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The Sri Lanka cricket team toured England in August and September 2024 to play three Test matches against the England cricket team. [1] [2] The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. [3] In July 2023, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed the fixtures, as a part of the 2024 home schedule. [4] [5]
Mahela Jayawardene holds several batting and fielding test cricket records for Sri Lanka.. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match takes place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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.
This was Sri Lanka's 100th T20I. [60] Rohit Sharma (Ind) captained India for the first time in T20Is. [61] He also became the second India batsman after Virat Kohli to score 1,500 runs in T20Is. [62] MS Dhoni (Ind) affected the most dismissals in T20Is (74). [63] In terms of runs, this was both India's biggest win and Sri Lanka's biggest defeat ...
The team have competed against 15 countries in T20Is, and have played 18 matches against Pakistan. Sri Lanka have defeated Australia 8 occasions, which is their best win record against opponents. [15] Sri Lanka was the best T20I team in the world, where they ranked number one in more than 32 months, and reached World Twenty20 final in three times.
The tour featured Sri Lanka's first Test matches in the West Indies since April 2008 and included their first Test match at the Kensington Oval. [3] The Test match at the Kensington Oval also became the first day/night Test to be played in the West Indies. [4] [5] Ahead of the Test matches, there was a three-day tour match. [6]
Jonathan Trott's score of 203 is the highest score by an English batsman against Sri Lanka, beating the previous score of 174 set by Graham Gooch in 1991. [2] Sri Lanka's second innings total of 82 was their fifth-lowest Test total. [3] Thisara Perera made his Test debut for Sri Lanka in this game. [4]
The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka in January 2021 to play two Test matches. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Originally, the tour was scheduled to take place in March 2020, but the series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 5 ]