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1st T20I • Rawalpindi

Pakistan

New Zealand

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Schedule Series

Live • 1st ODI • Karachi

WI-W

PAK-W

(14/50 ov, T:270) 66/4

Pakistan (W) need 204 runs from 36 overs.

Schedule Series

Sri Lanka vs England, 3rd Test at Colombo, , Mar 15 2001 - Match Result

RESULT

3rd Test, Colombo (SSC), March 15 - 17, 2001, England tour of Sri Lanka

241 & 81

(T:74) 249 & 74/6

England won by 4 wickets

Player Of The Match

, ENG

113* & 32*

Player Of The Series

, ENG

24 runs • 14 wkts

This is the lowest match aggregate (645) involving England & Sri Lanka in Tests

England secure historic series win in Colombo

England secure historic series win in Colombo

The streets of Colombo were awash with English supporters tonight, not drowning their sorrows after being spun to the series defeat that had been widely anticipated by most Sri Lankans and many English four weeks ago, but loudly celebrating England's

17-Mar-2001•Charlie Austin

Match centre

Scorecard summary

Sri Lanka • 241/10(101.1 overs)

1st INNINGS

Mahela Jayawardene

71 (152)

4/56 (32)

Kumar Sangakkara

45 (93)

2/59 (34)

England • 249/10(109.5 overs)

1st INNINGS

113* (267)

6/73 (27.5)

Michael Vaughan

26 (134)

Dinuka Hettiarachchi

2/36 (24)

Sri Lanka • 81/10(28.1 overs)

2nd INNINGS

Sanath Jayasuriya

23 (16)

4/11 (9.1)

Aravinda de Silva

23 (32)

3/23 (6)

England • 74/6(24.3 overs)

2nd INNINGS

32* (49)

Sanath Jayasuriya

4/24 (8.3)

13 (25)

Muthiah Muralidaran

1/26 (8)

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Match details

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2000/01
Player Of The Match	Graham Thorpe
Player Of The Series	Darren Gough
Series result	England won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1537
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Umpires	Asoka de Silva David Orchard
TV Umpire	B.C. Cooray
Match Referee	Hanumant Singh

Match Coverage

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Toss: Sri Lanka

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The streets of Colombo were awash with English supporters tonight, not drowning their sorrows after being spun to the series defeat that had been widely anticipated by most Sri Lankans and many English four weeks ago, but loudly celebrating England's

England secure historic series win in Colombo

England secure historic series win with dramatic Test victory

The streets of Colombo were awash with English supporters tonight, not drowning their sorrows after being spun to the series defeat that had been widely anticipated by most Sri Lankans and many English four weeks ago, but loudly celebrating England's

England secure historic series win with dramatic Test victory

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
MA Atherton	caught	13	25
ME Trescothick	caught	10	23
MP Vaughan	bowled	8	21
GP Thorpe	not out	32	49
AJ Stewart	caught	0	5
C White	caught	8	11
N Hussain	caught	0	8
AF Giles	not out	1	6
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1)
Total	74(6 wkts; 24.3 ovs)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	23	Mike Atherton	Marcus Trescothick
2nd	1	Marcus Trescothick	Michael Vaughan
3rd	18	Graham Thorpe	Michael Vaughan
4th	1	Alec Stewart	Graham Thorpe
5th	20	Graham Thorpe	Craig White
6th	8	Nasser Hussain	Graham Thorpe
7th	3	Graham Thorpe	Ashley Giles

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