England v Sri Lanka, Colombo

England 265/10 & 148/10

Sri Lanka 628/8

Sri Lanka won by 215 runs

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Colombo 18–21 Dec 2003

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1041 runs at 37.2 per wicket.

The lead

How Sri Lanka's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Muralitharan4/63

CRD Fernando3/27

M Muralitharan3/40

WPUJC Vaas3/64

Top score

142

TT Samaraweera · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

262

3rd wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–2

3 wkts for 2 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 215 runs

Length4 days

England

265 /10 (101.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan	70	98	13	0	71.43
MP Vaughan	c DPMD Jayawardene b UDU Chandana	18	51	2	0	35.29
MA Butcher	c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando	23	50	3	0	46.00
N Hussain	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	8	35	1	0	22.86
GP Thorpe	lbw b M Muralitharan	13	39	1	0	33.33
A Flintoff	c & b M Muralitharan	77	109	10	4	70.64
GJ Batty	c MS Atapattu b UDU Chandana	14	101	1	0	13.86
CMW Read*	not out	17	64	0	1	26.56
AF Giles	run out (KC Sangakkara)	10	39	1	0	25.64
RJ Kirtley	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	1	9	0	0	11.11
JM Anderson	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	1	12	0	0	8.33

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 8, nb 1)

Total 265/10 (101.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	17.0	5	64	3	3.76
CRD Fernando	12.0	3	55	1	4.58
TT Samaraweera	4.0	1	11	0	2.75
UDU Chandana	26.0	7	82	2	3.15
M Muralitharan	40.0	21	40	3	1.00
ST Jayasuriya	2.0	1	1	0	0.50

Fall of wickets

1-78 (MP Vaughan, 18.6)·2-108 (ME Trescothick, 31.6)·3-114 (MA Butcher, 34.1)·4-135 (N Hussain, 44.3)·5-139 (GP Thorpe, 45.5)·6-226 (GJ Batty, 76.5)·7-236 (A Flintoff, 83.3)·8-258 (AF Giles, 93.4)·9-259 (RJ Kirtley, 96.1)·10-265 (JM Anderson, 100.6)

Sri Lanka

628 /8 (181.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Sangakkara	c ME Trescothick b RJ Kirtley	31	42	6	0	73.81
ST Jayasuriya	c ME Trescothick b A Flintoff	85	104	12	1	81.73
TT Samaraweera	run out (GJ Batty)	142	408	13	0	34.80
DPMD Jayawardene	c PD Collingwood b A Flintoff	134	246	14	1	54.47
TM Dilshan	b AF Giles	83	131	3	0	63.36
HP Tillakaratne	b AF Giles	12	40	1	0	30.00
UDU Chandana	c MP Vaughan b RJ Kirtley	76	103	7	2	73.79
WPUJC Vaas	run out (AF Giles)	9	11	1	0	81.82
M Muralitharan*	not out	21	10	1	2	210.00
CRD Fernando*	not out	1	2	0	0	50.00

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

Total 628/8 (181.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Kirtley	30.5	4	131	2	4.25
JM Anderson	24.0	5	85	0	3.54
A Flintoff	18.0	0	47	2	2.61
AF Giles	65.0	16	190	2	2.92
GJ Batty	41.0	4	137	0	3.34
MP Vaughan	1.0	0	5	0	5.00
ME Trescothick	2.0	0	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-71 (KC Sangakkara, 11.7)·2-138 (ST Jayasuriya, 38.1)·3-400 (DPMD Jayawardene, 128.2)·4-428 (TT Samaraweera, 136.1)·5-456 (HP Tillakaratne, 147.6)·6-582 (TM Dilshan, 175.5)·7-605 (WPUJC Vaas, 179.4)·8-606 (UDU Chandana, 180.1)

England

148 /10 (67.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c MG Vandort b WPUJC Vaas	0	6	0	0	0.00
MP Vaughan	c ST Jayasuriya b CRD Fernando	14	25	2	0	56.00
MA Butcher	b ST Jayasuriya	37	119	6	0	31.09
N Hussain	c KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan	11	33	2	0	33.33
GP Thorpe	st KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan	19	60	2	0	31.67
GJ Batty	st KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan	0	1	0	0	0.00
A Flintoff	c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando	30	75	6	0	40.00
CMW Read	lbw b ST Jayasuriya	0	9	0	0	0.00
AF Giles	b CRD Fernando	13	48	1	0	27.08
RJ Kirtley	b M Muralitharan	12	25	0	1	48.00
JM Anderson*	not out	1	7	0	0	14.29

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

Total 148/10 (67.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	7.0	2	25	1	3.57
CRD Fernando	12.0	4	27	3	2.25
UDU Chandana	13.0	7	18	0	1.38
M Muralitharan	26.5	9	63	4	2.35
ST Jayasuriya	9.0	6	5	2	0.56

Fall of wickets

1-0 (ME Trescothick, 0.6)·2-22 (MP Vaughan, 7.4)·3-44 (N Hussain, 17.6)·4-82 (GP Thorpe, 37.5)·5-82 (GJ Batty, 37.6)·6-84 (MA Butcher, 42.3)·7-84 (CMW Read, 44.6)·8-124 (AF Giles, 60.4)·9-137 (A Flintoff, 64.2)·10-148 (RJ Kirtley, 67.6)