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England in Sri Lanka Test Series - 3rd Test

Sri Lanka v England

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs

Test no. 1675 | 2003/04 season
Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
18,19,20,21 December 2003 (5-day match)


England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	70	119	98	13	0	71.42
31.6 caught Jayawardene 108/2
MP Vaughan*	c Jayawardene b Chandana	18	77	51	2	0	35.29
18.6 caught Jayawardene 78/1
MA Butcher	c †Sangakkara b Fernando	23	49	50	3	0	46.00
34.1 caught †Sangakkara 114/3
N Hussain	lbw b Vaas	8	49	35	1	0	22.85
44.3 135/4
GP Thorpe	lbw b Muralitharan	13	47	39	1	0	33.33
45.5 139/5
A Flintoff	c & b Muralitharan	77	136	109	10	4	70.64
83.3 caught & 236/7
GJ Batty	c Atapattu b Chandana	14	98	101	1	0	13.86
76.5 caught Atapattu 226/6
CMW Read†	not out	17	107	64	0	1	26.56

AF Giles	run out (Dilshan/†Sangakkara)	10	43	39	1	0	25.64
93.4 from Vaas, run out (Dilshan/†Sangakkara) 258/8
RJ Kirtley	lbw b Vaas	1	10	9	0	0	11.11
96.1 259/9
JM Anderson	lbw b Vaas	1	18	12	0	0	8.33
100.6 265/10
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 1)	13

Total	(all out; 101 overs; 380 mins)	265	(2.62 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-78 (Vaughan, 18.6 ov), 2-108 (Trescothick, 31.6 ov), 3-114 (Butcher, 34.1 ov), 4-135 (Hussain, 44.3 ov), 5-139 (Thorpe, 45.5 ov), 6-226 (Batty, 76.5 ov), 7-236 (Flintoff, 83.3 ov), 8-258 (Giles, 93.4 ov), 9-259 (Kirtley, 96.1 ov), 10-265 (Anderson, 100.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	17	5	64	3	3.76
44.3 to Hussain, 135/4 96.1 to Kirtley, 259/9 100.6 to Anderson, 265/10
CRD Fernando	12	3	55	1	4.58	(1nb)
34.1 to Butcher, caught †Sangakkara 114/3
TT Samaraweera	4	1	11	0	2.75

UDU Chandana	26	7	82	2	3.15
18.6 to Vaughan, caught Jayawardene 78/1 76.5 to Batty, caught Atapattu 226/6
M Muralitharan	40	21	40	3	1.00
31.6 to Trescothick, caught Jayawardene 108/2 45.5 to Thorpe, 139/5 83.3 to Flintoff, caught & 236/7
ST Jayasuriya	2	1	1	0	0.50


Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Sangakkara†	c Trescothick b Kirtley	31	59	42	6	0	73.80
11.6 caught Trescothick 71/1
ST Jayasuriya	c Trescothick b Flintoff	85	169	104	12	1	81.73
38.1 caught Trescothick 138/2
TT Samaraweera	run out (†Read/Batty)	142	491	408	13	0	34.80
136.1 Batty to Dilshan, run out (†Read/Batty) 428/4
DPMD Jayawardene	c sub (PD Collingwood) b Flintoff	134	351	246	14	1	54.47
128.2 caught sub (PD Collingwood) 400/3
TM Dilshan	b Giles	83	185	131	3	0	63.35
175.5 bowled 582/6
HP Tillakaratne*	b Giles	12	36	40	1	0	30.00
147.6 bowled 456/5
UDU Chandana	c Vaughan b Kirtley	76	141	103	7	2	73.78
180.1 caught Vaughan 606/8
WPUJC Vaas	run out (Giles)	9	18	11	1	0	81.81
179.4 Giles to Chandana, run out (Giles) 605/7
M Muralitharan	not out	21	14	10	1	2	210.00

CRD Fernando	not out	1	10	2	0	0	50.00

Extras	(b 7, lb 16, w 5, nb 6)	34

Total	(8 wickets dec; 182 overs; 747 mins)	628	(3.45 runs per over)

