SL vs ENG, England tour of Sri Lanka 2000/01, 3rd Test at Colombo, March 15 - 17, 2001

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	b Caddick	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	c White b Croft	45	110	164	7	0	40.90
Kumar Sangakkara †	c Vaughan b Gough	45	93	114	8	0	48.38
Aravinda de Silva	c Vaughan b Giles	38	136	174	2	0	27.94
Mahela Jayawardene	c †Stewart b Croft	71	152	188	8	1	46.71
Russel Arnold	lbw b Giles	0	13	16	0	0	0.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan	lbw b Croft	5	24	26	1	0	20.83
Chaminda Vaas	not out	19	49	38	3	0	38.77
Dilhara Fernando	c Trescothick b Croft	2	12	13	0	0	16.66
Dinuka Hettiarachchi	b Gough	0	12	23	0	0	0.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	b Caddick	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 6, w 1)	15
TOTAL	101.1 Ov (RR: 2.38, 380 Mins)	241
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Marvan Atapattu, 1.5 ov), 2-88 (Kumar Sangakkara, 28.5 ov), 3-108 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 39.3 ov), 4-205 (Aravinda de Silva, 76.4 ov), 5-209 (Russel Arnold, 80.3 ov), 6-216 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 87.1 ov), 7-219 (Mahela Jayawardene, 89.5 ov), 8-225 (Dilhara Fernando, 93.6 ov), 9-240 (Dinuka Hettiarachchi, 100.3 ov), 10-241 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 101.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Darren Gough	14	5	33	2	2.35	-	-	-	1	0
Andy Caddick	11.1	1	40	2	3.58	-	-	-	0	4
Craig White	10	1	45	0	4.50	-	-	-	0	2
Ashley Giles	34	13	59	2	1.73	-	-	-	0	0
Robert Croft	32	9	56	4	1.75	-	-	-	0	0

England 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	lbw b Vaas	21	60	76	3	0	35.00
Marcus Trescothick	c Arnold b Hettiarachchi	23	59	101	4	0	38.98
Nasser Hussain (c)	c Jayasuriya b Hettiarachchi	8	29	37	1	0	27.58
Graham Thorpe	not out	113	267	330	11	0	42.32
Alec Stewart †	b Muralidaran	3	28	37	0	0	10.71
Michael Vaughan	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	26	134	162	2	0	19.40
Craig White	c †Sangakkara b Vaas	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Ashley Giles	c Jayawardene b Vaas	0	10	19	0	0	0.00
Robert Croft	run out (Atapattu)	16	41	49	2	0	39.02
Andy Caddick	c Jayasuriya b Vaas	0	15	19	0	0	0.00
Darren Gough	c Jayawardene b Vaas	14	21	22	3	0	66.66
Extras	(b 10, lb 9, nb 6)	25
TOTAL	109.5 Ov (RR: 2.26, 432 Mins)	249
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Mike Atherton, 18.3 ov), 2-55 (Marcus Trescothick, 23.1 ov), 3-66 (Nasser Hussain, 25.2 ov), 4-91 (Alec Stewart, 34.6 ov), 5-177 (Michael Vaughan, 79.4 ov), 6-177 (Craig White, 79.5 ov), 7-181 (Ashley Giles, 85.1 ov), 8-209 (Robert Croft, 98.1 ov), 9-223 (Andy Caddick, 103.4 ov), 10-249 (Darren Gough, 109.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	27.5	6	73	6	2.62	-	-	-	2
Dilhara Fernando	5	0	26	0	5.20	-	-	-	0
Aravinda de Silva	3	1	2	0	0.66	-	-	-	1
Muthiah Muralidaran	41	9	73	1	1.78	-	-	-	3
Dinuka Hettiarachchi	24	6	36	2	1.50	-	-	-	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	9	1	20	0	2.22	-	-	-	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	c Croft b Gough	0	17	20	0	0	0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	lbw b Gough	23	16	33	4	0	143.75
Kumar Sangakkara †	c †Stewart b Caddick	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Aravinda de Silva	c Thorpe b Caddick	23	32	50	4	0	71.87
Mahela Jayawardene	lbw b Giles	11	33	60	1	0	33.33
Russel Arnold	c Hussain b Croft	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan	b Giles	10	16	27	0	0	62.50
Chaminda Vaas	c Atherton b Giles	6	9	10	0	0	66.66
Dilhara Fernando	c Giles b Gough	5	22	21	1	0	22.72
Dinuka Hettiarachchi	not out	0	13	16	0	0	0.00
Muthiah Muralidaran	lbw b Giles	1	3	5	0	0	33.33
Extras	(nb 2)	2
TOTAL	28.1 Ov (RR: 2.87, 131 Mins)	81
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Marvan Atapattu, 4.5 ov), 2-24 (Kumar Sangakkara, 5.5 ov), 3-24 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 6.2 ov), 4-57 (Aravinda de Silva, 15.6 ov), 5-59 (Russel Arnold, 17.3 ov), 6-59 (Mahela Jayawardene, 18.1 ov), 7-69 (Chaminda Vaas, 20.3 ov), 8-76 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 24.1 ov), 9-80 (Dilhara Fernando, 27.2 ov), 10-81 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 28.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Darren Gough	6	1	23	3	3.83	-	-	-	2
Andy Caddick	8	2	29	2	3.62	-	-	-	0
Ashley Giles	9.1	4	11	4	1.20	-	-	-	0
Robert Croft	5	0	18	1	3.60	-	-	-	0

