Sri Lanka refused Pakistan tour due security

Sri lankan cricket board has refused Pakistan's tour due security concerns in the country. A Sri Lankan cricket board official told media today.

Sri lanka is currently visiting England where they will kick off their first test match between Sri lanka vs England from 26th May.

The Pakistan Cricket Board had invited Sri Lankan cricket board for a series but the latter refused due to security concers in Pakistan. Pakistan has not hosted any International series since 2009 when gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore, killing seven people.

Sri Lanka vs England Lions Live

Tour Match: England Lions v Sri Lanka
Thursday, 19 May 2011 at Derby, Day 3 of 4
In Play
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
England Lions 1st Innings
493 for 8 (109.0 overs)

England Lions 2nd Innings
279 for 2 (61.5 overs)

Sri Lanka 1st Innings
266 all out (63.4 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Adams		b Perera	4	13	1	0
Taylor	c P Jayawardene	b Fernando	76	137	7	2
Bopara	c P Jayawardene	b Fernando	17	25	3	0
Hildreth		b Pradeep	35	47	6	0
Morgan	lbw	b Perera	193	226	30	5
S Patel		b Fernando	119	156	18	0
Bairstow	c Fernando	b Perera	22	34	4	0
Shahzad	not out		20	12	2	1
Onions	st P Jayawardene	b Randiv	1	3	0	0
Dernbach	not out		1	1	0	0
Extras		5lb	5
Total		for 8	493	(109.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Pradeep	25.0	2	101	1
Perera	22.0	5	88	3
Fernando	21.0	3	100	3
Randiv	26.0	2	120	1
Paranavitana	1.0	0	10	0
Samaraweera	6.0	0	32	0
Dilshan	8.0	0	37	0

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Paranavitana	lbw	b Onions	26	48	3	0
Dilshan	c Hildreth	b Shahzad	38	52	6	0
Sangakkara	c Bairstow	b Shahzad	15	36	3	0
M Jayawardene	c S Patel	b Dernbach	1	4	0	0
Samaraweera	c Bairstow	b Onions	41	68	6	0
Chandimal	c Adams	b Dernbach	0	3	0	0
P Jayawardene	c Hildreth	b Dernbach	0	1	0	0
Randiv	not out		76	122	12	1
Perera	c Onions	b S Patel	47	45	9	0
Fernando		b Dernbach	4	7	1	0
Pradeep		b Dernbach	0	1	0	0
Extras		5nb 2w 2b 9lb	18
Total		all out	266	(63.4 ovs)

Fall of wicket
59	Paranavitana
71	Dilshan
72	M Jayawardene
96	Sangakkara
97	Chandimal
97	P Jayawardene
157	Samaraweera
246	Perera
266	Fernando
266	Pradeep

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Paranavitana	not out		106	192	16	0
Dilshan	c Bairstow	b Finn	117	110	17	2
Sangakkara		b Finn	18	28	2	0
M Jayawardene	not out		26	44	5	0
Extras		3nb 7b 2lb	12
Total		for 2	279	(61.5 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Onions	12.0	1	57	0
Finn	13.0	0	63	2
Shahzad	10.5	0	42	0
Dernbach	10.0	2	35	0
Bopara	9.0	0	38	0
S Patel	7.0	0	35	0

Umpires: Hartley, R T Robinson
England Lions: Adams, Taylor, Bopara, Hildreth (C), Morgan, S Patel, Bairstow (W), Shahzad, Onions, Dernbach, Finn
Sri Lanka: Dilshan (C), Paranavitana, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Samaraweera, P Jayawardene (W), Randiv, Perera, Chandimal, Pradeep, Fernando

Sri Lanka vs England Live warm up against England lions

Tour Match: England Lions v Sri Lanka

Thursday, 19 May 2011 at Derby, Day 2 of 4
In Play
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field

England Lions 1st Innings

470 for 5 (104.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Adams		b Perera	4	13	1	0
Taylor	c P Jayawardene	b Fernando	76	137	7	2
Bopara	c P Jayawardene	b Fernando	17	25	3	0
Hildreth		b Pradeep	35	47	6	0
Morgan	not out		192	220	30	5
S Patel		b Fernando	119	156	18	0
Bairstow	not out		22	31	4	0
Extras		5lb	5
Total		for 5	470	(104.5 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Pradeep	25.0	2	101	1
Perera	20.0	5	79	1
Fernando	21.0	3	100	3
Randiv	23.5	2	106	0
Paranavitana	1.0	0	10	0
Samaraweera	6.0	0	32	0
Dilshan	8.0	0	37	0

Umpires: Hartley, R T Robinson
England Lions: Adams, Taylor, Bopara, Hildreth (C), Morgan, S Patel, Bairstow (W), Shahzad, Onions, Dernbach, Finn
Sri Lanka: Dilshan (C), Paranavitana, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Samaraweera, P Jayawardene (W), Randiv, Perera, Chandimal, Pradeep, Fernando

Sri Lanka vs England Lions Live 19th

Sri Lanka vs England Lions Live

19th-22th May
Venue: Derby

As we all know sri lanka has already started their tour of england. They played their first match against Middlesex team without their star players which are currently busy in participating in the IPL 2011 in India. However, Sri lanka, without their star power performed pretty well and outclassed the Middlesex team by 4 wickets.

Their next warm up match is with England lions starting from 19th of May before they start their tour against the England national team on 26th of May 2011. Stay tuned for Sri Lanka vs England lions Live and rest of the Sri lanka vs England tour!

Sri Lankans win tour opener against Middlesex

Sri Lanka vs England

Sri Lankans (309-2d , 216-6) beat Middlesex (360-8 & 161) by 4 wickets

Sri Lanka has won the tour opener of their England tour against the Middlesex, captained by English batsmen Andrew strauss.

Sri Lanka beat an under-strength Middlesex side by four wickets on Monday, their determination to play the Sri Lankan way overcoming a chaotic start to a tour beset by absentees and late arrivals.

“We are not here to lose or even to do things the English way,” Stuart Law, Sri Lanka’s Australian coach said afterwards.

“We’re here to play cricket the way Sri Lanka play cricket and if we do we’ll be successful.”

That style of aggressive cricket enabled them to trounce England in Colombo during the quarter-final of the World Cup.

More at Telegraph.co

Sri Lankan team leaves for England tour today:

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