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Sri Lanka v England @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
18, 19, 20, 21 December 2003 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: Aleem Dar, SA Bucknor
Third Umpire: TH Wijewardene
Match Referee: CH Lloyd
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marcus Trescothick | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 70 | 98 | 119 | 13 | - |
| *2. Michael Vaughan | c Mahela Jayawardene b Upul Chandana | 18 | 51 | 77 | 2 | - |
| 3. Mark Butcher | c Kumar Sangakkara b Dilhara Fernando | 23 | 50 | 49 | 3 | - |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 35 | 49 | 1 | - |
| 5. Graham Thorpe | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 13 | 39 | 47 | 1 | - |
| 6. Andrew Flintoff | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 77 | 109 | 136 | 10 | 4 |
| 7. Gareth Batty | c Marvan Atapattu b Upul Chandana | 14 | 101 | 98 | 1 | - |
| +8. Chris Read | not out | 17 | 64 | 107 | - | 1 |
| 9. Ashley Giles | run out (Tillakaratne Dilshan > Kumar Sangakkara > ) | 10 | 39 | 43 | 1 | - |
| 10. James Kirtley | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 9 | 10 | - | - |
| 11. James Anderson | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 12 | 18 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-78 (Michael Vaughan), 2-108 (Marcus Trescothick), 3-114 (Mark Butcher), 4-135 (Nasser Hussain), 5-139 (Graham Thorpe), 6-226 (Gareth Batty), 7-236 (Andrew Flintoff), 8-258 (Ashley Giles), 9-259 (James Kirtley), 265 (James Anderson). |
| Extras | 4b, 8lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 101 ovs, 380 mins) 265 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 17 | 5 | 64 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 12 | 3 | 55 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 26 | 7 | 82 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 40 | 21 | 40 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Kumar Sangakkara | c Marcus Trescothick b James Kirtley | 31 | 42 | 59 | 6 | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Marcus Trescothick b Andrew Flintoff | 85 | 104 | 169 | 12 | 1 |
| 3. Thilan Samaraweera | run out (Chris Read > Gareth Batty > ) | 142 | 408 | 491 | 13 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c sub b Andrew Flintoff | 134 | 246 | 351 | 14 | 1 |
| 5. Tillakaratne Dilshan | b Ashley Giles | 83 | 131 | 185 | 3 | - |
| *6. Hashan Tillakaratne | b Ashley Giles | 12 | 40 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 7. Upul Chandana | c Michael Vaughan b James Kirtley | 76 | 103 | 141 | 7 | 2 |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Ashley Giles > > ) | 9 | 11 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 9. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 21 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| 10. Dilhara Fernando | not out | 1 | 2 | 10 | - | - |
| 11. Marvan Atapattu |
| FOW | 1-71 (Kumar Sangakkara), 2-138 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-400 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-428 (Thilan Samaraweera), 5-456 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-582 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 7-605 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-606 (Upul Chandana). |
| Extras | 7b, 16lb, 5w, 6nb, 0pen) 34 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 182 ovs, 747 mins) 628 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Kirtley | 31 | 4 | 131 | 2 | (0w,3nb) |
| James Anderson | 24 | 5 | 85 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Andrew Flintoff | 18 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (0w,3nb) |
| Ashley Giles | 65 | 16 | 190 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gareth Batty | 41 | 4 | 137 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Marcus Trescothick | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marcus Trescothick | c sub b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| *2. Michael Vaughan | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Dilhara Fernando | 14 | 25 | 38 | 2 | - |
| 3. Mark Butcher | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 37 | 119 | 149 | 6 | - |
| 4. Nasser Hussain | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 11 | 33 | 35 | 2 | - |
| 5. Graham Thorpe | st Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 19 | 60 | 64 | 2 | - |
| 6. Gareth Batty | st Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 7. Andrew Flintoff | c Kumar Sangakkara b Dilhara Fernando | 30 | 75 | 89 | 6 | - |
| +8. Chris Read | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| 9. Ashley Giles | b Dilhara Fernando | 13 | 48 | 52 | 1 | - |
| 10. James Kirtley | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 12 | 25 | 34 | - | 1 |
| 11. James Anderson | not out | 1 | 7 | 18 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Marcus Trescothick), 2-22 (Michael Vaughan), 3-44 (Nasser Hussain), 4-82 (Graham Thorpe), 5-82 (Gareth Batty), 6-84 (Mark Butcher), 7-84 (Chris Read), 8-124 (Ashley Giles), 9-137 (Andrew Flintoff), 148 (James Kirtley). |
| Extras | 2b, 8lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 68 ovs, 251 mins) 148 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilhara Fernando | 12 | 4 | 27 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 13 | 7 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 27 | 9 | 63 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Thilan Samaraweera, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Hashan Tillakaratne, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando, Marvan Atapattu