Sri Lanka in England, 2006


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Past Eng-SL tours: 1998 |  2000-01
2002 |  2003-04

Date Match Venue Result & Card
Apr 24-26 v British Universities Fenner's Match Drawn
Apr 29-May 1 v Derbyshire Derby Sri Lankans by 6 wickets
May 4-7 v England "A" Worcester England "A" by 10 wickets
May 11-15 1st TEST v England Lord's Match Drawn
Eng 551/6d, SL 192 & 537/9
May 18-21 v Sussex Hove Match drawn
May 25-29 2nd TEST v England Birmingham England by 6 wickets
SL 141 & 231, Eng 295 & 81/4
Jun 2-6 3rd TEST v England Nottingham Sri Lanka by 134 runs
SL 231 & 322, Eng 229 & 190
Jun 9 v Essex Chelmsford Essex by 6 wickets
Jun 11 v Somerset Taunton Somerset by 51 runs
Jun 13 v PCA Masters XI Arundel No Result
Jun 15 Twenty20 Int'l v England Southampton Sri Lanka by 2 runs
Jun 17 1st ODI v England Lord's Sri Lanka by 20 runs: SL 257/9 (50), Eng 237/9 (50)
Jun 20 2nd ODI v England The Oval Sri Lanka by 46 runs: SL 319/8 (50), Eng 273 (46.4)
Jun 24 3rd ODI v England Chester-le-Street Sri Lanka by 8 wickets: Eng 261/7 (50), SL 265/2 (42.2)
Jun 28 4th ODI v England Manchester Sri Lanka by 33 runs: SL 318/7 (50), Eng 285 (48.4)
Jul 1 5th ODI v England Leeds Sri Lanka by 8 wickets: Eng 321/7 (50), SL 324/2 (37.3)

 

England
Age TEST ODI
24 IR Bell Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
21 TT Bresnan    Bat Bowl
30 PD Collingwood Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
21 AN Cook Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 JWM Dalrymple    Bat Bowl
29 A Flintoff Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 SJ Harmison Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 MJ Hoggard Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 GO Jones Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 Kabir Ali Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
30 J Lewis Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 AGR Loudon    Bat Bowl
24 SI Mahmood Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
24 MS Panesar Bat Bowl   
26 KP Pietersen Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
21 LE Plunkett Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
30 VS Solanki    Bat Bowl
29 AJ Strauss Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
30 ME Trescothick Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
Sri Lanka
Age TEST ODI
32 RP Arnold Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 CM Bandara Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 TM Dilshan Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 CRD Fernando Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
37 ST Jayasuriya Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 DPMD Jayawardene Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
19 CK Kapugedera Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
23 KMDN Kulasekara Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
21 MF Maharoof Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
22 SL Malinga Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 J Mubarak Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
34 M Muralitharan Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 PDRL Perera Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 TT Samaraweera Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 KC Sangakkara Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
21 WU Tharanga Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
32 WPUJC Vaas Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 MG Vandort Bat Bowl Bat Bowl

 

ODI Series Averages


                    M  I *    R   Avg  50    HS   SR   4/6  Ct/    B   R  W   Avg    BB  Eco
                                        100                   St
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England

IR Bell             5  5 -  172  34.40  1 -  77  69.4  11/1  -    24  30  1  30.00 1/13 7.50
TT Bresnan          4  4 1   51  17.00  - -  20 110.9   4/1  1   150 169  2  84.50 1/38 6.76
PD Collingwood      3  3 -   89  29.66  1 -  56  80.2   5    1   126  92  2  46.00 2/29 4.38
AN Cook             2  2 -   80  40.00  - -  41  87.0  12    -
JWM Dalrymple       5  5 -  202  40.40  1 -  67  88.2  15/2  4   264 205  4  51.25 2/44 4.66
SJ Harmison         5  3 2    9   9.00  - -   5* 81.8   -    -   300 286  8  35.75 3/31 5.72
GO Jones            5  5 1   74  18.50  - -  23 104.2   4/2  6
Kabir Ali           2  1 -    0   0.00  - -   0   0.0   -    -    96 149  0             9.31
AGR Loudon          1  1 -    0   0.00  - -   0   -     -    -    36  36  0             6.00
SI Mahmood          3  2 -   12   6.00  - -   8 109.1   1    -   126 173  3  57.66 2/80 8.24
KP Pietersen        3  3 -   89  29.66  1 -  73  84.0  11/1  2    24  26  0             6.50
LE Plunkett         5  5 3   61  30.50  - -  29 138.6   3/2  -   206 242  3  80.66 2/60 7.05
VS Solanki          2  2 1   54  54.00  - -  44*103.8   3/1  1    27  26  1  26.00 1/17 5.78
AJ Strauss          5  5 -  133  26.60  - -  45  83.6  12    5
ME Trescothick      5  5 -  277  55.40  1 1 121  91.1  37/3  1
 

Sri Lanka

RP Arnold           4  3 -   20   6.66  - -   8  66.7   -    -
CM Bandara          3  1 1   28    -    - -  28*127.3   3/1  1   150 128  3  42.66 2/43 5.12
TM Dilshan          5  3 -   29   9.66  - -  13  78.4   2    2   114  98  3  32.66 2/46 5.16
CRD Fernando        4  1 1   10    -    - -  10*111.1   1    -   198 227  6  37.83 3/51 6.88
ST Jayasuriya       5  5 -  322  64.40  - 2 152 111.0  44/7  -   186 185  5  37.00 3/51 5.97
DPMD Jayawardene    5  5 2  328 109.33  1 2 126*101.9  34/2  3
CK Kapugedera       2  1 -    1   1.00  - -   1  16.7   -    1
MF Maharoof         4  2 1   58  58.00  1 -  58*116.0   5/2  1   150 140  2  70.00 1/39 5.60
SL Malinga          5  2 1    5   5.00  - -   3  41.7   -    -   280 228 13  17.53 4/44 4.89
M Muralitharan      2  2 2    1    -    - -   1* 20.0   -    2   118  98  2  49.00 1/47 4.98
PDRL Perera         1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    -    30  40  0             8.00
KC Sangakkara       5  5 2  154  51.33  2 -  58* 91.1  16/1  6/3
WU Tharanga         5  5 -  347  69.40  1 2 120  84.4  42/1  -
WPUJC Vaas          5  3 -   30  10.00  - -  13  78.9   2    -   246 203  2 101.50 2/38 4.95
 

 


Record performances for series


Highest Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 213 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
2 MS Atapattu (SL) 201* Eng Galle 22 Feb 2001
3 S Wettimuny (SL) 190 Eng Lord's 23 Aug 1984
4 MS Atapattu (SL) 185 Eng Lord's 16 May 2002
5 GA Gooch (Eng) 174 SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991
6 ME Trescothick (Eng) 161 SL Birmingham 30 May 2002
7 KP Pietersen (Eng) 158 SL Lord's 11 May 2006
8 JP Crawley (Eng) 156* SL The Oval 27 Aug 1998
9 PA de Silva (SL) 152 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
10 KP Pietersen (Eng) 142 SL Birmingham 25 May 2006
= TT Samaraweera (SL) 142 Eng Colombo SSC 18 Dec 2003
12 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 134 Eng Colombo SSC 18 Dec 2003

Best Bowling - Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 9/ 65 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
2 M Muralitharan (SL) 8/ 70 Eng Nottingham 2 Jun 2006
3 M Muralitharan (SL) 7/ 46 Eng Galle 2 Dec 2003
4 PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 7/ 70 SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991
5 M Muralitharan (SL) 7/ 155 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
6 JE Emburey (Eng) 6/ 33 SL Colombo PSS 17 Feb 1982
7 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 6/ 73 Eng Colombo SSC 15 Mar 2001
8 M Muralitharan (SL) 6/ 86 Eng Birmingham 25 May 2006
9 IT Botham (Eng) 6/ 90 SL Lord's 23 Aug 1984
10 DL Underwood (Eng) 5/ 28 SL Colombo PSS 17 Feb 1982
11 RJ Ratnayake (SL) 5/ 69 Eng Lord's 22 Aug 1991
12 MS Panesar (Eng) 5/ 78 SL Nottingham 2 Jun 2006

Most Runs for Series

Rank Name M I R Avg. 50 100 HS
1 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 13 23 1107 52.71 6 4 134
2 ME Trescothick (Eng) 12 22 957 45.57 4 3 161
3 PA de Silva (SL) 11 19 739 38.89 2 2 152
4 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 13 23 731 34.80 2 1 213
5 KC Sangakkara (SL) 12 22 716 34.09 5 0 95
6 GP Thorpe (Eng) 9 16 699 49.92 3 2 123

Most Wickets for Series

Rank Name M R W Avg. 5wi 10wm Best
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 13 1836 93 19.74 6 4 9/ 65
2 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 12 1216 38 32.00 1 0 6/ 73
3 AF Giles (Eng) 8 1038 31 33.48 1 0 5/ 116
4 MJ Hoggard (Eng) 7 900 30 30.00 1 0 5/ 92
5 A Flintoff (Eng) 9 887 27 32.85 0 0 3/ 42
6 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 13 743 26 28.57 0 0 4/ 24