English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1992–93

{{Short description|International cricket tour}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricket tour

| series_name = English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1992–93

| series_logo =

| team1_image = Flag of Sri Lanka.svg

| team1_name = Sri Lanka

| team2_image = Flag of England.svg

| team2_name = England

| from_date = 10 March 1993

| to_date = 20 March 1993

| team1_captain = Arjuna Ranatunga

| team2_captain = Alec Stewart

| player_of_series =

| team1_series_most_runs =

| team2_series_most_runs =

| team1_series_most_wickets =

| team2_series_most_wickets =

| no_of_tests = 1

| team1_tests_won = 1

| team2_tests_won = 0

| team1_tests_most_runs = Hashan Tillakaratne (129)

| team2_tests_most_runs = Robin Smith (163)

| team1_tests_most_wickets = Jayananda Warnaweera (8)

| team2_tests_most_wickets = Chris Lewis (5)

| player_of_test_series = Hashan Tillakaratne (SL)

| no_of_ODIs = 2

| team1_ODIs_won = 2

| team2_ODIs_won = 0

| team1_ODIs_most_runs = Aravinda de Silva (109)

| team2_ODIs_most_runs = Graeme Hick (67)

| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = Sanath Jayasuriya (8)

| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = Ian Salisbury (2)

| player_of_ODI_series =

}}

Squads

Test series

=Only Test=

{{Test match

| date = 13 – 18 March

| time = 10:00

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}

| team2 = {{cr|SL}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 380 (130.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Robin Smith 128 (338)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Jayananda Warnaweera 4/90 (40.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 469 (156.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Hashan Tillakaratne 93* (208)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Chris Lewis 4/66 (31 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 228 (66 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = John Emburey 59 (151)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Jayananda Warnaweera 4/98 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 142/5 (42.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Hashan Tillakaratne 36* (62)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Phil Tufnell 2/34 (7.4 overs)

| result = Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63605.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

| umpires = K. T. Francis (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL)

| motm = Hashan Tillakaratne (SL)

| toss = England won the toss and elected to bat

| rain =

| notes = Ashley de Silva (SL) made his debut

  • Paul Jarvis (Eng) made his last appearance in Test matches.
  • Muttiah Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 4-134).
  • Chris Lewis reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed Roshan Mahanama, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka second innings.

}}

ODI series

=1st ODI=

{{Limited overs international

| date = 10 March

| time = 14:30

| daynight = yes

| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}

| score1 = 250/5 (47 overs)

| score2 = 170 (36.1 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| runs1 = Hashan Tillakaratne 66* (65)

| wickets1 = Devon Malcolm 3/32 (7 overs)

| runs2 = Neil Fairbrother 34 (55)

| wickets2 = Ruwan Kalpage 3/34 (8 overs)

| result = Sri Lanka won by 32 runs (faster scoring rate)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64418.html Scorecard]

| venue = R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

| umpires = K. T. Francis (SL) and Selliah Ponnadurai (SL)

| motm = Hashan Tillakaratne (SL)

| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Sri Lanka's innings was reduced to 47 overs.

  • England's innings was reduced to 38 overs with a target of 203.

}}

=2nd ODI=

{{Limited overs international

| date = 20 March

| time = 10:30

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}

| score1 = 180 (48.5 overs)

| score2 = 183/2 (36.1 overs)

| team2 = {{cr|SL}}

| runs1 = Graeme Hick 36 (44)

| wickets1 = Sanath Jayasuriya 6/29 (9.5 overs)

| runs2 = Aravinda de Silva 75* (68)

| wickets2 = Ian Salisbury 2/36 (4 overs)

| result = Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64421.html Scorecard]

| venue = Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa

| umpires = B. C. Cooray (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL)

| motm = Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Paul Taylor made his debut.

}}

Records and statistics

= Batting =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="13" |Test

Player

!Nat

!Matches

!Innings

!Runs

!NO

!Ave.

!SR

!HS

!100

!50

!4s

!6s

style="background:gold;"

|Robin Smith

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |163

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |81.50

| style="text-align:center;" |39.85

| style="text-align:center;" |128

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |24

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Hashan Tillakaratne

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |129

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" | -

| style="text-align:center;" |47.77

| style="text-align:center;" |93*

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |15

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Arjuna Ranatunga

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |99

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |49.50

| style="text-align:center;" |56.57

| style="text-align:center;" |64

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |9

| style="text-align:center;" |1

Graeme Hick

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |94

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |47.00

| style="text-align:center;" |67.14

| style="text-align:center;" |68

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |9

| style="text-align:center;" |3

Aravinda de Silva

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |87

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |43.50

| style="text-align:center;" |52.72

| style="text-align:center;" |80

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |7

| style="text-align:center;" |2

colspan="13" |ODI
Player

!Nat

!Matches

!Innings

!Runs

!NO

!Ave.

