Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to England 2011

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to England 2011

Tour of England 2011               Captain: Tillakaratne Dilshan

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Sri Lanka’s 45th Test tour
(May - July 2011)

Seventh Test-playing tour of England by Sri Lanka
   (previous tour 2006)

The Sri Lankan cricketers playing in the 2011 IPL (which went on until 28 May) were at first asked to report to Colombo by 5 May to prepare for the tour of England but a deadline of 19 May was agreed with BCCI, which meant they missed the first tour match.
Sanath Jayasuriya was selected to play in the first one-day international at The Oval.

Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour
India 2009-10

Next tour
UAE to play Pakistan 2011-12

Next tour of England
2014

Members of the Test tour party (18)

Opening batsmen : Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lahiru Thirimanne, Tharanga Paranavitana.
Middle-order batsmen: Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, , Thilan Samaraweera.
Wicket-keepers: Prasanna Jayawardene, Kaushal Silva, Dinesh Chandimal
Spin bowlers: Ajantha Mendis, Suraj Randiv.
Fast bowlers: Dilhara Fernando, Suranga Lakmal, Farvez Maharoof, Tissara Perera, Nuwan Pradeep, Chanaka Welegedera.

L D Chandimal
NCC
21
RHB   WK
ODI

T M Dilshan
Bf'd
34
RHB   captain
ODI

C R D Fernando
SSC
31
RFM
(ODI)

R K Herath
Ms
33
SLA

M D Jayawardene
SSC
33
RHB
ODI

P W Jayawardene
B'fd
31
WK

R A S Lakmal
T U
24
RFM
ODI

M F Maharoof       added
NCC
26
RFM

B A W Mendis
Army
26
OB
ODI

N T Paranavitana
SSC
29
LHB opener

T C Perera
Ct
22
RFM
ODI

A N Pradeep (Fernando)
Bf'd
24
RFM

H K S Randiv
Bf'd
26
OB
ODI

T T Samaraweera
SSC
34
RHB

K C Sangakkara
NCC
33
LHB   one-day WK    deputy captain
ODI

J K Silva    added
NCC
24
reserve WK

H D R L Thirimanne
Rag
21
LHB

C A Welegedera
Ms
30
LFM
ODI

Required only for the limited-overs series.
S T Jayasuriya
ODI

S H T Kandamby
ODI

D M Karunaratne
ODI

N S Kulasekera
ODI

S L Malinga
ODI

A D Mathews
ODI

B M A J (Jeewan) Mendis
ODI

K T D (Dammika) Prasad
ODI

Average age of team at time of first Test match
   (26 May 2011):
    28 yrs 4 months.

Representation of clubs :
Army: Sri Lankan Army (1)
Bf'd : Bloomfield (4)
Ct: Colts Cricket Club (1)
Ms : Moors (2)
NCC: Nondescripts (4)
Rag Ragama (1)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (4)
TU: Tamil Union (1)

ODI member of squad

(ODI)injured, withdrew from squad

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

M Jayawardene 116, Sangakkara 94, Dilshan 66, Samaraweera 63, P Jayawardene 36, D Fernando 35, Herath 24, Maharoof 20, Paranavitana 16, A Mendis 15, Welegedera 6, Randiv 3, Lakmal 2, Chandimal 0, Thirimanne 0, Perera 0, Pradeep 0, Silva 0.

Tour Officials

Anura Tennekoon
Team manager
Stuart Law
Interim coach
Marvan Atapattu
Batting coach
Champaka Ramanayeke
Bowling coach
Mario Villavaryen
Bowling coach
Ruwan Kalpage
Fielding coach
A Wattegama
Physiotherapist
D Weerasinghe
Trainer (Tests)
L Thamal
Masseur
S Jayasundera
Computer analyst

Selectors

Duleep Mendis (chairman), Brendon Kuruppu, Ranjith Madurasinghe, Chaminda Mendis and Don Anurasiri.

On 6 April the panel of selectors headed by Aravinda de Silva submitted their resignations

Selection

Tillakaratne Dilshan was appointed Sri Lanka's captain for all three formats on 18 April.
Unavailable : Muttiah Muralitharan, who retired from international cricket at the end of the World Cup; Lasith Malinga (injured knee). Sri Lankan Cricket asked Malinga not to continue playing in the IPL but to return home for a rehabilitation programme.
The opener Upul Tharanga was ruled out of consideration after failing a drugs test during the World Cup.
Angelo Mathews had a quadriceps muscle injury.

Tour Party Announced : 20 April 2011. The names of sixteen players approved by the Hon Minister of Sports were given out. The selection panel failed to name a vice-captain.
Not selected:  Sachithra Senanayake.
Additions to the team:   Fast bowler Farvez Maharoof (NCC), 26, and wicket-keeper Kaushal Silva (SSC), 24, were called up to cover for players absent in the IPL. Maharoof had not played for Sri Lanka for four years.

One day squad announced : 9 June 2011.
Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Thilina Kandamby (vice-capt), Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena, Dinesh Chandimal, Jeevan Mendis, Dimuth Karunaratne, Thissara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suranga Lakmal, Dilhara Fernando, Suraj Randiv, Ajantha Mendis Angelo Mathews, Sanath Jayasuriya.

