England Vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka January & February 2006

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Score card Day 2 CLICK HERE       Report day 2 CLICK HERE

Score card Day 3 CLICK HERE       Report day 3 CLICK HERE

Score card Day 1

Sri Lanka V England 30th January 2006

First Test England in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Blind V England Blind
Mercantile Cricket Association Ground, Colombo
30th January 2006 (40-over match)

Result: England Blind won by 7 wickets
Series: England Blind 1-0 Sri Lanka Blind

Toss: England Blind won the toss and elected to field
Umpires: Umpires D.S. Kumarasini and M.R.Pererera
Scorers: K.Kumarasinha and S.Field
Man of the Match: R. Field

Sri Lanka Blind Innings (40 overs maximum)                     R    B   M     4   6
W.Jayawardana         c A Powers	b N Foy		       95  73  105   13   0
D.Perera     	      c M Pickup 	b N Foy                94  73   76   15   1
G.Chularatna                            b N Foy         	6   6   28    0   0
K.Jayarathna          run out 				       37  34   60    3   0
C.Kumara              st Sugg           b R Field 	       61  40   46    8   1
K.Samarasinge         not out 				       18  15   26    0   0
K.Lakmal              run out 				        9   6   10    1   0
L.Devappriyn          not out 					0   1  	 1    0   0
S.Selwanaga           Did not bat                                 
K.Kumura              Did not bat 
S.Jayiwikrana         Did not bat                               
Extras                9b, 3lb, 14nb, 17w                       43
Total                 (6 wickets, 40 overs)                   363

FoW: 1-180 (D Perera), 2-217 (G Chularatna), 3-226 (W Jayawardana)
     4-307 (K Jayarathna), 5-336 (C Kumara), 6-362 (K Lakmal)

Bowling                      O      M      R      W    nb     w      econ
H Swanepoel 		     7      0     59      0    3      3      8.4
R.Field 		     8      0     74      1    1      6      9.3
D Townley 		     8      0     57      0    2      2      7.1
H Greenhill 		     8      0     78      0    1      1      9.8
N Foy 			     8      0     74      3    1      2      9.3
M Dean 			     1      0      9      0    0      0      9.0


England Blind innings (target: 364 runs from 40 overs)          R   B    M  4 6
R.Field 	      not out 				      173 104  164 29 0
N.Foy 		      c Jayaruthna       b Samarasinge         80  43   91  3 0
L.Sugg                lbw                b Lakmal              31  22   26  4 0
H.Swanepoel           run out 				        2   7    7  0 0 
A.Powers              not out                                  49  31   41  8 0
6 D.Townley           Did not bat 
7 M.Dean              Did not bat
8 M.Pickup            Did not bat
9 M.Northwood         Did not bat
10 H.Greenhill        Did not bat
11 K.Seal             Did not bat
Extras                (2b, 2lb, 5nb, 20w)                        29
Total                 (3 wickets, 34 overs)                     364

FoW: 1-200 (N Foy), 2-254 (L Sugg), 3-268 (H Swanepoel)

Bowling                      O      M      R    W   nb    w     econ
Lakmal 			     6 	    0     62    1    0    5     10.3
Jayarathna 		     3      0     42    0    1    0     14.0
Jayiwikrana 		     6      0     61    0    1    2     10.2
Kumura 			     2      0     19    0    0    1      9.5
Kumara 			     4      0     39    0    0    2      9.8
Samarasigne 		     7      0     69    1    1    1      9.9
Selwanaga 		     2      0     28    0    0    3     14.0
Devappriyn 		     2      0     18    0    0    0      9.0
Perera 			     1      0     10    0    0    0     10.0
Chularatna 		     1      0     12    0    2    0     12.0

Report Day 1

Sri Lank deservedly won the final match by 17 runs to leave England 2-1 winners in the series.

England made several changes giving first caps to Dan Field, who kept wicket, and Hassan Khan. An injury to Andy Powers meant that Dan Field batted in the top six. Sam Murray was entrusted with bowling first change in his first bowl in an international match.

The younger players acquitted themselves well and England took many positives from this match.

For the third time the team winning the toss chose to chase a total. Boundaries were hard to come by due to the long boundary and the rough outfield. This resulted in modest totals compared to the previous games.

Swanepoel and Townley opened the bowling steadily and Sam Murray was not overawed by the occasion, bowling the accomplished Kumara

Jayawardana followed up his 95 and 111 with a modest 39 and vice captain Samarasinge hung around for a long time for 42 before retiring hurt. Tight bowling from Rory Field and Swanepoel restricted Sri Lanka to 34 off the last 5 overs checking their familiar late surge.

Pickup and Seal sustained injuries during a disciplined England fielding performance bringing on reserves Greenhill and Northwood.

When England batted Foy fell in the 11th over after a steady start. With wickets falling regularly and Rory Field retiring hurt after another substantial innings the lower order batsmen faced an uphill task resulting in five run outs. Rory Field returned at the end but England were well short. With only 8 boundaries and the early dismissal of Foy England did well to keep up with the required run rate until late on. The Sri Lankans bowled economically and fielded as impressively as ever.

