English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011–12

English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011–12

	Sri Lanka	England
Dates	15 March 2012 – 7 April 2012
Captains	Mahela Jayawardene	Andrew Strauss
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Mahela Jayawardene (354)	Kevin Pietersen (226)
Most wickets	Rangana Herath (19)	Graeme Swann (16)
Player of the series	Mahela Jayawardene (SL)

The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 26 March to 7 April 2012. The tour included two Tests between Sri Lanka and England.^[1] With England's victory in the Second Test, they retained their top spot on the world Test rankings.^[2]

Squads

Sri Lanka^[3]	England^[4]
Mahela Jayawardene (c) Thilan Samaraweera (vc) Dinesh Chandimal (wk) Tillakaratne Dilshan Rangana Herath Prasanna Jayawardene (wk) Suranga Lakmal Angelo Mathews Tharanga Paranavitana Dhammika Prasad Suraj Randiv Kumar Sangakkara Chamara Silva Lahiru Thirimanne Chanaka Welegedara	Andrew Strauss (c) Alastair Cook (vc) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Steven Davies (wk) Steven Finn Monty Panesar Samit Patel Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior (wk) Graeme Swann James Tredwell Jonathan Trott

Tour matches

First-class: Sri Lanka Board XI vs England XI

15–17 March
Scorecard

Sri Lanka Board XI	v	England XI
169 (73.3 overs) Ashen Silva 66 (179) Monty Panesar 5/37 (23.3 overs)		303/8d (100 overs) Alastair Cook 163* (293) Malinga Bandara 3/58 (24 overs)
119 (56.4 overs) Dimuth Karunaratne 31 (71) James Anderson 3/21 (11.4 overs)

England XI won by an innings and 15 runs
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)

Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.

First-class: Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI vs England XI

20–22 March
Scorecard

Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI	v	England XI
431/6d (100 overs) Chamara Silva 163 (180) Stuart Broad 3/69 (18 overs)		272/4d (66 overs) Jonathan Trott 101 (141) Tharanga Lakshitha 1/29 (12 overs)
199/4d (34 overs) Angelo Perera 90* (70) Tim Bresnan 1/16 (6 overs)		360/6 (60.4 overs) Matt Prior 84 (60) Vishwa Fernando 2/72 (13 overs)

England XI won by 4 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Nilan De Silva (SL) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)

Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI won the toss and decided to bat

Test series

1st Test

26–29 March
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
318 (96.3 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 180 (315) James Anderson 5/72 (20.3 overs)		193 (46.4 overs) Ian Bell 52 (87) Rangana Herath 6/74 (19 overs)
214 (84.3 overs) Prasanna Jayawardene 61* (123) Graeme Swann 6/82 (30 overs)		264 (99 overs) Jonathan Trott 112 (266) Rangana Herath 6/97 (38 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 75 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: Rangana Herath (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
Samit Patel (Eng) made his Test debut.

2nd Test

3–7 April
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
275 (111.1 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 105 (216) Graeme Swann 4/75 (28.1 overs)		460 (152.3 overs) Kevin Pietersen 151 (165) Rangana Herath 6/133 (53 overs)
278 (118.5 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 64 (191) Graeme Swann 6/106 (40 overs)		97/2 (19.4 overs) Alastair Cook 49* (69) Rangana Herath 1/37 (9 overs)

England won by 8 wickets
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

References

↑ "Sri Lanka-Fixtures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
↑ "England beat Sri Lanka as Pietersen and Swann shine". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
↑ "England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12". Retrieved March 26, 2012.
↑ "Eoin Morgan dropped by England for Test series in Sri Lanka". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

International cricket in 2011–12

Preceding season: International cricket in 2011

October 2011	Afghanistan in UAE West Indies in Bangladesh Australia in South Africa England in India New Zealand in Zimbabwe Sri Lanka against Pakistan in UAE England women in South Africa

November 2011	West Indies in India New Zealand in Australia Pakistan in Bangladesh

December 2011	Sri Lanka in South Africa India in Australia

January 2012	England against Pakistan in UAE Zimbabwe in New Zealand

February 2012	Commonwealth Bank Series Afghanistan against Pakistan in UAE Ireland cricket team in Kenya South Africa in New Zealand 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Five

March 2012	Asia Cup 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier England in Sri Lanka Australia in West Indies

Following season: International cricket in 2012

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016

Bangladesh	2002 2005–06 2007 2012–13

England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015

New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14

Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015

South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014

West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16

Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 2000 2001–02 2002 2004 2010 2011 2012

Other tours

Afghan	2009–10

Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981

Bangladeshi	1985–86

Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12

English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01

Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76

Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14

Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72

Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68

New Zealand	1927 1937–38

Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79

Scottish	2011–12 2013–14

West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79

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