Sri Lanka in England/Netherlands

[andrew_nixon]

Schedule

24th April: 3 day game v British Universities at Fenner's, Cambridge
29th April: 3 day game v Derbyshire at County Ground, Derby
4th May: 4 day game v England A at New Road, Worcester
11th May: 1st Test v England at Lord's
18th May: 4 day game v Sussex at Hove
25th May: 2nd Test v England at Edgbaston
2nd June: 3rd Test v England at Trent Bridge
9th June: 1 day game v Essex at County Ground, Chelmsford
11th June: 1 day game v Somerset at Taunton
15th June: Twenty20 International v England at The Rose Bowl
17th June: 1st ODI v England at Lord's
20th June: 2nd ODI v England at The Oval
24th June: 3rd ODI v England at Chester-le-Street
28th June: 4th ODI v England at Old Trafford
1st July: 5th ODI v England at Headingley
4th July: 1st ODI v Netherlands at VRA Ground, Amstelveen
6th July: 2nd ODI v Netherlands at VRA Ground, Amstelveen

Sri Lanka Squad

Upul Tharanga
Marvan Atapattu
Michael Vandort
Kumar Sangakkara
Mahela Jayawardene (Captain)
Thilan Samaraweera
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chamara Kapugedera
Prasanna Jayawardene
Farveez Maharoof
Chaminda Vaas
Malinga Bandara
Muttiah Muralitharan
Nuwan Zoysa
Lasith Malinga
Nuwan Kulasekara
Jehan Mubarak

[ZexyZahid]

Marvan Atapattu has already been ruled out of this tour. At least from the Test side. Not sure if he can come back from the ODI side.

Atapattu will miss Test series in England
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/sril...ry/244610.html

[barmyarmy]

Completely off topic but seeing as there isn't a "Pakistan in" topic yet, I've just got tickets for Scotland/Pakistan.

[ZexyZahid]

Congratulations. Will the match be aired on Scottish TV?

[barmyarmy]

Don't think so. They were meant to air the Australia game last year but I doubt Pakistan will be.

[andrew_nixon]

Originally Posted by barmyarmy

Completely off topic but seeing as there isn't a "Pakistan in" topic yet, I've just got tickets for Scotland/Pakistan.

You going to an ODI.......

[barmyarmy]

Originally Posted by andrew_nixon

You going to an ODI.......

Don't have much choice. There are no tests in Durham this year so it's miles to get to a test. I go see Scotland play quite a bit; not as good as test cricket but beggars can't be choosers.

[Sureshot]

By god, England involved in a test series and the first 2 aren't back to back!

[anakwalajinn]

Hm, Netherlands -VS- Lankan'z going to be interesting!

[m_vaughan]

Expect England to do well in this first part of the summer. Will be good preparation for the second and tougher part against in-form Pakistan.

[genghis_khan]

i think the Lankans will go alright.....but i think they will be troubled by England's seamers.

[James219]

Originally Posted by Sureshot

By god, England involved in a test series and the first 2 aren't back to back!

The first two tests in the recently passed Ashes Series weren't back-to-back either.....

[Sureshot]

Originally Posted by m_vaughan

Expect England to do well in this first part of the summer. Will be good preparation for the second and tougher part against in-form Pakistan.

They maybe in-form but the have gotten into form in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. All fairly similar types of pitches.

[wolf]

Hi all I am new here,

I think Hoggard will do well in the early summer with the swing in the air.

[Sureshot]

Yeh should be brilliant.

Still got mid febuary weather here in mid-end April.

Only about 12 today. Normally about 18 this time of year.