Sri Lankan national cricket team in England in the 2006 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to England in the 2006 season took place from May 11th to July 1st, 2006. The international cricket tour was part of the 2006 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . Sri Lanka won the ODI series 5–0 and the Twenty20 series 1–0, while the test series 1–1 ended in a draw.

prehistory

It is the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2003/04 season in Sri Lanka .

Stages

Birmingham Chester-le-Street Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham Southampton

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	2nd test
Emirates Durham	Chester-le-Street	17,000	3. ODI
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	5. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	2. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test; 1. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	4. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	3rd test
Rose Bowl	Southampton	6,500	1. T20

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its test squad on April 10th and its ODI squad on June 7th, 2006. England named its test squad on May 7th, 2006.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	Sri Lanka	England	Sri Lanka	England	Sri Lanka
Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Andrew Flintoff Matthew Hoggard Geraint Jones Jon Lewis Sajid Mahmood Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Liam Plunkett Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick	Tillakaratne Dilshan Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Charmara Kapugedra Nuwan Kulsakara Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Upul Tharanga Chaminda Vaas Michael Vandort	Kabir Ali Ian Bell Tim Bresnan Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Jamie Dalrymple Stephen Harmison Matthew Hoggard Alex Loudon Sajid Mahmood Kevin Pietersen Liam Plunkett Vikram Solanki Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick	Russell Arnold Malinga Bandara Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Charmara Kapugedra Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Ruchira Perera Kumar Sangakkara Upul Tharanga Chaminda Vaas	Tim Bresnan Paul Collingwood Jamie Dalrymple Stephen Harmison Geraint Jones Ed Joyce Sajid Mahmood Kevin Pietersen Liam Plunkett Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick	Russell Arnold Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Charmara Kapugedra Farveez Maharoof Lasith Malinga Ruchira Perera Kumar Sangakkara Upul Tharanga

Tour matches

April 24-26 Scorecard	Cambridge	Sri Lankans 289 (74.2) & 256-6d (67)	-	British Universities 125 (49.4) & 130-8 (56)
		draw

April 29th - May 1st scorecard	Derby	Derbyshire 219 (84) & 208-4d (44)	-	Sri Lankans 166-7d (47.5) & 262-4 (58.1)
		Sri Lankans wins with 6 wickets

May 2nd scorecard	Wormsley	Sir Paul Getty's XI 195-6 (50)	-	Sri Lankans 179 (48.1)
		Sir Paul Getty's XI wins with 16 runs

May 4-6 scorecard	Worcester	Sri Lankans 179 (58.5) & 118 (50.3)	-	England A 259 (87.3) & 41-0 (8)
		England A wins with 10 wickets

May 18-21 Scorecard	Hove	Sri Lankans 521-5d (161.4) & 5-1 (2)	-	Sussex 262 (85.5)
		draw

June 9th scorecard	Chelmsford	Sri Lankans 172 (43.3)	-	Essex 174-4 (38)
		Essex wins with 6 wickets

June 11th scorecard	Taunton	Somerset 332-6 (50)	-	Sri Lankans 281 (46.3)
		Somerset wins with 51 runs

June 13 scorecard	Arundel	Sri Lankans 180-3 (16)	-	PCA Masters XI
		No result

ODI in Ireland

June 1st scorecard	Belfast	England 301-7 (50)	-	Ireland 263-9 (50)
		England wins with 38 runs

ODIs in the Netherlands

July 4th scorecard	Amstelveen	Sri Lanka 443-9 (50)	-	Netherlands 248 (48.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 195 runs

July 6th scorecard	Amstelveen	Sri Lanka 313-8 (50)	-	Netherlands 258 (49)
		Sri Lanka wins with 55 runs

Testing

First test in London

May 11-15 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 551-6d (143)	-	Sri Lanka 192 (55.3) & 537-9 (199) (f / o)
		No result

Second test in Birmingham

May 25-28 Scorecard	Birmingham	Sri Lanka 141 (51.2) & 231 (93.2)	-	England 295 (78.3) & 81-4 (27.2)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Third test in Nottingham

June 2-5 scorecard	Nottingham	Sri Lanka 231 (66.2) & 322 (113.1)	-	England 229 (91.1) & 190 (68.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 134 runs

Twenty20 International in Southampton

June 15 scorecard	Southampton	Sri Lanka 163 (20)	-	England 161-5 (20)
		Sri Lanka wins with 2 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in London

June 17th scorecard	London (Lord's)	Sri Lanka 257-9 (50)	-	England 237-9 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 20 runs

Second ODI in London

June 20 scorecard	London (The Oval)	Sri Lanka 319-8 (50)	-	England 273 (46.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 46 runs

Third ODI in Chester-le-Street

June 24th scorecard	Chester-le-Street	England 261-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 265-2 (42.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

Fourth ODI in Manchester

June 28 scorecard	Manchester	Sri Lanka 318-7 (50)	-	England 285 (48.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 33 runs

Fifth ODI in Leeds

July 1st scorecard	Leeds	England 321-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 324-2 (37.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zoysa recalled for England tour ( English ) Cricinfo. April 10, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
2. ↑ Fernando, Perera called up for ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. June 7, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
3. ↑ Mahmood and Lewis earn call-up ( English ) Cricinfo. May 7, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2016.