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]
^"Sri Lanka-Fixtures". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
^"England beat Sri Lanka as Pietersen and Swann shine". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
^"Eoin Morgan dropped by England for Test series in Sri Lanka". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
January 01, 1970
english, cricket, team, lanka, 2011, england, cricket, team, toured, lanka, from, march, april, 2012, tour, included, tests, between, lanka, england, with, england, victory, second, test, they, retained, their, spot, world, test, rankings, lankaenglanddates15,. 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 LankaEnglandDates15 March 2012 7 April 2012CaptainsMahela JayawardeneAndrew StraussTest seriesResult2 match series drawn 1 1Most runsMahela Jayawardene 354 Kevin Pietersen 226 Most wicketsRangana Herath 19 Graeme Swann 16 Player of the seriesMahela Jayawardene SL Contents 1 Squads 2 Tour matches 2 1 First class Sri Lanka Board XI vs England XI 2 2 First class Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI vs England XI 3 Test series 3 1 1st Test 3 2 2nd Test 4 ReferencesSquads edit nbsp Sri Lanka 3 nbsp 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 TrottTour matches editFirst class Sri Lanka Board XI vs England XI edit 15 17 March Scorecard Sri Lanka Board XI nbsp v nbsp 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 runsR 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 edit 20 22 March Scorecard Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI nbsp v nbsp 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 wicketsSinhalese Sports Club Ground Colombo Umpires Nilan De Silva SL and Tyron Wijewardene SL Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI won the toss and decided to batTest series edit1st Test edit 26 29 March Scorecard Sri Lanka nbsp v nbsp 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 runsGalle 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 edit 3 7 April Scorecard Sri Lanka nbsp v nbsp 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 wicketsPaikiasothy 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 edit 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 Archived from the original on 25 March 2012 Retrieved 26 March 2012 Eoin Morgan dropped by England for Test series in Sri Lanka BBC Sport Retrieved 28 February 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011 12 amp oldid 1112896528, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
