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India in Sri Lanka Test Series - 3rd Test

Sri Lanka v India

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs

Test no. 1559 | 2001 season
Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
29,30,31 August 1,2 September 2001 (5-day match)


India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
SS Das	b Muralitharan	59	134	111	10	0	53.15
33.4 bowled 97/1
S Ramesh	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	46	158	115	4	0	40.00
39.3 caught Jayawardene 115/2
R Dravid	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	36	129	85	2	0	42.35
65.2 caught Tillakaratne 192/5
SC Ganguly*	lbw b Muralitharan	1	10	9	0	0	11.11
41.5 119/3
M Kaif	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	14	57	42	2	0	33.33
56.3 caught †Sangakkara 146/4
HK Badani	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	38	73	56	7	0	67.85
73.4 caught Tillakaratne 207/7
SS Dighe†	lbw b Muralitharan	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
65.4 192/6
SV Bahutule	st †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	18	69	42	2	0	42.85
81.0 stumped †Sangakkara 234/10
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Vaas	2	7	4	0	0	50.00
74.6 210/8
Z Khan	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
75.5 caught Jayawardene 213/9
BKV Prasad	not out	10	23	22	1	0	45.45

Extras	(b 2, lb 3, w 2, nb 3)	10

Total	(all out; 81.1 overs)	234	(2.88 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-97 (Das, 33.4 ov), 2-115 (Ramesh, 39.3 ov), 3-119 (Ganguly, 41.5 ov), 4-146 (Kaif, 56.3 ov), 5-192 (Dravid, 65.2 ov), 6-192 (Dighe, 65.4 ov), 7-207 (Badani, 73.4 ov), 8-210 (Harbhajan Singh, 74.6 ov), 9-213 (Khan, 75.5 ov), 10-234 (Bahutule, 81.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	24	7	60	2	2.50	(1nb)
56.3 to Kaif, caught †Sangakkara 146/4 74.6 to Harbhajan Singh, 210/8
DK Liyanage	9	2	32	0	3.55

CRD Fernando	12	2	38	0	3.16	(2w)

M Muralitharan	34.1	9	87	8	2.54	(2nb)
33.4 to Das, bowled 97/1 39.3 to Ramesh, caught Jayawardene 115/2 41.5 to Ganguly, 119/3 65.2 to Dravid, caught Tillakaratne 192/5 65.4 to Dighe, 192/6 73.4 to Badani, caught Tillakaratne 207/7 75.5 to Khan, caught Jayawardene 213/9 81.0 to Bahutule, stumped †Sangakkara 234/10
TT Samaraweera	2	0	12	0	6.00


Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Atapattu	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	108	310	228	11	0	47.36
77.4 caught Das 252/3
ST Jayasuriya*	b Prasad	30	63	42	4	0	71.42
14.5 bowled 48/1
KC Sangakkara†	c Badani b Prasad	47	103	100	9	0	47.00
40.5 caught Badani 119/2
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Bahutule	139	339	216	14	1	64.35
121.3 416/6
RP Arnold	b Prasad	31	58	39	4	0	79.48
89.3 bowled 310/4
DK Liyanage	c †Dighe b Harbhajan Singh	3	23	17	0	0	17.64
93.6 caught †Dighe 321/5
HP Tillakaratne	not out	136	316	214	16	0	63.55

TT Samaraweera	not out	103	201	175	10	0	58.85

Extras	(lb 4, w 4, nb 5)	13

Total	(6 wickets dec; 171 overs; 710 mins)	610	(3.56 runs per over)

Did not bat WPUJC Vaas, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets1-48 (Jayasuriya, 14.5 ov), 2-119 (Sangakkara, 40.5 ov), 3-252 (Atapattu, 77.4 ov), 4-310 (Arnold, 89.3 ov), 5-321 (Liyanage, 93.6 ov), 6-416 (Jayawardene, 121.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	27	3	134	0	4.96	(1nb, 1w)