!SR

!HS

!100

!50

!4s

!6s

style="background:gold;"

|Aravinda de Silva

|{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |109

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |109.00

| style="text-align:center;" |99.09

| style="text-align:center;" |75*

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |8

| style="text-align:center;" |5

Chandika Hathurusingha

|{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |76

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |38.00

| style="text-align:center;" |59.37

| style="text-align:center;" |43

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |9

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Graeme Hick

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |67

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |33.50

| style="text-align:center;" |77.90

| style="text-align:center;" |36

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |11

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Hashan Tillakaratne

|{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |66

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" | -

| style="text-align:center;" |101.53

| style="text-align:center;" |66*

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |6

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Neil Fairbrother

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |55

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |27.50

| style="text-align:center;" |53.92

| style="text-align:center;" |34

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |1

colspan="13" |Source: Cricinfo{{Cite web|title=England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1992/93 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=333&type=series|access-date=2021-11-20|website=Cricinfo}}{{Cite web|title=England in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 1992/93 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=679&type=series|access-date=2021-11-20|website=Cricinfo}}

= Bowling =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="12" |Test

Player

!Nat

!Matches

!Innings

!Wickets

!Overs

!Runs

!Econ.

!Ave.

!BBI

!5WI

!10WI

style="background:gold;"

|Jayananda Warnaweera

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |8

| style="text-align:center;" |65.1

| style="text-align:center;" |188

| style="text-align:center;" |2.88

| style="text-align:center;" |23.50

| style="text-align:center;" |4/90

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Chris Lewis

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |5

| style="text-align:center;" |39.0

| style="text-align:center;" |87

| style="text-align:center;" |2.23

| style="text-align:center;" |17.40

| style="text-align:center;" |4/66

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Muthiah Muralidaran

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |5

| style="text-align:center;" |61.0

| style="text-align:center;" |173

| style="text-align:center;" |2.83

| style="text-align:center;" |34.60

| style="text-align:center;" |4/118

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

John Emburey

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |4

| style="text-align:center;" |48.0

| style="text-align:center;" |165

| style="text-align:center;" |3.43

| style="text-align:center;" |41.25

| style="text-align:center;" |2/48

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Paul Jarvis

| style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |3

| style="text-align:center;" |33.5

| style="text-align:center;" |90

| style="text-align:center;" |2.66

| style="text-align:center;" |30.00

| style="text-align:center;" |3/76

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Phil Tufnell

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |3

| style="text-align:center;" |40.4

| style="text-align:center;" |142

| style="text-align:center;" |3.49

| style="text-align:center;" |47.33

| style="text-align:center;" |2/34

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

colspan="12" |ODI
Player

!Nat

!Matches

!Innings

!Wickets

!Overs

!Runs

!Econ.

!Ave.

!BBI

!4WI

!5WI

style="background:gold;"

|Sanath Jayasuriya

|{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |8

| style="text-align:center;" |16.5

| style="text-align:center;" |74

| style="text-align:center;" |4.39

| style="text-align:center;" |9.25

| style="text-align:center;" |6/29

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

Ruwan Kalpage

|{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |4

| style="text-align:center;" |18.0

| style="text-align:center;" |61

| style="text-align:center;" |3.38

| style="text-align:center;" |15.25

| style="text-align:center;" |3/34

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Pramodya Wickramasinghe

|{{flagicon|SL}}

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |3

| style="text-align:center;" |14.1

| style="text-align:center;" |44

| style="text-align:center;" |3.10

| style="text-align:center;" |14.66

| style="text-align:center;" |2/21

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

Ian Salisbury

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |4.0

| style="text-align:center;" |36

| style="text-align:center;" |9.00

| style="text-align:center;" |18.00

| style="text-align:center;" |2/36

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |0

colspan="12" |Source: Cricinfo{{Cite web|title=England in Sri Lanka Test Match, 1992/93 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=333&type=series|access-date=2021-11-20|website=Cricinfo}}{{Cite web|title=England in Sri Lanka ODI Series, 1992/93 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=679&type=series|access-date=2021-11-20|website=Cricinfo}}

References