| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MG Vandort | lbw b Sidebottom | 18 | 48 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| WU Tharanga | lbw b Harmison | 16 | 72 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| KC Sangakkara | c Panesar b Harmison | 46 | 151 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 48.42 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene* | not out | 213 | 610 | 411 | 25 | 0 | 51.82 | |
| LPC Silva | c Bell b Harmison | 1 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | |
| TM Dilshan | run out (Cook) | 84 | 218 | 137 | 11 | 0 | 61.31 | |
| HAPW Jayawardene† | c †Prior b Bopara | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Vaughan b Hoggard | 90 | 197 | 133 | 11 | 0 | 67.66 | |
| SL Malinga | b Collingwood | 5 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 14, w 8, nb 3) | 26 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets dec; 148.5 overs; 682 mins) | 499 | (3.35 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat UWMBCA Welegedara, M Muralitharan |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RJ Sidebottom | 34 | 8 | 95 | 1 | 2.79 | (1w) | ||
| MJ Hoggard | 32 | 4 | 121 | 1 | 3.78 | (1w) | ||
| SJ Harmison | 34 | 4 | 104 | 3 | 3.05 | (3nb, 2w) | ||
| MS Panesar | 26 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 2.92 | |||
| RS Bopara | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 3.90 | |||
| PD Collingwood | 9.5 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 3.86 | (1w) | ||
| KP Pietersen | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.66 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AN Cook | c †HAPW Jayawardene b Vaas | 13 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 48.14 | |
| MP Vaughan* | lbw b Vaas | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| IR Bell | run out (Dilshan) | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| KP Pietersen | c †HAPW Jayawardene b Malinga | 1 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| PD Collingwood | b Welegedara | 29 | 95 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 60.41 | |
| RS Bopara | c Welegedara b Vaas | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MJ Prior† | b Vaas | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| RJ Sidebottom | c Dilshan b Muralitharan | 11 | 72 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 15.71 | |
| SJ Harmison | not out | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| MJ Hoggard | c DPMD Jayawardene b Welegedara | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MS Panesar | run out (Welegedara/†HAPW Jayawardene) | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, nb 8) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 30.5 overs; 144 mins) | 81 | (2.62 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WPUJC Vaas | 9.5 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 2.84 | (4nb) | ||
| SL Malinga | 9 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2.88 | (2nb) | ||
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2.12 | (2nb) | ||
| M Muralitharan | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1.50 |
| England 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AN Cook | c †HAPW Jayawardene b Welegedara | 118 | 380 | 285 | 12 | 0 | 41.40 | |
| MP Vaughan* | c DPMD Jayawardene b Welegedara | 24 | 85 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 42.10 | |
| IR Bell | b Muralitharan | 34 | 91 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 50.74 | |
| KP Pietersen | c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralitharan | 30 | 94 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| PD Collingwood | st †HAPW Jayawardene b Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RS Bopara | run out (DPMD Jayawardene) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MJ Prior† | not out | 19 | 108 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 19.00 | |
| RJ Sidebottom | not out | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 14) | 26 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 95 overs; 387 mins) | 251 | (2.64 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat SJ Harmison, MJ Hoggard, MS Panesar |
| Fall of wickets1-67 (Vaughan, 19.6 ov), 2-128 (Bell, 42.1 ov), 3-200 (Pietersen, 64.3 ov), 4-200 (Collingwood, 64.5 ov), 5-200 (Bopara, 64.6 ov), 6-250 (Cook, 93.3 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Muralitharan | 38 | 8 | 91 | 3 | 2.39 | (8nb) | ||
| WPUJC Vaas | 18 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 2.05 | (2nb) | ||
| SL Malinga | 20 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 2.10 | (3nb) | ||
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 14 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 4.21 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| TM Dilshan | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.66 | |||
| LPC Silva | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to field Series Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
UWMBCA Welegedara
(Sri Lanka) Player of the match DPMD Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) Player of the series DPMD Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) |
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Umpires
Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and DJ Harper (Australia) TV umpire EAR de Silva Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire AG Dissanayake |
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Close of play 18 Dec day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 147/4 (DPMD Jayawardene 51*, TM Dilshan 7*, 55 ov) 19 Dec day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 384/6 (DPMD Jayawardene 149*, WPUJC Vaas 46*, 129 ov) 20 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 2/0 (AN Cook 1*, MP Vaughan 1*, 1 ov) 21 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 102/1 (AN Cook 53*, IR Bell 17*, 33.5 ov) 22 Dec day 5 - England 2nd innings 251/6 (95 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 22, 2007 Mahela Jayawardene poses with the trophy after Sri Lanka's series win © Getty Images |
Dec 22, 2007 The Sri Lankan side celebrate after their series win © Getty Images |
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