English national cricket team in Sri Lanka for the 2007/08 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to Sri Lanka in the 2007/08 season took place from October 1 to December 22, 2007. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included three tests and five ODIs . Sri Lanka won the Test series 1–0 and England won the ODI series 3–2.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2006 season in England .

Stages

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) Dambulla bile Kandy

Tour venues

The following stages were selected for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	4th & 5th ODI
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	2nd test
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium	Dambulla	16,800	1st - 3rd ODI
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	3rd test
Muttiah Muralitharan International Cricket Stadium	Kandy	35,000	1st test

Squad lists

England named its ODI roster on September 10th and ODI roster on October 19, 2007. Sri Lanka named its ODI roster on September 18th and its test roster on November 23rd, 2007.

test		ODI
Sri Lanka	England	Sri Lanka	England
Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Malinga Bandara Sujeewa de Silva Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Lasith Malinga Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar Sangakkara Chamara Silva Upul Tharanga Chaminda Vaas Michael Vandort Chanaka Welegedara	Michael Vaughan ( K ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Steve Harmison Matthew Hoggard Phil Mustard Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior ( wk ) Owais Shah Ryan Sidebottom Graeme Swann	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Kaushal Lokuarachchi Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan Dilruwan Perera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chamara Silva Upul Tharanga Chaminda Vaas Gayan Wijekoon	Paul Collingwood ( K ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Andrew Flintoff Dimitri Mascarenhas Phil Mustard ( wk ) Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior Owais Shah Ryan Sidebottom Graeme Swann Chris Tremlett Luke Wright

Tour matches

September 28th scorecard	Colombo (PSS)	England XI 314-4 (50)	-	Sri Lanka Cricket XI 234 (45.2)
		England XI wins with 80 runs

November 20-22 Scorecard	Colombo (CCCG)	SLCB President's XI 500-5d (131)	-	England XI 314-6 (89)
		draw

November 25-27 Scorecard	Colombo (CCC)	SLCB President's XI 298-9d (81) & 81 (30)	-	England XI 134 (50.2) & 247-5 (61)
		England XI wins with 5 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Dambulla

October 1st scorecard	Dambulla	Sri Lanka 269-7 (50)	-	England 150 (34.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 119 runs

Second ODI in Dambulla

October 4th scorecard	Dambulla	England 234-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 169 (44.3)
		England wins with 65 runs

Third ODI in Dambulla

October 7th scorecard	Dambulla	Sri Lanka 164 (41.1 / 48)	-	England 164-8 (46.5 / 48)
		England wins with 2 wickets ( D / L method )

Fourth ODI in Colombo

October 10 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 211-9 (50)	-	England 212-5 (46.5)
		England wins with 5 wickets

Fifth ODI in Colombo

October 13 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 211 (48.1)	-	England 104 (21.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 107 runs

Testing

First test in Kandy

December 1-5 Scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 188 (59.4) & 442-8d (130.0)	-	England 281 (93.1) & 261 (94.0)
		Sri Lanka wins with 88 runs

Before the game, Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya announced that he would retire from test cricket after the game.

Second test in Colombo

December 9-13 Scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	England 351 (126.2) & 250-3 (77)	-	Sri Lanka 548-9d (186.5)
		draw

Third test in bile

December 18-22 Scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 499-8d (148.5)	-	England 81 (30.5) & 251-6 (95) (f / o)
		draw

England was fined for playing too slowly.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	3	4th	474	158.00	213 *	2	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	3	4th	291	72.75	152	1	1
Alastair Cook	England	3	6th	278	46.33	118	1	2
Ian Bell	England	3	6th	261	43.50	83	0	3
Michael Vaughan	England	3	6th	215	35.83	87	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	3	187.2	19th	21.63	6/55	2	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	3	111	11	29.18	4/28	0	0
Monty Panesar	England	3	135	8th	50.62	3/46	0	0
Matthew Hoggard	England	2	64	7th	29.28	4/29	0	0
Steve Harmison	England	2	75.5	6th	35.83	3/104	0	0
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	3	96	6th	51.33	3/78	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Chamara Silva	Sri Lanka	5	5	184	36.80	73	0	2
Alastair Cook	England	5	5	155	31.00	80	0	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5	151	30.20	69	0	1
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	5	5	136	34.00	70	0	1
Owais Shah	England	5	5	121	24.20	82	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Dilhara Fernando	Sri Lanka	5	45	12	13.66	6/27	1	0
Ryan Sidebottom	England	5	48.1	12	13.83	3/19	0	0
Stuart Broad	England	5	45.4	11	19.27	3/36	0	0
Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka	3	29	10	9.50	4/31	0	0
Graeme Swann	England	4th	40	7th	22.28	4/34	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Mahela Jayawardene
ODI	Ryan Sidebottom

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Farveez Maharoof
2. ODI	Owais Shah
3. ODI	Graeme Swann
4. ODI	Alastair Cook
5. ODI	Dilhara Fernando
1st test	Kumar Sangakkara
2nd test	Mahela Jayawardene
3rd test	Mahela Jayawardene

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Graeme Swann called up for ODIs against Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. September 10, 2007. Accessed July 26, 2016.
2. ↑ Strauss misses out on Sri Lanka tour ( English ) Cricinfo. October 19, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
3. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Muralitharan doubtful for ODI series in England ( English ) Cricinfo. September 18, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
4. ↑ Tharanga named in Sri Lanka squad ( English ) Cricinfo. November 23, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
5. ↑ Jayasuriya announces retirement from Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. December 3, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
6. ↑ England fined for slow over-rate ( English ) Cricinfo. December 25, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / England in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / England in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 29, 2016.