Test Cricket Tours Sri Lanka to New Zealand 2006-07

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to New Zealand 2006-07

Tour of New Zealand 2006-07          Captain: Mahela Jayawardene

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Sri Lanka’s 39th Test tour

(Nov 2006 - Jan 2007)

Sixth official Test-playing tour of New Zealand by Sri Lanka
   (previous tour 2004-05)

The results on this tour could not have been more even; all the series played were left deadlocked. Firstly, the Test series ended 1-1 as Sri Lanka lost with two days to spare at Christchurch but then fought back, through tremendous innings of 150 by both Sangakkara and Silva, to win at Wellington.
After also sharing the T20 series one-all, the one-day international series was left undecided at 2-2 because the fifth match was abandoned because of rain.
The Sri Lankans played attractive cricket and were a popular draw wherever they went.

Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour
England 2006

Next tour
Australia 2007-08

Next tour of New Zealand
2014-15

Members of the Test tour party (14)

Opening batsmen:  Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga
Middle-order batsmen : Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva.
Wicket-keeper: Prasanna Jayawardena
Spin bowler: Muttiah Muralitharan.
Fast bowlers:Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Akalanka Ganegama.

T M Dilshan
Bf’d
30
RHB       OB
ODI

C R D Fernando
SSC
27
RFM
ODI

W C A Ganegama
NCC
25
RFM

S T Jayasuriya
Bf’d
27
LHB opener    SLA
ODI

M D Jayawardene
SSC
29
RHB   captain
ODI

P W Jayawardene
Seb
27
WK

C K Kapugedera
CCC
19
RHB
ODI

M F Maharoof
Bf’d
23
RHB      RMF
ODI

S L Malinga
NCC
23
RF
ODI

M Muralitharan
T U
34
OB
ODI

K C Sangakkara
NCC
29
LHB       WK
ODI

L P C Silva
Seb
26
RHB
ODI

W U Tharanga
NCC
21
LHB opener
ODI

C U Vaas
Ct
32
LFM
ODI

Included only in limited-overs squad
M S Atapattu
ODI

C M Bandara
ODI

P R L Perera
ODI


Average age of team at time of first Test match
(7 December 2006) :
27 yrs 3 months.

Club representation
Bf’d : Bloomfield (3)
CCC: Colombo (1)
Ct: Colts Cricket Club (1)
NCC: Nondescripts (4)
Seb: Sebastianites (2)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (2)
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

Muralitharan 108, Jayasuriya 105, Vaas 94, M Jayawardene 83, Sangakkara 62, Dilshan 39, D Fernando 24, Malinga 19, Maharoof 15, Tharanga 10, P Jayawardene 7, Kapugedera 4, Ganegama 0, Silva 0.

Tour Officials

Michael Tissera
Manager
Tom Moody
Coach
Trevor Penney
Fielding coach
Tommy Simsek
Physiotherapist
Don Anurasiri
On-tour selector

Selectors

Asantha de Mel (chairman of selectors), Don Anurasiri, Amal Silva, Shabir Asgerally, with Mahela Jayawardene (captain).

Selection

On 5 November a preliminary squad of 19 players was announced -
Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedara, Farveez Maharoof, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando, Ruchira Perera, Malinga Bandara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Prasanna Jayawardene, Michael Vandort, Thilan Samaraweera, Rangana Herath

Unavailable: Marvan Atapattu, who underwent surgery for a recurring back injury in April, withdrew from the preliminary squad and said he would not be able to take part in the Test leg of the tour.

Tour Party Announced : 15 November 2006 (the selectors delayed picking the tour party until 14 November 2006 because Mahela Jayawardene was out of the country)
Chamara Silva and Akalanka Ganegama were selected from outside the group of 19.
Standby :   Upul Chandana.
Not selected:   Ruchira Perera.
One-day squad announced: Also on 15 November.   Marvan Atapattu, Malinga Bandara and Ruchira Perera joined the team in place of Prasanna Jayawardene and Akalanka Ganegama.

Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka
10 days
(15 - 25 November))

Travel

Colombo Q Auckland

The Sri Lanka cricket team left Colombo on Saturday 25 November for New Zealand and flew via London. They arrived in Auckland early on the morning Monday 27 November 2006 after a near 10-hour flight and immediately jumped on another plane down to Christchurch. After an overnight stay they boarded the coach to take them to Dunedin for the first match.
Atapattu arrived in NZ on Tuesday19 December to reinforce the one day team.
Malinga Bandara and Ruchira Perera joined up with the one-day squad on Friday 22 December, after completing a Sri Lanka ‘A’ tour of West Indies.

Time spent in New Zealand
45 days
(27 November - 11 January)

On-tour selection panel

Don Arunasiri (chairman), Tom Moody (coach) and captain Mahela Jayawardena (captain).

Reinforcements

Fixtures/Results

The fifth one-day international was ‘No result’ because the toss was made before rain prevented any play

a
† Dunedin
Otago (12-a-side)
Drawn
b
CHRISTCHURCH
NEW ZEALAND First Test
LOST 5 w
c
WELLINGTON
NEW ZEALAND   Second Test
WON 217 r
d
Å Wellington
New Zealand (1st 20/20)
Won 18 r
e
Å Auckland
New Zealand (2nd 20/20)
Lost 5 w
f
§ Napier
New Zealand (1st ODI)
Won 7 w
g
§ Queenstown
New Zealand (2nd ODI)
Lost 1 w
h
§ Christchurch
New Zealand (3rd ODI)
Lost 4 w
i
§ Auckland
New Zealand (4th ODI)
Won 189 r
j
§ Hamilton
New Zealand (5th ODI)
No result

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

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:
      10 days
(27 November - 7 December)

Test appearances on tour

2 - Jayasuriya, M.Jayawardene, P.Jayawardene, Kapugedera, Maharoof, Malinga, Muralitharan, Sangakkara, Silva, Tharanga, Vaas.
0 - Dilshan, Fernando, Ganegama.

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
M S Atapattu

x
x
o
o
o
o
o
C M Bandara

x

T M Dilshan
x

x
o
o
o

C R D Fernando

x
x
o

o
o
o
W C A Ganegama
x

S T Jayasuriya
x
T
T
x

o
o
o
o
o
D P M Jayawardene
x
T
T
x
x
o
o
o
o
o
H P Jayawardene
x
T
T

C K Kapugedera
x
T
T
x
x

o
o
M F Maharoof
x
T
T
x

o
o
o
o
S L Malinga
x
T
T

x
o
o

o
o
M Muralitharan

T
T
x

o
o
o
o
o
R L Perera

x

o

K C Sangakkara
x
T
T
x
x
o
o
o
o
o
L P C Silva
x
T
T
x
x
o
o
o

W U Tharanga
x
T
T
x
x
o
o
o
o
o
C U Vaas

T
T
x

o
o

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

Highlights

• Kumar Sangakkara made an undefeated 100* in the defeat at Christchurch.
• Sangakkara then struck another 156 not out at Wellington.
• Chamara Silva, after a pair on his Test debut at Christchurch, scored 152 not out at the Basin Reserve
• Sanath Jayasuriya became the most capped player in limited-overs cricket though the match at Hamilton was abandoned because of rain.

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
2
1
1
0
-
Other first-class matches
0
-
-
-
-
ϯ Minor matches
1
0
0
1
-
§ One-day internationals
5
2
2
1
-
Å T20 internationals
2
1
1
0
-
All Matches
10
4
4
2
-

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

Return to Sri Lanka

Auckland   Q   Colombo

Wicket-keeper Prasanna Jayawardene underwent appendix surgery in a hospital in Wellington and returned from New Zealand on 24 December.
The squad flew from Auckland on 11 January 2007.

Time away from Sri Lanka
     48 days
(25 November to 12 January)

Postscript

This tour preceded a one-day series in India to prepare the sides for the 2007 ICC World Cup

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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