Sri Lankan national cricket team in England in the 2014 season

The Sri Lankan national cricket team tour to England for the 2014 season ran from May 13th to June 24th, 2014. The international cricket tour was part of the 2014 international season and included a Twenty20 , five ODIs and two test matches . The tests carried out were games as part of the ICC Test Championship , the ODIs part of the ICC ODI Championship and the Twenty20s part of the ICC T20I Championship . Sri Lanka won the Twenty20, the ODI series 3-2 and the test series 1-0. It was the first test series that Sri Lanka could win in England.

prehistory

Heading

The test series should initially take place in May in order to accommodate the two test series usual in England in the summer. However, since Sri Lanka wanted to allow its players to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League , a date was negotiated in June. Since England was unbeaten so far in May due to the weather conditions, with one exception on home soil, this allowed Sri Lanka a better starting position for the test series. Shortly before, Sri Lanka had won the Twenty20 World Cup , but their only loss in the tournament was a group game against England.

Assistant trainer Paul Farbrace

Shortly before the tour, the English federation announced that the Sri Lankan head coach Paul Farbrace was moving to the English coaching staff as an assistant coach.

Stages

Lord's The oval Headingley Edgbaston Chester-le-Street Old Trafford

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on September 2, 2013.

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

Squad lists

Due to the long visa processing times, Sri Lanka was forced to name a provisional squad early on, which the association did on March 25th. The test team was announced on June 2nd.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	Sri Lanka	England	Sri Lanka	England	Sri Lanka
Alastair Cook ( K ) Moeen Ali James Anderson Gary Ballance Ian Bell Stuart Broad Chris Jordan Liam Plunkett Matt Prior ( wk ) Sam Robson Joe Root Chris Woakes	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Lahiru Thirimanne ( UK ) Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Shaminda Eranga Rangana Herath Mahela Jayawardene Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Dimuth Karunaratne Nuwan Kulasekara Dilruwan Perera Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara Kaushal Silva Kithuruwan Vithanage Chanake Welegedara	Alastair Cook ( K ) James Anderson Gary Ballance Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Jos Buttler ( wk ) Michael Carberry Harry Gurney Chris Jordan Eoin Morgan Joe Root James Tredwell Chris Woakes	Angelo Mathews ( K ) Lahiru Thirimanne ( UK ) Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Chathuranga de Silva Tillakaratne Dilshan Mahela Jayawardene Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Lasith Malinga Ajantha Mendis Kusal Perera ( wk ) Thisara Perera Ashan Priyanjan Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Sachithra Senanayake	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Moeen Ali Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Jos Buttler ( wk ) Michael Carberry Harry Gurney Alex Hales Chris Jordan Joe Root James Tredwell Chris Woakes	Lasith Malinga ( K ) Lahiru Thirimanne ( UK ) Dinesh Chandimal ( wk ) Chathuranga de Silva Tillakaratne Dilshan Nuwan Kulasekara Suranga Lakmal Angelo Mathews Ajantha Mendis Kusal Perera ( wk ) Thisara Perera Seekuge Prasanna Ashan Priyanjan Sachithra Senanayake Kithuruwan Vithanage

Tour matches

ODIs in Ireland

May 6th scorecard	Dublin	Sri Lanka 219-8 (50)	-	Ireland 140 (39.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 79 runs

May 8th scorecard	Dublin	Ireland	-	Sri Lanka
		Game canceled

ODI in Scotland

May 9th scorecard	Aberdeen	England 167-6 (20)	-	Scotland 133-9 (20)
		England wins with 39 runs ( D / L method )

Tour matches against first-class teams

May 13th scorecard	Chelmsford	Essex Eagles 161-5 (21)	-	Sri Lankans 146-9 (21)
		Essex wins with 22 runs ( D / L method )

The game was originally scheduled as a List A game, but had to be reduced to 21 overs per team due to rain.

