Sri Lankan national cricket team in England in the 2011 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to England in the 2011 season ran from May 26th to July 9th, 2011. The international cricket tour was part of the 2011 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . England won the Test series 1–0 and the ODI series 3–2, while Sri Lanka won the Twenty20 series with 1–0.

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 2007/08 season .

Stages

London (Lord's) London (oval) Nottingham Manchester Bristol Leeds Cardiff Southampton

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on August 26, 2010.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Bristol County Ground	Bristol	17,500	1. T20
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	15,643	1st test
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	2. ODI
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	4. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	1. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2. test; 3. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	5. ODI
Rose Bowl	Southampton	6,500	3rd test

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named their Limited Overs squad on June 9, 2011. England named their Test squad on May 22nd and their ODI and Twenty20 squad on June 21, 2011.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	Sri Lanka	England	Sri Lanka	England	Sri Lanka
Andrew Strauss ( K ) Alastair Cook ( UK ) Ian Bell Stuart Broad James Anderson Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Eoin Morgan Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior ( wk ) Graeme Swann Chris Tremlett Jonathan Trott	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Kumar Sangakkara ( K ) Nuwan Pradeep Dilhara Fernando Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Suraj Randiv Suranga Lakmal Farveez Maharoof Ajantha Mendis Tharanga Paranavitana Thisara Perera Thilan Samaraweera Dinesh Chandimal Kaushal Silva Lahiru Thirimanne Chanaka Welegedara	Alastair Cook ( K ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Craig Kieswetter ( wk ) Eoin Morgan Samit Patel Kevin Pietersen Graeme Swann Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes Luke Wright	Tillakaratne Dilshan ( K ) Thilina Kandamby ( UK ) Dinesh Chandimal Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Suraj Randiv Dimuth Karunaratne Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Jeevan Mendis Thisara Perera Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara ( wk )	Stuart Broad ( K ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Alastair Cook Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Craig Kieswetter ( wk ) Michael Lumb Eoin Morgan Samit Patel Kevin Pietersen Graeme Swann Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes Luke Wright	Thilina Kandamby ( K ) Dinesh Chandimal Tillakaratne Dilshan Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Suraj Randiv Dimuth Karunaratne Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Jeevan Mendis Thisara Perera Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara ( wk )

Tour matches

May 14-16 Scorecard	Uxbridge	Middlesex 360-8 (100) & 161 (48.5)	-	Sri Lankans 309-2d (69) & 216-6 (44)
		Sri Lankans wins with 4 wickets

May 19-22 Scorecard	Derby	England Lions 493-8d (100) & 183 (47.3)	-	Sri Lankans 266 (63.4) & 448 (104.4) (f / o)
		Sri Lankans wins with 38 runs

June 10th - 12th scorecard	Chelmsford	Sri Lankans 337-9d (90.4) & 38 (3)	-	Essex 351 (73.4)
		draw

June 22nd scorecard	Worcester	Sri Lankans 351-5 (50)	-	Worcestershire Royals 294 (43.2)
		Sri Lankans wins with 57 runs

Testing

First test in Cardiff

May 26th - 30th Scorecard	Cardiff	Sri Lanka 400 (118.4) & 82 (24.4)	-	England 496-5d (155)
		England won with one innings and 14 runs

Second test in London

June 3-7 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 486 (112.5) & 335-7d (78.1)	-	Sri Lanka 479 (131.4) & 127-3 (43)
		draw

Matt Prior was admonished by the World Federation for accidentally damaging a window in the locker room.

Third test in Southampton

June 16-20 scorecard	Southampton	Sri Lanka 184 (64.2) & 334-5 (104)	-	England 377-8d (92.4)
		draw

Sri Lanka was fined for playing too slowly.

