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Sri Lanka vs England, 1st Test at Galle, Feb 22 2001 - Full Scorecard

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1st Test, Galle, February 22 - 26, 2001, England tour of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka

470/5d

England

(fo) 253 & 189

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 28 runs

Player Of The Match

Marvan Atapattu

, SL

201*

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Match Flow

Info

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	not out	201	536	684	18	0	37.50
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	c White b Gough	14	16	19	3	0	87.50
Kumar Sangakkara †	c White b Croft	58	125	160	5	0	46.40
Aravinda de Silva	run out (Gough)	106	243	336	10	1	43.62
Mahela Jayawardene	run out (Thorpe)	61	94	141	4	2	64.89
Chaminda Vaas	c White b Giles	8	14	20	0	0	57.14
Russel Arnold	not out	1	2	4	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 2, nb 10)	21
Total	170 Ov (RR: 2.76, 684 Mins)	470/5d
Did not bat: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dilhara Fernando, Muthiah Muralidaran, Kumar Dharmasena
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.6 ov), 2-110 (Kumar Sangakkara, 43.4 ov), 3-340 (Aravinda de Silva, 129.1 ov), 4-451 (Mahela Jayawardene, 164.5 ov), 5-468 (Chaminda Vaas, 169.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Darren Gough	26	3	95	1	3.65	-	-	-	5
Andy Caddick	30	13	46	0	1.53	-	-	-	2
Craig White	30	6	80	0	2.66	-	-	-	2
Ashley Giles	48	8	134	1	2.79	-	-	-	1
Robert Croft	32	6	96	1	3.00	-	-	-	0
Graeme Hick	4	0	8	0	2.00	-	-	-	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	lbw b Vaas	33	128	153	2	0	25.78
Marcus Trescothick	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	122	348	394	12	0	35.05
Nasser Hussain (c)	lbw b Muralidaran	3	19	26	0	0	15.78
Graham Thorpe	c Dilshan b Muralidaran	7	37	44	0	0	18.91
Alec Stewart †	lbw b Jayasuriya	19	111	140	0	0	17.11
Robert Croft	c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya	9	75	94	1	0	12.00
Graeme Hick	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	5	22	29	0	0	22.72
Craig White	c †Sangakkara b Jayasuriya	25	47	58	2	0	53.19
Ashley Giles	c Dilshan b Muralidaran	4	26	28	0	0	15.38
Andy Caddick	c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Darren Gough	not out	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 3, nb 21)	26
Total	132.3 Ov (RR: 1.90, 490 Mins)	253
Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Mike Atherton, 41.3 ov), 2-93 (Nasser Hussain, 48.2 ov), 3-117 (Graham Thorpe, 60.4 ov), 4-197 (Alec Stewart, 99.3 ov), 5-206 (Marcus Trescothick, 107.3 ov), 6-217 (Graeme Hick, 115.2 ov), 7-239 (Robert Croft, 125.2 ov), 8-253 (Craig White, 131.3 ov), 9-253 (Andy Caddick, 131.5 ov), 10-253 (Ashley Giles, 132.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	24	7	53	3	2.20	-	-	-	2
Muthiah Muralidaran	54.3	14	79	3	1.44	-	-	-	11
Kumar Dharmasena	22	6	51	0	2.31	-	-	-	6
Dilhara Fernando	2	0	10	0	5.00	-	-	-	2
Sanath Jayasuriya	27	7	50	4	1.85	-	-	-	0
Aravinda de Silva	3	2	5	0	1.66	-	-	-	0

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	44	203	255	1	0	21.67
Marcus Trescothick	c †Sangakkara b Jayasuriya	57	169	197	6	0	33.72
Nasser Hussain (c)	lbw b Muralidaran	1	20	17	0	0	5.00
Graham Thorpe	lbw b Dharmasena	12	86	109	0	0	13.95
Alec Stewart †	not out	34	120	154	4	0	28.33
Graeme Hick	c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya	6	35	33	0	0	17.14
Craig White	lbw b Muralidaran	3	16	20	0	0	18.75
Andy Caddick	b Jayasuriya	1	7	11	0	0	14.28
Ashley Giles	lbw b Muralidaran	1	2	3	0	0	50.00
Robert Croft	lbw b Jayasuriya	2	14	11	0	0	14.28
Darren Gough	b Muralidaran	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 11, lb 6, nb 11)	28
Total	110.3 Ov (RR: 1.71, 410 Mins)	189
Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Marcus Trescothick, 52.4 ov), 2-105 (Nasser Hussain, 57.6 ov), 3-121 (Mike Atherton, 70.6 ov), 4-145 (Graham Thorpe, 87.3 ov), 5-167 (Graeme Hick, 97.2 ov), 6-176 (Craig White, 102.5 ov), 7-182 (Andy Caddick, 105.4 ov), 8-183 (Ashley Giles, 106.1 ov), 9-188 (Robert Croft, 109.6 ov), 10-189 (Darren Gough, 110.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	15	6	29	1	1.93	-	-	-	1
Dilhara Fernando	4	0	10	0	2.50	-	-	-	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	32	13	44	4	1.37	-	-	-	0
Kumar Dharmasena	16	6	21	1	1.31	-	-	-	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	42.3	14	66	4	1.55	-	-	-	9
Russel Arnold	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-	0

