Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	b Gough	16	25	30	4	0	64.00
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	c Giles b Caddick	9	26	46	1	0	34.61
Kumar Sangakkara †	c Trescothick b White	17	24	45	3	0	70.83
Aravinda de Silva	c & b White	29	33	48	5	1	87.87
Mahela Jayawardene	c Thorpe b Caddick	101	165	180	12	1	61.21
Russel Arnold	c White b Gough	65	165	242	10	0	39.39
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Atherton b Gough	36	59	103	6	0	61.01
Kumar Dharmasena	c Thorpe b Gough	1	8	10	0	0	12.50
Chaminda Vaas	c Thorpe b Caddick	2	6	7	0	0	33.33
Nuwan Zoysa	c †Stewart b Caddick	0	6	12	0	0	0.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	10	6	8	2	0	166.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 7)	11
Total	86 Ov (RR: 3.45, 369 Mins)	297
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Marvan Atapattu, 6.5 ov), 2-29 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 9.5 ov), 3-69 (Kumar Sangakkara, 15.3 ov), 4-80 (Aravinda de Silva, 19.4 ov), 5-221 (Mahela Jayawardene, 60.6 ov), 6-277 (Russel Arnold, 80.2 ov), 7-279 (Kumar Dharmasena, 82.3 ov), 8-282 (Chaminda Vaas, 83.5 ov), 9-286 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 84.2 ov), 10-297 (Nuwan Zoysa, 85.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Darren Gough	14	1	73	4	5.21	-	-	-	4
Andy Caddick	20	3	55	4	2.75	-	-	-	1
Ashley Giles	15	2	47	0	3.13	-	-	-	0
Craig White	17	3	70	2	4.11	-	-	-	2
Robert Croft	20	2	48	0	2.40	-	-	-	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	lbw b Vaas	7	20	27	1	0	35.00
Marcus Trescothick	c †Sangakkara b Dharmasena	23	49	71	3	0	46.93
Nasser Hussain (c)	b Muralidaran	109	255	298	12	3	42.74
Graham Thorpe	c Dilshan b Jayasuriya	59	153	217	6	0	38.56
Alec Stewart †	c Dilshan b Jayasuriya	54	159	219	9	0	33.96
Graeme Hick	lbw b Muralidaran	0	11	11	0	0	0.00
Craig White	st †Sangakkara b Jayasuriya	39	113	127	6	0	34.51
Ashley Giles	b Muralidaran	5	37	39	0	0	13.51
Robert Croft	not out	33	78	89	4	0	42.30
Andy Caddick	b Muralidaran	7	23	17	1	0	30.43
Darren Gough	lbw b Vaas	10	48	57	1	0	20.83
Extras	(b 16, lb 20, nb 4, w 1)	41
Total	157 Ov (RR: 2.46, 584 Mins)	387
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Mike Atherton, 6.2 ov), 2-37 (Marcus Trescothick, 16.2 ov), 3-204 (Graham Thorpe, 71.3 ov), 4-232 (Nasser Hussain, 84.4 ov), 5-236 (Graeme Hick, 88.3 ov), 6-323 (Craig White, 122.1 ov), 7-330 (Alec Stewart, 130.1 ov), 8-336 (Ashley Giles, 133.6 ov), 9-346 (Andy Caddick, 139.3 ov), 10-387 (Darren Gough, 156.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	23	7	39	2	1.69	-	-	-	0	0
Nuwan Zoysa	10	2	35	0	3.50	-	-	-	1	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	63	21	127	4	2.01	-	-	-	0	4
Kumar Dharmasena	27	4	74	1	2.74	-	-	-	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	34	10	76	3	2.23	-	-	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	c †Stewart b Gough	2	4	2	0	0	50.00
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	c Thorpe b Caddick	0	1	8	0	0	0.00
Kumar Sangakkara †	st †Stewart b Croft	95	184	255	13	0	51.63
Aravinda de Silva	c White b Gough	1	4	5	0	0	25.00
Mahela Jayawardene	b White	18	29	36	3	0	62.06
Russel Arnold	lbw b Croft	22	48	69	5	0	45.83
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Hick b Croft	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
Kumar Dharmasena	c Hick b Gough	54	181	226	8	0	29.83
Chaminda Vaas	c Croft b White	36	83	112	5	0	43.37
Nuwan Zoysa	c Hick b Gough	0	6	10	0	0	0.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	6	3	5	0	1	200.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 11)	16
Total	89.1 Ov (RR: 2.80, 370 Mins)	250
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Marvan Atapattu, 0.4 ov), 2-2 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 1.1 ov), 3-3 (Aravinda de Silva, 2.1 ov), 4-42 (Mahela Jayawardene, 9.5 ov), 5-81 (Russel Arnold, 24.6 ov), 6-88 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 26.3 ov), 7-181 (Kumar Sangakkara, 61.5 ov), 8-234 (Kumar Dharmasena, 86.3 ov), 9-242 (Nuwan Zoysa, 88.3 ov), 10-250 (Chaminda Vaas, 89.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Darren Gough	22	6	50	4	2.27	-	-	-	3
Andy Caddick	18	5	55	1	3.05	-	-	-	4
Craig White	12.1	3	42	2	3.45	-	-	-	1
Robert Croft	22	11	40	3	1.81	-	-	-	0
Ashley Giles	15	3	58	0	3.86	-	-	-	3

