Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2014
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Dates
13 May – 24 June 2014
Captains
Lasith Malinga (T20I)
Angelo Mathews (Tests & ODIs)
Angelo Mathews (Tests & ODIs)
Result
Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs
Kumar Sangakkara (342)
| Sri Lanka in England in 2014 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | England | ||
| Dates | 13 May – 24 June 2014 | ||
| Captains |
Lasith Malinga (T20I) Angelo Mathews (Tests & ODIs) |
Eoin Morgan (T20I) Alastair Cook (Tests & ODIs) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Kumar Sangakkara (342) | Joe Root (259) | |
| Most wickets | Shaminda Eranga (11) | James Anderson (12) | |
| Player of the series |
James Anderson (Eng) Angelo Mathews (SL) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Tillakaratne Dilshan (222) | Jos Buttler (172) | |
| Most wickets | Sachithra Senanayake (9) | Chris Jordan (12) | |
| Player of the series | Lasith Malinga (SL) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Thisara Perera (49) | Alex Hales (66) | |
| Most wickets | Lasith Malinga (3) | Harry Gurney (2) | |
| Player of the series | Thisara Perera (SL) | ||
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured England from 13 May to 24 June 2014 for a Twenty20 International (T20I), five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Test matches against the England cricket team. They also played three one-day and one four-day tour matches against English county sides. Their England tour was preceded by a two-match ODI series against Ireland. Sri Lanka won the Test series 1–0 (the first time they had won a Test series with more than one match in England), the ODI series 3–2 and the one-off T20I.
Tour matches
List A: Essex vs Sri Lankans
Essex Eagles 161/5 (21 overs) |
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- Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain after two overs of the Essex innings reduced the match to 21 overs per side.
- Matt Salisbury (Essex) made his List A debut.
List A: Kent vs Sri Lankans
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Kent Spitfires 173 (36.3 overs) | |
- Kent won the toss and elected to field.
- Charlie Hartley (Kent) made his List A debut.
Twenty20: Sussex vs Sri Lankans
Sussex Sharks 126/7 (20 overs) |
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Tillakaratne Dilshan 73* (31) |
- Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
- Harry Finch (Sussex) made his Twenty20 debut.
First-class: Northamptonshire vs Sri Lankans
5–8 June 2014 Scorecard |
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- Sri Lankans won the toss and elected to bat
- No play was possible on Day 3 due to rain.
- Chad Barrett and James Kettleborough (both N'hants) made their first-class debuts.
T20I series
Only T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Michael Carberry, Harry Gurney (both Eng) and Kithuruwan Vithanage (SL) made their T20I debuts.
ODI series
1st ODI
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain after 20.4 overs of the England innings reduced the game to 39 overs per side, with Sri Lanka set a target of 259 runs to win on the Duckworth–Lewis method.
- Further rain during the Sri Lanka innings reduced their response to 32 overs with a revised target of 226 runs.
2nd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Eoin Morgan captained England in the absence of injured Alastair Cook.
- England's score of 99 was their sixth-lowest total in ODI cricket.[7]
3rd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- The start of the match was delayed by rain until 14:05, with no loss of overs.
- Sri Lanka's score of 67 was their third-lowest total in ODI cricket and England's victory was the fifth time they had won by 10 wickets in ODIs.[8]
4th ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Buttler's century was the fastest scored by an England player in ODI cricket, coming off 61 balls with nine fours and four sixes.[9]
5th ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
Test series
1st Test
12–16 June 2014 Scorecard |
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan and Sam Robson (all Eng) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
20–24 June 2014 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Ian Bell (Eng) played in his 100th Test.[10]
- Liam Plunkett (Eng) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests and his overall match figures of 9/176 were his best in Test cricket.[11]
- Moeen Ali and Sam Robson (both Eng) scored their maiden centuries in Tests.