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Bristol

June 25th scorecard	Bristol	England 136-9 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 137-1 (17.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in London

June 28 scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 229-8 (32/32)	-	Sri Lanka 121 (27/32)
		England wins with 110 runs ( D / L method )

Second ODI in Leeds

July 1st scorecard	Leeds	Sri Lanka 309-5 (50)	-	England 240 (45.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 69 runs

Third ODI in London

July 3 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 246-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 249-4 (48.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

Fourth ODI in Nottingham

July 6th scorecard	Nottingham	Sri Lanka 174 (43.4)	-	England 171-0 (23.5 / 48)
		England wins with 10 wickets ( D / L method )

Fifth ODI in Manchester

July 9th scorecard	Manchester	England 268-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 252 (48.2)
		England wins with 16 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Alastair Cook	England	3	4th	390	97.50	133	2	2
Ian Bell	England	3	4th	331	331.00	119 *	2	2
Jonathan Trott	England	3	4th	267	66.75	203	1	1
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2	3	253	84.33	193	1	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	3	6th	216	54.00	112	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Chris Tremlett	England	3	116	15th	23.40	6/48	1	0
Graeme Swann	England	3	103.2	12	23.58	4/16	0	0
Stuart Broad	England	3	119	8th	48.75	2/21	0	0
James Anderson	England	2	81	7th	29.00	3/66	0	0
Chanaka Welegedara	Sri Lanka	2	62	7th	37.42	4/122	0	0
Suranga Lakmal	Sri Lanka	3	88.2	7th	51.85	3/99	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Alastair Cook	England	5	5	298	74.50	119	1	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	5	5	246	49.20	144	1	1
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5	221	44.20	75	0	2
Craig Kieswetter	England	5	5	204	51.00	72 *	0	2
Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	4th	4th	164	54.66	105 *	1	1
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	5	5	164	54.66	62	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Suraj Randiv	Sri Lanka	5	36	9	20.44	5/42	1	0
James Anderson	England	5	42.2	9	21.77	4/18	0	0
Graeme Swann	England	5	45	8th	20.50	3/18	0	0
Jade Dernbach	England	5	42	8th	28.75	3/38	0	0
Tim Bresnan	England	5	42	8th	29.00	3/49	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1	1	72		72 *	0	1
Eoin Morgan	England	1	1	47	47.00	47	0	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	1	1	43		43 *	0	0
Kevin Pietersen	England	1	1	41	41.00	41	0	0
Ravi Bopara	England	1	1	19th	19.00	19th	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	1	4th	2	7.50	2/15	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	1	3	2	9.00	2/18	0	0
Suranga Lakmal	Sri Lanka	1	4th	2	13.00	2/26	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	1	3	1	15.00	1/15	0	0
Jade Dernbach	England	1	3	1	18.00	1/18	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Mahela Jayawardene Chris Tremlett
ODI	Alastair Cook

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Jonathan Trott
2nd test	Tillakaratne Dilshan
3rd test	Chris Tremlett
1. T20	Mahela Jayawardene
1. ODI	James Anderson
2. ODI	Mahela Jayawardene
3. ODI	Dinesh Chandimal
4. ODI	Alastair Cook
5. ODI	Jonathan Trott

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ECB confirm Sri Lanka and India fixtures ( English ) Cricinfo. August 26, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
2. ↑ Jayasuriya back in SL limited-overs squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 9, 2011. Accessed June 27, 2016.
3. ^ Andrew McGlashan: Morgan wins selection race ( English ) Cricinfo. May 22, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
4. ↑ Patel and Kieswetter earn England recalls ( English ) Cricinfo. June 21, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
5. ↑ Prior reprimanded by ICC for smashed window ( English ) Cricinfo. June 8, 2011. Accessed June 27, 2016.
6. ↑ Sri Lanka fined for slow over-rate ( English ) Cricinfo. June 21, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2011 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2011 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / NatWest Series [Sri Lanka in England , 2011 / Most runs] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / NatWest Series [Sri Lanka in England , 2011 / Most wickets] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England T20I Match, 2011 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England T20I Match, 2011 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 9, 2016.