Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to Pakistan 2004-05

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to Pakistan 2004-05

Tour of Pakistan 2004-05            Captain: Marvan Atapattu

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Sri Lanka’s thirty-fourth Test tour
(October -
         November 2004)

Eighth Test-playing tour of Pakistan by Sri Lanka
   (previous tour 2001-02)

This tour came about when the International Cricket Council ruled in May 2004 that Zimbabwe would lose Test status for the rest of the year and Zimbabwe's visit to Pakistan was cancelled. The Pakistan Cricket Board faced a financial crisis but Sri Lanka offered to fill the gap and play a three-Test series and a triangular tournament with Zimbabwe who could still take part in one-day internationals.
Sri Lanka’s Chairman of Selectors had become "frustrated" by the tour management group’s apparent reluctance to give new players a chance. His selection committee dropped Dilshan from the Test series to reduce their options and force the inclusion of younger batsmen like Daniel, Kandamby or Mubarak against weaker opposition. De Mel's interference was regarded as divisive at a time when Atapattu had melded a strong team unity but the selectors planned to build for the future and give younger players experience while on tour.
Karachi hosted a Test match for the first time since May 2002 (when New Zealand had abandoned their tour midway through because of a bomb blast).

Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour
Australia 2004

Next tour
New Zealand 2004-05

Next tour of Pakistan
2008-09

Members of the Test tour party (15)

Opening batsmen: Ian Daniel, Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya.
Middle-order batsmen: Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Thilina Kandamby, Jehan Mubarak
Wicket-keeper: Romesh Kaluwitharana
Spin bowlers: Rangana Herath, Upul Chandana.
Fast bowlers: Dilhara Fernando, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga.

M S Atapattu
SSC
32
RHB opener captain
ODI

U D U Chandana
NCC
32
LB
ODI

G I Daniel
SSC
22
RHB opener

C R D Fernando
SSC
25
RFM
ODI

R K Herath
Ms
26
SLA
ODI

S T Jayasuriya
Bf'd
35
LHB opener   SLA
ODI

M D Jayawardene
SSC
27
RHB
ODI

R S Kaluwitharana
Ct
34
WK

S H T Kandamby
Bf'd
22
LHB
ODI

M F Maharoof
Bf'd
20
RFM
ODI

S L Malinga
Ga
21
RF

J Mubarak
CCC
22
RHB

T T Samaraweera
SSC
28
RHB

K C Sangakkara
NCC
26
LHB     WK
ODI

C U Vaas
Ct
30
LFM
ODI

Members of the ODI party only:
T M Dilshan (Bf'd)
ODI

D A Gunawardene (SSC)
ODI

W S Jayantha (Bf'd)
ODI

K S Lokuarachchi (Bf'd)
ODI

D N T Zoysa (SSC)
ODI


Average age of team at time of first Test match
(20 October 2004) :
27 yrs 4 months.

Representation of clubs :
Bf'd: Bloomfield (3)
CCC: Colombo (1)
Ct: Colts Cricket Club (2)
Ga : Galle CC (1)
Ms: Moors Sports Club (1)
NCC: Nondescripts (2)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (5)

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: Member of squad of 15 players for the one-day internationals (PakTel Cup tournament)

Test Appearances made before the tour

Jayasuriya 92, Vaas 80, Atapattu 77,   Jayawardene 63, Kaluwitharana 47, Sangakkara 42, Samaraweera 22, Chandana 14, Fernando 14, Herath 5, Maharoof 3, Malinga 3, Mubarak 2, Daniel 0, Kandamby 0.

Tour Officials

Brendon Kuruppu
Manager
John Dyson
Coach
Ruwan Kalpage
Computer analyst / fielding coach
C J Clark
Physiotherapist
Shane Duff
Fitness Trainer

On 24 September Brendon Kuruppu was appointed interim manager after Jayasekera requested a break at the end of his four-year contract.

