Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2021
International cricket tour
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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]
| Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2021 | |||
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| England | Sri Lanka | ||
| Dates | 23 June – 4 July 2021 | ||
| Captains | Eoin Morgan | Kusal Perera | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Joe Root (147) | Wanindu Hasaranga (100) | |
| Most wickets | David Willey (9) | Dushmantha Chameera (3) | |
| Player of the series | David Willey (Eng) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Dawid Malan (87) | Dasun Shanaka (65) | |
| Most wickets | Sam Curran (5) | Dushmantha Chameera (6) | |
| Player of the series | Sam Curran (Eng) | ||
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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- Team Mendis won the toss and elected to bat.
T20I series
1st T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- England were set a revised target of 103 runs from 18 overs due to rain.
3rd T20I
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
ODI series
1st ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Charith Asalanka, Praveen Jayawickrama and Dhananjaya Lakshan (SL) all made their ODI debuts.
- David Willey (Eng) played in his 50th ODI.[34]
- Joe Root (Eng) played in his 150th ODI,[35] and scored his 6,000th run in ODIs.[36]
- Chris Woakes (Eng) took his 150th wicket in ODIs.[37]
- World Cup Super League points: England 10, Sri Lanka 0.
2nd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Sam Curran (Eng) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[38]
- World Cup Super League points: England 10, Sri Lanka 0.
3rd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- World Cup Super League points: England 5, Sri Lanka 5.
Statistics
Most runs (T20I)
| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | Strike Rate | 50 |
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| 1 | 87 | Dawid Malan |  | 3 | 29.00 | 76 | 129.85 | 1 |
| 2 | 68 | Jos Buttler | | 1 | - | 68* | 123.63 | 1 |
| 3 | 65 | Dasun Shanaka |  | 3 | 21.66 | 50 | 89.04 | |
| 4 | 64 | Jonny Bairstow | | 32.00 | 51 | 110.34 | ||
| 5 | 54 | Kusal Mendis | | 18.00 | 39 | 98.18 | 0 | |
| Kusal Perera | 30 | 94.73 | ||||||
| Last Updated: 1 July 2021 | ||||||||
Most wickets (T20I)
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | |
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| 1 | 6 | Dushmantha Chameera | | 3 | 4/17 | 11.66 | 6.26 | |
| 2 | 5 | Sam Curran | | 3 | 2/14 | 9.40 | 5.22 | |
| 3 | 4 | Adil Rashid | 2/17 | 12.50 | 5.55 | |||
| 4 | 3 | David Willey | 2 | 3/27 | 14.66 | 5.50 | ||
| Mark Wood | 2/18 | 17.00 | 6.37 | |||||
| Chris Jordan | 3 | 1/13 | 24.33 | 6.08 | ||||
| Isuru Udana | | 1/25 | 36.66 | 9.16 | ||||
| Last Updated: 1 July 2021 | ||||||||
Most runs (ODI)
| Rank | Runs | Player | Teams | Innings | Average | High Score | 100 | 50 |
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| 1 | 147 | Joe Root | | 2 | - | 79* | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 100 | Wanindu Hasaranga | | 3 | 33.33 | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 96 | Dasun Shanaka | 48.00 | 48* | 0 | |||
| 4 | 95 | Dhananjaya de Silva | 2 | 47.50 | 91 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 82 | Kusal Perera | 3 | 27.33 | 73 | |||
| Last Updated: 1 July 2021 | ||||||||
Most wickets (ODI)
| Rank | Wickets | Player | Teams | Innings | Best | Average | Economy | |
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| 1 | 9 | David Willey | | 3 | 4/64 | 16.00 | 5.33 | |
| 2 | 6 | Chris Woakes | | 2 | 4/18 | 7.66 | 2.30 | |
| 3 | 5 | Sam Curran | 3 | 5/48 | 24.60 | 5.19 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Tom Curran | 2 | 4/35 | 19.50 | 3.90 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Dushmantha Chameera | | 3/50 | 32.00 | 5.64 | ||
| Last Updated: 1 July 2021 | ||||||||