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| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AN Cook | lbw b Malinga | 81 | 344 | 234 | 8 | 0 | 34.61 | |
| MP Vaughan* | c Mubarak b Muralitharan | 87 | 161 | 139 | 12 | 0 | 62.58 | |
| IR Bell | c Mubarak b Muralitharan | 15 | 80 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 24.19 | |
| KP Pietersen | c Sangakkara b Vaas | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| PD Collingwood | lbw b Vaas | 52 | 144 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 54.16 | |
| RS Bopara | b Malinga | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MJ Prior† | c & b Muralitharan | 79 | 189 | 130 | 9 | 0 | 60.76 | |
| SCJ Broad | lbw b Malinga | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| RJ Sidebottom | c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralitharan | 17 | 110 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 20.98 | |
| SJ Harmison | c Silva b Muralitharan | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MS Panesar | not out | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 2, nb 7) | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 126.2 overs; 536 mins) | 351 | (2.77 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WPUJC Vaas | 32 | 8 | 68 | 2 | 2.12 | (2nb) | ||
| SL Malinga | 24 | 3 | 78 | 3 | 3.25 | (4nb) | ||
| CRD Fernando | 23 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 3.43 | (1nb) | ||
| M Muralitharan | 47.2 | 9 | 116 | 5 | 2.45 |
| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MG Vandort | lbw b Sidebottom | 138 | 348 | 259 | 18 | 1 | 53.28 | |
| WU Tharanga | c †Prior b Sidebottom | 10 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 47.61 | |
| KC Sangakkara | c †Prior b Sidebottom | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| DPMD Jayawardene* | c Collingwood b Panesar | 195 | 578 | 422 | 16 | 1 | 46.20 | |
| LPC Silva | c Bopara b Harmison | 49 | 180 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 46.22 | |
| J Mubarak | c Bell b Harmison | 9 | 50 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 39.13 | |
| HAPW Jayawardene† | c †Prior b Harmison | 79 | 217 | 161 | 6 | 0 | 49.06 | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Bell b Broad | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| SL Malinga | lbw b Panesar | 9 | 33 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 39.13 | |
| CRD Fernando | not out | 36 | 129 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 43.90 | |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 9, w 1, nb 1) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets dec; 186.5 overs; 800 mins) | 548 | (2.93 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat M Muralitharan |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RJ Sidebottom | 36 | 4 | 100 | 3 | 2.77 | (1w) | ||
| SCJ Broad | 36 | 5 | 95 | 1 | 2.63 | |||
| SJ Harmison | 41.5 | 9 | 111 | 3 | 2.65 | (1nb) | ||
| MS Panesar | 50 | 7 | 151 | 2 | 3.02 | |||
| KP Pietersen | 15 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 3.80 | |||
| PD Collingwood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| RS Bopara | 7 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 2.57 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AN Cook | c DPMD Jayawardene b Silva | 62 | 181 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| MP Vaughan* | c & b Fernando | 61 | 126 | 109 | 8 | 0 | 55.96 | |
| IR Bell | c Vandort b Muralitharan | 54 | 106 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 61.36 | |
| KP Pietersen | not out | 45 | 119 | 79 | 4 | 1 | 56.96 | |
| PD Collingwood | not out | 23 | 65 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 34.32 | |
| Extras | (nb 5) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets; 77 overs; 301 mins) | 250 | (3.24 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RS Bopara, MJ Prior†, RJ Sidebottom, SJ Harmison, SCJ Broad, MS Panesar |
| Fall of wickets 1-107 (Vaughan, 31.4 ov), 2-152 (Cook, 46.1 ov), 3-204 (Bell, 60.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WPUJC Vaas | 16 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 3.50 | (2nb) | ||
| SL Malinga | 8 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 4.62 | (1nb) | ||
| CRD Fernando | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 3.00 | |||
| J Mubarak | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |||
| M Muralitharan | 27 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 2.14 | (1nb) | ||
| DPMD Jayawardene | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| LPC Silva | 13 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 4.38 | (1nb) |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Test debut
SCJ Broad
(England) Player of the match DPMD Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) |
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Umpires
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and DJ Harper (Australia) TV umpire MG Silva Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire RD Kottahachchi |
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Dec 13, 2007 The clouds linger over the SSC in Colombo, before the rain fell to force a draw © Getty Images |
Dec 13, 2007 Kevin Pietersen cracks one through the covers © Getty Images |
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