Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Vandort	lbw b Sidebottom	18	33	48	2	0	54.54

Upul Tharanga	lbw b Harmison	16	42	72	2	0	38.09

Kumar Sangakkara	c Panesar b Harmison	46	95	151	7	0	48.42

Mahela Jayawardene (c)	not out	213	411	610	25	0	51.82
Chamara Silva	c Bell b Harmison	1	26	36	0	0	3.84

Tillakaratne Dilshan	run out (Cook)	84	137	218	11	0	61.31

Prasanna Jayawardene †	c †Prior b Bopara	0	3	1	0	0	0.00

Chaminda Vaas	c Vaughan b Hoggard	90	133	197	11	0	67.66

Lasith Malinga	b Collingwood	5	16	26	1	0	31.25

Extras	(b 1, lb 14, nb 3, w 8)	26
Total	148.5 Ov (RR: 3.35, 682 Mins)	499/8d
Did not bat: Chanaka Welegedara, Muthiah Muralidaran
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Michael Vandort, 10.1 ov), 2-44 (Upul Tharanga, 14.4 ov), 3-132 (Kumar Sangakkara, 45.1 ov), 4-138 (Chamara Silva, 53.2 ov), 5-287 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 99.1 ov), 6-287 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 99.4 ov), 7-470 (Chaminda Vaas, 143.5 ov), 8-499 (Lasith Malinga, 148.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan Sidebottom	34	8	95	1	2.79	160	11	0	1	0
10.1 to MG Vandort, a huge appeal from Sidebottom as Vandort is rapped on the pads. Rauf, the umpire, has a long look at it - and he's given him! Good grief he took his time, and it looked to be spearing down the leg side. And it looked to be a bit high, too.. 34/1
Matthew Hoggard	32	4	121	1	3.78	140	20	0	1	0
143.5 to WPUJC Vaas, a third short one, Vaas tries to swing the ball over midwicket but gets a top edge ... it goes a long way up, Vaughan at midwicket moves two or three yards forward ... a moment of drama as he fumbles the catch but he snatches it with a grin at the second attempt. 470/7
Steve Harmison	34	4	104	3	3.05	156	12	0	2	3
14.4 to WU Tharanga, he's gone! Tharanga's rapped on the pads, Rauf takes his time - and up goes the finger. That would have hit the top of the off stump, though replays show the ball pitched outside the leg stump. A dodgy decision, again, but very well bowled by Harmison. 44/2 45.1 to KC Sangakkara, gone! The bouncer from Harmison, Sangakkara hooks but can't control it as the ball skies to Monty Panesar at deep square leg who takes a safe catch, and celebrates like a millionaire. 132/3 53.2 to LPC Silva, fantastic delivery! Silva came forward a little tentatively, pushing at it meekly, and with the extra bounce from Harmison the ball flew off a thick edge to Bell at first slip who took a simple catch. 138/4
Monty Panesar	26	3	76	0	2.92	114	7	0	0	0
Ravi Bopara	10	1	39	1	3.90	41	4	0	0	0
99.4 to HAPW Jayawardene, Bopara strikes! This is his first Test wicket, and it's a good one, Prasanna has troubled England this series. 287/6
Paul Collingwood	9.5	2	38	1	3.86	40	4	0	1	0
148.5 to SL Malinga, an ugly swipe, he misses and Collingwood hits with one that drifts into his middle and leg stumps. 499/8
Kevin Pietersen	3	0	11	0	3.66	11	1	0	0	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Vaas	13	27	33	3	0	48.14

Michael Vaughan (c)	lbw b Vaas	1	4	9	0	0	25.00

Ian Bell	run out (Dilshan)	1	6	8	0	0	16.66

Kevin Pietersen	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Malinga	1	10	17	0	0	10.00

Paul Collingwood	b Welegedara	29	48	95	4	0	60.41

Ravi Bopara	c Welegedara b Vaas	0	7	7	0	0	0.00

Matt Prior †	b Vaas	4	6	8	1	0	66.66

Ryan Sidebottom	c Dilshan b Muralidaran	11	70	72	1	0	15.71

Steve Harmison	not out	9	9	17	1	0	100.00
Matthew Hoggard	c DPMD Jayawardene b Welegedara	0	4	4	0	0	0.00

