English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1992–93

English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1992–93
		Sri Lanka		England
Dates		10 March 1993 – 20 March 1993
Captains		Arjuna Ranatunga		Alec Stewart
Test series
Result		Sri Lanka won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs		Hashan Tillakaratne (129)		Robin Smith (163)
Most wickets		Jayananda Warnaweera (8)		Chris Lewis (5)
Player of the series		Hashan Tillakaratne (SL)
One Day International series
Result		Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs		Aravinda de Silva (109)		Graeme Hick (67)
Most wickets		Sanath Jayasuriya (8)		Ian Salisbury (2)

Test series

Only Test

13 – 18 March Scorecard

England	v	Sri Lanka
380 (130.1 overs) Robin Smith 128 (338) Jayananda Warnaweera 4/90 (40.1 overs)		469 (156.5 overs) Hashan Tillakaratne 93* (208) Chris Lewis 4/66 (31 overs)
228 (66 overs) John Emburey 59 (151) Jayananda Warnaweera 4/98 (25 overs)		142/5 (42.4 overs) Hashan Tillakaratne 36* (62) Phil Tufnell 2/34 (7.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) Player of the match: Hashan Tillakaratne (SL)

• England won the toss and elected to bat
• Ashley de Silva (SL) made his debut
• Paul Jarvis (Eng) made his last appearance in Test matches.
• Muttiah Muralitharan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 4-134).
• Chris Lewis reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed Roshan Mahanama, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka second innings.

ODI series

1st ODI

10 March 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  250/5 (47 overs)	v	England 170 (36.1 overs)
Hashan Tillakaratne 66* (65) Devon Malcolm 3/32 (7 overs)		Neil Fairbrother 34 (55) Ruwan Kalpage 3/34 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 32 runs (D/L method) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Selliah Ponnadurai (SL) Player of the match: Hashan Tillakaratne (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sri Lanka's innings was reduced to 47 overs with a target of 202.

2nd ODI

20 March 10:30 Scorecard

England  180 (48.5 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 183/2 (36.1 overs)
Graeme Hick 36 (44) Sanath Jayasuriya 6/29 (9.5 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 75* (68) Ian Salisbury 2/36 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 88 balls remaining) Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Paul Taylor made his debut.

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