May 16 scorecard	Canterbury	Sri Lankans 301-7 (50)	-	Kent Spitfires 173 (36.3)
		Sri Lankans win with 128 runs

May 18 scorecard	Hove	Sussex Sharks 126-7 (20)	-	Sri Lankans 128-0 (9.1)
		Sri Lankans win with 10 wickets

June 5-8 Scorecard	Northampton	Sri Lankans 558-8d (138) & 99-4d (31)	-	Northamptonshire 345 (87.1)
		draw

Twenty20 International in London (The Oval)

May 20th scorecard	The oval	Sri Lanka 183-7 (20)	-	England 174-7 (20)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in London (The Oval)

May 22nd scorecard	The oval	England 247-6 (39/39)	-	Sri Lanka 144 (27.5 / 32)
		England wins with 81 runs ( D / L method )

Second ODI in Chester-le-Street

May 25 scorecard	Chester-le-Street	Sri Lanka 256-8 (50)	-	England 99 (26.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 157 runs

Third ODI in Manchester

May 28 scorecard	Manchester	Sri Lanka 67 (24)	-	England 73-0 (12.1)
		England wins with 10 wickets

Fourth ODI in London (Lord's)

May 31 scorecard	Lord's Cricket Ground	Sri Lanka 300-9 (50)	-	England 293-8 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 7 runs

Fifth ODI in Birmingham

June 3 scorecard	Birmingham	England 219 (48.1)	-	Sri Lanka 222-4 (48.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in London (Lord's)

June 12-16 Scorecard	Lord's Cricket Ground	England 575-9d (130.3) & 267-8d (69)	-	Sri Lanka 453 (138.4) & 201-9 (90)
		draw

England was punished in this test for playing too slowly.

Second test in Leeds

June 20-24 scorecard	Leeds	Sri Lanka 257 (69.5) & 457 (132.5)	-	England 365 (115.5) & 249 (116.5)
		Sri Lanka wins with 100 runs

Controversy

In the fifth ODI there was a so-called shortage incident. The Sri Lankan bowler Sachithra Senanayake ran to, but instead of bowling the ball to the batsman, he destroyed the wicket on his own side. Since the non-batting batsman Jos Buttler was not behind his line, the bowler appealed to the referee to remove Butler from the game. They first asked the Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews whether he really wanted a decision and when he agreed, Butler was taken out of the game with a run out . This led to expressions of displeasure on the part of the audience and, in retrospect, caused a lot of media coverage. The Sri Lankan team said they had warned Buttler twice before the first incident of its kind since 1992 in international cricket. The English captain Alastair Cook described the incident as a pretty poor act . In retrospect, the Marylebone Cricket Club , which is responsible for the rules, confirmed that Sri Lanka had acted correctly. Independently of this, Senanayake was reported to the world association in this game by the umpires due to a wrong bowling technique, which then banned him in July. It was not admitted again until December of that year.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	4th	342	85.50	147	1	3
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	2	4th	306	76.50	160	2	0
Joe Root	England	2	4th	259	86.33	200 *	1	0
Gary Ballance	England	2	4th	201	67.00	104 *	1	1
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2	4th	174	43.50	79	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
James Anderson	England	2	94.5	12	21.50	4/25	0	0
Liam Plunkett	England	2	92.5	11	30.09	5/64	1	0
Shaminda Eranga	Sri Lanka	2	104.4	11	32.45	4/93	0	0
Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	2	127.3	8th	43.87	4/95	0	0
Stuart Broad	England	2	94	7th	34.57	3/43	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	5	5	222	44.40	88	0	2
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	5	5	175	35.00	112	1	0
Jos Buttler	England	5	4th	172	57.33	121	1	0
Ian Bell	England	5	5	147	36.75	50	0	1
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	5	5	131	32.75	42 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Chris Jordan	England	5	42	12	19.33	5/29	1	0
Sachithra Senanayake	Sri Lanka	5	36.1	9	15.11	4/13	0	0
James Tredwell	England	5	39	9	18.44	3/38	0	0
Harry Gurney	England	5	41	9	22.55	4/55	0	0
James Anderson	England	5	42	8th	20.37	2/10	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Alex Hales	England	1	1	66	66.00	66	0	1
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	1	1	49	49.00	49	0	0
Lahiru Thirimanne	Sri Lanka	1	1	40	40.00	40	0	0
Kithuruwan Vithanage	Sri Lanka	1	1	38	38.00	38	0	0
Ravi Bopara	England	1	1	28		28 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	1	4th	3	9.33	3/28	0	0
Harry Gurney	England	1	4th	2	13.00	2/26	0	0
Angelo Mathews	Sri Lanka	1	2	1	7.00	1/7	0	0
Joe Root	England	1	2	1	16.00	1/16	0	0
Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka	1	3	1	24.00	1/24	0	0
Chris Woakes	England	1	4th	1	31.00	1/31	0	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	1	4th	1	39.00	1/39	0	0
James Tredwell	England	1	4th	1	41.00	1/41	0	0
Chris Jordan	England	1	4th	1	43.00	1/43	0	0
Suranga Lakmal	Sri Lanka	1	4th	1	44.00	1/44	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	James Anderson Angelo Mathews
ODI	Lasith Malinga

