Test Cricket Tour - Sri Lanka in New Zealand 2014-15

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Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to New Zealand 2014-15

Tour of New Zealand 2014-15 Captain: Angelo Mathews

Sri Lanka’s 52nd Test tour

(December- January 2015)

Sixth Test-playing tour of New Zealand by Sri Lanka

(previous tour 2006-07)

Other Sri Lankan Tours

Previous tour

England 2014

Next tour

India 2015

Next tour of New Zealand

2015-16

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.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Tour Officials

Michael de Zoysa	Team manager
Marvan Atapattu	Coach
	Batting coach
	Bowling coach
	Fielding coach
Steve Mount	Physiotherapist
Dharshana Weerasinghe	Fitness trainer
	Media Manager

Marvan Atapattu was elevated from interim coach to head coach on 24 September

Selectors

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

Selection

Unavailable:

Tour party Announced: 9 December 2014

Not selected: Upul Tharanga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Kithuruwan Vithanage.

On stand-by:

One-day squad announced:

Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka

9 days

(9 December - 18 December)

Travel

Colombo Q Christchurch

Departure from Colombo was on the morning of 18 December 2014. Rangana Herath who had a groin injury did not leave with the team.

They arrived in New Zealand on 19 December

Time spent in New Zealand

x days

(19 December - depart Host)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

Fixtures/Results

a	ϯ Queenstown	New Zealand Chairman’s XI (2-day)	Drawn
b	CHRISTCHURCH	NEW ZEALAND First Test	LOST 8 w
c	WELLINGTON	NEW ZEALAND Second Test	LOST 193 r
d	§ Christchurch	New Zealand (1st ODI)	Lost 3 w
e	§ Hamilton	New Zealand (2nd ODI)	Won 6 w
f	§ Auckland	New Zealand (3rd ODI)	No result
g	§ Nelson	New Zealand (4th ODI)	Lost 4 w
h	§ Dunedin	New Zealand (5th ODI)	Lost 108 r
i	§ Dunedin	New Zealand (6th ODI)	Lost 120 r
j	§ Wellington	New Zealand (7th ODI)	Won 34 r
k	Christchurch	South Africa(World Cup warm-up match)
l	Lincoln	Zimbabwe(World Cup warm-up match)

m	§ Christchurch	New Zealand (1st World Cup ODI)	Lost 98 r
n	§ Dunedin	Afghanistan (2nd World Cup ODI)	Won 4 w
o	§ Melbourne	Bangladesh (3rd World Cup ODI)	Won 92 r
p	§ Wellington	England (4th World Cup ODI)	Won 9 w
q	§ Sydney	Australia (5th World Cup ODI)	Lost 64 r
r	§ Hobart	Scotland (6th World Cup ODI)	Won 148 r
s	§ Sydney	South Africa (World Cup ODI quarter final)	Lost 9 w

† not first-class

§ one-day international

⊕ T20 international

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:

7 days

(19 December - 26 December)

Test appearances on tour

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

Dushmantha Chameera

Dinesh Chandimal

Niroshan Dickwella

Shaminda Eranga

Rangana Herath

Prasanna Jayawardena

Dimuth Karunaratne

Tharinda Kaushal

Suranga Lakmal

Angelo Mathews

Dilruwan Perera

Nuwan Pradeep

Dhammika Prasad

Kumar Sangakkara

Kaushal Silva

Lahiru Thirimanne

T M Dilshan

Mahela Jayawardene

Nuwan Kulasekara

Lasith Malinga

Jeewan Mendis

Kusal Perera

T C Tissara Perera

Sachithra Sennanakeye

Seekkuge Prasanna

Upul Tharanga

R E S U L T S

Highlights

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Tour Summary

	F	W	L	D/NR	Aban	Unknown
Test Matches	2	0	2	0	-	-
Other first-class matches	0	-	-	-	-	-
ϯ Minor matches	3	0	0	1	-	2
§ One-day internationals	7	2	4	1	-	-
§ World Cup ODIs	7	4	3	0	-	-
⊕ T/20 internationals	0	-	-	-	-	-
All Matches	19	6	9	2	-	2

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

Return to Sri Lanka

Auckland Q Colombo

Time away from Sri Lanka

x days

(18 December to arrive home)

Postscript

Other tours in 2014-15

Australia v Pakistan in United Arab Emirates 2014-15 - captain Michael Clarke

Zimbabweans in Bangladesh 2014-15 - captain Brendan Taylor

West Indians in India 2014-15 - captain Dwayne Bravo

New Zealanders v Pakistan in United Arab Emirates 2014-15 - captain Brendon McCullum

Indians in Australia 2014-15 - captain M S Dhoni

West Indians in South Africa 2014-15 - captain Dinesh Ramdin

England in West Indies 2014-15 - captain Alastair Cook

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