| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MG Vandort | c Collingwood b Plunkett | 9 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 47.36 | |
| WU Tharanga | b Hoggard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KC Sangakkara† | c †Jones b Plunkett | 25 | 87 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 40.98 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene* | c †Jones b Plunkett | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| TT Samaraweera | c Collingwood b Hoggard | 3 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 | |
| TM Dilshan | c Trescothick b Flintoff | 27 | 80 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 56.25 | |
| MF Maharoof | c †Jones b Mahmood | 5 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23.80 | |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 30 | 117 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| KMDN Kulasekara | c Trescothick b Mahmood | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| SL Malinga | lbw b Panesar | 26 | 78 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 48.14 | |
| M Muralitharan | c Plunkett b Flintoff | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, nb 6) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 51.2 overs; 237 mins) | 141 | (2.74 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MJ Hoggard | 15 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 2.13 | |||
| A Flintoff | 13.2 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 2.10 | (3nb) | ||
| LE Plunkett | 12 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 3.58 | (3nb) | ||
| SI Mahmood | 9 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2.77 | |||
| MS Panesar | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.50 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ME Trescothick | c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan | 27 | 75 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| AJ Strauss | run out (Samaraweera) | 30 | 95 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| AN Cook | lbw b Muralitharan | 23 | 63 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 41.81 | |
| KP Pietersen | lbw b Muralitharan | 142 | 225 | 157 | 20 | 3 | 90.44 | |
| MJ Hoggard | b Vaas | 3 | 49 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| PD Collingwood | c Tharanga b Muralitharan | 19 | 70 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 40.42 | |
| A Flintoff* | b Malinga | 9 | 64 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 18.75 | |
| GO Jones† | c Samaraweera b Muralitharan | 4 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| LE Plunkett | c Vandort b Muralitharan | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SI Mahmood | not out | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MS Panesar | lbw b Malinga | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 13, nb 14, pen 5) | 38 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 78.3 overs; 347 mins) | 295 | (3.75 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WPUJC Vaas | 16 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1.87 | |||
| SL Malinga | 13.3 | 2 | 68 | 2 | 5.03 | (5nb) | ||
| MF Maharoof | 11 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 3.81 | (4nb) | ||
| M Muralitharan | 25 | 2 | 86 | 6 | 3.44 | (4nb) | ||
| KMDN Kulasekara | 13 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 3.46 | (1nb) |
| Sri Lanka 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MG Vandort | c †Jones b Plunkett | 105 | 396 | 303 | 9 | 0 | 34.65 | |
| WU Tharanga | c †Jones b Hoggard | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KC Sangakkara† | c Collingwood b Panesar | 18 | 61 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 45.00 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene* | lbw b Hoggard | 5 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 27.77 | |
| TT Samaraweera | st †Jones b Panesar | 8 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| TM Dilshan | lbw b Hoggard | 59 | 178 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 52.21 | |
| MF Maharoof | c & b Flintoff | 13 | 68 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 23.63 | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Collingwood b Plunkett | 1 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| KMDN Kulasekara | c Collingwood b Plunkett | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SL Malinga | c Strauss b Flintoff | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 8, w 1, nb 11) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 93.2 overs; 396 mins) | 231 | (2.47 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MJ Hoggard | 22 | 8 | 64 | 3 | 2.90 | (5nb) | ||
| A Flintoff | 19 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 2.63 | (4nb, 1w) | ||
| LE Plunkett | 13.2 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1.27 | (1nb) | ||
| MS Panesar | 28 | 6 | 73 | 2 | 2.60 | |||
| SI Mahmood | 9 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2.11 | (1nb) | ||
| PD Collingwood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 78 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ME Trescothick | lbw b Muralitharan | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AJ Strauss | c Jayawardene b Muralitharan | 16 | 49 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| AN Cook | not out | 34 | 114 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| KP Pietersen | lbw b Muralitharan | 13 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 52.00 | |
| PD Collingwood | c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan | 3 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| A Flintoff* | not out | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, nb 9) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 27.2 overs; 114 mins) | 81 | (2.96 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat GO Jones†, LE Plunkett, MJ Hoggard, MS Panesar, SI Mahmood |
| Fall of wickets1-9 (Trescothick, 3.4 ov), 2-35 (Strauss, 13.1 ov), 3-63 (Pietersen, 19.5 ov), 4-73 (Collingwood, 25.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WPUJC Vaas | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1.71 | (2nb) | ||
| SL Malinga | 7 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4.14 | (3nb) | ||
| M Muralitharan | 12.2 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 2.35 | (2nb) | ||
| TM Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat Series England led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Player of the match
KP Pietersen (England) |
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Umpires
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and DB Hair (Australia) TV umpire IJ Gould Match referee AG Hurst (Australia) |
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Close of play 25 May day 1 - England 1st innings 138/3 (KP Pietersen 30*, MJ Hoggard 2*, 34 ov) 26 May day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 86/4 (MG Vandort 30*, TM Dilshan 21*, 40 ov) 27 May day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 194/5 (MG Vandort 89*, MF Maharoof 0*, 74 ov) 28 May day 4 - England 2nd innings 81/4 (27.2 ov) - end of match |
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May 28, 2006 Muttiah Muralitharan grabs yet another wicket © Getty Images |
May 28, 2006 Andrew Flintoff punches the winning runs to beat Sri Lanka at Edgbaston © Getty Images |
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