Test Cricket Tours Sri Lanka 2009-10

Test Cricket Tours - Sri Lanka to India 2009-10

Tour of India 2009-10          Captain: Kumar Sangakkara

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Sri Lanka’s forty-fourth Test tour
(November - December 2009)

Seventh Test-playing tour of India by Sri Lanka
   (previous tour 2005-06;
          2008 tour cancelled)

SUMMARY TO FOLLOW

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Previous tour
Pakistan 2008-09

Next tour
England 2011

Next tour of India
2015 and 2017-18

Members of the Test tour party (16 + 1)

Opening batsmen  Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranavitana
Middle-order batsmen: Kumar Sangakkara Mahela Jayawardena, Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Thilina Kandamby
Wicket-keepers:Prasanna Jayawardene, Kaushal Silva.
Fast bowlers: Chanaka Welegedara, Thilan Thushara Mirando, Nuwan Kulasekera, Dammika Prasad
Spin bowlers: Muttaiah Muralitharan, Rangana Herath, Ajantha Mendis.

T M Dilshan
Bf'd
33
RHB   vice-captain
ODI          ¥

R K Herath
Ms
31
SLA

M D Jayawardene
SSC
32
RHB
ODI          ¥

P W Jayawardene
Bf'd
30
WK

S H T Kandamby
SSC
27
LHB   LB
ODI

K M N Kulasekera
Ct
27
RFM
ODI          ¥

A D Mathews
Ct
22
RHB   RFM
ODI          ¥

B A W Mendis
Army
24
OB
ODI          ¥

M Muralitharan
T U
37
OB   limited overs vice-captain
ODI          ¥

N T Paranavitana
SSC
27
LHB opener

K T G D Prasad
SSC
26
RFM

T T Samaraweera
SSC
33
RHB
ODI

K C Sangakkara
NCC
32
LHB   WK    captain
ODI        ¥

J K Silva
SSC
23
RHB
ODI

T M Thushara
SSC
28
LFM
ODI          ¥

C A Welegedera
Ms
28
LFM
                ¥

Chosen in the tour party for the
C R D Fernando
ODI
one-day internationals or T/20
C U Jayasinghe
                ¥

S T Jayasuriya
ODI          ¥

C K Kapugadera
ODI         ¥

S L Malinga
ODI          ¥

M Pushpakumara
                ¥

W U Tharanga
ODI

K Weeraratne
                ¥



Average age of team at time of first Test match
(16 November 2009) :
    29 yrs 5 months.

Representation of clubs :
Army: Sri Lankan Army Sports Club (1)
Bf'd: Bloomfield (2)
Ct: Colts Cricket Club (2)
Ms : Moors Sports Club (2)
NCC: Nondescripts (1)
SSC: Sinhalese Sports Club (7)
TU: Tamil Union (1)

Key to type :
LHB left-hand bat,
LBG leg break and googly bowler,
OB off break,
SLA slow left-arm bowler,
RFM right arm fast medium bowler

ODI   Member of ODI squad     ¥   Member of T/20 squad

Test Appearances made before the tour

Muralitharan 129, M Jayawardene 107, Sangakkara 85, Dilshan 57, Samaraweera 54, P Jayawardene 27, Herath 18, Kulasekara 10, Mendis 9, Thushara 9, Paranavitana 7, Mathews 4, Prasad 3, Welegedera 1, Kandamby 0, Silva 0.

Tour Officials

Brendon Kuruppu
Team Manager
Trevor Bayliss
Head Coach
Champaka Ramanayake
Bowling coach
-
Batting coach
Gavin Fingleson
Fielding coach
Tommy Simsek
Physiotherapist
Brian Thomas
Media manager

Selectors

Asantha de Mel (chairman), Don Arunasiri, Vinodan John, Chaminda Mendis, Anura Tennekoon.

Selection

Unavailable :
Tour Party Announced : 27 October 2009
Stand by:   Dilhara Fernando, Chamara Kapugedara, Malinda Warnapura, Suraj Randev
Not selected:   C K Kapugedera, S M Warnapura
All three squads (different groups chosen for T/20 and for ODI matches) were announced on the same day.

T/20 squad stand by: Malinga Bandara, Nuwan Soyza, Thisara Perera
ODI squad stand by:  Chanaka Welagedara, Lahiru Thirimanna, Malinga Bandara

Time between selection and departure from Sri Lanka
11 days
(27 October to 7 November)

Travel
Colombo   Q    Mumbai

The team flew from Colombo on Saturday evening 7 November 2009 and arrived in Mumbai that night.

Time spent in India
   53 days
(7 November - 30 December)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements (1)

C R D Fernando
SSC
30
RFM
ODI          ¥

Dilhara Fernando, who was soon to join the squad for the limited overs matches in any case, was flown in on 18 November to replace Thilan Thushara who returned to Sri Lanka with a shoulder injury sustained in training just before the first Test.

Muralitharan damaged ligaments in his bowling hand and was rested for the T20s after the Test series but was then ruled out of the one-day series so as not to make the injury worse. In his place Suraj Randiv Kulahalamulla and fellow spinner Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, already a member of the T20 squad,joined the team in time for the second ODI in Nagpur. They flew in on 14 December.
Dilhara Fernando fractured a thumb in the first ODI at Rajkot and had to return home early soSuranga Lakmal was called up. Lakmal flew in on 16 December.
Angelo Mathews also returned home after straining his right quadricep muscle during the second ODI in Nagpur and allrounder Tissara Perera left the island on 19 December to join the squad.
Bowlers Chanaka Welegedera, retained for the one-day squad, and Lasith Malinga were also injured but remained with the team and played again in the ODIs.

