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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

4th Umpire: G Silva

Day 1
India 50 in 13.2 overs, 59 mins
SS Das 50 off 89 balls, 104 mins, 10x4
At Lunch India 91/0 in 30 overs, 120 mins (SS Das 57*, S Ramesh 30*)
India 100 in 35 overs, 141 mins
India 150 in 59.1 overs, 239 mins
At Tea India 155/4 in 60 overs, 240 mins (R Dravid 21*, HK Badani 6*)
India 200 in 69.5 overs, 286 mins

Day 2
Sri Lanka 50 in 15.4 overs, 69 mins
At Lunch Sri Lanka 93/1 in 35 overs, 145 mins, (MS Atapattu 30*, KC Sangakkara 29*)
Sri Lanka 100 in 36.4 overs, 152 mins
MS Atapattu 50 off 121 balls, 182 mins, 4x4
Sri Lanka 150 in 47.4 overs, 197 mins
Sri Lanka 200 in 61 overs, 251 mins
At Tea Sri Lanka 204/2 in 65 overs, 265 mins (MS Atapattu 86*, DPMD Jayawardene 36*)
DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 75 balls, 115 mins, 3x4, 1x6
3rd wicket partnership 100 runs between Atapattu and Jayawardene came in 160 balls, 105 mins
MS Atapattu 100 in 201 balls, 280 mins (11x4)

Day 3
DPMD Jayawardene 100 off 157 balls, 247 mins, 10x4, 1x6
Sri Lanka 350 in 104.2 overs, 433 mins
Sri Lanka 400 in 116.5 overs, 488 mins
HP Tillakaratne 50 off 94 balls, 121 mins, 7x4
At Lunch: Sri Lanka 430/6 in 124 overs, 523 mins (Tillakaratne 57*, Samaraweera 2*)
Sri Lanka 450 in 132.1 overs, 551 mins
Sri Lanka 500 in 146.4 overs, 612 mins
HP Tillakaratne 100 off 165 balls, 221 mins, 13x4
7th wicket partnership 100 runs between Tillakaratne and Samaraweera came in 171 balls, 111 mins
TT Samaraweera 50 off 113 balls, 133 mins, 3x4
At Tea: Sri Lanka 533/6 in 156 overs, 643 mins (Tillakaratne 112*, Samaraweera50*)
Sri Lanka 550 in 159.3 overs, 657 mins
3rd New ball taken after 162 overs, Sri Lanka were 569/6 (Tillakaratne 127*, Samaraweera 71*)
Sri Lanka 600 in 168.4 overs, 697 mins
TT Samaraweera 100 off 175 balls, 201 mins, 10x4