English national cricket team in Sri Lanka in the 2011/12 season
The English national cricket team's tour to Sri Lanka in the 2011/12 season took place from March 26th to April 7th, 2012. The international cricket tour was part of the 2011/12 international cricket season and included two tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.
prehistory
England previously played a tour against Pakistan , Sri Lanka a three-nation tournament . The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2011 season in England .
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombo | Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (PSS) | 15,000 | 2nd test |
| bile | Galle International Stadium | 35,000 | 1st test |
Squad lists
England named their squad on February 28, 2012. Sri Lanka named their squad on March 23, 2012.
| test | |
|---|---|
 Sri Lanka
|
 England
|
Tour matches
| March 15-17 Scorecard |
Colombo (RPS) |
Sri Lanka Board XI 169 (73.3) & 119 (56.4) |
- |
England XI 303-8d (100) |
| England XI wins with one innings and 15 runs | ||||
| March 20-22 Scorecard |
Colombo (SSC) |
Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI 431-6d (100) & 199-4d (34) |
- |
England XI 272-4d (66) & 360-6 (60.4) |
| England XI wins with 4 wickets | ||||
Testing
First test in bile
| March 26-29 Scorecard |
bile |
Sri Lanka 318 (96.3) & 214 (84.3) |
- |
England 193 (46.4) & 264 (99) |
| Sri Lanka wins with 75 runs | ||||
Second test in Colombo
| April 3-7 Scorecard |
Colombo (PSS) |
Sri Lanka 275 (111.1) & 278 (118.5) |
- |
England 460 (152.3) & 97-2 (19.4) |
| England wins with 8 wickets | ||||
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
|
2 | 4th | 354 | 88.50 | 180 | 2 | 1 |
| Kevin Pietersen |
England
|
2 | 4th | 226 | 75.33 | 151 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Trott |
England
|
2 | 4th | 193 | 48.25 | 112 | 1 | 1 |
| Alastair Cook |
England
|
2 | 4th | 157 | 52.33 | 94 | 0 | 1 |
| Thilan Samaraweera |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 4th | 157 | 39.25 | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Rangana Herath |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 119 | 19th | 17.94 | 6/74 | 3 | 1 |
| Graeme Swann |
England
|
2 | 121.1 | 16 | 22.18 | 6/82 | 2 | 1 |
| James Anderson |
England
|
2 | 73 | 9 | 21.77 | 5/72 | 1 | 0 |
| Suraj Randiv |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 71.1 | 7th | 31.85 | 4/74 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn |
England
|
1 | 37.5 | 3 | 27.00 | 2/30 | 0 | 0 |
| Samit Patel |
England
|
2 | 59 | 3 | 40.66 | 2/27 | 0 | 0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan |
Sri Lanka
|
2 | 39.4 | 3 | 47.00 | 2/73 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
| series | Player of the Series |
|---|---|
| test |
Mahela Jayawardene
|
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 1st test |
Rangana Herath
|
| 2nd test |
 Kevin Pietersen
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrew McGlashan: Patel and Tredwell in for Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. February 28, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Prasanna Jayawardene, Randiv back for Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. March 23, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
- ↑ Records / England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ↑ Records / England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 20, 2017.