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Sri Lanka v England @ Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
10, 11, 12, 13, 14 December 2003 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: Aleem Dar, DJ Harper
Third Umpire: PT Manuel
Match Referee: CH Lloyd
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b James Kirtley | 11 | 19 | 32 | 2 | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Chris Read b Ashley Giles | 32 | 90 | 122 | 4 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | run out (James Kirtley > Chris Read > ) | 34 | 49 | 69 | 6 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c James Kirtley b Ashley Giles | 45 | 94 | 128 | 6 | 1 |
| 5. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Marcus Trescothick b Andrew Flintoff | 63 | 94 | 131 | 10 | - |
| *6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Mark Butcher b Andrew Flintoff | 45 | 115 | 151 | 4 | - |
| 7. Thilan Samaraweera | lbw b Ashley Giles | 3 | 8 | 13 | - | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | lbw b James Kirtley | 32 | 76 | 84 | 6 | - |
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | lbw b Ashley Giles | 29 | 91 | 140 | 4 | - |
| 10. Dinusha Fernando | not out | 51 | 104 | 133 | 7 | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | b Ashley Giles | 19 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-20 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-76 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-84 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-187 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-201 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 6-206 (Thilan Samaraweera), 7-270 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-278 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 9-354 (Kumar Dharmasena), 382 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 1b, 15lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 126.4 ovs, 520 mins) 382 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Kirtley | 33 | 10 | 109 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 24 | 5 | 60 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 37.4 | 7 | 116 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Collingwood | 9 | 3 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gareth Batty | 18 | 3 | 59 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Vaughan | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marcus Trescothick | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Muttiah Muralitharan | 36 | 61 | 74 | 5 | - |
| *2. Michael Vaughan | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 52 | 77 | 102 | 8 | - |
| 3. Mark Butcher | st Kumar Sangakkara b Kumar Dharmasena | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 18 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 5. Graham Thorpe | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 57 | 198 | 242 | 5 | - |
| 6. Paul Collingwood | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 28 | 88 | 102 | 2 | - |
| 7. Andrew Flintoff | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 16 | 25 | 33 | 2 | 1 |
| +8. Chris Read | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| 9. Gareth Batty | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Chaminda Vaas | 38 | 159 | 165 | 4 | - |
| 10. Ashley Giles | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas | 16 | 42 | 58 | 2 | - |
| 11. James Kirtley | not out | 3 | 13 | 16 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-89 (Marcus Trescothick), 2-100 (Mark Butcher), 3-119 (Michael Vaughan), 4-119 (Nasser Hussain), 5-177 (Paul Collingwood), 6-202 (Andrew Flintoff), 7-205 (Chris Read), 8-256 (Graham Thorpe), 9-279 (Ashley Giles), 294 (Gareth Batty). |
| Extras | 16b, 10lb, 0w, 8nb, 0pen) 34 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 114.2 ovs, 421 mins) 294 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 24.2 | 4 | 77 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dinusha Fernando | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (0w,5nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 19 | 3 | 63 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 40 | 18 | 60 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 24 | 6 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | lbw b Ashley Giles | 8 | 44 | 67 | - | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | b James Kirtley | 27 | 53 | 89 | 4 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Paul Collingwood b Ashley Giles | 10 | 18 | 31 | 2 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | b Andrew Flintoff | 52 | 114 | 181 | 4 | - |
| 5. Tillakaratne Dilshan | st Chris Read b Gareth Batty | 100 | 129 | 162 | 13 | 1 |
| *6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Graham Thorpe b Ashley Giles | 20 | 25 | 26 | 4 | - |
| 7. Thilan Samaraweera | not out | 23 | 27 | 55 | 4 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | c Michael Vaughan b James Kirtley | 20 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 10. Dinusha Fernando | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-33 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-41 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-53 (Kumar Sangakkara), 4-206 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 5-212 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-243 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-272 (Chaminda Vaas). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 71 ovs, 329 mins) 279 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Kirtley | 17 | 4 | 62 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 15 | 3 | 40 | 1 | (1w,3nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 22 | 3 | 101 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Gareth Batty | 11 | 1 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Vaughan | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Collingwood | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marcus Trescothick | c Mahela Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas | 14 | 31 | 45 | 2 | - |
| *2. Michael Vaughan | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Muttiah Muralitharan | 105 | 333 | 448 | 11 | - |
| 3. Mark Butcher | st Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 6 | 41 | 45 | 1 | - |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 17 | 42 | 54 | 3 | - |
| 5. Graham Thorpe | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 41 | 132 | 144 | 5 | - |
| 6. Paul Collingwood | c Mahela Jayawardene b Kumar Dharmasena | 24 | 64 | 92 | 3 | - |
| 7. Andrew Flintoff | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 19 | 36 | 41 | 2 | - |
| +8. Chris Read | not out | 18 | 91 | 108 | 2 | - |
| 9. Gareth Batty | not out | 25 | 74 | 87 | 4 | - |
| 10. Ashley Giles | ||||||
| 11. James Kirtley |
| FOW | 1-24 (Marcus Trescothick), 2-50 (Mark Butcher), 3-90 (Nasser Hussain), 4-167 (Graham Thorpe), 5-208 (Paul Collingwood), 6-233 (Andrew Flintoff), 7-239 (Michael Vaughan). |
| Extras | 5b, 6lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 140 ovs, 536 mins) 285 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 29 | 7 | 59 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Dinusha Fernando | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 26 | 2 | 74 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 56 | 28 | 64 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 17 | 2 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Hashan Tillakaratne, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas, Kumar Dharmasena, Dinusha Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan