The

Sri Lanka national cricket team The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions ...

toured England from 8 May to 5 July 2016 for a three-match

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series, a five-match

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(ODI) series and a one-off

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(T20I) against the

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. England won the Test series 2–0, the ODI series 3–0 and won the one-off T20I match by 8 wickets. They also played two first-class matches against

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and

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prior to the Test series, and two ODI matches against

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prior to the ODI series. The two first-class matches were both drawn and Sri Lanka won the ODI series against Ireland 2–0. In April 2016, the ECB made a proposal that the series uses a points-based scoring system across all three formats, with both teams agreeing to the idea in principle. The following month, the points system was named ''Super Series'' and approved for this series and England's series against Pakistan. Four points were awarded for winning a Test match and two points for wins in ODIs or T20Is matches. No overall trophy was awarded, but there was a prize of £25,000, to be split amongst the players. England won the Super Series 20–4.

England

Squads

Kusal Perera Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera ( si, කුසල් පෙරේරා) (born 17 August 1990), more commonly known as Kusal Perera, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former limited overs Captain of Sri Lanka national cricket team. ...

replaced

Dhammika Prasad Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dhammika Prasad ( si, ධම්මික ප්‍රසාද්; born 30 May 1983), or simply Dhammika Prasad, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, and current bowling coach of the Nepal national cricket team. He is a r ...

in Sri Lanka's Test squad.

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was added to England's squad for the second Test as a replacement for the injured

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, who was later ruled out of the series.

Dushmantha Chameera Pathira Vasan Dushmantha Chameera (born 11 January 1992) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for all three formats for the national team, and plays domestically for Nondescripts Cricket Club. He made his international debut for Sri ...

suffered a stress fracture in his lower back and was ruled out of the tour. Chaminda Bandara was named as Chameera's replacement. Following the ODI matches in Ireland,

Shaminda Eranga Ranaweera Mudiyanselage Shaminda Eranga (born 23 June 1986), or Shaminda Eranga, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He studied at St. Mary's College in Chilaw. International career Shaminda made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka ...

was admitted to hospital in

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to undergo tests on his heart. However, on the same day, he was suspended from bowling in international matches by the

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(ICC) due to an illegal action reported during the second Test. Prior to the third ODI,

Lahiru Thirimanne Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne, known as Lahiru Thirimanne ( si, හෙට්ටිගේ දොන් රුමේෂ් ළහිරු තිරිමාන්න; born 9 August 1989) is a Sri Lankan international cricketer, and a for ...

was ruled out of the rest of the series with a lower back strain.

Tour matches

First-class: Essex vs Sri Lankans

First-class: Leicestershire vs Sri Lankans

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

T20I series

Only T20I

Ireland

Squads

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

References

External links

Series home at ESPNCricinfo
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