Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd Test at Colombo, Aug 29 2001 - Full Scorecard

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shiv Sunder Das	b Muralidaran	59	111	134	10	0	53.15
Sadagoppan Ramesh	c Jayawardene b Muralidaran	46	115	158	4	0	40.00
Rahul Dravid	c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran	36	85	129	2	0	42.35
Sourav Ganguly (c)	lbw b Muralidaran	1	9	10	0	0	11.11
Mohammad Kaif	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	14	42	57	2	0	33.33
Hemang Badani	c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran	38	56	73	7	0	67.85
Sameer Dighe †	lbw b Muralidaran	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Sairaj Bahutule	st †Sangakkara b Muralidaran	18	42	69	2	0	42.85
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Vaas	2	4	7	0	0	50.00
Zaheer Khan	c Jayawardene b Muralidaran	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Venkatesh Prasad	not out	10	22	23	1	0	45.45
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 3, w 2)	10
Total	81.1 Ov (RR: 2.88)	234
Fall of wickets 1-97 (Shiv Sunder Das, 33.4 ov), 2-115 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 39.3 ov), 3-119 (Sourav Ganguly, 41.5 ov), 4-146 (Mohammad Kaif, 56.3 ov), 5-192 (Rahul Dravid, 65.2 ov), 6-192 (Sameer Dighe, 65.4 ov), 7-207 (Hemang Badani, 73.4 ov), 8-210 (Harbhajan Singh, 74.6 ov), 9-213 (Zaheer Khan, 75.5 ov), 10-234 (Sairaj Bahutule, 81.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	24	7	60	2	2.50	118	0	1
56.3 to M Kaif, . 146/4 74.6 to Harbhajan Singh, . 210/8
Dulip Liyanage	9	2	32	0	3.55	38	0	0
Dilhara Fernando	12	2	38	0	3.16	56	2	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	34.1	9	87	8	2.54	155	0	2
33.4 to SS Das, . 97/1 39.3 to S Ramesh, . 115/2 41.5 to SC Ganguly, . 119/3 65.2 to R Dravid, . 192/5 65.4 to SS Dighe, . 192/6 73.4 to HK Badani, . 207/7 75.5 to Z Khan, . 213/9 81.1 to SV Bahutule, . 234/10
Thilan Samaraweera	2	0	12	0	6.00	7	0	0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	108	228	310	11	0	47.36
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	b Prasad	30	42	63	4	0	71.42
Kumar Sangakkara †	c Badani b Prasad	47	100	103	9	0	47.00
Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Bahutule	139	216	339	14	1	64.35
Russel Arnold	b Prasad	31	39	58	4	0	79.48
Dulip Liyanage	c †Dighe b Harbhajan Singh	3	17	23	0	0	17.64
Hashan Tillakaratne	not out	136	214	316	16	0	63.55
Thilan Samaraweera	not out	103	175	201	10	0	58.85
Extras	(lb 4, nb 5, w 4)	13
Total	171 Ov (RR: 3.56, 710 Mins)	610/6d
Did not bat Chaminda Vaas, Dilhara Fernando, Muthiah Muralidaran
Fall of wickets 1-48 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 14.5 ov), 2-119 (Kumar Sangakkara, 40.5 ov), 3-252 (Marvan Atapattu, 77.4 ov), 4-310 (Russel Arnold, 89.3 ov), 5-321 (Dulip Liyanage, 93.6 ov), 6-416 (Mahela Jayawardene, 121.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Zaheer Khan	27	3	134	0	4.96	105	1	1
Venkatesh Prasad	34	8	101	3	2.97	159	2	1
14.5 to ST Jayasuriya, . 48/1 40.5 to KC Sangakkara, . 119/2 89.3 to RP Arnold, . 310/4
Harbhajan Singh	53.3	6	185	2	3.45	221	0	0
77.4 to MS Atapattu, . 252/3 93.6 to DK Liyanage, . 321/5
Sourav Ganguly	12.3	3	44	0	3.52	58	1	1
Sairaj Bahutule	31	5	101	1	3.25	136	0	2
121.3 to DPMD Jayawardene, . 416/6
Hemang Badani	8	2	17	0	2.12	35	0	0
Sadagoppan Ramesh	5	0	24	0	4.80	15	0	0

