International cricket tour
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] 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League .[ 4] [ 5] 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] [ 8] [ 9]
England won the first two T20Is, by eight wickets and five wickets, respectively, to win the series with a game to spare.[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] 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] George Garton earned his maiden call-up to the England team.[ 19] 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] Avishka Fernando was ruled out of the ODI series, after suffering a quadriceps tear in the second T20I match.[ 22] 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] Durham ,[ 26] [ 27] [ 28] [ 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] England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed that Sri Lanka would play intra-squad matches instead.[ 31] Old Trafford Cricket Ground .[ 32] [ 33]
Team Mendis won the toss and elected to bat.
T20I series
1st T20I
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
2nd T20I
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
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
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
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
Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2021
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