English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011–12

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]

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)

Squads
 Sri Lanka[3]  England[4]

Tour matches

First-class: Sri Lanka Board XI vs England XI
15–17 March
Scorecard
v
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
v
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
v
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
v
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
  1. "Sri Lanka-Fixtures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  2. "England beat Sri Lanka as Pietersen and Swann shine". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. "England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2011/12". Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  4. "Eoin Morgan dropped by England for Test series in Sri Lanka". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
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