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Sri Lanka v England @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
15, 16, 17 March 2001 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: EAR de Silva, DL Orchard
Third Umpire: BC Cooray
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh
Match Result: England won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | b Andy Caddick | 0 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Craig White b Robert Croft | 45 | 110 | 164 | 7 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Michael Vaughan b Darren Gough | 45 | 93 | 114 | 8 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Michael Vaughan b Ashley Giles | 38 | 136 | 174 | 2 | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | c Alec Stewart b Robert Croft | 71 | 152 | 188 | 8 | 1 |
| 6. Russel Arnold | lbw b Ashley Giles | 0 | 13 | 16 | - | - |
| 7. Tillakaratne Dilshan | lbw b Robert Croft | 5 | 24 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 19 | 49 | 38 | 3 | - |
| 9. Dilhara Fernando | c Marcus Trescothick b Robert Croft | 2 | 12 | 13 | - | - |
| 10. Dinuka Hettiarachchi | b Darren Gough | 0 | 12 | 23 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | b Andy Caddick | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-2 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-88 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-108 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-205 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-209 (Russel Arnold), 6-216 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 7-219 (Mahela Jayawardene), 8-225 (Dilhara Fernando), 9-240 (Dinuka Hettiarachchi), 241 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 4b, 4lb, 1w, 6nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 101.1 ovs, 380 mins) 241 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 14 | 5 | 33 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Andy Caddick | 11.1 | 1 | 40 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Craig White | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 34 | 13 | 59 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 32 | 9 | 56 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mike Atherton | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 21 | 60 | 76 | 3 | - |
| 2. Marcus Trescothick | c Russel Arnold b Dinuka Hettiarachchi | 23 | 59 | 101 | 4 | - |
| *3. Nasser Hussain | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Dinuka Hettiarachchi | 8 | 29 | 37 | 1 | - |
| 4. Graham Thorpe | not out | 113 | 267 | 330 | 11 | - |
| +5. Alec Stewart | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 | 28 | 37 | - | - |
| 6. Michael Vaughan | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 26 | 134 | 162 | 2 | - |
| 7. Craig White | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. Ashley Giles | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 10 | 19 | - | - |
| 9. Robert Croft | run out (Marvan Atapattu > > ) | 16 | 41 | 49 | 2 | - |
| 10. Andy Caddick | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 15 | 19 | - | - |
| 11. Darren Gough | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas | 14 | 21 | 22 | 3 | - |
| FOW | 1-45 (Mike Atherton), 2-55 (Marcus Trescothick), 3-66 (Nasser Hussain), 4-91 (Alec Stewart), 5-177 (Michael Vaughan), 6-177 (Craig White), 7-181 (Ashley Giles), 8-209 (Robert Croft), 9-223 (Andy Caddick), 249 (Darren Gough). |
| Extras | 10b, 9lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 109.5 ovs, 432 mins) 249 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 27.5 | 6 | 73 | 6 | (0w,2nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 41 | 9 | 73 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Dinuka Hettiarachchi | 24 | 6 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | c Robert Croft b Darren Gough | 0 | 17 | 20 | - | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b Darren Gough | 23 | 16 | 33 | 4 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Alec Stewart b Andy Caddick | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Graham Thorpe b Andy Caddick | 23 | 32 | 50 | 4 | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Ashley Giles | 11 | 33 | 60 | 1 | - |
| 6. Russel Arnold | c Nasser Hussain b Robert Croft | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| 7. Tillakaratne Dilshan | b Ashley Giles | 10 | 16 | 27 | - | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Mike Atherton b Ashley Giles | 6 | 9 | 10 | - | - |
| 9. Dilhara Fernando | c Ashley Giles b Darren Gough | 5 | 22 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 10. Dinuka Hettiarachchi | not out | 0 | 13 | 16 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | lbw b Ashley Giles | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-21 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-24 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-24 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-57 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-59 (Russel Arnold), 6-59 (Mahela Jayawardene), 7-69 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-76 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 9-80 (Dilhara Fernando), 81 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 2 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 28.1 ovs, 131 mins) 81 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Darren Gough | 6 | 1 | 23 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Andy Caddick | 8 | 2 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 9.1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robert Croft | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mike Atherton | c & b Dilhara Fernando | 13 | 25 | 26 | 2 | - |
| 2. Marcus Trescothick | c Kumar Sangakkara b Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 23 | 34 | 1 | - |
| 3. Michael Vaughan | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 8 | 21 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 4. Graham Thorpe | not out | 32 | 49 | 65 | 2 | - |
| +5. Alec Stewart | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| 6. Craig White | c Mahela Jayawardene b Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 11 | 20 | 1 | - |
| *7. Nasser Hussain | c Russel Arnold b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 8 | 10 | - | - |
| 8. Ashley Giles | not out | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 9. Robert Croft | ||||||
| 10. Andy Caddick | ||||||
| 11. Darren Gough |
| FOW | 1-23 (Mike Atherton), 2-24 (Marcus Trescothick), 3-42 (Michael Vaughan), 4-43 (Alec Stewart), 5-63 (Craig White), 6-71 (Nasser Hussain). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 2 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 24.3 ovs, 100 mins) 74 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dinuka Hettiarachchi | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8.3 | 0 | 24 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene, Russel Arnold, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Dilhara Fernando, Dinuka Hettiarachchi, Muttiah Muralitharan