Did not bat MS Atapattu

Fall of wickets1-71 (Sangakkara, 11.6 ov), 2-138 (Jayasuriya, 38.1 ov), 3-400 (Jayawardene, 128.2 ov), 4-428 (Samaraweera, 136.1 ov), 5-456 (Tillakaratne, 147.6 ov), 6-582 (Dilshan, 175.5 ov), 7-605 (Vaas, 179.4 ov), 8-606 (Chandana, 180.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Kirtley	31	4	131	2	4.22	(3nb)
11.6 to Sangakkara, caught Trescothick 71/1 180.1 to Chandana, caught Vaughan 606/8
JM Anderson	24	5	85	0	3.54

A Flintoff	18	0	47	2	2.61	(3nb)
38.1 to Jayasuriya, caught Trescothick 138/2 128.2 to Jayawardene, caught sub (PD Collingwood) 400/3
AF Giles	65	16	190	2	2.92
147.6 to Tillakaratne, bowled 456/5 175.5 to Dilshan, bowled 582/6
GJ Batty	41	4	137	0	3.34

MP Vaughan	1	0	5	0	5.00

ME Trescothick	2	0	10	0	5.00	(1w)


England 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c sub (MG Vandort) b Vaas	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
0.6 caught sub (MG Vandort) 0/1
MP Vaughan*	c Jayasuriya b Fernando	14	38	25	2	0	56.00
7.4 caught Jayasuriya 22/2
MA Butcher	b Jayasuriya	37	149	119	6	0	31.09
42.3 bowled 84/6
N Hussain	c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	11	35	33	2	0	33.33
17.6 caught †Sangakkara 44/3
GP Thorpe	st †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	19	64	60	2	0	31.66
37.5 stumped †Sangakkara 82/4
GJ Batty	st †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
37.6 stumped †Sangakkara 82/5
A Flintoff	c †Sangakkara b Fernando	30	89	75	6	0	40.00
64.2 caught †Sangakkara 137/9
CMW Read†	lbw b Jayasuriya	0	8	9	0	0	0.00
44.6 84/7
AF Giles	b Fernando	13	52	48	1	0	27.08
60.4 bowled 124/8
RJ Kirtley	b Muralitharan	12	34	25	0	1	48.00
67.6 bowled 148/10
JM Anderson	not out	1	18	7	0	0	14.28

Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 1)	11

Total	(all out; 68 overs; 251 mins)	148	(2.17 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Trescothick, 0.6 ov), 2-22 (Vaughan, 7.4 ov), 3-44 (Hussain, 17.6 ov), 4-82 (Thorpe, 37.5 ov), 5-82 (Batty, 37.6 ov), 6-84 (Butcher, 42.3 ov), 7-84 (Read, 44.6 ov), 8-124 (Giles, 60.4 ov), 9-137 (Flintoff, 64.2 ov), 10-148 (Kirtley, 67.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	7	2	25	1	3.57
0.6 to Trescothick, caught sub (MG Vandort) 0/1
CRD Fernando	12	4	27	3	2.25	(1nb)
7.4 to Vaughan, caught Jayasuriya 22/2 60.4 to Giles, bowled 124/8 64.2 to Flintoff, caught †Sangakkara 137/9
UDU Chandana	13	7	18	0	1.38

M Muralitharan	27	9	63	4	2.33
17.6 to Hussain, caught †Sangakkara 44/3 37.5 to Thorpe, stumped †Sangakkara 82/4 37.6 to Batty, stumped †Sangakkara 82/5 67.6 to Kirtley, bowled 148/10
ST Jayasuriya	9	6	5	2	0.55
42.3 to Butcher, bowled 84/6 44.6 to Read, 84/7

Match details

Toss England, who chose to bat
Series Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1-0

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

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SA Bucknor (West Indies)
TV umpire TH Wijewardene
Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Close of play
18 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 259/8 (CMW Read 13*, RJ Kirtley 1*, 95 ov)
19 Dec day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 264/2 (TT Samaraweera 68*, DPMD Jayawardene 60*, 82 ov)
20 Dec day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 563/5 (TM Dilshan 72*, UDU Chandana 54*, 172 ov)
21 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 148 (68 ov) - end of match

Match notes