Test Cricket Tour - Sri Lanka to England 2014

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to England 2014

Tour of England 2014             Captain: Angelo Mathews

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Sri Lanka’s 51st Test tour
(May - June 2014)

Eighth Test-playing tour of England by Sri Lanka
(previous tour May-July 2011)

On England’s 2011-12 tour one of the three Tests was cancelled because it clashed with the Indian Premier League (IPL). In response the ECB reduced this tour from a 3-Test to a two-Test series. Since 2000 England had always seen a Test match scheduled in May but on this tour, again in order to avoid clashing with the IPL, the Test matches were deferred until June. For the Sri Lankans, this had the benefit of allowing them to play in warmer weather.
Both Test matches went to last-over finishes, but the Sri Lankans came away delighted from each. In the first Test Sri Lanka defending stoutly seemed to have lost to an lbw decision off the penultimate ball before DRS detected an edge missed by the umpire and earned a reprieve for Sri Lanka’s last batsman; then the final ball was snicked just short of the slips. Angelo Mathews’ wonderful innings of 160 at Headingley ranked alongside Botham’s in 1981 as one of the most powerful game-changers seen there. England were left batting to save the match. The last pair held out until the second-to-last ball when a catch gave Sri Lanka a 100-run victory and the series.
Earlier the Sri Lankans had won both the Twenty20 and one-day international series so this stands as their most successful tour of England.
The off-spin bowler Sachithra Senanayake was reported for a suspected illegal bowling action during the fourth ODI at Lord's. Senanayeke was also in the news for controversially running out Jos Buttler at the bowler’s end in the Edgbaston ODI after he repeatedly backed-up too far.

Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour
Bangladesh 2013-14

Next tour
New Zealand 2014-15

Next England tour
2016 (3 Tests)

Members of the Test tour party (15 + 1)

Opening batsmen: Kaushal Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne
Middle-order batsmen: Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, + Kithuruwan Vithanage (reinforcement)
All rounder: Angelo Mathews
Wicket-keeper:Prasanna Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal
Spin bowlers:Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera
Fast bowlers: Shaminda Eranga, Nuwan Pradeep, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dammika Prasad, Chanaka Welegedera.

⋄ Contracted Players

Category 1: Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Angelo Mathews, Rangana Herath, Dinesh Chandimal
Category 2: Lahiru Thirimane, Ajantha Mendis
Category 3: Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera
Category 4: Shaminda Eranga, Sachithra Senanayake, Kaushal Silva, Suranga Lakmal
Special category: Prasanna Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Lasith Malinga

L D Chandimal
NCC ⋄
24
RHB     second WK
Ire   T20    ODI

R M S Eranga
TU ⋄
27
RFM
Ire added   T20

R K Herath
TU ⋄
36
SLA
                 ODI added

M D Jayawardene
SSC ⋄
37
RHB
                ODI

P W Jayawardene
CCC ⋄
34
WK

F D M Karunaratne
SSC
26
LHB opener

M D N Kulasekara
Ct   ⋄
31
RFM
Ire   T20    ODI

A D Mathews
Ct   ⋄
27
RHB       RM      Ire   T20
Ire   T20    ODI

D K Perera
Ct
31
RHB      OB


A N R F Pradeep (Fernando)
Bf’d
27
RFM

K T G D Prasad
SSC
31
RFM
Ire           ODI added

K C Sangakkara
NCC ⋄
36
LHB
                ODI

J K Silva
SSC ⋄
28
RHB opener     reserve WK

H D R L Thirimanne
Rag ⋄
24
LHB     vice-captain
Ire   T20    ODI

C A Welegedera
TU
33
LFM

Chosen only for limited-

P C (Chaturanga) de Silva
Ire   T20    ODI
overs matches

N Dickwella(NCC)
Ire

T M Dilshan (⋄)
       T20    ODI

R A S Lakmal (⋄)
Ire   T20   ODI w/d

S L Malinga (⋄)(T20 captain)
       T20    ODI

B A W Mendis (⋄)
Ire   T20    ODI

K J (Kusal) Perera (⋄)
Ire   T20    ODI

T C Perera(⋄ ) w/d from Ireland
Ire   T20    ODI

S Prasanna
       T20

S M A Priyanjan
Ire   T20    ODI

S Senanayake (⋄)
Ire   T20    ODI

W U Tharanga
Ire

K D K Vithanage
Ire   T20

Average age of team at time of first Test match
(12 June 2014)
30 yrs 2 months.

