Sri Lanka tour of England 2024 – Schedule, Squads

Sri Lanka tour of England 2024 comprises of 3 crucial test matches. The 3 Test Match Series is quite important in the context of World Test Championship 2025. For the first time since 2021, these 2 teams will play a Test Series against each other.

Surprisingly, Sri Lanka are at a decade’s wait now since they last defeated England in a Test Match. Their last Test win over England came in 2014. After Sri Lanka’s 100 run win at Leeds in 2014, both sides have played 8 Tests, out of which England have won 7 and one ended as draw.

Currently in the World Test Championship 2025 Points Table, Sri Lanka are at 4th spot with 2 wins and 2 defeats out of the 4 matches they have played. England lag behind at 6th spot with 6 wins, 6 defeats and 1 drawn match out of the 13 matches they have played.

Following are the details of fixtures and squads of Sri Lanka tour of England 2024.

Sri Lanka tour of England 2024 Squads

England Test Squad vs Sri Lanka 2024

England have suffered a couple of major setbacks. Their skipper Ben Stokes was ruled out of the Test Series following a hamstring injury suffered in the Hundred. Zak Crawley also missed out due to a fracture. Meanwhile, Ben Stokes is expected to be with the team during the matches but he will be unavailable to take part in the matches.

Interestingly, Ollie Pope, England’s stand-in Captain for the series has not much experience on his resume. Pope has been the vice captain for a long time now, but he has captained in only one first class match. He has captained in few white ball matches of the Vitality Blast and also England XI on differen tours.

Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope (C), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Matthew Potts, Olly Stone

Sri Lanka Test Squad vs England 2024

Sri Lanka added plenty of new and returning faces in their test squad to face England. The squad saw the return of Jeffrey Vandersay and Patthum Nissanka. Vandersay took a 6 wicket haul against India in the 2nd ODI and has been rewarded with a place in the Test Side. He last played a Test in 2022.

Patthum Nissanka is also returning to the Test side after 3 years. Nisala Tharaka earned his maiden callup to the Test Squad at the age of 33 for this series. He is a veteran pace bowling all-rounder who has a first class century to his name along with 257 wickets.

Other Major stars in the Sri Lankan side include captain Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis (VC), Angelo Matthews, leader of the spin attack Prabath Jayasuriya and a heavy pace attack comprising of Kasun Rajitha, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara and others. The pace attack would be very crucial considering the conditions of England.

Dhananjaya De Silva (C), Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (VC), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Nisala Tharaka, Prabath Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Jeffrey Vandersay, Milan Rathnayake

Sri Lanka vs England 2024 Schedule

The Sri Lanka tour of England 2024 kicks off on 21st August 2024 and concludes on 6th September 2024. All 3 Tests are scheduled to be played at 3 different venues.