HE would have wanted a greater weight of runs, although was unlucky with several bad umpiring decisions. Worked hard on improving technique with Graham Gooch. Still apt to be caught on the crease, but played straight, particularly in first Test. Improved greatly as captain. Fielding and close catching outstanding.
Steve James
STARTED well in Sri Lanka with three successive first-class fifties, but did not do himself justice in international matches and was left out of third Test. Tour confirmed he was better player of pace than spin. Took several great catches at gulley and short-leg. Not out of senior reckoning yet but will have to score heavily again for Glamorgan next summer. Good tourist.
Darren Maddy
MOST improved player of tour. Weak part of game previously against spin, but worked out method based on sweeping and cutting. Nearly 700 first-class runs in Kenya and Sri Lanka, including double hundred, century, 99 and three fifties. Desperate to play Test cricket and has temperament, technique and shots to succeed. Fitness fanatic and top-class fielder.
Mark Ealham
REACTED well to the responsibility of batting at No 4 in Tests, especially in first with 274-minute 84. Showed good discipline and used feet well to spinners. Got much less bowling than would have done in England as conditions did not suit him. Struggled with ball in one-dayers.
Andrew Flintoff
BACK injury deprived him of opportunities in Sri Lanka, where he had one Test innings. Two punishing one-day fifties in Kenya and a third in Sri Lanka. Top-class 80 versus Board XI. Built like a rugby union No 8 with power to match, but hits straight. Savage puller. Bullet-like throw. Big potential.
David Sales
SEVERAL useful brief innings, including crucial run-a-ball 45 that helped win second Test. Clean and powerful striker of ball, at best when positive. Relaxed tourist, but Mike Gatting wants him to work harder and lose weight.
Owais Shah
JOINED in early February after Youth World Cup. Only batsman to match Hollioake for use of feet against spinners. Made fine 65 in second one-dayer. Mature and confident for age. Undoubted prospect for the long term.
Ben Hollioake
HE had an outstanding tour with 378 runs in Test series and two match-winning hundreds. Showed himself to be brilliant player of spin. Shot selection and discipline highly impressive. Hit pitch hard and bowled some quick overs in sluggish conditions. Improved control. Quality slip catcher.
Chris Read
HIS all-round glovework impressed. Missed the odd chance but held some good catches. Conditions, especially low bounce and sometimes extravagant turn, made wicketkeeping difficult.
David Nash
CHEEKY chappie behind the stumps who never stopped chirping. Not quite as good a keeper as Read, but better bat. Sri Lankan spinners caused him problems.
Jimmy Ormond
SRI Lanka is a graveyard for fast bowlers like him, but he still played his part in third Test win with hostile four-wicket return on first day. Until then, had found coming back for second and third spells a problem in heat and humidity. Needs to get fitter. Showed he could bat. Definite Test prospect.
Paul Hutchison
SWUNG the new ball back into the right-handers more than any England left-armer since John Lever. Like the rest, could not get older ball to swing and was hardly used in mid-innings. Needs another yard or two of pace for Test level but could yet find it as is only 20. Good control and gets bounce as he is tall.
Dougie Brown
LION-hearted trier and irrepressible tourist who replaced Chris Silverwood a few days into tour. Not given much opportunity (one Test) nor many lbw decisions, a key mode of dismissal for him as gets reverse swing.
Ashley Giles
THE outstanding bowler of tour, who also scored valuable runs. Improvement down to better action and smoother run-up than last summer when it was either too quick at start or end. Turns the ball a lot. Bowled remarkably few bad deliveries. Denied numerous lbws, especially with excellent quicker ball, by poor umpiring. Fierce competitor who is never beaten. Played every game.
Jonathan Powell
ONLY bowled five overs on tour owing to bad back after arriving with Owais Shah from Youth World Cup.
Dean Cosker
HE bowled better and better as tour progressed. Effective in left-arm tandem with Giles. Rhythm bowler, who is turning it more. Still has problem with big delivery stride, which prevents arm from being high. Ironically, quicker ball turns more as his arm is necessarily higher for it.