England 2nd Innings (T: 74 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	c & b Fernando	13	25	26	2	0	52.00
Marcus Trescothick	c †Sangakkara b Jayasuriya	10	23	34	1	0	43.47
Michael Vaughan	b Muralidaran	8	21	29	1	0	38.09
Graham Thorpe	not out	32	49	65	2	0	65.30
Alec Stewart †	c Dilshan b Jayasuriya	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Craig White	c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya	8	11	20	1	0	72.72
Nasser Hussain (c)	c Arnold b Jayasuriya	0	8	10	0	0	0.00
Ashley Giles	not out	1	6	7	0	0	16.66
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1)	2
TOTAL	24.3 Ov (RR: 3.02, 100 Mins)	74/6
Did not bat: Robert Croft, Andy Caddick, Darren Gough
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Mike Atherton, 7.2 ov), 2-24 (Marcus Trescothick, 8.4 ov), 3-42 (Michael Vaughan, 13.4 ov), 4-43 (Alec Stewart, 14.4 ov), 5-63 (Craig White, 20.1 ov), 6-71 (Nasser Hussain, 22.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	3	0	11	0	3.66	-	-	-	0
Dinuka Hettiarachchi	3	1	5	0	1.66	-	-	-	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	8	1	26	1	3.25	-	-	-	0
Dilhara Fernando	2	0	7	1	3.50	-	-	-	1
Sanath Jayasuriya	8.3	0	24	4	2.82	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Thu, 15 Mar - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 221/7 (Chaminda Vaas 2*, Dilhara Fernando 0*, 91 ov)

Fri, 16 Mar - day 2 - England 1st innings 175/4 (Graham Thorpe 71*, Michael Vaughan 26*, 78 ov)

Sat, 17 Mar - day 3 - England 2nd innings 74/6 (24.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

General

Day 1

Sri Lanka 50 runs in 14.3 overs 71 mins (Jayasuriya 25*, Sangakkara 21*)
Lunch: Sri Lanka 88/1, 28 overs 120 mins (Jayasuriya 35*, Sangakkara 45*)
Sri Lanka 100 runs in 35.1 overs 149 mins (Jayasuriya 40* de Silva 5*)
Sri Lanka 150 runs in 56.1 overs 221 mins (de Silva 25*, Jayawardene 24*)
Tea: Sri Lanka 158/3, 60 overs 240 mins (de Silva 28*, Jayawardene 28*)
Jayawardene 50 runs off 97 balls, 107 mins (7x4)
Sri Lanka 200 runs in 74.5 overs 323 mins (de Silva 36*, Jayawardene 62*)

Day 2

England took the 2nd new ball after 99 overs, Sri Lanka 240/8 (Vaas 19*, Hettiarchchi 0*)
Sri Lanka all out 241, 101.1 overs, 360 mins
Lunch: England 44/0, 17 overs, 65 mins (Atherton 20*, Trescothick 23*)
England 50 runs in 21.3 overs 91 mins (Trescothick 23*, Hussain 3*)
Hettiarachchi take his first Test wicket in 25th ball (4.1 overs)
England 100 runs in 39.4 overs 170 mins (Thorpe 39*, Vaughan 1*)
Tea: England 117/4, 47 overs 191 mins (Thorpe 42*, Vaughan 5*)
Thorpe 50 runs off 116 balls 128 mins (6x4)
England 150 runs in 65.2 overs 200 mins (Thorpe 62*, Vaughan 19*)

Day 3

MATCH DETAILS

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2000/01
Player Of The Match	Graham Thorpe
Player Of The Series	Darren Gough
Series result	England won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1537
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Dinuka Hettiarachchi
Umpires	Asoka de Silva David Orchard
TV Umpire	B.C. Cooray
Match Referee	Hanumant Singh

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	3	0	11	0	3.66
D Hettiarachchi	3	1	5	0	1.66
M Muralidaran	8	1	26	1	3.25
CRD Fernando	2	0	7	1	3.5 (1 nb)
ST Jayasuriya	8.3	0	24	4	2.82

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