BKV Prasad	34	8	101	3	2.97	(1nb, 2w)
14.5 to Jayasuriya, bowled 48/1 40.5 to Sangakkara, caught Badani 119/2 89.3 to Arnold, bowled 310/4
Harbhajan Singh	53.3	6	185	2	3.45
77.4 to Atapattu, caught Das 252/3 93.6 to Liyanage, caught †Dighe 321/5
SC Ganguly	12.3	3	44	0	3.52	(1nb, 1w)

SV Bahutule	31	5	101	1	3.25	(2nb)
121.3 to Jayawardene, 416/6
HK Badani	8	2	17	0	2.12

S Ramesh	5	0	24	0	4.80


India 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
SS Das	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	68	165	162	11	0	41.97
42.1 caught Tillakaratne 107/1
S Ramesh	b Muralitharan	55	229	164	4	0	33.53
62.5 bowled 147/2
R Dravid	run out (Atapattu)	36	152	124	4	0	29.03
84.5 from Muralitharan, run out (Atapattu) 186/3
SC Ganguly*	c Jayawardene b Samaraweera	30	148	103	2	1	29.12
98.5 caught Jayawardene 210/5
M Kaif	run out (†Sangakkara)	5	31	30	0	0	16.66
92.4 Samaraweera to Ganguly, run out (†Sangakkara) 196/4
HK Badani	lbw b Vaas	11	75	66	1	0	16.66
113.1 221/7
SV Bahutule	b Jayasuriya	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
99.6 bowled 211/6
SS Dighe†	run out (Atapattu)	4	48	38	0	0	10.52
114.1 from Muralitharan, run out (Atapattu) 221/8
Harbhajan Singh	c Atapattu b Vaas	17	32	20	1	1	85.00
121.1 caught Atapattu 269/9
Z Khan	c Atapattu b Muralitharan	45	44	40	5	2	112.50
124.4 caught Atapattu 299/10
BKV Prasad	not out	4	17	9	0	0	44.44

Extras	(b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 9)	24

Total	(all out; 124.5 overs; 478 mins)	299	(2.39 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-107 (Das, 42.1 ov), 2-147 (Ramesh, 62.5 ov), 3-186 (Dravid, 84.5 ov), 4-196 (Kaif, 92.4 ov), 5-210 (Ganguly, 98.5 ov), 6-211 (Bahutule, 99.6 ov), 7-221 (Badani, 113.1 ov), 8-221 (Dighe, 114.1 ov), 9-269 (Harbhajan Singh, 121.1 ov), 10-299 (Khan, 124.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	27	9	62	2	2.29	(3nb)
113.1 to Badani, 221/7 121.1 to Harbhajan Singh, caught Atapattu 269/9
CRD Fernando	17	3	59	0	3.47	(3nb, 1w)

M Muralitharan	46.5	17	109	3	2.32	(2nb)
42.1 to Das, caught Tillakaratne 107/1 62.5 to Ramesh, bowled 147/2 124.4 to Khan, caught Atapattu 299/10
ST Jayasuriya	21	10	34	1	1.61
99.6 to Bahutule, bowled 211/6
DK Liyanage	5	0	12	0	2.40

TT Samaraweera	8	4	10	1	1.25	(1nb, 1w)
98.5 to Ganguly, caught Jayawardene 210/5

Match details

Toss India, who chose to bat
Series Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-1

Test debut TT Samaraweera (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
Player of the series M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Umpires EAR de Silva and DL Orchard (South Africa)
TV umpire TH Wijewardene
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

Close of play
29 Aug day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 13/0 (MS Atapattu 2*, ST Jayasuriya 10*, 6 ov)
30 Aug day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 323/5 (DPMD Jayawardene 95*, HP Tillakaratne 0*, 96 ov)
31 Aug day 3 - India 2nd innings 28/0 (SS Das 22*, S Ramesh 4*, 13 ov)
1 Sep day 4 - India 2nd innings 217/6 (HK Badani 8*, SS Dighe 4*, 109 ov)
2 Sep day 5 - India 2nd innings 299 (124.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes