Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2011 | |||
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Sri Lanka | England | ||
Dates | 14 May – 9 July 2011 | ||
Captains |
Tillakaratne Dilshan (1st and 2nd Tests, ODIs) Kumar Sangakkara (3rd Test) Thilina Kandamby (T20I) |
Andrew Strauss (Tests) Stuart Broad (T20I) Alastair Cook (ODIs) | |
Test series | |||
Result | England won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Tillakaratne Dilshan (253) | Alastair Cook (390) | |
Most wickets | Chris Tremlett (15) | Chanaka Welegedara (7) | |
Player of the series | Prasanna Jayawardene (SL) and Chris Tremlett (Eng) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | England won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
Most runs | Mahela Jayawardene (246) | Alastair Cook (298) | |
Most wickets | Suraj Randiv (9) | James Anderson (9) | |
Player of the series | Alastair Cook (Eng) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Sri Lanka won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Mahela Jayawardene (72) | Eoin Morgan (47) | |
Most wickets | Jade Dernbach (1) | Lasith Malinga (2) | |
Player of the series | Mahela Jayawardene (SL) |
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured England from 14 May to 9 July 2011. The tour consisted of three Tests, one Twenty20 International (T20I) and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between Sri Lanka and England. [1]
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22 June
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Worcestershire Royals
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26–30 May
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Jonathan Trott's score of 203 is the highest score by an English batsman against Sri Lanka, beating the previous score of 174 set by Graham Gooch in 1991. [2] Sri Lanka's second innings total of 82 was their fifth-lowest Test total. [3] Thisara Perera made his Test debut for Sri Lanka in this game. [4]
On the opening day, England's batsmen were reduced to 22 for 3, before battling back to finish the day on 342 for 6. This included a record stand for the sixth wicket against Sri Lanka, when Eoin Morgan and Matt Prior made 101 runs. [5] Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan score of 193 was the highest score made by a Sri Lankan at Lord's and Dilshan's highest Test Match score. [6] Dilshan also suffered a broken thumb from a delivery on the third day by Chris Tremlett that caused him to miss the Third Test. [7] England wicketkeeper Matt Prior was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council for breaking a window in the dressing room after he was run out. [8]
This was the first ever Test match to be played at The Rose Bowl. [9] Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne made his Test Match debut. Chris Tremlett made his best Test figures to date with 6 for 48. [10]
25 June
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28 June
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6 July
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Alastair Cook 95
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