Sri Lankan national cricket team in England in the 2002 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to England in the 2002 season took place from April 26 to June 13, 2002. The international cricket tour was part of the 2002 international cricket season and included three test matches . England won the test series 2-0.

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 Sri Lanka in the 2000/01 season .

Stages

Birmingham London (Lord's) Manchester

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	2nd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test

Squad

Sri Lanka named their squad on April 2, 2002. England named their squad on May 11, 2002.

test
England	Sri Lanka
Nasser Hussain ( K ) Mark Butcher Andy Caddick Dominic Cork John Crawley Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Matthew Hoggard Alec Stewart ( wk ) Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Alex Tudor Michael Vaughan	Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Charitha Buddhika Aravinda de Silva Dilhara Fernando Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Ruchira Perera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Hashan Tilla caratne Eric Upashantha Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa

Tour matches

26.-28. April scorecard	Canterbury	Sri Lankans 375 (90.3)	-	Kent 419-6d (63.3)
		draw

2-4 May scorecard	Northampton	Sri Lankans 383-8d (94) & 128-1d (24)	-	British Universities 216 (58.3)
		draw

7th-9th May scorecard	Chester-le-Street	Durham 469 (93.2)	-	Sri Lankans 167 (48.5) & 282-4 (60) (f / o)
		draw

11-13 May scorecard	Shenley	Sri Lankans 186 (50.4) & 281-4 (66)	-	Middlesex 274 (74)
		draw

23-26 May scorecard	Cardiff	Sri Lankans 337-7 (99)	-	Glam organ
		draw

6-8 June scorecard	Chesterfield	Marylebone Cricket Club 326-7d (86) & 93-0d (17)	-	Sri Lankans 127 (35.3)
		draw

Test matches

First test in London (Lord's)

16. – 20. May scorecard	London	Sri Lanka 555-8d (169) & 42-1 (13)	-	England 275 (73.1) & 529-5d (191) (f / o)
		draw

Second test in Birmingham

May 30th – 2nd June scorecard	Birmingham	Sri Lanka 162 (52.5) ​​& 272 (89.1)	-	England 545 (163.5)
		England won with one innings and 111 runs

Third test in Manchester

13-17 June scorecard	Manchester	England 512 (145.2) & 50-0 (5)	-	Sri Lanka 253 (92.3) & 308 (113.2) (f / o)
		England wins with 10 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Marcus Trescothick	England	3	5	354	88.50	161	1	2
Mark Butcher	England	3	4th	339	84.75	123	2	1
Michael Vaughan	England	3	5	285	71.25	115	1	1
Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	3	6th	277	55.40	185	1	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	3	6th	272	54.40	107	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Matthew Hoggard	England	3	133	14th	32.07	5/92	1	0
Alex Tudor	England	2	64.5	9	17.66	4/65	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	126	8th	37.12	5/143	1	0
Andy Caddick	England	3	93	7th	39.42	3/47	0	0
Ashley Giles	England	2	77.3	6th	31.66	4/62	0	0
Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka	2	77	6th	43.16	3/93	0	0
Andrew Flintoff	England	3	107	6th	52.00	2/27	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Mark Butcher Mahela Jayawardene

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Marvan Atapattu
2nd test	Matthew Hoggard
3rd test	Alex Tudor

Web links

• Tour on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BCCSL announce 15-man squad for England tour ( English ) Cricinfo. April 2, 2012. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
2. ↑ Stephen Lamb: England recall Stewart, Crawley, Cork and Tudor ( English ) Cricinfo. May 11, 2002. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2002 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2002 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved September 10, 2016.