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England in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test

Sri Lanka v England

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 28 runs

Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MS Atapattu not out 201 684 536 18 0 37.50
ST Jayasuriya* c White b Gough 14 19 16 3 0 87.50
KC Sangakkara† c White b Croft 58 160 125 5 0 46.40
PA de Silva run out (Gough) 106 336 243 10 1 43.62
DPMD Jayawardene run out (Thorpe) 61 141 94 4 2 64.89
WPUJC Vaas c White b Giles 8 20 14 0 0 57.14
RP Arnold not out 1 4 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (b 9, lb 2, nb 10) 21
Total (5 wickets dec; 170 overs; 684 mins) 470 (2.76 runs per over)
Did not bat TM Dilshan, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan, HDPK Dharmasena
Fall of wickets 1-18 (Jayasuriya, 4.6 ov), 2-110 (Sangakkara, 43.4 ov), 3-340 (de Silva, 129.1 ov), 4-451 (Jayawardene, 164.5 ov), 5-468 (Vaas, 169.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
D Gough 26 3 95 1 3.65 (5nb)
AR Caddick 30 13 46 0 1.53 (2nb)
C White 30 6 80 0 2.66 (2nb)
AF Giles 48 8 134 1 2.79 (1nb)
RDB Croft 32 6 96 1 3.00
GA Hick 4 0 8 0 2.00
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Atherton lbw b Vaas 33 153 128 2 0 25.78
ME Trescothick c †Sangakkara b Vaas 122 394 348 12 0 35.05
N Hussain* lbw b Muralitharan 3 26 19 0 0 15.78
GP Thorpe c Dilshan b Muralitharan 7 44 37 0 0 18.91
AJ Stewart† lbw b Jayasuriya 19 140 111 0 0 17.11
RDB Croft c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 9 94 75 1 0 12.00
GA Hick c †Sangakkara b Vaas 5 29 22 0 0 22.72
C White c †Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 25 58 47 2 0 53.19
AF Giles c Dilshan b Muralitharan 4 28 26 0 0 15.38
AR Caddick c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
D Gough not out 0 3 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 21) 26
Total (all out; 132.3 overs; 490 mins) 253 (1.90 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-83 (Atherton, 41.3 ov), 2-93 (Hussain, 48.2 ov), 3-117 (Thorpe, 60.4 ov), 4-197 (Stewart, 99.3 ov), 5-206 (Trescothick, 107.3 ov), 6-217 (Hick, 115.2 ov), 7-239 (Croft, 125.2 ov), 8-253 (White, 131.3 ov), 9-253 (Caddick, 131.5 ov), 10-253 (Giles, 132.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 24 7 53 3 2.20 (2nb)
M Muralitharan 54.3 14 79 3 1.44 (11nb)
HDPK Dharmasena 22 6 51 0 2.31 (6nb)
CRD Fernando 2 0 10 0 5.00 (2nb)
ST Jayasuriya 27 7 50 4 1.85
PA de Silva 3 2 5 0 1.66
England 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Atherton c †Sangakkara b Vaas 44 255 203 1 0 21.67
ME Trescothick c †Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 57 197 169 6 0 33.72
N Hussain* lbw b Muralitharan 1 17 20 0 0 5.00
GP Thorpe lbw b Dharmasena 12 109 86 0 0 13.95
AJ Stewart† not out 34 154 120 4 0 28.33
GA Hick c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 6 33 35 0 0 17.14
C White lbw b Muralitharan 3 20 16 0 0 18.75
AR Caddick b Jayasuriya 1 11 7 0 0 14.28
AF Giles lbw b Muralitharan 1 3 2 0 0 50.00
RDB Croft lbw b Jayasuriya 2 11 14 0 0 14.28
D Gough b Muralitharan 0 4 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 11, lb 6, nb 11) 28
Total (all out; 110.3 overs; 410 mins) 189 (1.71 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-101 (Trescothick, 52.4 ov), 2-105 (Hussain, 57.6 ov), 3-121 (Atherton, 70.6 ov), 4-145 (Thorpe, 87.3 ov), 5-167 (Hick, 97.2 ov), 6-176 (White, 102.5 ov), 7-182 (Caddick, 105.4 ov), 8-183 (Giles, 106.1 ov), 9-188 (Croft, 109.6 ov), 10-189 (Gough, 110.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
WPUJC Vaas 15 6 29 1 1.93 (1nb)
CRD Fernando 4 0 10 0 2.50
ST Jayasuriya 32 13 44 4 1.37
HDPK Dharmasena 16 6 21 1 1.31
M Muralitharan 42.3 14 66 4 1.55 (9nb)
RP Arnold 1 0 2 0 2.00
Match details
Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Series Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0
Player of the match MS Atapattu (Sri Lanka)
Umpires AV Jayaprakash (India) and PT Manuel
TV umpire EAR de Silva
Match referee Hanumant Singh (India)
Close of play
Thu, 22 Feb - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 221/2 (MS Atapattu 85*, PA de Silva 56*, 90 ov)
Fri, 23 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 27/0 (MA Atherton 12*, ME Trescothick 11*, 8 ov)
Sat, 24 Feb - day 3 - England 1st innings 202/4 (ME Trescothick 119*, RDB Croft 0*, 106 ov)
Sun, 25 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 118/2 (MA Atherton 44*, GP Thorpe 2*, 69 ov)
Mon, 26 Feb - day 5 - England 2nd innings 189 (110.3 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
  • Day 4
  • Day 5
  • England 150 runs in 90.1 overs 333 mins
  • Lunch: England 174/5 (AJ Stewart 27*, C White 1*)
  • England 189 all out, 110.3 overs, 410 mins
  • Sri Lanka won by an innings 28 runs
  • Sri Lanka leads the 3-Test series 1-0
  • Man of the Match: MS Atapattu
 
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Series Results
Sri Lanka v England at Colombo (SSC) - Mar 15-17, 2001
England won by 4 wickets
Sri Lanka v England at Kandy - Mar 7-11, 2001
England won by 3 wickets
Sri Lanka v England at Galle - Feb 22-26, 2001
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 28 runs
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Photos

Feb 26, 2001

Sri Lanka v England , 1st Test, Galle International Stadium , 25 February 2001

England keeper Stewart trudges off the pitch not out on 34 at the end of the match

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Feb 26, 2001

Sri Lanka v England , 1st Test, Galle International Stadium , 25 February 2001

England keeper Stewart at the post match presentations

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