Representation of clubs :
Bfd : Bloomfield (1)
CCC: Colombo Cricket Club (1)
Ct: Colts Cricket Club (3)
NCC: Nondescripts (2)
Rag: Ragama (1)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (4)
TU: Tamil Union (3)

Ire member of squad to Ireland
T20 member of T20 squad
ODI member of squad for one-day internationals in England

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 143, Sangakkara 122, P.Jayawardene 55, Herath 51, Mathews 38, Kulasekara 20, Welegedera 20, Chandimal 12, Prasad 12, Eranga 11, Karunaratne 11, Thirimanne 10, Silva 8, Pradeep 6, Vithanage 4, D Perera 3

Tour Officials

Michael de Zoysa
Team manager
Marvan Atapattu
Interim Coach
Ruwan Kalpage
Assistant coach
Chaminda Vaas
Bowling coach
Chris Adams
Consultant
Paul Klarenaar
Physiotherapist

Massage therapist
Dharshana Weerasinghe
Fitness trainer

Media Manager

Paul Farbrace relinquished his position as Sri Lankan coach on 22 April in order to become England’s assistant coach.

Selectors

Sanath Jayasuriya (chairman), Chaminda Mendis, Hashan Tillakaratne, Pramodya Wickremasinghe, Eric Upashantha.

Selection

On 25 March Sri Lanka Cricket named a 26-man preparation squad for the tour of England and Ireland to allow for the lengthy procedure of obtaining visas.:
Kusal Janith Perera, Kaushal Silva, Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne, T.M Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Prasanna Jayawardena, Ashan Priyanjan, Kithruwan Vithanage, Chathuranga De Silva, Seekuge Prasanna, Dilruwan Perera, Rangana Herath, Sachithra Senanayake, Ajantha Mendis, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Shaminda Eranga, Nuwan Pradeep, Vishwa Fernando.
Unavailable: Upul Tharanga, Dammika Prasad and Niroshan Dickwella were available only for Ireland.
Squad for the tour of Ireland and T20 international matches announced: 23 April
Withdrawal : Thisara Perera was withdrawn because he did not receive his travel clearance to Ireland and was replaced by Shaminda Eranga.

One-day squad announced: 13 May 2014
Test Tour party Announced: 2 June 2014.

Time between selection of limited-overs team and departure from Sri Lanka
9 days
(23 April to 2 May)

Travel
Colombo Q Abu Dhabi   Q London   Q Dublin

The whole team assembled at Sri Lankan Cricket headquarters in Colombo on 2 May for official photographs and religious ceremonies before departure from Bandaranayake International Airport later that afternoon. Players flew on from London, arriving in Dublin on 3 May. The tour started in Ireland with the first ODI in Dublin on 6 May.
Three players (Upul Tharanga, Dammika Prasad and Niroshan Dickwella) were unable to obtain visas for UK so travelled on 3 May, via Abu Dhabi, directly to Dublin where they joined their team mates. Shaminda Eranga, a late replacement for Perera, left Colombo on Sunday 4 May.
The team flew out of Dublin on Friday 9 May. Five senior players - Dilshan, Herath, Jayawardene, Malinga and Sangakkara - were not included for the ODIs against Ireland, and flew to England separately. Sangakkara joined the squad in time for the second county game after playing for Durham and in Malinga’s case playing in the IPL.

Time spent in Ireland and England
      53 days
(3 May – 25 June 2014)

On-tour selection panel

unknown

Reinforcements

Jayawardene and Sangakkara played in warm-up matches though not members of the T20 squad. Dhammika Prasad was called up for the one-day squad after an emergency selection meeting.
Suranga Lakmal sustained a hamstring pull in the first ODI and was withdrawn from the tour. On 25 May Rangana Herath was added to the one-day squad.

K D K Vithanage

23
LHB
Ire   T20

Kithruwan Vithanage replaced wicket-keeper/batsman Prasanna Jayawardene who had to go home after the first Test because of breaking a finger.