Monty Panesar	run out (Welegedara/†HAPW Jayawardene)	0	2	9	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 4, nb 8)	12
Total	30.5 Ov (RR: 2.62, 144 Mins)	81
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Michael Vaughan, 2.1 ov), 2-9 (Ian Bell, 3.3 ov), 3-22 (Alastair Cook, 6.6 ov), 4-22 (Kevin Pietersen, 7.3 ov), 5-25 (Ravi Bopara, 8.3 ov), 6-33 (Matt Prior, 10.3 ov), 7-70 (Ryan Sidebottom, 27.6 ov), 8-72 (Paul Collingwood, 28.2 ov), 9-72 (Matthew Hoggard, 28.6 ov), 10-81 (Monty Panesar, 30.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	9.5	2	28	4	2.84	51	5	0	0	4
2.1 to MP Vaughan, oh dear ... he shoulders arms to one that comes back from outside off, it thuds into his pads and the umpire will never have an easier decision that that to make ... Vaughan was back on his stumps and it was always hitting. 5/1 6.6 to AN Cook, seaming away from Cook, fractionally short, Cook follows it and gets a thin edge, Vaas screams an appeal and it's only going one way. 22/3 8.3 to RS Bopara, terrible stroke from Bopara who came forward, trying to whip it to leg on the walk but could only chip it straight to mid-on. 25/5 10.3 to MJ Prior, he's bowled him! Prior was stuck on the back foot and, although it kept low and swung back a touch, he really ought to have come forward to that one. An excellent delivery on the perfect line and England sink ever further. 33/6
Lasith Malinga	9	2	26	1	2.88	44	4	0	0	2
7.3 to KP Pietersen, what a peach ... a snorter than cuts back from short of a length, Pietersen jerks back in a bid to get out of the line, off his feet, and Daryl Harper decides that it flicked his glove on the way through. That was as close to unplayable as you can get.. 22/4
Chanaka Welegedara	8	1	17	2	2.12	41	1	0	0	2
28.2 to PD Collingwood, a peach. Collingwood plays back but down the wrong line, the ball finds a big gap between bat and pad and into his off stump. 72/8 28.6 to MJ Hoggard, another one bites the dust, angled across Hoggard, he nibbles and Jayawardene takes a routine catch at second slip. 72/9
Muthiah Muralidaran	4	2	6	1	1.50	21	0	0	0	0
27.6 to RJ Sidebottom, and the doosra does for him, Sidebottom goes back and gets a thick edge into his pads and the ball loops to short leg, Daryl Harper nods as the appeal rasps round the ground and eventually lifts his finger to confirm his decision. 70/7

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Welegedara	118	285	380	12	0	41.40

Michael Vaughan (c)	c DPMD Jayawardene b Welegedara	24	57	85	0	0	42.10

Ian Bell	b Muralidaran	34	67	91	3	0	50.74

Kevin Pietersen	c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralidaran	30	66	94	3	0	45.45

Paul Collingwood	st †HAPW Jayawardene b Muralidaran	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Ravi Bopara	run out (DPMD Jayawardene)	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Matt Prior †	not out	19	100	108	2	0	19.00
Ryan Sidebottom	not out	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, nb 14, w 1)	26
Total	95 Ov (RR: 2.64, 387 Mins)	251/6
Did not bat: Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Monty Panesar
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Michael Vaughan, 19.6 ov), 2-128 (Ian Bell, 42.1 ov), 3-200 (Kevin Pietersen, 64.3 ov), 4-200 (Paul Collingwood, 64.5 ov), 5-200 (Ravi Bopara, 64.6 ov), 6-250 (Alastair Cook, 93.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Muthiah Muralidaran	38	8	91	3	2.39	182	6	0	0	8
42.1 to IR Bell, bowled him! Not a lot he could do about that - he was on the back foot, the ball spun back sharply and shot off the pitch to knock over his off stump. Kept very low indeed, creeping under Bell's bat. 128/2 64.3 to KP Pietersen, and what a lazy dismissal, a half volley clipped straight to short midwicket. 200/3 64.5 to PD Collingwood, and it's two in three, Collingwood is completely undone by the doosra, he lurches forward, misses, overbalances, and Jayawardene completes the stumping with Collingwood stranded. 200/4
Chaminda Vaas	18	7	37	0	2.05	92	4	0	0	2
Lasith Malinga	20	3	42	0	2.10	98	4	0	0	3
Chanaka Welegedara	14	1	59	2	4.21	55	5	0	1	1
19.6 to MP Vaughan, and the breakthrough, Vaughan flashes at a ball well outside off stump and Jayawardene at second slip takes a good chest-high catch. 67/1 93.3 to AN Cook, he's got him! A cracking delivery which cut back into Cook, bouncing nastily on him and a thick outside edge handed Jayawardene a simple catch behind the stumps. 250/6
Tillakaratne Dilshan	3	1	8	0	2.66	15	1	0	0	0
Chamara Silva	2	1	3	0	1.50	9	0	0	0	0

