BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Powell	c †Jayawardene b Ranjith	7	12	12	0	0	58.33
Alastair Cook	lbw b Ranjith	63	130	170	7	0	48.46
Ian Bell (c)	b Ranjith	144	299	374	12	2	48.16
Owais Shah	lbw b Bandara	52	110	158	5	0	47.27
Rikki Clarke	c Polonowita b Suraj	4	20	23	1	0	20.00
David Harrison	c Polonowita b Thushara	20	45	56	3	0	44.44
Matt Prior †	not out	76	85	119	10	0	89.41
Alex Gidman	c Polonowita b Bandara	20	40	61	3	0	50.00
Graeme Swann	lbw b Bandara	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Sajid Mahmood	c Polonowita b Bandara	14	22	24	3	0	63.63
Jon Lewis	b Bandara	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 6, nb 7, w 4)	24
TOTAL	127 Ov (RR: 3.33, 507 Mins)	424
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Mike Powell, 2.4 ov), 2-126 (Alastair Cook, 40.4 ov), 3-243 (Owais Shah, 80.4 ov), 4-268 (Rikki Clarke, 87.6 ov), 5-294 (Ian Bell, 98.5 ov), 6-328 (David Harrison, 103.1 ov), 7-384 (Alex Gidman, 116.6 ov), 8-386 (Graeme Swann, 118.5 ov), 9-424 (Sajid Mahmood, 126.2 ov), 10-424 (Jon Lewis, 126.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nandika Ranjith	16	0	69	3	4.31	-	-	-	0	1
Gayan Wijekoon	19	4	39	0	2.05	-	-	-	0	0
Thilan Thushara	24	1	104	1	4.33	-	-	-	4	6
Suraj Randiv	28	4	89	1	3.17	-	-	-	0	0
Malinga Bandara	37	5	96	5	2.59	-	-	-	0	0
Thilina Kandamby	1	0	7	0	7.00	-	-	-	0	0
Jehan Mubarak	2	0	7	0	3.50	-	-	-	0	0

Sri Lanka A 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Avishka Gunawardene	c †Prior b Mahmood	40	56	65	4	1	71.42
Ian Daniel	c Gidman b Harrison	8	5	9	2	0	160.00
Anushka Polonowita	c †Prior b Mahmood	16	42	73	3	0	38.09
Jehan Mubarak (c)	b Mahmood	10	18	25	2	0	55.55
Thilina Kandamby	c & b Swann	28	45	64	5	0	62.22
Prasanna Jayawardene †	lbw b Lewis	24	39	43	4	0	61.53
Gayan Wijekoon	c †Prior b Lewis	19	70	75	2	0	27.14
Malinga Bandara	b Gidman	45	72	120	8	0	62.50
Thilan Thushara	c Cook b Gidman	27	43	51	3	1	62.79
Suraj Randiv	b Gidman	4	13	22	0	0	30.76
Nandika Ranjith	not out	0	10	16	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 3, w 1)	7
TOTAL	68.2 Ov (RR: 3.33, 286 Mins)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Ian Daniel, 1.6 ov), 2-65 (Avishka Gunawardene, 14.5 ov), 3-76 (Anushka Polonowita, 18.5 ov), 4-77 (Jehan Mubarak, 20.4 ov), 5-123 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 32.4 ov), 6-130 (Thilina Kandamby, 35.1 ov), 7-182 (Gayan Wijekoon, 52.2 ov), 8-224 (Thilan Thushara, 64.1 ov), 9-225 (Malinga Bandara, 64.4 ov), 10-228 (Suraj Randiv, 68.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Lewis	15	4	36	2	2.40	-	-	-	0	3
David Harrison	7	1	35	1	5.00	-	-	-	1	0
Rikki Clarke	13	0	54	0	4.15	-	-	-	0	0
Sajid Mahmood	15	2	53	3	3.53	-	-	-	0	0
Graeme Swann	14	6	31	1	2.21	-	-	-	0	0
Owais Shah	1	0	8	0	8.00	-	-	-	0	0
Alex Gidman	3.2	0	8	3	2.40	-	-	-	0	0

England A 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Powell	lbw b Suraj	54	115	149	7	0	46.95
Alastair Cook	lbw b Ranjith	18	19	22	4	0	94.73
Ian Bell (c)	c †Jayawardene b Wijekoon	4	9	14	1	0	44.44
Owais Shah	c Wijekoon b Ranjith	81	134	191	5	3	60.44
Rikki Clarke	c Polonowita b Thushara	30	23	37	1	1	130.43
Matt Prior †	not out	40	33	50	4	1	121.21
Alex Gidman	not out	1	4	9	0	0	25.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 6, w 1)	12
TOTAL	55.1 Ov (RR: 4.35, 238 Mins)	240/5d
Did not bat: Sajid Mahmood, Graeme Swann, David Harrison, Jon Lewis
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Alastair Cook, 4.1 ov), 2-34 (Ian Bell, 7.2 ov), 3-120 (Mike Powell, 36.1 ov), 4-180 (Rikki Clarke, 44.6 ov), 5-229 (Owais Shah, 53.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Nandika Ranjith	12.1	0	53	2	4.35	-	-	-	0	0
Thilan Thushara	8	0	55	1	6.87	-	-	-	1	4
Gayan Wijekoon	5	1	6	1	1.20	-	-	-	0	2
Anushka Polonowita	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Suraj Randiv	13	2	47	1	3.61	-	-	-	0	0
Jehan Mubarak	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	-	-	0	0
Malinga Bandara	8	0	30	0	3.75	-	-	-	0	0
Thilina Kandamby	5	0	29	0	5.80	-	-	-	0	0

