The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured England from 8 May to 5 July 2016 for a three-match Test series, a five-match One Day International (ODI) series and a one-off Twenty20 International (T20I) against the England cricket team. 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 Essex and Leicestershire prior to the Test series, and two ODI matches against Ireland 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
TestsODIsT20Is Alastair Cook (c) Moeen Ali James Anderson Jonny Bairstow (wk) Jake Ball Stuart Broad Nick Compton Steven Finn Alex Hales Joe Root (vc) Ben Stokes James Vince Chris Woakes Angelo Mathews (c) Dushmantha Chameera Dinesh Chandimal (vc and wk) Chaminda Bandara Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Shaminda Eranga Rangana Herath Dimuth Karunaratne Suranga Lakmal Kusal Mendis Dilruwan Perera Kusal Perera Nuwan Pradeep Dhammika Prasad Dasun Shanaka Kaushal Silva Milinda Siriwardana Lahiru Thirimanne Eoin Morgan (c) Jonny Bairstow Jos Buttler (vc and wk) Steven Finn Alex Hales Chris Jordan Moeen Ali Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Joe Root Jason Roy James Vince David Willey Chris Woakes Angelo Mathews (c) Dinesh Chandimal (vc and wk) Chaminda Bandara Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Shaminda Eranga Danushka Gunathilaka Suraj Randiv Suranga Lakmal Farveez Maharoof Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera Nuwan Pradeep Seekkuge Prasanna Dasun Shanaka Milinda Siriwardana Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne Eoin Morgan (c) Jonny Bairstow Jos Buttler (vc and wk) Sam Billings Liam Dawson Chris Jordan Dawid Malan Tymal Mills Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Jason Roy James Vince David Willey Angelo Mathews (c) Dinesh Chandimal (vc and wk) Chaminda Bandara Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Danushka Gunathilaka Suraj Randiv Suranga Lakmal Farveez Maharoof Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera Nuwan Pradeep Seekkuge Prasanna Ramith Rambukwella Dasun Shanaka Milinda Siriwardana
Kusal Perera replaced Dhammika Prasad in Sri Lanka's Test squad. Chris Woakes was added to England's squad for the second Test as a replacement for the injured Ben Stokes, who was later ruled out of the series. Dushmantha Chameera 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 was admitted to hospital in Dublin to undergo tests on his heart. However, on the same day, he was suspended from bowling in international matches by the International Cricket Council (ICC) due to an illegal action reported during the second Test. Prior to the third ODI, Lahiru Thirimanne 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
ODIs William Porterfield (c) John Anderson George Dockrell Ed Joyce Tim Murtagh Andrew McBrine Barry McCarthy Tim Murtagh Kevin O'Brien Niall O'Brien (wk) Stuart Poynter Boyd Rankin Max Sorensen Paul Stirling Stuart Thompson Gary Wilson Angelo Mathews (c) Dinesh Chandimal (vc and wk) Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Shaminda Eranga Nuwan Pradeep Danushka Gunathilaka Suraj Randiv Suranga Lakmal Farveez Maharoof Kusal Mendis Kusal Perera Seekkuge Prasanna Dasun Shanaka Milinda Siriwardana Upul Tharanga Lahiru Thirimanne
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
References
External links Series home at ESPNCricinfo