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Thisara Perera
1. ODI	Chris Jordan
2. ODI	Tillakaratne Dilshan
3. ODI	Chris Jordan
4. ODI	Jos Buttler
5. ODI	Lahiru Thirimanne
1st test	Joe Root
2nd test	Angelo Mathews

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ David Hopps: Mathews, Prasad set up Sri Lanka for famous win ( English ) Cricinfo. June 23, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b} ECB move May Test matches ( English ) Cricinfo. September 2, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
3. ↑ Nick Hoult: Paul Farbrace, coach of World T20 winners Sri Lanka, in the frame for a role in new England set-up ( English ) Telegraph. April 17, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
4. ↑ Paul Farbrace has 'mixed feelings' about meeting with former Sri Lanka team ( English ) The National. April 25, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
5. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Has the ECB played an unfair game? ( English ) Cricinfo. April 22, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
6. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: SL selectors forced to name preliminary squad ( English ) Cricinfo. March 25, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
7. ↑ Andrew Fidel Fernando: Lakmal out of test squad; Welegedara recalled ( English ) Cricinfo. June 2, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
8. ↑ England fined for Lord's over-rate ( English ) Cricinfo. June 17, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
9. ↑ George Dobell: Senanayake catches Butler dozing ( English ) Cricinfo. June 3, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
10. ↑ Jos Buttler run-out defended by Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews ( English ) BBC. June 4, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
11. ↑ Mike Atherton: Sleepy Jos Buttler should have seen 'Mankading' coming ( English ) The Times. June 4, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
12. ↑ Andy Wilson: England fury as Sri Lanka run out Jos Buttler Mankad-style in ODI decider ( English ) Guardian. June 3, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
13. ↑ George Dobell: Jayawardene defends Buttler Mankading ( English ) Guardian. June 3, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
14. ^ Paul Bolton: England v Sri Lanka: 'Mankading' of Jos Buttler was a pretty poor act, says Alastair Cook ( English ) Telegraph. June 4, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
15. ↑ MCC: Buttler 'Mankading' fine ( English ) Sport24. July 16, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
16. ↑ Senanayake mankaded! ICC 'chucks' Sri Lankan spinner out from international cricket ( English ) Daily Bhaskar. July 13, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
17. ↑ Sachithra Senanayake & Kane Williamson cleared to bowl again ( English ) BBC. December 9, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
18. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2014 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
19. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England Test Series, 2014 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
20. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England ODI Series, 2014 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
21. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England ODI Series, 2014 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
22. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England T20I Match, 2014 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
23. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in England T20I Match, 2014 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 3, 2016.