Sri Lanka A 2nd Innings (T: 437 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Avishka Gunawardene	c Cook b Harrison	8	7	7	2	0	114.28
Ian Daniel	c Shah b Mahmood	25	47	75	5	0	53.19
Anushka Polonowita	b Harrison	5	16	26	0	0	31.25
Jehan Mubarak (c)	c †Prior b Gidman	24	45	66	4	0	53.33
Thilina Kandamby	c Powell b Mahmood	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Prasanna Jayawardene †	c Powell b Swann	36	70	85	5	0	51.42
Gayan Wijekoon	c Clarke b Swann	18	71	80	3	0	25.35
Malinga Bandara	c †Prior b Swann	23	43	73	3	0	53.48
Thilan Thushara	c & b Swann	69	61	74	8	4	113.11
Suraj Randiv	not out	17	28	35	3	0	60.71
Nandika Ranjith	b Swann	8	12	17	1	0	66.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 2, w 1)	6
TOTAL	66.5 Ov (RR: 3.57, 271 Mins)	239
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Avishka Gunawardene, 1.6 ov), 2-27 (Anushka Polonowita, 7.4 ov), 3-57 (Ian Daniel, 16.2 ov), 4-57 (Thilina Kandamby, 16.5 ov), 5-71 (Jehan Mubarak, 21.3 ov), 6-120 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 40.1 ov), 7-125 (Gayan Wijekoon, 44.5 ov), 8-202 (Malinga Bandara, 58.3 ov), 9-221 (Thilan Thushara, 62.4 ov), 10-239 (Nandika Ranjith, 66.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jon Lewis	9	2	26	0	2.88	-	-	-	0	1
David Harrison	10	4	20	2	2.00	-	-	-	1	0
Sajid Mahmood	9	1	45	2	5.00	-	-	-	0	0
Rikki Clarke	8	1	27	0	3.37	-	-	-	0	0
Alex Gidman	10	2	37	1	3.70	-	-	-	0	1
Graeme Swann	19.5	4	79	5	3.98	-	-	-	0	0
Owais Shah	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Mon, 07 Mar - day 1 - Eng Lions 1st innings 272/4 (Ian Bell 128*, David Harrison 1*, 90 ov)

Tue, 08 Mar - day 2 - Sri Lanka A 1st innings 179/6 (Gayan Wijekoon 17*, Malinga Bandara 30*, 51 ov)

Wed, 09 Mar - day 3 - Eng Lions 2nd innings 240/5 (Matt Prior 40*, Alex Gidman 1*, 55.1 ov)

Thu, 10 Mar - day 4 - Sri Lanka A 2nd innings 239 (66.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Day 1

50 runs in 74 mins, 15.3 overs (Cook 21*, Bell 20*)
Cook 50 runs in 101 balls, 131 mins (4x6)
100 runs in 142 mins, 33.4 overs (Cook 51*, Bell 34*)
Bell 50 runs in 125 balls, 184 mins (4x3)
150 runs in 220 mins, 52.2 overs (Bell 59*, Shah 8*)
200 runs in 271 mins, 65.5 overs (Bell 89*, Shah 28)
Bell 100 runs in 222 balls, 302 mins (4x8)
Shah 50 runs in 97 balls, 138 mins (4x5)
250 runs in 339 mins, 83.3 overs, (Bell 114*, Clarke 0*)

Day 2

Take a nd new ball after 98 overs 290/4 (Bell 140*, Harrison 6*)
300 runs in 392 mins, 99.2 overs (Harrison 12*, Prior 2*)
350 runs in 448 mins, 111.1 overs (Prior 29*, Gidman 8*)
Prior 50 runs in 50 balls, 79 mins (4x7)
400 runs in 491 mins, 122.4 overs (Prior 62*, Mahmood 6*)
Sri Lanka 'A' innings
50 runs in 56 mins, 12.2 overs (Gunawardene 32*, Polonowita 10*)
100 runs in 111 mins, 25.2 overs (Kandamby 11*, Jayawardene 13*)
150 runs in 180 mins, 43.5 overs (Ramyakumara 16*, Bandara 5*)

Day 3

Day 4

MATCH DETAILS

Colombo Cricket Club Ground
Toss	Sri Lanka A, elected to field first
Series	England A tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2004/05
Series result	England Lions (England A) led the 2-match series 1-0
Match days	(4-day match)
Umpires	Asoka de Silva Chanaka Thenuwara
Match Referee	Nalin de Alwis

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Sri Lanka A Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Lewis	9	2	26	0	2.88 (1 nb)
DS Harrison	10	4	20	2	2
SI Mahmood	9	1	45	2	5
R Clarke	8	1	27	0	3.37
APR Gidman	10	2	37	1	3.7 (1 nb)
GP Swann	19.5	4	79	5	3.98
OA Shah	1	0	2	0	2

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