Fixtures/Results

a
§ Dublin
Ireland (1st ODI)
Won 79 r
b
§ Dublin
Ireland (2nd ODI)
Abandoned
c
ϯ Chelmsford
Essex   (50 overs)
Lost 22 r
d
ϯ Canterbury
Kent   (50 overs)
Won 128 r
e
ϯ Hove
Sussex (20 overs)
Won 10 w
f
⊕ Kennington Oval
England (T20)
Won 9 r
g
§ Kennington Oval
England (1st ODI)
Lost 81 r
h
§ Chester-le-Street
England (2nd ODI)
Won 157 r
i
§ Old Trafford
England (3rd ODI)
Lost 10 w
j
§ Lord’s
England (4th ODI)
Won 7 r
k
§ Edgbaston
England (5th ODI)
Won 6 w
l
Northampton
Northamptonshire
Drawn
m
LORD’S
ENGLAND First Test
DRAWN
n
HEADINGLEY
ENGLAND Second Test
WON 100 r

† not first-class
§ one-day international(RSA Insurance series in Ireland; Royal London ODI series in England)
⊕ T20 international (NatWest T20 match)

Time spent in British Isles before First Test:
   40 days
(3 May - 12 June)

Test appearances on tour

2 -   Eranga, Herath, M Jayawardene, Karunaratne, Mathews, Pradeep, Sangakkara, Silva, Thirimanne.
1 - Chandimal, P Jayawardene, Kulasekara, Prasad
0 -   Dilruwan Perera, Vithanage, Welegedera.

Match Appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
x other match
⊕ T/20 international
∙ played for opposition

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

IRELAND
T20s and ODI s
TESTS

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

x
x
x
⊕
o
o
o

x

T
C de Silva

x

N Dickwella

T M Dilshan

x
x
x
⊕
o
o
o
o
o

S Eranga

T
T
R Herath

o

T
T
M Jayawardene

x
x

o
o
o
o
o
x
T
T
P Jayawardene

x
T

D Karunaratne

x
T
T
N Kulasekera
o

x

⊕
o
o
o
o
o

T

S Lakmal
o

x
x
x
⊕
o

L Malinga

x
⊕
o
o
o
o
o

A Mathews
o

x
x

⊕
o
o
o
o
o

T
T
A Mendis
o

x
x

o
o

D K Perera

x

K J Perera
o

x
x

⊕

o
o

T C Perera

x
x
x
⊕
o

N Pradeep

x
T
T
D Prasad

x

o

x

T
S Prasanna

x

A Priyanjan
o

x

x

o
o
o
o

K Sangakkara

x

o
o
o
o
o
x
T
T
S Senanayake
o

x
⊕
o
o
o
o
o

K Silva

x
T
T
U Tharanga
o

L Thirimanne
o

x
x
x
⊕
o
o
o
o
o
x
T
T
K Vithanage
o

x
⊕

C Welegedera

x

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

Highlights

• .
• Kumar Sangakkara (144) and Angelo Mathews (102) each scored a century in the Lord’s Test
• Angelo Mathews scored his 2nd century of the series, 160 at Headingley, including 149 in partnership with Herath
• Prasad, a late addition to the Sri Lankan side, took 5-50 in England’s 2nd innings to help win the second Test
• Eranga captured 11 wickets in the Test matches and was Sri Lanka’s most consistent bowler.

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
2
1
0
1
-
Other first-class matches
1
0
0
1
-
ϯ Minor matches
3
2
1
0
-
§ One-day internationals
7
4
2
0
1
⊕ T/20 internationals
1
1
0
0
-
All Matches
14
8
3
2
1

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

Return to Sri Lanka
London Q Colombo

Upul Tharanga, Dammika Prasad and Niroshan Dickwella flew back to Sri Lanka from Dublin on 9 May. However, Prasad was then sent back to reinforce the one-day squad.
Prasanna Jayawardene went home after the first Test because of breaking a finger.
The victorious Test team departed by a Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus from Heathrow Airport, London, on 25 June arriving in Bandaranaike International Airport at 08.20 next morning.

Time away from Sri Lanka
    55 days
(2 May to 26 June)

Postscript

Shortly after arriving home, the Sri Lankans learned that their long-serving baggage-master and unofficial fielding assistant, P D Nimal, was killed in a road traffic accident. He had been with the team for 15 years.

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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