English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019–20

The England cricket team were scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in March 2020 to play two Test matches. The Test series was scheduled to form part of the inaugural 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship.[1][2] The schedule for the tour was confirmed in October 2019.[3][4] In January 2020 Sri Lanka Cricket changed the venue of the second Test from the R. Premadasa Stadium to the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, due to renovation work that was being done.[5]

English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2019–20
 
  Sri Lanka England
Dates 7 – 31 March 2020
Captains Dimuth Karunaratne Joe Root
Test series

However, on 13 March 2020, the two-match Test series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Both cricket boards are planning to reschedule the fixtures.[7] On 1 May 2020, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that the tour would be rescheduled to be played in January 2021, although the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) did not confirm the fixtures.[8]

Squads
Tests
 Sri Lanka[9]  England[10]

Ahead of the tour Mark Wood was ruled out of England's squad due to left side strain and replaced by Saqib Mahmood.[11]

Tour matches

Three-day match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs England
7–9 March 2020
Scorecard
v
316 (85.3 overs)
Jos Buttler 79 (159)
Lahiru Samarakoon 3/63 (11.3 overs)
245 (80 overs)
Ashan Priyanjan 77 (126)
Matt Parkinson 4/68 (17 overs)
320/7 (79.1 overs)
Zak Crawley 91 (99)
Kavishka Anjula 2/45 (10 overs)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.

Four-day match: Sri Lanka Board President's XI vs England
12–15 March 2020
Scorecard
v
463 (117.4 overs)
Zak Crawley 105 (145)
Prabath Jayasuriya 6/164 (37.4 overs)
150/3 (40 overs)
Lahiru Thirimanne 88* (115)
Chris Woakes 2/11 (6 overs)
Match drawn
P Sara Oval, Colombo
Umpires: Asanga Jayasooriya (SL) and Prageeth Rambukwella (SL)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match ended on day two following the news of the tour being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.[12]

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

References
  1. "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. "England to tour Sri Lanka for two Tests in March". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. "England to tour Sri Lanka in 2020". The Papare. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  5. "Venue change in Sri Lanka-England Test series". The Papare. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  6. "England tour of Sri Lanka cancelled amid COVID-19 spread". ESPN Cricinfo. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. "Coronavirus: England Test series in Sri Lanka called-off". BBC Sport. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. "England tour rearranged for January, claims SLC chief executive". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  9. "Kusal Perera included for England Tests despite finger injury". ESPN Cricinfo. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  10. "England announce squad for Test tour of Sri Lanka". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  11. "Mark Wood ruled out of Sri Lanka Tour". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  12. "ECB Statement: Test series in Sri Lanka postponed". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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