England 2nd Innings (T: 161 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	11	18	27	2	0	61.11
Marcus Trescothick	lbw b Vaas	13	21	33	2	0	61.90
Nasser Hussain (c)	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	15	65	92	1	0	23.07
Graham Thorpe	c †Sangakkara b Muralidaran	46	58	73	6	0	79.31
Alec Stewart †	lbw b Vaas	7	37	45	0	0	18.91
Robert Croft	lbw b Dharmasena	17	89	114	1	0	19.10
Graeme Hick	b Jayasuriya	16	34	33	2	0	47.05
Craig White	not out	21	74	88	2	0	28.37
Ashley Giles	not out	4	33	38	0	0	12.12
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 2)	11
Total	71.1 Ov (RR: 2.26, 274 Mins)	161/7
Did not bat: Darren Gough, Andy Caddick
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Mike Atherton, 6.2 ov), 2-25 (Marcus Trescothick, 6.6 ov), 3-86 (Graham Thorpe, 25.1 ov), 4-89 (Nasser Hussain, 28.4 ov), 5-97 (Alec Stewart, 36.6 ov), 6-122 (Graeme Hick, 45.6 ov), 7-142 (Robert Croft, 60.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	18	4	39	4	2.16	-	-	-	0
Nuwan Zoysa	2	0	16	0	8.00	-	-	-	0
Kumar Dharmasena	8	0	25	1	3.12	-	-	-	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	27	7	50	1	1.85	-	-	-	2
Sanath Jayasuriya	16.1	6	22	1	1.36	-	-	-	0

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Wed, 07 Mar - day 1 - England 1st innings 1/0 (Mike Atherton 0*, Marcus Trescothick 1*, 2 ov)

Thu, 08 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 249/5 (Alec Stewart 16*, Craig White 6*, 98 ov)

Fri, 09 Mar - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 98/6 (Kumar Sangakkara 47*, Kumar Dharmasena 1*, 31 ov)

Sat, 10 Mar - day 4 - England 2nd innings 91/4 (Alec Stewart 2*, Robert Croft 1*, 31 ov)

Sun, 11 Mar - day 5 - England 2nd innings 161/7 (71.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Sri Lanka 50 runs in 12.2 overs 60 mins
Lunch: Sri Lanka 93/4 26 overs 122 mins (Jayawardene 16*, Arnold 0*)
Sri Lanka 100 runs in 27.3 overs 128 mins (Jayawardene 22*, Arnold 0*)
Sri Lanka 150 runs in 35.1 overs 160 mins (Jayawardene 47*, Arnold 28*)
Jayawardene 50 runs off 78 balls, 92 mins (8x4)
Sri Lanka 200 runs in 51.4 overs 221 mins (Jayawardene 85*, Arnold 38*)
Tea: Sri Lanka 216/4 57 overs 240 mins (Jayawardene 96*, Arnold 41*)
Jayawardene 100 runs off 161 balls, 177 mins (12x4)(1x6)
Arnold 50 runs off 119 balls, 192 mins (7x4)
Sri Lanka 250 runs in 72.4 overs 311 mins (Arnold 50*, Dilshan 19*)
England takes 2nd new ball after 80.1 overs, 335 mins (Arnold 65*, Dilshan 30*)
Sri Lanka 297 all out 86 overs, 369 mins