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Tue, 18 Dec - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 147/4 (Mahela Jayawardene 51*, Tillakaratne Dilshan 7*, 55 ov)

Wed, 19 Dec - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 384/6 (Mahela Jayawardene 149*, Chaminda Vaas 46*, 129 ov)

Thu, 20 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 2/0 (Alastair Cook 1*, Michael Vaughan 1*, 1 ov)

Fri, 21 Dec - day 4 - England 2nd innings 102/1 (Alastair Cook 53*, Ian Bell 17*, 33.5 ov)

Sat, 22 Dec - day 5 - England 2nd innings 251/6 (95 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Sri Lanka 1st innings
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 34/0 in 10.0 overs (MG Vandort 18, WU Tharanga 15)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 15.5 overs (96 balls), Extras 4
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 71/2 in 18.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 21, DPMD Jayawardene 12)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (KC Sangakkara 27, DPMD Jayawardene 21, Ex 2)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 30.1 overs (182 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 102/2 in 32.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 34, DPMD Jayawardene 28)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 132/2 in 44.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 46, DPMD Jayawardene 45)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 140/4 in 54.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 50, TM Dilshan 1)
DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 127 balls (6 x 4)
Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 147/4 in 55.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 51, TM Dilshan 7)
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 147/4 in 55.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 51, TM Dilshan 7)

Day 2

Wet Ground: Sri Lanka - 147/4 in 55.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 51, TM Dilshan 7)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 56.6 overs (343 balls), Extras 8
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 173/4 in 65.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 58, TM Dilshan 20)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 13, TM Dilshan 31, Ex 6)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 72.3 overs (438 balls), Extras 14
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 211/4 in 75.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 71, TM Dilshan 45)
New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 226/4 after 80.1 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 79, TM Dilshan 48)
TM Dilshan: 50 off 81 balls (8 x 4)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 184 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 33, TM Dilshan 55, Ex 12)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 86.2 overs (523 balls), Extras 22
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 256/4 in 89.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 89, TM Dilshan 64)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 287/6 in 99.4 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 99)
DPMD Jayawardene: 100 off 267 balls (9 x 4)
Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 102.3 overs (620 balls), Extras 23
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 331/6 in 114.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 121, WPUJC Vaas 22)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 24, WPUJC Vaas 26, Ex 0)
Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 119.5 overs (724 balls), Extras 23
End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 384/6 in 129.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 149, WPUJC Vaas 46)

Day 3

WPUJC Vaas: 50 off 92 balls (6 x 4)
7th Wicket: 100 runs in 180 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 50, WPUJC Vaas 50, Ex 1)
DPMD Jayawardene: 150 off 356 balls (16 x 4)
Sri Lanka: 400 runs in 132.6 overs (804 balls), Extras 24
7th Wicket: 150 runs in 240 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 74, WPUJC Vaas 74, Ex 2)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 439/6 in 140.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 174, WPUJC Vaas 75)
Sri Lanka: 450 runs in 140.6 overs (853 balls), Extras 25
DPMD Jayawardene: 200 off 406 balls (23 x 4)
Innings Break: Sri Lanka - 499/8 in 148.5 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 213)
England 1st innings
Lunch: England - 24/4 in 8.0 overs (PD Collingwood 0, RS Bopara 0)
England: 50 runs in 14.3 overs (92 balls), Extras 9
Rain: England - 61/6 in 21.0 overs (PD Collingwood 23, RJ Sidebottom 7)
Wet Ground: England - 61/6 in 21.0 overs (PD Collingwood 23, RJ Sidebottom 7)
Wet Ground: England - 61/6 in 21.0 overs (PD Collingwood 23, RJ Sidebottom 7)
Innings Break: England - 81/10 in 30.5 overs (SJ Harmison 9)
England 2nd innings
End Of Day: England - 2/0 in 1.0 overs (AN Cook 1, MP Vaughan 1)