Selectors

Asantha De Mel (Chairman of Selectors), Shabbir Asgarally, KM Nelson, Lalith Kaluperuma, Don Anurasiri, Promodya Wickremasinghe, Ranjith Madurasinghe.

Selection

Unavailable: Muttiah Muralitharan (shoulder injury).
One-day squad announced:   27 September 2004
Lasith Malinga was a surprise omission from the one-day team but he was then picked for the Test matches.

Test party announced : 13 October 2004.
The Test team was picked in Colombo while Atapattu and the team management were engaged in the one-day series in Lahore.
Not selected: Dilshan was dropped, according to de Mel, to force the team to blood a younger player; Russel Arnold.

Time between selection of one-day squad and departure from Sri Lanka
6 days
(27 September to 3 October)

Travel

Colombo     Q Karachi

The one-day team gathered at the Sri Lanka Cricket headquarters, Maitland Place, before their departure by air from Colombo on the morning of Sunday 3 October 2004. They arrived in Karachi late on Sunday night and Atapattu gave a press conference next morning in their hotel

The Sri Lankans firstly played a one-day series for the PakTel Cup between 6 and 16 October. Then Dilshan, Avishka Gunawardena, Saman Jayantha, Nuwan Zoysa and Kaushal Lokuarachchi returned home.
Thilan Samaraweera, Jehan Mubarak, Ian Daniel, Lasith Malinga, and Romesh Kaluwitharana, the wicketkeeper, left for Pakistan for the Test series

Time spent in Pakistan
    30 days
(3 October - 2 November)

On-tour selection panel

The team selections were made principally by the captain and coach, with input from vice-captain, manager and senior players.

Reinforcements

None. Upul Chandana first complained of breathing difficulties (which necessitated him flying to Singapore for urgent checks) during the tour of Pakistan

Fixtures/Results

a
§ Karachi
Pakistan   (1st ODI)
Lost 8 w
b
§ Rawalpindi
Zimbabwe   (2nd ODI)
Won 7 w
c
§ Rawalpindi
Zimbabwe   (3rd ODI)
Match abandoned
d
§ Lahore
Pakistan   (4th ODI)
Lost 6 w
e
§ Lahore
Pakistan   (ODI final)
Won 119 r
f
FAISALABAD
PAKISTAN   First Test
WON 201 r
g
KARACHI
PAKISTAN   Second Test
LOST 6w

� not first-class
§ one-day international

Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:
17 days
(3 October - 20 October)

Test appearances on tour

2 - Atapattu, Fernando, Herath, Jayasuriya, M Jayawardene, Kaluwitharana, Mubarak, Samaraweera, Sangakkara, Vaas.
1 - Maharoof, Malinga
0 - Chandana, Daniel, Kandamby.

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
M S Atapattu
o
o

o
o
T
T
U D U Chandana
o
o

o
o

G I Daniel

T M Dilshan
o
o

o
o

C R D Fernando

o

o
o
T
T
D A Gunawardene
o

R K Herath

T
T
W S Jayantha

o

o
o

S T Jayasuriya
o
o

o
o
T
T
D M Jayawardene
o
o

o
o
T
T
R S Kaluwitharana

T
T
S H T Kandamby

o

K S Lokuarachchi
o

M F Maharoof
o
o

o

T
S L Malinga

T

J Mubarak

T
T
T T Samaraweera

T
T
K C Sangakkara
o
o

o
o
T
T
C U Vaas
o
o

o
o
T
T
D N T Zoysa
o
o

o
o

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

Highlights

• Sanath Jayasuriya made two superb hundreds
• Thilan Samaraweera scored his first Test century outside Sri Lanka
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Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
2
1
1
0
-
Other first-class matches
0
-
-
-
-
ϯ Minor matches
0
-
-
-
-
§ One-day internationals
5
2
2
0
1
All Matches
7
3
3
0
1

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

Return to Sri Lanka
Karachi Q Colombo

Departure from Karachi was on Tuesday 2 November.

Time away from Sri Lanka    30 days
(3 October to 2 November)

Postscript

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