English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011–12
# English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2011–12

The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 26 March to 7 April 2012. The tour included two Tests between Sri Lanka and England. With England's victory in the Second Test, they retained their top spot on the world Test rankings.

## Squads

| Sri Lanka | England |
| - | - |
| Mahela Jayawardene (c) Thilan Samaraweera (vc) Dinesh Chandimal (wk) Tillakaratne Dilshan Rangana Herath Prasanna Jayawardene (wk) Suranga Lakmal Angelo Mathews Tharanga Paranavitana Dhammika Prasad Suraj Randiv Kumar Sangakkara Chamara Silva Lahiru Thirimanne Chanaka Welegedara | Andrew Strauss (c) Alastair Cook (vc) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Steven Davies (wk) Steven Finn Monty Panesar Samit Patel Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior (wk) Graeme Swann James Tredwell Jonathan Trott |

## Tour matches

### First-class: Sri Lanka Board XI vs England XI

* 15–17 March Scorecard
* England XI won by an innings and 15 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Ravindra Kottahachchi (SL) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
* Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.

### First-class: Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI vs England XI

* 20–22 March Scorecard
* England XI won by 4 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Nilan De Silva (SL) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
* Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI won the toss and decided to bat

## Test series

### 1st Test

* 26–29 March Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 75 runs Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Rangana Herath (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Samit Patel (Eng) made his Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 3–7 April Scorecard
* England won by 8 wickets Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
