Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2021 explained

Series Name:Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2021
Team1 Image:Flag of England.svg
Team1 Name:England
Team2 Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
Team2 Name:Sri Lanka
From Date:23 June
To Date:4 July 2021
Team1 Captain:Eoin Morgan
Team2 Captain:Kusal Perera
No Of Odis:3
Team1 Odis Won:2
Team2 Odis Won:0
Team1 Odis Most Runs:Joe Root (147)
Team2 Odis Most Runs:Wanindu Hasaranga (100)
Team1 Odis Most Wickets:David Willey (9)
Team2 Odis Most Wickets:Dushmantha Chameera (3)
Player Of Odi Series:David Willey (Eng)
No Of Twenty20s:3
Team1 Twenty20s Won:3
Team2 Twenty20s Won:0
Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs:Dawid Malan (87)
Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs:Dasun Shanaka (65)
Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets:Sam Curran (5)
Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets:Dushmantha Chameera (6)
Player Of Twenty20 Series:Sam Curran (Eng)

The Sri Lanka cricket team toured England in June and July 2021 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] [2] [3] The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[4] [5] On 4 June 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named a 24-man squad to tour England. The tour was initially thrown into doubt the next day, when 38 players signed a statement refusing to sign tour contracts with SLC.[6] [7] After an agreement was reached with the players,[8] SLC confirmed that the tour would go ahead as planned.[9]

England won the first two T20Is, by eight wickets and five wickets, respectively, to win the series with a game to spare.[10] England went on to win the final T20I by 89 runs, winning the series 3–0.[11] England also won the first two ODI matches to win the series.[12] The third ODI finished as a no result, after the match was washed out following the completion of Sri Lanka's innings.[13]

Squads

Sri Lanka did not name individual squads for the ODI and T20I matches, opting instead to name a combined squad of 24 players for the tour.[17] Olly Stone was due to be named in England's ODI squad, but was ruled out of the rest of the season with a stress fracture to his back.[18] As a result, George Garton earned his maiden call-up to the England team.[19] England's Jos Buttler suffered a calf tear in the first T20I and was ruled out of the rest of the series.[20] Dawid Malan was added to England's ODI squad as Buttler's replacement.[21] Sri Lanka's Avishka Fernando was ruled out of the ODI series, after suffering a quadriceps tear in the second T20I match.[22] England's Dawid Malan was also ruled out of the ODI series, for personal reasons.[23] Tom Banton was added to England's squad for the third ODI, as cover for Malan.[24]

On 28 June 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket suspended Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella after they breached the team's bio-secure bubble.[25] All three players were seen in the city centre of Durham,[26] with them all being sent back home ahead of the ODI matches.[27] In July 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket suspended all three of them from playing in international cricket for one year.[28] Sri Lanka Cricket agreed to lift the ban on all three players early, rescinding the punishment in January 2022.[29]

Tour matches

Ahead of the T20I series, Sri Lanka were scheduled to play two one-day tour matches against Kent and Sussex. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[30] the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that Sri Lanka would play intra-squad matches instead.[31] A 50-over match and a 20-over match took place at Old Trafford Cricket Ground.[32] [33]

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T20I series

3rd T20I

ODI series

3rd ODI

Statistics

Most runs (T20I)

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1873 29.00 76 129.85 1
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align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 65align=center align=center rowspan=4 3 align=center 21.66 align=center 50 align=center 89.04
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 64align=center align=center 32.00 align=center 51 align=center 110.34
align=center rowspan=2 5scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=2 54align=center rowspan=2 align=center rowspan=2 18.00 align=center 39 align=center 98.18 align=center rowspan=2 0
align=center 30 align=center 94.73
Last Updated: 1 July 2021

Most wickets (T20I)

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16 3 4/17 11.66 6.26
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 5align=center rowspan=5 align=center rowspan=2 3 align=center 2/14 align=center 9.40 align=center 5.22
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 4align=center 2/17 align=center 12.50 align=center 5.55
align=center rowspan=4 4scope=row style=text-align:center; rowspan=4 3align=center rowspan=2 2 align=center 3/27 align=center 14.66 align=center 5.50
align=center 2/18 align=center 17.00 align=center 6.37
align=center rowspan=2 3 align=center 1/13 align=center 24.33 align=center 6.08
align=center align=center 1/25 align=center 36.66 align=center 9.16
Last Updated: 1 July 2021

Most runs (ODI)

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11472 - 79*0 2
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 100align=center rowspan=4 align=center rowspan=23 align=center 33.33 align=center 54 align=center rowspan=4 0 align=center 1
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 96align=center 48.00 align=center 48* align=center 0
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 95align=center 2 align=center 47.50 align=center 91 align=center rowspan=2 1
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 82align=center 3 align=center 27.33 align=center 73
Last Updated: 1 July 2021