Day 2

England 50 runs in 19.4 overs, 83 mins (Hussain 17*, Thorpe 5*)
England 100 runs in 30 overs, 118 mins (Hussain 33*, Thorpe 22*)
Lunch: England 115/2 34 overs 127 mins (Hussain 38*, Thorpe 30*)
N Hussain 50 runs off 133 balls, 133 mins (5x4)(2x6)
England 150 runs in 46.4 oversm 180 mins (Hussain 51*, Thorpe 48*)
GP Thorpe 50 runs off 87 balls, 133 mins (6x4)
Tea: England 188/2 66 overs, 248 mins (Hussain 73*, Thorpe 56*)
England 200 runs in 69.4 overs 266 mins (Hussain 84*, Thorpe 58*)
Hussain 100 runs off 241 balls, 280 mins (10x4)(3x6)

Day 3

England 250 runs in 98.4 overs 300 mins (Stewart 17*, White 6*)
Sri Lanka takes 2nd new ball after 111 overs, 400 mins (Stewart 27*, White 16*)
England 300 runs in 114.5 overs 446 mins (Stewart 39*, White 30*)
Stewart 50 runs off 136 balls, 193 mins (7x4)
Lunch: England 330/6 129 overs, 488 mins (Stewart 54*, Giles 3*)
Engalnd 350 runs in 140.2 overs 530 mins
Tea: England 387 all out, 157 overs, 584 mins
Sri Lanka 50 runs in 15.4 overs 80 mins

Day 4

K Sangakkara 50 off 94 ball sin 143 mins
Sri Lanka 100 off 31.5 overs in 145 mins
Sri Lanka 150 off 340 balls in 232 mins
Lunch: Sri Lanka 187/7 63 overs 263 mins (Dharmasena 37*, Vaas 0*)
Sri Lanka 200 off 74.5 overs 293 mins
New Ball taken at start of 81st over
HDPK Dharmasena 50 runs off 158 balls, 192 mins (7x4)
Sri Lanka 250 runs in 89 overs, 363 mins (Vaas 36*, Muralitharan 6*)
Tea: Sri Lanka 250 all out 89.1 overs 370 mins
England 50 runs in 14.4 overs, 71 mins (Hussain 5*, Thorpe 21*)

Day 5

England 100 off 231 balls in 158 mins
England 150 off 384 balls

Match Details

Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2000/01
Player Of The Match	Darren Gough
Series result	3-match series level 1-1
Match number	Test no. 1532
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	B.C. Cooray Rudi Koertzen
TV Umpire	Peter Manuel
Match Referee	Hanumant Singh

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
MA Atherton	caught	11	18
ME Trescothick	lbw	13	21
N Hussain	caught	15	65
GP Thorpe	caught	46	58
AJ Stewart	lbw	7	37
RDB Croft	lbw	17	89
GA Hick	bowled	16	34
C White	not out	21	74
AF Giles	not out	4	33
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 2)
Total	161(7 wkts; 71.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	18	4	39	4	2.16
DNT Zoysa	2	0	16	0	8
HDPK Dharmasena	8	0	25	1	3.12
M Muralidaran	27	7	50	1	1.85 (2 nb)
ST Jayasuriya	16.1	6	22	1	1.36

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	24	Mike Atherton	Marcus Trescothick
2nd	1	Nasser Hussain	Marcus Trescothick
3rd	61	Nasser Hussain	Graham Thorpe
4th	3	Nasser Hussain	Alec Stewart
5th	8	Alec Stewart	Robert Croft
6th	25	Graeme Hick	Robert Croft
7th	20	Craig White	Robert Croft
8th	19	Craig White	Ashley Giles

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