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

Travel
Colombo     Q    London

Sri Lanka's cricket team left Colombo on Tuesday 10 May 2011 without its captain Dilshan, though he cut his ties with the IPL early enough to play in the first tour match. He arrived in England on 13 May. However, Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Randiv, Dilhara Fernando and Thisara Perera were not able to join the team in England until .......... owing to their commitments to the Indian Premier League.
Sanath Jayasuriya, S H T Kandamby, F D M Karunaratne, KMDN Kulasekara, S L Malinga, A D Mathews and BMAJ Mendis joined the team for the one-day series and then D Prasad was sent over, too, to replace the injured Dilhara Fernando.

Time spent in England
   64 days
(11 May - 14 July)

On-tour selection panel

Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain), Stuart Law (coach), Anura Tennekoon (manager).

Reinforcements

Opening baysman Malintha Warnapura and fast bowler Saminda Eranga were set to cover for Dilshan and Nuwan Pradeep but they travelled to England with the main team after all, so Warnapura and Eranga were not required.

Nuwan Pradeep sustained damage to his anterior cruciate ligament after treading on the ball and flew home at the end of May, and Dilhara Fernando injured his knee, so on 24 May Farveez Maharoof was retained in the team.
Tillekeratne Dilshan fractured his thumb and missed the third Test but was fit for the one-day internationals. Samaraweera was captain against Essex and Sangakkara who stood down after the World Cup final, took on the captaincy when Dilshan was unable to play in the third Test. Thilina Kandamby captained in the T20 international at Bristol.
Dilhara Fernando sustained an injury in the 3rd Test and went home, On 22 June it was announced that Dammika Prasad was replacing him for the limited-overs series.

Fixtures/Results

The tour programme was announced on 26 August 2010

a
Uxbridge
Middlesex
Won 4 w
b
Derby
England Lions
Won 38 r
c
CARDIFF
ENGLAND First Test
LOST inns 14 r
d
LORD'S
ENGLAND Second Test
DRAWN
e
Chelmsford
Essex
Drawn
f
SOUTHAMPTON
ENGLAND Third Test
DRAWN
g
† Worcester
Worcestershire (50 overs)
Won 57 r
h
Å Bristol
England (only T20)
Won 9 w
i
§ Kennington Oval
England (1st ODI)
Lost 110 r
j
§ Headingley
England (2nd ODI)
Won 69 r
k
§ Lord's
England (3rd ODI)
Won 6 w
l
§ Trent Bridge
England (4th ODI)
Lost 10 w
m
§ Old Trafford
England (5th ODI)
Lost 16 r
n
§Edinburgh
Ireland (ODI)
Abandoned
o
§ Edinburgh
Scotland (ODI
Won 183 r

† not first-class
§ one-day international

Time spent in England before First Test:
   15 days
(11 May - 26 May)

Test appearances on tour

3 -   Herath, M Jayawardene, P Jayawardene, Lakmal, Paranavitana, Samaraweera, Sangakkara,
2 -   Dilshan, Fernando, Maharoof, Perera, Welegedera
1 -   Ajantha Mendis, Thirimanne,
0 -   Chandimal, Pradeep, Randiv, JK Silva.

Match Appearances

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

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

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
D Chandimal
x
x

x

x

o
o
o
o

x
T Dilshan
x
x
T
T

o
o
o
o
o

x
D Fernando

x

T
x
T

R Herath
x

T
T

T

S Jayasuriya

x
Å
o

M Jayawardene

x
T
T

T
x
Å
o
o
o
o
o

x
P Jayawardene
x
x
T
T
x
T

T Kandamby

x
Å
o
o
o
o

x
D Karunaratne

o

x
N Kulasekera

x
Å
o
o
o
o
o

S Lakmal
x

T
T

T

Å
o
o
o
o

F Maharoof
x

T
T
x

L Malinga

x
Å
o
o
o
o
o

x
A Mathews

x
Å
o
o
o
o
o

x
A Mendis
x

T

x

x

x
J Mendis

x
Å
o
o
o
o
o

x
T Paranavitana
x
x
T
T
x
T

T C Perera

x
T

x
T
x
Å

N Pradeep

x

D Prasad

o

x
S Randiv

x

x

x
Å
o
o
o
o
o

T Samaraweera
x
x
T
T
x
T

K Sangakkara

x
T
T
x
T

Å
o
o
o
o
o

J K Silva

L Thirimanne
x

x
T

C Welegedera
x

T

T

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

Highlights

• Sanath Jayasuriya became the oldest man (five days short of his 42nd birthday) to play in a one-day international

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
0
1
2
-
Other first-class matches
3
2
0
1
-
ϯ Minor matches
1
1
0
0
-
§ One-day internationals
7
3
3
0
1
Å T20 internationals
1
1
0
0
-
All Matches
15
7
4
3
1

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

Return to Sri Lanka
London Q Colombo

Nuwan Pradeep flew home injured at the end of May.
Herath, P Jayawardene, Paranavitana, Samaraweera, Thirimanne and Welegedera went home after the Test series. Dilhara Fernando also went home, missing the one-day series because of injury.
Departed from England on approx 14 July 2011.

Time away from Sri Lanka
    66 days
(10 May to 15 July)

Finances

After overspending when hosting the Cricket World Cup in 2011 the Sri Lankan board was short of money, saying that the ICC still owed about £3 million. In the meantime contracted Sri Lankan players were not paid their salaries.

Postscript
Stuart Law resigned as interim coach after the T20 victory at Bristol. Rumesh Ratnayeke became the new coach for the forthcoming home series against Australia. Steve Mount became the new physio in August.

Other Test tours in 2011

Australians to

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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