Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2006
| Sri Lanka in England 2006 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | England | ||
| Dates | 24 April – 1 July 2006 | ||
| Captains | Mahela Jayawardene | Andrew Flintoff | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Kumar Sangakkara (231) | Kevin Pietersen (360) | |
| Most wickets | Muttiah Muralitharan (24) | Matthew Hoggard (15) | |
| Player of the series | Muttiah Muralitharan and Kevin Pietersen | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 5-match series 5–0 | ||
| Most runs | Upul Tharanga (347) | Marcus Trescothick (277) | |
| Most wickets | Lasith Malinga (13) | Steve Harmison (8) | |
| Player of the series | Sanath Jayasuriya | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sanath Jayasuriya (41) | Marcus Trescothick (72) | |
| Most wickets | Sanath Jayasuriya (2) | Paul Collingwood (4) | |
| Player of the series | Sanath Jayasuriya | ||
Sri Lanka toured England for cricket matches during the 2006 international cricket season. England were back home for the first time since September and looked to maintain their Test standards, which saw them keep their second place in the ICC Test Championship in India, and the teams were also competing for sixth place in the ICC ODI Championship as both England and Sri Lanka were coming off the back of two lost ODI tours on the Asian sub-continent, against India and Pakistan respectively. To add to problems, both teams were likely to be missing some key members of the team as England were without some of their squad for their previous tour and, two days before Sri Lanka departed for England, it was revealed that skipper Marvan Atapattu would stay at home for the tour due to back problems that had forced him to skip his previous tour too. Jehan Mubarak was brought in as his replacement.
Sri Lanka 289 & 256-6(dec) drew with British Universities 125 & 130-8
Sri Lanka 166-7(dec) and 262-4 defeated Derbyshire 219 & 208-4(dec) by 6 wickets
England A (259 & 41-0) beat Sri Lanka (179 & 118) by 10 wickets
England won the toss and decided to bat. Flintoff handed Sajid Mahmood his first Test cap, while Chamara Kapugedera made his Test debut for Sri Lanka. Marcus Trescothick opened for England for the first time since last year, alongside Andrew Strauss. 20 minutes before lunch Muttiah Muralitharan was brought in for his first over at Lord's, the 23rd of the England innings, with the seamers not having taken a wicket. However, in the fourth over of Muralitharan's innings Jayawardene had Strauss caught off Muralitharan, putting the English at 86 for one at lunch. The afternoon session started with Alastair Cook, playing in his first home Test, coming in to face his first ball in home Test cricket; after leaving that one alone, he proceeded to 44 not out by tea, while Trescothick was on 95 not out. Trescothick got his hundred by "slogging" Muralitharan for a single, but in the next over he, too, perished through being caught by Jayawardene. England batted through to stumps and lost only one further wicket, with Cook caught behind off Farveez Maharoof's bowling for 89, and England closed with nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard at the crease and the overnight total 318 for three. Sri Lanka, however, had taken a catch off a no-ball, a close lbw against Kevin Pietersen turned down off Chaminda Vaas, and Alastair Cook a couple of inches from being run out.
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