Fixtures/Results

a
Mumbai
Indian Board President's XI
Abandoned
b
AHMEDABAD
INDIA First Test
DRAWN
c
KANPUR
INDIA Second Test
LOST inns 144 r
d
MUMBAI ( BS)
INDIA Third Test
LOST inns 24 r
e
¥ Nagpur
India (1st T20)
Won 29 r
f
¥ Mohali
India (2nd T20)
Lost 6 w
g
§ Rajkot
India (1st ODI)
Lost 3 r
h
§ Nagpur
India (2nd ODI)
Won 3 w
i
§ Cuttack
India (3rd ODI)
Lost 7 w
j
§ Kolkata
India (4th ODI)
Lost 7 w
k
§ Delhi
India (5th ODI)
No result

† not first-class
§ one-day international

Time spent in India before First Test:
    9 days
(7 November - 16 November)

Test appearances on tour

3 -   Dilshan, Herath, M Jayawardene, P Jayawardene, Mathews, Muralitharan, Paranavitana, Samaraweera, Sangakkara, Welegedera
1 -   Kulasekara, Mendis, Prasad.
0 -   Kandamby, Silva.

Match appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
x other match
⊕ T/20 international
-   teams not announced

W won L lost D drawn T tie
N no result   A abandoned
u unknown result C cancelled

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
T M Dilshan

T
T
T
Å
Å
o
o
o
o
o
C R D Fernando

Å
Å
o

R Herath

T
T
T

C Jayasinghe

Å
Å

S T Jayasuriya

Å
Å
o

o
o
M Jayawardene

T
T
T
Å
Å
o
o
o
o

P Jayawardene

T
T
T

T Kandamby

o
o
o
o
o
C K Kapugadera

Å
Å

o
o

N Kulasekera

T
Å
Å
o

o

R A S Lakmal

o

o
o
S L Malinga

Å
Å

o
o

A D Mathews

T
T
T
Å
Å
o
o

B A W Mendis

T

o
o

M Muralitharan

T
T
T

T Paranavitana

T
T
T

T C Perera

o
o
D Prasad

T

M Pushpakumara

Å

o
Suraj Randiv

o
o
o
o
T T Samaraweera

T
T
T

o

o
o
K Sangakkara

T
T
T
Å
Å
o
o
o
o
o
K J Silva

W U Tharanga

o
o
o
o
o
T Thushara

K Weeraratne

Å

C Welegeradera

T
T
T

o

o

o
   R E S U L T S
A
D
L
L
W
L
L
W
L
L
N

Highlights

• N

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
0
2
1
-
Other first-class matches
1
0
0
0
1
ϯ Minor matches
0
-
-
-
-
§ One-day internationals
5
1
3
0
1
ÅT/20 internationals
2
1
1
0
-
All Matches
11
2
6
1
2

F Fixtures   W Won   L Lost   D Drawn   T Tied Canc Cancelled Aban abandoned

Return to Sri Lanka
       Q   Colombo

Thilina Thushara returned home before the Test series began.
Herath, P Jayawardene, Paranavitana, Prasad and Silva were not required after the Test series.
Muttiah Muralitharan and Dilhara Fernando were ruled out of the tour due to finger injuries and returned to Sri Lanka early. Angelo Mathews went home after the 2nd ODI.
The ODI team returned to Colombo on 30 December 2009.

Time away from Sri Lanka
    53 days
(7 November to 30 December)

Postscript
In July 2010 Chamaka Ramanayeke became bowling coach and Ruwan Kalpage fielding coach to the national side after they had both occupied the same position for Bangladesh.

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Acknowledgements
To general reading of The Times newspaper digital archive (Gale Group); Jamaica Gleanor archive; National Library of Australia Trove; Papers Past NZ.
From former British Newspaper Library, Colindale and online: The Age, Melbourne Argus, Bangladesh Daily Star, Barbados Advocate, Canberra Times, Daily Telegraph, Dawn, Eastern Daily Press, The Hindu, The Independent (Dhaka), Indian Express, The Island (Lanka), Lahore Times, New Nation, New Zealand Auckland Herald, Sri Lanka Daily News, Stabroek News, Straits Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph (Calcutta), Times of India , The Tribune Chandigarh, Trinidad Guardian, The West Australian.
cricketweb.net; ESPN cricinfo; cricket archive; www.cricketcountry; www.coverpoint
Magazines/periodicals including Australian Cricket, B & H West Indies Annual, The Cricketer International, Cricketer Quarterly, Indian Cricket, Indian Cricket Field Annual, Playfair Cricket Monthly, Shell Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, Wisden Cricket Monthly, Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack.
Men In White, A History of Australian Cricket (Harte), A History of Indian Cricket (Bose), A History of West Indies Cricket (Manley)
Biography and tour books (own collection and at the M.C.C. Library at Lord’s Ground)                                    © ALL CONTENTS OF THE TEST-CRICKET-TOURS.CO.UK WEBSITE ARE COPYRIGHT