The Sri Lankan cricket team toured

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from 14 May to 9 July 2011. The tour consisted of three

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, one

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(T20I) and five

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(ODIs) between Sri Lanka and England.

Squads

Tour matches

First-class: Middlesex vs Sri Lankans

First-class: England Lions vs Sri Lankans

First class: Essex vs Sri Lankans

List A: Worcestershire Royals vs Sri Lankans

Test series

1st Test

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's score of 203 is the highest score by an English batsman against Sri Lanka, beating the previous score of 174 set by

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in 1991. Sri Lanka's second innings total of 82 was their fifth-lowest Test total.

Thisara Perera Narangoda Liyanaarachchige Thisara Chirantha Perera ( si, තිසර පෙරේරා; born 3 April 1989), popularly as Thisara Perera, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats for the national team. He also cap ...

made his Test debut for Sri Lanka in this game.

2nd Test

Tillakaratne Dilshan batting at Lord's 2011 (1)

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made 101 runs. Sri Lankan captain

Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...

score of 193 was the highest score made by a Sri Lankan at Lord's and Dilshan's highest Test Match score. Dilshan also suffered a broken thumb from a delivery on the third day by

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that caused him to miss the Third Test. England wicketkeeper

was reprimanded by the

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for breaking a window in the dressing room after he was run out.

3rd Test

This was the first ever Test match to be played at The Rose Bowl. Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne made his Test Match debut.

made his best Test figures to date with 6 for 48.

T20I series

Only T20I

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

References

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