Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nick Knight	run out (Muralidaran)	45	74	133	3	0	60.81

Alec Stewart (c)†	c Ranatunga b Vaas	39	33	44	6	0	118.18

Graeme Hick	not out	126	118	178	5	4	106.77
Nasser Hussain	c Tillakaratne b Jayasuriya	5	7	3	1	0	71.42

Neil Fairbrother	not out	78	71	86	4	2	109.85
Extras	(lb 2, nb 3, w 4)	9
Total	50 Ov (RR: 6.04)	302/3
Did not bat Adam Hollioake, Mark Ealham, Darren Gough, Alan Mullally, Robert Croft, Vince Wells
Fall of wickets 1-64 (Alec Stewart, 10.1 ov), 2-139 (Nick Knight, 26.4 ov), 3-148 (Nasser Hussain, 28.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	10	0	76	1	7.60	26	0	2
10.1 to AJ Stewart, a swish off the pads, and caught at midwicket! A sharp take from Ranatunga, but a massive disappointment for Stewart, who had been purring along up until then! It was a leg-stump half-volley from Vaas, there to be struck, but he clipped it straight to the man! It was excellently timed to be fair, you'll almost count that as unlucky. Half a yard either side and he was clear. 64/1
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	9	0	71	0	7.88	17	1	0
Mahela Jayawardene	4	0	24	0	6.00	12	1	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	7	0	46	0	6.57	20	1	1
Sanath Jayasuriya	10	0	42	1	4.20	26	0	0
28.4 to N Hussain, Hussain is unlucky here. He has made a forward press to draw a flat delivery down the leg side, and has changed his shot in time to look to paddle it fine, he has middled it too, but unfortunately he has found the only man in the vicinity of a paddle sweep: short fine leg. ODI wicket No. 150 for Jayasuriya. What an asset he is to this side. 148/3
Upul Chandana	10	0	41	0	4.10	26	1	0

Sri Lanka (T: 303 runs from 50 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Fairbrother b Gough	51	36	45	6	2	141.66

Romesh Kaluwitharana †	run out (Hollioake)	0	0	5	0	0	-

Marvan Atapattu	c Fairbrother b Mullally	3	12	12	0	0	25.00

Hashan Tillakaratne	b Croft	28	48	79	1	0	58.33

Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Wells	120	111	162	9	0	108.10

Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c Wells b Gough	41	51	57	2	0	80.39

Chaminda Vaas	run out (Hussain)	5	6	12	0	0	83.33

Upul Chandana	c Fairbrother b Wells	25	18	30	1	1	138.88

Roshan Mahanama	run out (Fairbrother)	13	11	20	2	0	118.18

Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	2	4	14	0	0	50.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	not out	2	2	6	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 9, w 4)	13
Total	49.4 Ov (RR: 6.10, 229 Mins)	303/9
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 1.1 ov), 2-8 (Marvan Atapattu, 3.5 ov), 3-68 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 4-137 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 22.6 ov), 5-223 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 38.4 ov), 6-235 (Chaminda Vaas, 41.4 ov), 7-269 (Mahela Jayawardene, 45.2 ov), 8-288 (Upul Chandana, 47.4 ov), 9-298 (Roshan Mahanama, 48.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	10	1	68	2	6.80	30	0	0
10.1 to ST Jayasuriya, whatever it is, it won;t continue for too long. Gough has had his own back with good bowling. In the last over too, he tucked Jayasuriya up with a shortish delivery. He does the same here, and draws a leading edge as Jayasuriya looks to work it into the leg side. Easy catch for short midwicket. 68/3 38.4 to A Ranatunga, slower ball gets Ranatunga. He does what he was brought on for. Ranatunga tries to play the flick shot he has been playing in the last few overs, but he is way early into the shot. Ends up chipping it to straight midwicket. England will be relieved that their irritant is gone, but the big wicket right now is the youngster Jayawardene. 223/5
Alan Mullally	10	0	61	1	6.10	27	1	0
3.5 to MS Atapattu, lovely catch but a loose loose shot. No feet as he drives a length ball on the up and gets a thick edge, but what an incredible catch this is. For my money, it is the catch of the summer. In a way it has gone straight to Fairbrother at first slip, but Alec Stewart has dived right across him, totally blindsighting him. So the only reaction time he has had is after it has crossed Stewart, which means he has had no time to sight this except for having seen the trajectory when Atapattu edged it. And he has taken this calmly, not even bothering to look at Stewart or celebrate. Special catch. 8/2
Adam Hollioake	5	0	45	0	9.00	9	0	0
Mark Ealham	10	1	48	0	4.80	28	2	0
Robert Croft	10	0	42	1	4.20	24	0	0
22.6 to HP Tillakaratne, bowled him! A similar shot to the last delivery, or at least similar intent. But the change of pace from Croft meant that the ball zipped through his defences before the shot had been formed, he pushed that one out with his index finger, and after jamming off Tillakaratne's pads, it has wriggled into his stumps!. 137/4
Vince Wells	4.4	0	30	2	6.42	6	1	0
45.2 to DPMD Jayawardene, another twist. Another turn. Wells has pulled a rabbit out of the hat. Full and straight, Jayawardene looks to manufacture a boundary into the leg side, walks across the stumps, but is beaten and hit right in front of the stumps. The crowd stands as one for a grand effort, but he is not too thrilled that he has left the job unfinished. One thing I can say: this is certainly not the last we are hearing of Jayawardene. 269/7 47.4 to UDU Chandana, and another twist. This match refuses to die down. Chandana has brought it down to a run a ball but has now sliced a slow full toss to short cover for a diving catch for Fairbrother. 288/8

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England Innings

Hours of play: 2.00pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm

4th Umpire - P Angley

Scorers: MN Ashton (Eng) and RM Artis (SL)

12th Men: BC Hollioake (England) and ASA Perera (Sri Lanka)

M Muralitharan was called for throwing at 17.4 overs by umpire RA Emerson at square leg. Sri Lankan captain A Ranatunga then confronted the umpire and a heated argument followed. Ranatunga then summoned the Sri Lankan players to leave the field. Team manager Ranjith Fernando and match referee Peter van der Merwe were summoned and discussions and phonecalls to the Sri Lankan Cricket Board were conducted on the boundary line before play resumed. 14 minutes were lost.

GA Hick 50 in 85 mins from 66 balls, 1x4, 2x6

NH Fairbrother 50 in 66 mins from 57 balls, 2x4

GA Hick 100 in 164 mins from 109 balls, 2x4, 3x6

Hick/Fairbrother 4th wicket partnership 154* in 86 mins from 129 balls

Sri Lanka Innings

Sri Lanka innings: 1x7 ball over (3rd over, D Gough's 2nd over, called by umpire RA Emerson)

ST Jayasuriya 50 in 43 minutes from 33 balls, 6x4, 2x6

DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 51 minutes from 43 balls, 4x4

DPMD jayawardene 100 in 142 mins from 100 balls, 6x4

Sri Lanka won at 10.19pm

Attendance: 9850

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