Day 4

Drinks: England - 38/0 in 13.0 overs (AN Cook 15, MP Vaughan 18)
England: 50 runs in 14.5 overs (92 balls), Extras 5
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (AN Cook 27, MP Vaughan 19, Ex 5)
AN Cook: 50 off 103 balls (7 x 4)
England: 100 runs in 32.1 overs (199 balls), Extras 8
Rain: England - 102/1 in 33.5 overs (AN Cook 53, IR Bell 17)
Lunch: England - 102/1 in 33.5 overs (AN Cook 53, IR Bell 17)
Rain: England - 102/1 in 33.5 overs (AN Cook 53, IR Bell 17)
End Of Day: England - 102/1 in 33.5 overs (AN Cook 53, IR Bell 17)

Day 5

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 105 balls (AN Cook 24, IR Bell 25, Ex 2)
Drinks: England - 149/2 in 46.0 overs (AN Cook 71, KP Pietersen 8)
England: 150 runs in 46.2 overs (288 balls), Extras 12
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (AN Cook 25, KP Pietersen 22, Ex 3)
Drinks: England - 180/2 in 58.0 overs (AN Cook 87, KP Pietersen 22)
England: 200 runs in 63.2 overs (391 balls), Extras 18
Lunch: England - 202/5 in 69.0 overs (AN Cook 96, MJ Prior 0)
AN Cook: 100 off 228 balls (11 x 4)
Rain: England - 237/5 in 85.5 overs (AN Cook 107, MJ Prior 18)
Tea: England - 237/5 in 85.5 overs (AN Cook 107, MJ Prior 18)
England: 250 runs in 93.1 overs (574 balls), Extras 26
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 173 balls (AN Cook 24, MJ Prior 18, Ex 8)
Rain: England - 251/6 in 95.0 overs (MJ Prior 19, RJ Sidebottom 0)

Match Details

Galle International Stadium
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	England tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2007/08
Player Of The Match	Mahela Jayawardene
Player Of The Series	Mahela Jayawardene
Series result	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1854
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	18,19,20,21,22 December 2007 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	Chanaka Welegedara
Umpires	Asad Rauf Daryl Harper
TV Umpire	Asoka de Silva
Reserve Umpire	Gamini Dissanayake
Match Referee	Jeff Crowe

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
AN Cook	caught	118	285
MP Vaughan	caught	24	57
IR Bell	bowled	34	67
KP Pietersen	caught	30	66
PD Collingwood	stumped	0	2
RS Bopara	run out	0	1
MJ Prior	not out	19	100
RJ Sidebottom	not out	0	6
Extras	(b 6, lb 5, nb 14, w 1)
Total	251(6 wkts; 95 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Muralidaran	38	8	91	3	2.39 (8 nb)
WPUJC Vaas	18	7	37	0	2.05 (2 nb)
SL Malinga	20	3	42	0	2.1 (3 nb)
UWMBCA Welegedara	14	1	59	2	4.21 (1 nb)
TM Dilshan	3	1	8	0	2.66
LPC Silva	2	1	3	0	1.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	67	Michael Vaughan	Alastair Cook
2nd	61	Ian Bell	Alastair Cook
3rd	72	Kevin Pietersen	Alastair Cook
4th	0	Paul Collingwood	Alastair Cook
5th	0	Ravi Bopara	Alastair Cook
6th	50	Matt Prior	Alastair Cook
7th	1	Ryan Sidebottom	Matt Prior

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