| Members
of the Test tour party (16) Opening batsmen: Kaushal Silva, Dimuth
Karunaratne Middle-order batsmen: Kumar
Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Niroshan Dickwella, Wicket-keeper:Prasanna
Jayawardena, Dinesh Chandimal All-rounder: Dilruwan
Perera, Angelo Mathews Spin bowlers:Rangana
Herath Tharinda Kaushal Fast bowlers: Shaminda Eranga, Suranga
Lakmal, Dhammika Prasad, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep ⋄ Central
contracts 2014-15
| P V D Chameera | NCC | 22 | RFM | ODI WC | | L D Chandimal | NCC ⋄ | 25 | RHB WK | ODI WC w/d | | D N
Dickwella | NCC | 21 | LHB | | | R M S
Eranga | TU ⋄ | 28 | RFM | ODI | | R K Herath | TU ⋄ | 36 | SLA | ODI WC w/d | | P W
Jayawardene | CCC | 35 | WK | | | F D M Karunaratne | SSC | 26 | LHB opener | ODI WC w/d | | P H T Kaushal | NCC | 21 | OB | ODI WC | | R A S
Lakmal | TU ⋄ | 27 | RFM | ODI WC | | A D Mathews | Ct ⋄ | 27 | RHB RM
captain | ODI WC | | D K Perera | Ct | 32 | RHB OB | WC | | A N R F Pradeep (Fernando) | Bf’d | 28 | RFM | ODI | | K T G D Prasad | SSC | 31 | RFM | ODI WC w/d | | K C Sangakkara | NCC ⋄ | 37 | LHB | ODI WC | | J K Silva | SSC ⋄ | 28 | RHB opener reserve WK | | | H D R L Thirimanne | Rag ⋄ | 25 | LHB vice-captain | ODI WC | | Selected
for the one-day internationals | T M
Dilshan | ODI WC | and World Cup | | | M
Jayawardene | ODI WC | | | | N Kulasekara | ODI WC | | | | S L
Malinga | WC | | | | J
Mendis | ODI WC w/d | | | | T C Perera | ODI WC | | | | S Prasanna | ODI WC | | | | S M
Senanakaye | ODI WC | | | | W U
Tharanga | WC |
|  Average age of team at time of first Test match (26 December 2014): 27 yrs
11 months. Representation of clubs : Bfd : Bloomfield
(1) CCC: Colombo Cricket Club (1) Ct: Colts Cricket Club (2) NCC: Nondescripts (5) Rag: Ragama (1) SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (3) TU: Tamil Union (3) 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 for seven
ODIs in New Zealand WC Member of World Cup squad. | |
| 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
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