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Sri Lanka v England @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
27 March 2001
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: MG Silva, TH Wijewardene
Third Umpire: DN Pathirana
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marcus Trescothick | b Chaminda Vaas | 16 | 31 | 47 | 2 | - |
| +2. Alec Stewart | b Chaminda Vaas | 14 | 18 | 27 | 3 | - |
| 3. Nick Knight | b Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 16 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 4. Graeme Hick | c Indika de Saram b Kumar Dharmasena | 46 | 114 | 133 | 2 | - |
| *5. Graham Thorpe | c Kumar Sangakkara b Nuwan Zoysa | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| 6. Andrew Flintoff | c Kumar Dharmasena b Thilan Samaraweera | 24 | 50 | 56 | 1 | - |
| 7. Craig White | b Russel Arnold | 4 | 16 | 17 | - | - |
| 8. Mark Ealham | c sub b Kumar Dharmasena | 28 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 1 |
| 9. Robert Croft | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas | 4 | 10 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Darren Gough | not out | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| 11. Alan Mullally | not out | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - |
| FOW | 1-21 (Alec Stewart), 2-36 (Marcus Trescothick), 3-39 (Nick Knight), 4-39 (Graham Thorpe), 5-88 (Andrew Flintoff), 6-105 (Craig White), 7-149 (Graeme Hick), 8-156 (Mark Ealham), 9-157 (Robert Croft). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 10w, 0nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs, 197 mins) 165 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 1 | 39 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | (3w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (4w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 8 | 1 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Marvan Atapattu | not out | 53 | 92 | 141 | 8 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | not out | 102 | 117 | 141 | 20 | - |
| 3. Thilan Samaraweera | ||||||
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | ||||||
| 5. Kumar Sangakkara | ||||||
| 6. Russel Arnold | ||||||
| 7. Indika de Saram | ||||||
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 10. Nuwan Zoysa | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 3w, 6nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 0 wickets, 33.5 ovs, 141 mins) 166 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Alan Mullally | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (2w,2nb) |
| Craig White | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Robert Croft | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Mark Ealham | 6.5 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Thilan Samaraweera, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Russel Arnold, Indika de Saram, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Muttiah Muralitharan