Sri Lankan national cricket team in England in the 1988 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to England in the 1988 season ran from August 25 to September 4, 1988. The international cricket tour was part of the 1988 international cricket season and included a test and an ODI . England won both series 1–0.

prehistory

England previously played a tour against the West Indies , for Sri Lanka it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1984 season in England .

London (Lord's)

London (oval)

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The oval	London	23,500	1. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test

test		ODI
England	Sri Lanka	England	Sri Lanka
Kim Barnett John Emburey Neil Foster Graham Gooch Allan Lamb David Lawrence Phil Newport Derek Pringle Tim Robinson Jack Russell Robin Smith	Brendon Kuruppu Graeme Labrooy Ranjan Madugalle Ranjith Madurasinghe Chaminda Mendis Champaka Ramanayake Arjuna Ranatunga Rumesh Ratnayeke Athula Samarasekera Jayantha Silva Aravinda de Silva	Rob Bailey Kim Barnett Neil Foster Graham Gooch Allan Lamb Vic Marks Derek Pringle Tim Robinson Jack Russell Gladstone Small Robin Smith	Don Anurasiri Brendon Kuruppu Graeme Labrooy Ranjan Madugalle Ranjith Madurasinghe Chaminda Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Rumesh Ratnayeke Athula Samarasekera Hashan Tilla caratne Aravinda de Silva

August 25th - 30th scorecard	London (Lord's)	Sri Lanka 194 (65.5) & 331 (109.3)	-	England 429 (143.2) & 100-3 (34.4)
		England wins with 7 wickets

September 4th scorecard	London (oval)	Sri Lanka 242-7 (55/55)	-	England 245-5 (52.4 / 55)
		England wins with 5 wickets