x
x
Å

o

o
T Samaraweera
x

x
T
x
T

K C Sangakkara

x
x
x
T
x
T
T

x
x
Å
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
W U Tharanga
x
x
x
x
T
x
T
T
x
x

Å
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
C U Vaas
x

x
T

T
T

o
o
o
o
o

M G Vandort
x
x

x

x
T
T

D N T Zoysa
x
x
x

x

x

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

Highlights

• Following-on at Lord’s, the visitors reached safety with 537-9, centred round Jayawardene’s century (119).
• Michael Vandort scored 105, opening at Trent Bridge and almost carrying his bat through the innings
• Muralitharan, with 6-86 and 4-29, at Edgbaston gave England a scare as they chased a target of only 78
• Murilatharan then had figures of 8-70 to bring Sri Lanka victory in the third Test and square the series.
• Sri Lanka made a historic 5-0 whitewash in the ODIs, the first time they had achieved this abroad.
• Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga added an ODI world record 286 for the first wicket at Headingley
• Jayasuriya then took world records for most number of fours (24) in an innings and the most number of ODI appearances (393) in the first match against Netherlands.

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
1
1
1
-
Other first-class matches
4
1
1
2
-
ϯ Minor matches
4
1
2
0
1
§ One-day internationals
7
7
0
0
-
Å T20 internationals
1
1
0
0
-
All Matches
19
11
4
3
1

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

Return to Sri Lanka

London   Q Colombo

Kulasekara, P Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Vandort and Zoysa left the tour group before the ODI series started. Mubarak and Lokuarachchi took Muraltharan's place for the tour of Holland.
After the two matches in Netherlands, the Sri Lankan party returned to England on July 8. The record-breaking team flew back to Sri Lanka with Qatar Airways from London Heathrow. The plane arrived in Colombo, via Doha, the airline’s operational hub, on 10 July.
During their stopover in Doha, the players were signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans at Doha International Airport enroute to Colombo, where they received another huge reception soon after arrival on Flight QR302.

Time away from Sri Lanka
    81 days
(20 April to 10 July)

Postscript

The team was given a heroes' welcome after their most successful ever tour of England.
Manager Michael Tissera said “in England they played exceptionally well. That come back at Lord’s was another turning point. That match was gone. It was amazing how these fellows batted. Mahela, Kulasekara, Vaasy, Maharoof, everybody chipped in and saved that game. That was great. Then we won the game at Trent Bridge and levelled the series. And in the ODIs, my goodness, we just thrashed them. At Headingly, they got 330 and thought the game was won. Then Sanath and Upul added 280 for the first wicket in some 30 overs. I think we won with something like 11 overs to spare with two or three wickets down. That was amazing. We were also fortunate in England as it was a dry summer and the conditions helped our spinners.” (www.island.lk 18 February 2011)

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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