Tillakaratne Dilshan rocks back to pull, Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Warriors, IPL 2011, Bangalore, April 29, 2011
Tillakaratne Dilshan is packing away his IPL kit early so he can focus on leading his Sri Lanka team © Associated Press
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Players/Officials: Tillakaratne Dilshan | Dilhara Fernando | Suranga Lakmal | Thisara Perera | Chanaka Welegedara
Series/Tournaments: Sri Lanka tour of England and Scotland
Teams: Sri Lanka
Tillakaratne Dilshan wants to become the first Sri Lanka captain to secure a Test series victory in England after leaving the IPL early to lead his team. Although they famously won the one-off clash at The Oval in 1998, when Muttiah Muralitharan took 16 wickets, their best results in a series on English soil is the 1-1 in 2006 which was again secured thanks to a matchwinning effort by Muralitharan Trent Bridge.
This time there is no Muralitharan, but Dilshan has promised not to take a backward step over the next month. "Beating England in their own conditions in the early part of summer is not going to be easy, we have to play very good cricket to do that," he said.
Read more at: Cricinfo
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