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Thu, 22 Feb - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 221/2 (Marvan Atapattu 85*, Aravinda de Silva 56*, 90 ov)

Fri, 23 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 27/0 (Mike Atherton 12*, Marcus Trescothick 11*, 8 ov)

Sat, 24 Feb - day 3 - England 1st innings 202/4 (Marcus Trescothick 119*, Robert Croft 0*, 106 ov)

Sun, 25 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 118/2 (Mike Atherton 44*, Graham Thorpe 2*, 69 ov)

Mon, 26 Feb - day 5 - England 2nd innings 189 (110.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Sri Lanka 50 in 18 overs, 83 min (MS Atapattu 13*, K Sangakkara 20*)
Lunch: Sri Lanka 70/1 (MS Atapattu 18*, KC Sangakkara 31*, 28 overs)
K Sangakkara 50 runs in 90 balls, 118 min, (4x4)
Sri Lanka 100 runs in 35.2 overs, 148 min (MS Atapattu 27*, K Sangakkara 52*)
MS Atapattu 50 runs in 180 balls, 237 min, (4x5)
Tea : Sri Lanka 148/2 (MS Atapattu 50*, PA de Silva 19*, 60 overs)
Sri Lanka 150 runs in 62 overs, 247 min (MS Atapattu 52*, PA de Silva 19*)
Sri Lanka 200 runs in 75.3 overs, 298 min (MS Atapattu 76*, PA de Silva 47*)
PA de Silva 50 runs in 94 balls, 138 min, (4x5)(6x1)
New ball was taken after 85 overs
MS Atapattu 100 runs in 303 balls, 383 min (4x10)

Day 2

Sri Lanka 250 runs in 98.3 overs, 396 min (MS Atapattu 101*, PA de Silva 65*)
Sri Lanka 300 runs in 118.1 overs, 476 min (MS Atapattu 124*, PA de Silva 92*)
Lunch: Sri Lanka 305/2 (MS Atapattu 125*, PA de Silva 96*, 120 overs)
MS Atapattu 150 runs in 401 balls, 521 min (4x15)
Sri Lanka 350 runs in 135 overs, 538 min (MS Atapattu 156*, DPMD Jayawardene 3*)
Sri Lanka 400 runs in 148 overs, 593min (MS Atapattu 174*, DPMD Jayawardene 33*)
Tea: Sri Lanka 407/3 (MS Atapattu 174*, DPMD Jayawardene 37*, 150 overs)
DPMD Jayawardene 50 runs in 82 balls, 121 min (4x3)(6x2)
Sri Lanka 450 runs in 163.5 overs, 663 min (MS Atapattu 191*, DPMD Jayawardene 61*)

Day 3

England 50 runs in 16.4 overs 65 min (MA Atherton 19*, ME Trecothick 22*)
Lunch: England 83/0 (MA Atherton 33*, ME Trescothick 40*, 41 overs)
England 100 runs in 50.3 overs 190 min ( ME Trescothick 49*, GP Thorpe 4*)
ME Trescothick 50 runs in 166 balls, 201min (4x6)
Tea: England 146/3 (ME Trescothick 81*, AJ Stewart 7*, 72 overs)
England 150 runs in 72.2 overs 271 min (ME Trescothick 85*, AJ Stewart 7*)
ME Trescothick 100 runs in 255 balls, 307 min (4x12)
England 200 runs in 102.5 overs 381 min (ME Trescothick 117*, RDB Croft 0*)

Day 4

Day 5

England 150 runs in 90.1 overs 333 mins
Lunch: England 174/5 (AJ Stewart 27*, C White 1*)
England 189 all out, 110.3 overs, 410 mins
Sri Lanka won by an innings 28 runs
Sri Lanka leads the 3-Test series 1-0
Man of the Match: MS Atapattu

Match Details

Galle International Stadium
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2000/01
Player Of The Match	Marvan Atapattu
Series result	Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1530
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Arani Jayaprakash Peter Manuel
TV Umpire	Asoka de Silva
Match Referee	Hanumant Singh

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
MA Atherton	caught	44	203
ME Trescothick	caught	57	169
N Hussain	lbw	1	20
GP Thorpe	lbw	12	86
AJ Stewart	not out	34	120
GA Hick	caught	6	35
C White	lbw	3	16
AR Caddick	bowled	1	7
AF Giles	lbw	1	2
RDB Croft	lbw	2	14
D Gough	bowled	0	1
Extras	(b 11, lb 6, nb 11)
Total	189(10 wkts; 110.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	15	6	29	1	1.93 (1 nb)
CRD Fernando	4	0	10	0	2.5
ST Jayasuriya	32	13	44	4	1.37
HDPK Dharmasena	16	6	21	1	1.31
M Muralidaran	42.3	14	66	4	1.55 (9 nb)
RP Arnold	1	0	2	0	2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	101	Mike Atherton	Marcus Trescothick
2nd	4	Mike Atherton	Nasser Hussain
3rd	16	Mike Atherton	Graham Thorpe
4th	24	Alec Stewart	Graham Thorpe
5th	22	Alec Stewart	Graeme Hick
6th	9	Alec Stewart	Craig White
7th	6	Alec Stewart	Andy Caddick
8th	1	Alec Stewart	Ashley Giles
9th	5	Alec Stewart	Robert Croft
10th	1	Alec Stewart	Darren Gough

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