Most wickets (ODI)

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193 4/64 16.00 5.33
align=center 2scope=row style=text-align:center; 6align=center rowspan=3 align=center 2 align=center 4/18 align=center 7.66 align=center 2.30
align=center 3scope=row style=text-align:center; 5align=center 3 align=center 5/48 align=center 24.60 align=center 5.19
align=center 4scope=row style=text-align:center; 4align=center rowspan=22 align=center 4/35 align=center 19.50 align=center 3.90
align=center 5scope=row style=text-align:center; 3align=center align=center 3/50 align=center 32.00 align=center 5.64
Last Updated: 1 July 2021

Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2021

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ECB unveils plans to host full summer of international cricket in 2021 . England and Wales Cricket Board . 18 November 2020.
  2. Web site: England plan for full calendar and return of crowds in 2021 home season . ESPN Cricinfo . 18 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Finals Day tickets sell out before Christmas as hope rises for crowds return . ESPN Cricinfo . 9 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced . International Cricket Council . 11 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Men's Future Tours Programme . 11 October 2019 . International Cricket Council.
  6. Web site: Sri Lanka Cricketers refuse to sign tour contracts . The Papare . 5 June 2021.
  7. Web site: Sri Lanka's England tour in jeopardy after players refuse to sign contracts . ESPN Cricinfo . 5 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Sri Lanka players agree to tour England without contracts . ESPN Cricinfo . 7 June 2021.
  9. Web site: SLC and players come to an agreement, England tour to proceed . BD Crictime . 7 June 2021.
  10. Web site: England v Sri Lanka: Hosts win second Twenty20 to seal series . BBC Sport . 25 June 2021.
  11. Web site: England v Sri Lanka: Dawid Malan hits 76 as hosts complete 3-0 series win . BBC Sport . 25 June 2021.
  12. Web site: England v Sri Lanka: Sam Curran takes 5-48 as hosts seal series at The Oval . BBC Sport . 1 July 2021.
  13. Web site: England v Sri Lanka: Rain wipes out third ODI in Bristol after tourists collapse again . BBC Sport . 4 July 2021.
  14. Web site: England Men name squad for Royal London ODI series with Sri Lanka . England and Wales cricket Board . 19 June 2021.
  15. Web site: England Men’s IT20 squad announced for the Vitality IT20 Series against Sri Lanka . England and Wales cricket Board . 12 June 2021.
  16. Web site: Sri Lanka squad for England T20I and ODI series . Sri Lanka Cricket . 8 June 2021.
  17. Web site: Nuwan Pradeep returns to SL white-ball squad for England tour . CricBuzz . 8 June 2021.
  18. Web site: Olly Stone out with stress fracture, George Garton drafted in for England's ODIs against Sri Lanka . ESPN Cricinfo . 19 June 2021.
  19. Web site: Olly Stone: England bowler out for season with stress fracture of the back . BBC Sport . 19 June 2021.
  20. Web site: Jos Buttler ruled out of Sri Lanka white-ball series with calf injury . ESPN Cricinfo . 25 June 2021.
  21. Web site: England v Sri Lanka: Jos Buttler to miss rest of series . BBC Sport . 25 June 2021.
  22. Web site: Avishka Fernando ruled out of England ODIs due to quadriceps tear . ESPN Cricinfo . 27 June 2021.
  23. Web site: Eng vs SL 1st ODI: Why is Dawid Malan not playing? . India Fantasty . 29 June 2021.
  24. Web site: England call up Tom Banton as cover for Dawid Malan . ESPN Cricinfo . 1 July 2021.
  25. Web site: Bio-bubble breach: Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella suspended . ESPN Cricinfo . 28 June 2021.
  26. Web site: Sri Lanka v England: Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella sent home from tour . BBC Sport . 28 June 2021.
  27. Web site: Mendis, Dickwella, Gunathilaka to be sent home for bubble breach in UK . CricBuzz . 28 June 2021.
  28. Web site: Durham bubble breach: Gunathilaka, Mendis and Dickwella suspended from international cricket for one year . ESPN Cricinfo . 30 July 2021.
  29. Web site: Sri Lanka Cricket bring three players' year-long bans to early end . The Cricketer . 7 January 2022.
  30. Web site: Covid-19: India A tour of England postponed, India Test team to travel with larger squad instead . ESPN Cricinfo . 13 April 2021.
  31. Web site: India A tour to England postponed, Kohli and Co to play intra-squad games with expanded squad . Scroll . 13 April 2021.
  32. Web site: Ramesh, Avishka, Akila, Asitha & Chamika shine in practice game . The Papare . 19 June 2021.
  33. Web site: Kusal Perera and Danushka Gunathilaka hit blistering knocks in T20 practice game . The Papare . 19 June 2021.

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