Sri Lanka vs England, 3rd Test at Colombo, , Mar 15 2001 - Full Scorecard

RESULT
3rd Test, Colombo (SSC), March 15 - 17, 2001, England tour of Sri Lanka
241 & 81
(T:74) 249 & 74/6

England won by 4 wickets

Player Of The Match
113* & 32*
graham-thorpe
Player Of The Series
24 runs • 14 wkts
darren-gough
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
England 1st Innings
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
England 2nd Innings
Match Flow
Info
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 
Batting RBM4s6sSR
b Caddick098000.00
c White b Croft451101647040.90
c Vaughan b Gough45931148048.38
c Vaughan b Giles381361742027.94
c †Stewart b Croft711521888146.71
lbw b Giles01316000.00
lbw b Croft524261020.83
not out 1949383038.77
c Trescothick b Croft212130016.66
b Gough01223000.00
b Caddick1340033.33
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)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1453322.35---10
11.114023.58---04
1014504.50---02
34135921.73---00
3295641.75---00
England 1st Innings 
Batting RBM4s6sSR
lbw b Vaas2160763035.00
c Arnold b Hettiarachchi23591014038.98
c Jayasuriya b Hettiarachchi829371027.58
not out 11326733011042.32
b Muralidaran328370010.71
c †Sangakkara b Vaas261341622019.40
c †Sangakkara b Vaas011000.00
c Jayawardene b Vaas01019000.00
run out (Atapattu)1641492039.02
c Jayasuriya b Vaas01519000.00
c Jayawardene b Vaas1421223066.66
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)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
27.567362.62---02
502605.20---00
31200.66---01
4197311.78---03
2463621.50---00
912002.22---00
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 
Batting RBM4s6sSR
c Croft b Gough01720000.00
lbw b Gough23163340143.75
c †Stewart b Caddick055000.00
c Thorpe b Caddick2332504071.87
lbw b Giles1133601033.33
c Hussain b Croft058000.00
b Giles1016270062.50
c Atherton b Giles69100066.66
c Giles b Gough522211022.72
not out 01316000.00
lbw b Giles1350033.33
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)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
612333.83---02
822923.62---00
9.141141.20---00
501813.60---00
England 2nd Innings (T: 74 runs)
Batting RBM4s6sSR
c & b Fernando1325262052.00
c †Sangakkara b Jayasuriya1023341043.47
b Muralidaran821291038.09
not out 3249652065.30
c Dilshan b Jayasuriya054000.00
c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya811201072.72
c Arnold b Jayasuriya0810000.00
not out 1670016.66
Extras(lb 1, nb 1)2
Total
24.3 Ov (RR: 3.02, 100 Mins)
74/6
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)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
301103.66---00
31501.66---00
812613.25---00
20713.50---01
8.302442.82---00
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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
Day 2
Day 3
  • Play start 1/2 hour delayed due to unnatural wicket condition
  • England 200 runs in 92.5 overs 368 mins (Thorpe 85*, Croft 11*)
  • Thorpe 100 runs off 250 balls 301 mins (10x4)
  • Lunch: England 248/9, 109 overs 431 mins (Thorpe 112*, Gough 14*)
  • England all out 249 runs, 109.5 overs, 432 mins
  • Sri Lanka 50 runs in 15.3 overs 75 mins (de Silva 19*, Jayawardene 9*)
  • Tea: Sri Lanka 71/7, 22 overs 107 mins (Dilshan 5*, Fernando 1*)
  • England 50 runs in 17.3 overs (Thorpe 16*, White 2*)
Match Details
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
TossSri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series
Season2000/01
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultEngland won the 3-match series 2-1
Match numberTest no. 1537
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
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