After the match trophies were presented to the players and officials and a magnificent trophy was presented to Heindrich Swanepoel as the series-winning captain. In his speech he expressed the views of all present that the series had been played in a friendly and competitive manner.

England had been entertained the previous evening by the Sri Lankan team at a magnificent meal and the teams look forward to meeting in the World Cup in December 2006 in South Africa.

Many questions about the composition of the squad were answered and if they can overcome the problems of stepping straight from an English winter into hot humid weather they should fancy their chances in the World Cup.

Score card Day 2

Sri Lanka V England 1st February 2006

Second Test England in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Blind V England Blind
Mercantile Cricket Association Ground, Colombo
1st February 2006 (40-over match)

Result: England Blind won by 3 runs
Series: England Blind 2-0 Sri Lanka Blind with one to play

Toss: Sri Lanka Blind won the toss and elected to field
Umpires: Umpires D.S. Kumarasini and M.R.Pererera
Scorers: K.Kumarasinha and S.Field
 

England Blind Innings (40 overs maximum)                     R     B    M    4   6
R.Field       rtd hurt      152  108  145  18   0
N.Foy                 run out       16    8   21   0   0
L.Sugg                                  b Pushpakumara        99   85   18   9   0
A.Powers              not out       54   54   42   7   0
H.Swanepoel           not out       16   18   29   1   0
D.Townley       did not bat
M.Dean            did not bat
M.Pickup              did not bat
M.Northwood       did not bat
A.Dalby-Welsh         did not bat
K.Seal             did not bat
Extras                2b, 0lb, 11nb, 29w       42
TOTAL       (2 wickets, 40 Overs)      379


FoW: 1-50 (N Foy), 2-296 (L Sugg), 3-320 (R Field)

Bowling                      O      M      R      W    nb     w      econ
Devappriya                   7      0      67     0     0     5       9.6
Samarasinge                  8      0     102     0     7     8      12.8
Pushpakumara                 8      0      77     1     1     8       9.6
Jayawrdana                   4      0      28     0     1     5       7.0
C.Kumara                     4      0      36     0     0     2       9.0
Jayaratna                    8      0      57     0     2     0       7.1
K.Kumara                     1      0      10     0     0     1      10.0

Sri Lanka Blind innings (target: 380 runs from 40 overs)        R    B   M   4  6
W.Jayawardana        run out        111  77  89  21  0
D.Perera               st Sugg           b Dalby-Welsh          28  23  40   4  0
T.deSilva              st Sugg           b Field                16  30  53   0  0
C.Kumara            run out                                  95  61  79  15  0
K.Jayaratna          c Northwood       b Foy                  32  23  34   4  0
K.Samarasinge     b Foy                   4   5   9   0  0
L.Devppriya            not out                                  37  26  31   4  0
R.Wasantha            not out                                   1   2   1   0  0
G.Chularatna          did not bat
K.Kumara              did not bat
C.Pushpakumara    did not bat
Extras                 16b, 1lb, 7nb, 28w                       52
TOTAL                  (6 wickets, 40 Overs)                    376


FoW: 1-87 (D Perera), 2-190 (W Jayawardana), 3-196 (T deSilva),
4-291 (K Jayaratna), 5-301 (K Samarasinge), 6-371 (C Kumara)

Bowling                      O      M      R    W   nb    w     econ
Dalby-Welsh      8     0   53    1    0    3      6.6
Townley      8     0     91    0    4    0     11.4
Swanepoel      8     0     73    0    2    5      9.1
R.Field      8     0     70    1    1    6      8.8
Foy      8     0     75    2    0    5      9.4
 

Report Day 2

Sri Lanka hosting an overseas tour for the first time saw England take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series after a close, high-scoring game.

Sri Lanka inserted the opposition. They made three changes and England brought in Andy Dalby-Welsh.

Nathan Foy was run out in the 4th over going for a run from an overthrow. The first wicket stand of 50 in 22 balls was followed by a stand of 246 between Rory Field and Luke Sugg in 110 minutes. Sugg was bowled on 99 as he stepped to leg to force the ball through the off side. Three overs later Field retired hurt with heat exhaustion after scoring another big hundred. Powers and Swanepoel added 59 with Powers reaching his 50 after being denied in the first match.

After some lapses early on the Sri Lankan ground fielding was again impressive.

Sri Lanka were pinned back early on by Dalby-Welsh, who bowled straight through for impressive figures of 8-0-53-1, as they fell behind the required run rate.

Perera sustained an injury and went immediately stumped by Sugg but Jayawardana went to an impressive 111 in 71 balls. Another stumping removed DeSilva cheaply and Foy took 2-3 in 7 balls, including a stunning catch by Northwood, to put England on top. Some lower order slogging rattled England but tigerish fielding especially from B2 reserve Sam Murray saw England through with 3 runs to spare.

