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Sri Lanka v England @ Galle International Stadium
22, 23, 24, 25, 26 February 2001 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: AV Jayaprakash, PT Manuel
Third Umpire: EAR de Silva
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and 28 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | not out | 201 | 536 | 684 | 18 | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Craig White b Darren Gough | 14 | 16 | 19 | 3 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Craig White b Robert Croft | 58 | 125 | 160 | 5 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | run out (Darren Gough > > ) | 106 | 243 | 336 | 10 | 1 |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | run out (Graham Thorpe > > ) | 61 | 94 | 141 | 4 | 2 |
| 6. Chaminda Vaas | c Craig White b Ashley Giles | 8 | 14 | 20 | - | - |
| 7. Russel Arnold | not out | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Tillakaratne Dilshan | ||||||
| 9. Dilhara Fernando | ||||||
| 10. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 11. Kumar Dharmasena |
| FOW | 1-18 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-110 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-340 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-451 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-468 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 9b, 2lb, 0w, 10nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 170 ovs, 684 mins) 470 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 26 | 3 | 95 | 1 | (0w,5nb) |
| Andy Caddick | 30 | 13 | 46 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Craig White | 30 | 6 | 80 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 48 | 8 | 134 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Robert Croft | 32 | 6 | 96 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Hick | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mike Atherton | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 33 | 128 | 153 | 2 | - |
| 2. Marcus Trescothick | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 122 | 348 | 394 | 12 | - |
| *3. Nasser Hussain | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 | 19 | 26 | - | - |
| 4. Graham Thorpe | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Muttiah Muralitharan | 7 | 37 | 44 | - | - |
| +5. Alec Stewart | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 19 | 111 | 140 | - | - |
| 6. Robert Croft | c Mahela Jayawardene b Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 75 | 94 | 1 | - |
| 7. Graeme Hick | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 5 | 22 | 29 | - | - |
| 8. Craig White | c Kumar Sangakkara b Sanath Jayasuriya | 25 | 47 | 58 | 2 | - |
| 9. Ashley Giles | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 26 | 28 | - | - |
| 10. Andy Caddick | c Mahela Jayawardene b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Darren Gough | not out | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-83 (Mike Atherton), 2-93 (Nasser Hussain), 3-117 (Graham Thorpe), 4-197 (Alec Stewart), 5-206 (Marcus Trescothick), 6-217 (Graeme Hick), 7-239 (Robert Croft), 8-253 (Craig White), 9-253 (Andy Caddick), 253 (Ashley Giles). |
| Extras | 2b, 3lb, 0w, 21nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 132.3 ovs, 490 mins) 253 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 24 | 7 | 53 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 54.3 | 14 | 79 | 3 | (0w,11nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 22 | 6 | 51 | 0 | (0w,6nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 27 | 7 | 50 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mike Atherton | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 44 | 203 | 255 | 1 | - |
| 2. Marcus Trescothick | c Kumar Sangakkara b Sanath Jayasuriya | 57 | 169 | 197 | 6 | - |
| *3. Nasser Hussain | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 20 | 17 | - | - |
| 4. Graham Thorpe | lbw b Kumar Dharmasena | 12 | 86 | 109 | - | - |
| +5. Alec Stewart | not out | 34 | 120 | 154 | 4 | - |
| 6. Graeme Hick | c Mahela Jayawardene b Sanath Jayasuriya | 6 | 35 | 33 | - | - |
| 7. Craig White | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 | 16 | 20 | - | - |
| 8. Andy Caddick | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 1 | 7 | 11 | - | - |
| 9. Ashley Giles | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 10. Robert Croft | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 2 | 14 | 11 | - | - |
| 11. Darren Gough | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-101 (Marcus Trescothick), 2-105 (Nasser Hussain), 3-121 (Mike Atherton), 4-145 (Graham Thorpe), 5-167 (Graeme Hick), 6-176 (Craig White), 7-182 (Andy Caddick), 8-183 (Ashley Giles), 9-188 (Robert Croft), 189 (Darren Gough). |
| Extras | 11b, 6lb, 0w, 11nb, 0pen) 28 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 110.3 ovs, 410 mins) 189 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 15 | 6 | 29 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 32 | 13 | 44 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 16 | 6 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 42.3 | 14 | 66 | 4 | (0w,9nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Russel Arnold, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Dharmasena