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

 

 

Tour of New Zealand 2006-07          Captain: Mahela Jayawardene

 

 

 

 

©  Test Cricket Tours

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Other Test tours in 2006-07

 

 

Australians to

 

 

©  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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