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SRI flag SRIWon toss. Elected to bat
241 & 81 Series badge ENG
249 & 74-6 ENG flag
Overs: 28.1 RR: 2.88 vs spin: 2.05
vs seam: 3.71
 Overs: 24.3 RR: 3.02 vs spin: 2.82
vs seam: 3.60
Thu 15/03/01 Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test, Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
ENGLAND WIN England won by 4 wickets
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 241 (101.1; RR: 2.38)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MS Atapattu b Caddick 0 9 0 0 0.00
ST Jayasuriya c White b Croft 45 110 7 0 40.91
KC Sangakkara c Vaughan b Gough 45 93 8 0 48.39
PA de Silva c Vaughan b Giles 38 136 2 0 27.94
DPMD Jayawardene c Stewart b Croft 71 152 8 1 46.71
RP Arnold lbw b Giles 0 13 0 0 0.00
TM Dilshan lbw b Croft 5 24 1 0 20.83
WPUJC Vaas not out 19 49 3 0 38.78
CRD Fernando c Trescothick b Croft 2 12 0 0 16.67
D Hettiarachchi b Gough 0 12 0 0 0.00
M Muralitharan b Caddick 1 3 0 0 33.33
Extras (4b, 4lb, 1w, 6nb) 15  
TOTAL 241 all out (101.1 overs; RR: 2.38)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (MS Atapattu 1.5 ov), 88-2 (KC Sangakkara 28.5 ov), 108-3 (ST Jayasuriya 39.3 ov), 205-4 (PA de Silva 76.4 ov), 209-5 (RP Arnold 80.3 ov), 216-6 (TM Dilshan 87.1 ov), 219-7 (DPMD Jayawardene 89.5 ov), 225-8 (CRD Fernando 93.6 ov), 240-9 (D Hettiarachchi 100.3 ov), 241-10 (M Muralitharan 101.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 14.0 5 33 2 2.36 1 0
AR Caddick 11.1 1 40 2 3.64 0 4
C White 10.0 1 45 0 4.50 0 2
AF Giles 34.0 13 59 2 1.74 0 0
RDB Croft 32.0 9 56 4 1.75 0 0

England - 1st Inns 249 (109.5; RR: 2.27)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Atherton lbw b Vaas 21 60 3 0 35.00
ME Trescothick c Arnold b Hettiarachchi 23 59 4 0 38.98
N Hussain c Jayasuriya b Hettiarachchi 8 29 1 0 27.59
GP Thorpe not out 113 267 11 0 42.32
AJ Stewart b Muralitharan 3 28 0 0 10.71
MP Vaughan c Sangakkara b Vaas 26 134 2 0 19.40
C White c Sangakkara b Vaas 0 1 0 0 0.00
AF Giles c Jayawardene b Vaas 0 10 0 0 0.00
RDB Croft run out 16 41 2 0 39.02
AR Caddick c Jayasuriya b Vaas 0 15 0 0 0.00
D Gough c Jayawardene b Vaas 14 21 3 0 66.67
Extras (10b, 9lb, 0w, 6nb) 25  
TOTAL 249 all out (109.5 overs; RR: 2.27)

Fall of wickets

45-1 (MA Atherton 18.3 ov), 55-2 (ME Trescothick 23.1 ov), 66-3 (N Hussain 25.2 ov), 91-4 (AJ Stewart 34.6 ov), 177-5 (MP Vaughan 79.4 ov), 177-6 (C White 79.5 ov), 181-7 (AF Giles 85.1 ov), 209-8 (RDB Croft 98.1 ov), 223-9 (AR Caddick 103.4 ov), 249-10 (D Gough 109.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 27.5 6 73 6 2.70 0 2
CRD Fernando 5.0 0 26 0 5.20 0 0
PA de Silva 3.0 1 2 0 0.67 0 1
M Muralitharan 41.0 9 73 1 1.78 0 3
D Hettiarachchi 24.0 6 36 2 1.50 0 0
ST Jayasuriya 9.0 1 20 0 2.22 0 0

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 81 (28.1; RR: 2.88)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MS Atapattu c Croft b Gough 0 17 0 0 0.00
ST Jayasuriya lbw b Gough 23 16 4 0 143.75
KC Sangakkara c Stewart b Caddick 0 5 0 0 0.00
PA de Silva c Thorpe b Caddick 23 32 4 0 71.88
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b Giles 11 33 1 0 33.33
RP Arnold c Hussain b Croft 0 5 0 0 0.00
TM Dilshan b Giles 10 16 0 0 62.50
WPUJC Vaas c Atherton b Giles 6 9 0 0 66.67
CRD Fernando c Giles b Gough 5 22 1 0 22.73
D Hettiarachchi not out 0 13 0 0 0.00
M Muralitharan lbw b Giles 1 3 0 0 33.33
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 2nb) 2  
TOTAL 81 all out (28.1 overs; RR: 2.88)

Fall of wickets

21-1 (MS Atapattu 4.5 ov), 24-2 (KC Sangakkara 5.5 ov), 24-3 (ST Jayasuriya 6.2 ov), 57-4 (PA de Silva 15.6 ov), 59-5 (RP Arnold 17.3 ov), 59-6 (DPMD Jayawardene 18.1 ov), 69-7 (WPUJC Vaas 20.3 ov), 76-8 (TM Dilshan 24.1 ov), 80-9 (CRD Fernando 27.2 ov), 81-10 (M Muralitharan 28.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
D Gough 6.0 1 23 3 3.83 0 2
AR Caddick 8.0 2 29 2 3.63 0 0
AF Giles 9.1 4 11 4 1.22 0 0
RDB Croft 5.0 0 18 1 3.60 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 74-6 (24.3; RR: 3.02)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Atherton c & b Fernando 13 25 2 0 52.00
ME Trescothick c Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 10 23 1 0 43.48
MP Vaughan b Muralitharan 8 21 1 0 38.10
GP Thorpe not out 32 49 2 0 65.31
AJ Stewart c Dilshan b Jayasuriya 0 5 0 0 0.00
C White c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 8 11 1 0 72.73
N Hussain c Arnold b Jayasuriya 0 8 0 0 0.00
AF Giles not out 1 6 0 0 16.67
RDB Croft  
AR Caddick  
D Gough  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 74-6 (24.3 overs; RR: 3.02)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (MA Atherton 7.2 ov), 24-2 (ME Trescothick 8.4 ov), 42-3 (MP Vaughan 13.4 ov), 43-4 (AJ Stewart 14.4 ov), 63-5 (C White 20.1 ov), 71-6 (N Hussain 22.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 3.0 0 11 0 3.67 0 0
D Hettiarachchi 3.0 1 5 0 1.67 0 0
M Muralitharan 8.0 1 26 1 3.25 0 0
CRD Fernando 2.0 0 7 1 3.50 0 1
ST Jayasuriya 8.3 0 24 4 3.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC), 3rd Test

Date

Thursday March 15, 2001

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:00am UTC

Venue

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Umpires

DL Orchard, EAR de Silva

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

PA de Silva, MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya, M Muralitharan, WPUJC Vaas, RP Arnold, DPMD Jayawardene, D Hettiarachchi, TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara, CRD Fernando

England Team

Playing XI

MA Atherton, N Hussain, AJ Stewart, AR Caddick, GP Thorpe, C White, D Gough, RDB Croft, ME Trescothick, AF Giles, MP Vaughan