India 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shiv Sunder Das	c Tillakaratne b Muralidaran	68	162	165	11	0	41.97
Sadagoppan Ramesh	b Muralidaran	55	164	229	4	0	33.53
Rahul Dravid	run out (Atapattu)	36	124	152	4	0	29.03
Sourav Ganguly (c)	c Jayawardene b Samaraweera	30	103	148	2	1	29.12
Mohammad Kaif	run out (†Sangakkara)	5	30	31	0	0	16.66
Hemang Badani	lbw b Vaas	11	66	75	1	0	16.66
Sairaj Bahutule	b Jayasuriya	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Sameer Dighe †	run out (Atapattu)	4	38	48	0	0	10.52
Harbhajan Singh	c Atapattu b Vaas	17	20	32	1	1	85.00
Zaheer Khan	c Atapattu b Muralidaran	45	40	44	5	2	112.50
Venkatesh Prasad	not out	4	9	17	0	0	44.44
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 9, w 2)	24
Total	124.5 Ov (RR: 2.39, 478 Mins)	299
Fall of wickets 1-107 (Shiv Sunder Das, 42.1 ov), 2-147 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 62.5 ov), 3-186 (Rahul Dravid, 84.5 ov), 4-196 (Mohammad Kaif, 92.4 ov), 5-210 (Sourav Ganguly, 98.5 ov), 6-211 (Sairaj Bahutule, 99.6 ov), 7-221 (Hemang Badani, 113.1 ov), 8-221 (Sameer Dighe, 114.1 ov), 9-269 (Harbhajan Singh, 121.1 ov), 10-299 (Zaheer Khan, 124.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	27	9	62	2	2.29	137	0	3
113.1 to HK Badani, . 221/7 121.1 to Harbhajan Singh, . 269/9
Dilhara Fernando	17	3	59	0	3.47	76	1	3
Muthiah Muralidaran	46.5	17	109	3	2.32	230	0	2
42.1 to SS Das, . 107/1 62.5 to S Ramesh, . 147/2 124.5 to Z Khan, . 299/10
Sanath Jayasuriya	21	10	34	1	1.61	105	0	0
99.6 to SV Bahutule, . 211/6
Dulip Liyanage	5	0	12	0	2.40	23	0	0
Thilan Samaraweera	8	4	10	1	1.25	43	1	1
98.5 to SC Ganguly, . 210/5

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Close of Play

Wed, 29 Aug

day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 13/0 (Marvan Atapattu 2*, Sanath Jayasuriya 10*, 6 ov)

Thu, 30 Aug

day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 323/5 (Mahela Jayawardene 95*, Hashan Tillakaratne 0*, 96 ov)

Fri, 31 Aug

day 3 - India 2nd innings 28/0 (Shiv Sunder Das 22*, Sadagoppan Ramesh 4*, 13 ov)

Sat, 01 Sep

day 4 - India 2nd innings 217/6 (Hemang Badani 8*, Sameer Dighe 4*, 109 ov)

Sun, 02 Sep

day 5 - India 2nd innings 299 (124.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Day 2

Sri Lanka 50 in 15.4 overs, 69 mins

At Lunch Sri Lanka 93/1 in 35 overs, 145 mins, (MS Atapattu 30*, KC Sangakkara 29*)

Sri Lanka 100 in 36.4 overs, 152 mins

MS Atapattu 50 off 121 balls, 182 mins, 4x4

Sri Lanka 150 in 47.4 overs, 197 mins

Sri Lanka 200 in 61 overs, 251 mins

At Tea Sri Lanka 204/2 in 65 overs, 265 mins (MS Atapattu 86*, DPMD Jayawardene 36*)

DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 75 balls, 115 mins, 3x4, 1x6

3rd wicket partnership 100 runs between Atapattu and Jayawardene came in 160 balls, 105 mins

MS Atapattu 100 in 201 balls, 280 mins (11x4)

Day 3

DPMD Jayawardene 100 off 157 balls, 247 mins, 10x4, 1x6

Sri Lanka 350 in 104.2 overs, 433 mins

Sri Lanka 400 in 116.5 overs, 488 mins

HP Tillakaratne 50 off 94 balls, 121 mins, 7x4

At Lunch: Sri Lanka 430/6 in 124 overs, 523 mins (Tillakaratne 57*, Samaraweera 2*)

Sri Lanka 450 in 132.1 overs, 551 mins

Sri Lanka 500 in 146.4 overs, 612 mins

HP Tillakaratne 100 off 165 balls, 221 mins, 13x4

7th wicket partnership 100 runs between Tillakaratne and Samaraweera came in 171 balls, 111 mins

TT Samaraweera 50 off 113 balls, 133 mins, 3x4

At Tea: Sri Lanka 533/6 in 156 overs, 643 mins (Tillakaratne 112*, Samaraweera50*)

Sri Lanka 550 in 159.3 overs, 657 mins

3rd New ball taken after 162 overs, Sri Lanka were 569/6 (Tillakaratne 127*, Samaraweera 71*)

Sri Lanka 600 in 168.4 overs, 697 mins

TT Samaraweera 100 off 175 balls, 201 mins, 10x4

Day 4

Day 5

India 250 in 118.1 overs, 450 mins

Match Details

GroundSinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

TossIndia, elected to bat first

Series

India tour of Sri Lanka

Season2001

Player Of The Match

Muthiah Muralidaran

Player Of The Series

Muthiah Muralidaran

Series resultSri Lanka won the 3-match series 2-1

Match numberTest no. 1559

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

Umpires

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