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Sri Lanka vs England, 3rd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003
Venue:
Sinhalese Sports Club,
Colombo
Date & Time:
Dec 18
-
Dec 21
,
05:30 AM
LOCAL
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Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs
England 1st Innings
265-10 (101 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sir James Anderson
lbw b Vaas
1
12
0
0
8.33
James Kirtley
lbw b Vaas
1
9
0
0
11.11
Ashley Giles
run out (Dilshan/Sangakkara)
10
39
1
0
25.64
Chris Read
not out
17
64
0
1
26.56
Gareth Batty
c Atapattu b Chandana
14
101
1
0
13.86
Andrew Flintoff
c & b Muralitharan
77
109
10
4
70.64
Graham Thorpe
lbw b Muralitharan
13
39
1
0
33.33
Nasser Hussain
lbw b Vaas
8
35
1
0
22.86
Mark Butcher
c Sangakkara b Fernando
23
50
3
0
46.00
Michael Vaughan
c Jayawardene b Chandana
18
51
2
0
35.29
Marcus Trescothick
c Jayawardene b Muralitharan
70
98
13
0
71.43
Extras
13
(b 4, lb 8, w 0, nb 1, p 0)
Total
265
(10 wkts, 101 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
78-1 (
M Vaughan
, 18.6),
108-2 (
M Trescothick
, 31.6),
114-3 (
M Butcher
, 34.1),
135-4 (
N Hussain
, 44.3),
139-5 (
G Thorpe
, 45.5),
226-6 (
G Batty
, 76.5),
236-7 (
A Flintoff
, 83.3),
258-8 (
A Giles
, 93.4),
259-9 (
J Kirtley
, 96.1),
265-10 (
James Anderson
, 100.6)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
1
1
0
0
0
0.50
Muttiah Muralitharan
40
21
40
3
0
0
1.00
Upul Chandana
26
7
82
2
0
0
3.15
Thilan Samaraweera
4
1
11
0
0
0
2.75
Dilhara Fernando
12
3
55
1
1
0
4.58
Chaminda Vaas
17
5
64
3
0
0
3.76
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
628-8 d (182 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Dilhara Fernando
not out
1
2
0
0
50.00
Muttiah Muralitharan
not out
21
10
1
2
210.00
Chaminda Vaas
run out (Giles)
9
11
1
0
81.82
Upul Chandana
c Vaughan b Kirtley
76
103
7
2
73.79
Hashan Tillakaratne
b Giles
12
40
1
0
30.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan
b Giles
83
131
3
0
63.36
Mahela Jayawardene
c sub (PD Collingwood) b Flintoff
134
246
14
1
54.47
Thilan Samaraweera
run out (Read/Batty)
142
408
13
0
34.80
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Trescothick b Flintoff
85
104
12
1
81.73
Kumar Sangakkara
c Trescothick b Kirtley
31
42
6
0
73.81
Extras
34
(b 7, lb 16, w 5, nb 6, p 0)
Total
628
(8 wkts, 182 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
71-1 (
Sangakkara
, 11.6),
138-2 (
S Jayasuriya
, 38.1),
400-3 (
Mahela
, 128.2),
428-4 (
T Samaraweera
, 136.1),
456-5 (
H Tillakaratne
, 147.6),
582-6 (
Dilshan
, 175.5),
605-7 (
C Vaas
, 179.4),
606-8 (
U Chandana
, 180.1)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Marcus Trescothick
2
0
10
0
0
1
5.00
Michael Vaughan
1
0
5
0
0
0
5.00
Gareth Batty
41
4
137
0
0
0
3.34
Ashley Giles
65
16
190
2
0
0
2.92
Andrew Flintoff
18
0
47
2
3
0
2.61
Sir James Anderson
24
5
85
0
0
0
3.54
James Kirtley
31
4
131
2
3
0
4.23
England 2nd Innings
148-10 (68 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Mark Butcher
b Jayasuriya
37
119
6
0
31.09
Michael Vaughan
c Jayasuriya b Fernando
14
25
2
0
56.00
Marcus Trescothick
c sub (MG Vandort) b Vaas
0
6
0
0
0.00
Nasser Hussain
c Sangakkara b Muralitharan
11
33
2
0
33.33
Graham Thorpe
st Sangakkara b Muralitharan
19
60
2
0
31.67
Gareth Batty
st Sangakkara b Muralitharan
0
1
0
0
0.00
Andrew Flintoff
c Sangakkara b Fernando
30
75
6
0
40.00
Chris Read
lbw b Jayasuriya
0
9
0
0
0.00
Ashley Giles
b Fernando
13
48
1
0
27.08
James Kirtley
b Muralitharan
12
25
0
1
48.00
Sir James Anderson
not out
1
7
0
0
14.29
Extras
11
(b 2, lb 8, w 0, nb 1, p 0)
Total
148
(10 wkts, 68 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
0-1 (
M Trescothick
, 0.6),
22-2 (
M Vaughan
, 7.4),
44-3 (
N Hussain
, 17.6),
82-4 (
G Thorpe
, 37.5),
82-5 (
G Batty
, 37.6),
84-6 (
M Butcher
, 42.3),
84-7 (
C Read
, 44.6),
124-8 (
A Giles
, 60.4),
137-9 (
A Flintoff
, 64.2),
148-10 (
J Kirtley
, 67.6)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Dilhara Fernando
12
4
27
3
1
0
2.25
Chaminda Vaas
7
2
25
1
0
0
3.57
Upul Chandana
13
7
18
0
0
0
1.38
Muttiah Muralitharan
27
9
63
4
0
0
2.33
Sanath Jayasuriya
9
6
5
2
0
0
0.56
Match Info
Match
SL vs ENG, 3rd Test, England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003
Date
-
Time
Venue
Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo
Umpires
Aleem Dar, Steve Bucknor
Third Umpire
Tyron Wijewardene
Match Referee
Sir Clive Lloyd
Sri Lanka Squad
Playing
Hashan Tillakaratne (c)
,
Tillakaratne Dilshan
,
Mahela Jayawardene
,
Thilan Samaraweera
,
Sanath Jayasuriya
,
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
,
Upul Chandana
,
Chaminda Vaas
,
Muttiah Muralitharan
,
Dilhara Fernando
,
Marvan Atapattu
Bench
Support Staff
England Squad
Playing
James Anderson
,
James Kirtley
,
Ashley Giles
,
Chris Read (wk)
,
Gareth Batty
,
Andrew Flintoff
,
Graham Thorpe
,
Nasser Hussain
,
Mark Butcher
,
Michael Vaughan (c)
,
Marcus Trescothick
Bench
Support Staff
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