The England bowling always pressurised the Sri Lankans and, despite some tired bodies, a freshen up and some nibbles at a function hosted by the High Commissioner plus the luxury of a MacDonalds on the way home left the squad in good heart

Score card Day 3

Sri Lanka V England 3rd February 2006

Second Test England in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Blind V England Blind
Katunayake
3rd February 2006 (40-over match)

Result: Sri Lanka Blind won by 17 runs
Series: England Blind 2-1 Sri Lanka Blind final series result

Toss: England Blind won the toss and elected to field
Umpires: Umpires D.S. Kumarasini and M.R.Pererera
Scorers: K.Kumarasinha and S.Field
 

Sri Lanka Blind Innings (40 overs maximum)                     R   M   B    4   6
W.Jayawardana                         B Swanepoel           39  24  28    6   0
C.Kumara       B Murray       52  42  56    7   0
K.Samarasinge       Retd. hurt       42  52  75    0   0
D.Perera       Run out         14  14  25    0   0
K.Jayaratna       Run out       79  72  84   11   0
G.Chularatna       Run out        2   8   9    0   0
L.Dewappriya       Lbw R.Field       28  26  41    1   0
W.Kumara       Not out       10   9  15    1   0
T.deSilva       Not out        2   1   3    0   0
K.Kumara       Dnb
S.Jayawikrama       Dnb
Extras    6b, 4lb, 20nb, 8w       38
TOTAL      7 wickets, 40 Overs      306



FoW: 1-66 (W.Jayawardana), 2-107 (C.Kumara), 3-151 (D.Perera),
4-182 (K.Samarasinge, Retd. hurt), 5-280 (G.Chularatna)
6-303 (L.Dewappriya), 7-305 (K.Jayaratna),

Bowling                      O      M      R      W    nb     w      econ
Swanepoel      8     0   68   1 1     1       8.5
Townley      8     0   64   0 0     1       8.0
Murray      8     0   70   1 6     6       8.8
Foy      8     0   47   0 0     3       5.9
R.Field      8     0   47   1 1     5       5.9




England Blind innings (target: 307 runs from 40 overs)           R   M    B   4  6
R Field            not out         96  117  90   7  0
N.Foy                Lbw Perera         28   34 45
L.Sugg        c Jayawardna b Samarasinge 28   32 52
M.Dean                         b Jayawikrama 16   14 23   1  0
D.Townley        Run out 18   14 23
D.Field        st Kumara b Samarasinge 21   22 33
M.Pickup        Run out 22   23 41
H.Swanepoel        Run out 7     6   6
K.Seal                Not out 8     5 15
S.Murray        Run out 3     3   7
H.Khan                Run out 0     0   1
Extras                4b, 3lb, 3nb, 32w        42
TOTAL                  9 wickets, 40 Overs       289



FoW: 1-72 (N Foy), 2-156 (L Sugg), 3-190 (M Dean), 4-221 (D Townley),
5-253 (D Field), 6-265 (H Swanepoel), 7-285 (M Pickup)
8-287 (H Khan), 9-287 (S Murray)

Bowling                      O      M      R    W   nb    w     econ
C.Kumara      4     0   26 0    0   0 6.5
S.Jayawikrama      8     0   69 1    1 10 8.6
K.Samarasinge      8     0   64 2    1 11 8.0
D.Perera      8     0   56 1    0   6 7.0
K.Kumara      3     0   15 0    0   0 5.0
K.Jayaratna      5     0   31 0    1   2 6.2
L.Dewappriya      4     0   21 0    0   1 5.3

Report Day 3

England inserted the opposition on an uneven matting surface.

An opening stand of 180 in 76 minutes looked ominous but Field and Swanepoel returned from expensive opening spells to assert more control. The introduction of Townley quietened things down a bit and he was supported by some excellent fielding. Howard Greenhill kept his line despite going for a six in his first over.

A spell of 3-32 from Foy removed both openers and opened up the possibility of inroads into the lower middle order but positive play from the hosts featuring some excellent running between the wickets brought them up to a total that would have been greater but for a brave performance from Seal who had to leave the field briefly to tend to his injuries. The introduction of the B1 reserve Hassan Khan meant that four new players took the pitch in this strong England side.

A stumping, two catches in the outfield, a bowled and two run outs was a just return for a fielding performance in which heads never dropped despite an impressive batting display from a young and energetic side.

With the match evenly poised at the interval Rory Field and Foy opened steadily without taking risks against some very sharp Sri Lankan outfielding in particular their fast, flat returns to the wickets.

When Foy was out caught at the wicket after a responsible innings with the score on 200, Sugg kept the momentum going with a brisk 31 off 22 balls giving Field support in an important stand that established the foundation for victory. Swanepoel went early to a direct hit from the outfield and Andy Powers after a watchful start cut loose and shared an unbeaten stand of 101 with Field. Powers fell was denied his 50 while Field consistently found the gaps with 29 boundaries.

In the end England won with 6 overs to spare. It was a masterly performance from Rory Field who was on the pitch throughout a match played in hot humid conditions. Sri Lanka tried 10 bowlers to try to unsettle him but he was not to be denied in his England debut finishing on 173 not out.

With plenty of batting to come a focused England effort which also included debuts for Andy Powers and Howard Greenhill allows England to approach the second match on Wednesday with confidence.

Scott Poundall, the team physio, was kept busy after the match with several strains and niggles but an exhausted, happy team endured an early start and a return journey of two hours to earn a day off.