Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Vandort	c Collingwood b Plunkett	9	19	32	1	0	47.36

Upul Tharanga	b Hoggard	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Kumar Sangakkara †	c †Jones b Plunkett	25	61	87	4	0	40.98

Mahela Jayawardene (c)	c †Jones b Plunkett	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Thilan Samaraweera	c Collingwood b Hoggard	3	16	22	0	0	18.75

Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Trescothick b Flintoff	27	48	80	4	0	56.25

Farveez Maharoof	c †Jones b Mahmood	5	21	29	0	0	23.80

Chaminda Vaas	not out	30	78	117	3	0	38.46
Nuwan Kulasekara	c Trescothick b Mahmood	3	8	7	0	0	37.50

Lasith Malinga	lbw b Panesar	26	54	78	4	0	48.14

Muthiah Muralidaran	c Plunkett b Flintoff	1	4	11	0	0	25.00

Extras	(lb 6, nb 6)	12
Total	51.2 Ov (RR: 2.74, 237 Mins)	141
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Upul Tharanga, 0.5 ov), 2-16 (Michael Vandort, 7.3 ov), 3-16 (Mahela Jayawardene, 7.6 ov), 4-25 (Thilan Samaraweera, 12.5 ov), 5-46 (Kumar Sangakkara, 19.3 ov), 6-65 (Farveez Maharoof, 25.3 ov), 7-79 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 30.1 ov), 8-82 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 31.3 ov), 9-132 (Lasith Malinga, 48.5 ov), 10-141 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 51.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	15	4	32	2	2.13	77	4	0	0	0
0.5 to WU Tharanga, Hoggard strikes, a beauty!, swings in, Tharanga plays forward, beats him completely, goes between the bat and pad and knocks the stumps.. 3/1 12.5 to TT Samaraweera, Hoggard picks up his second wicket, fuller delivery swinging away, bit wide, Samaraweera drives, gets the edge towards the fourth slip, where Collingwood takes the catch.. 25/4
Andrew Flintoff	13.2	4	28	2	2.10	67	3	0	0	3
30.1 to TM Dilshan, Flintoff strikes first ball of a new spell, pitched up delivery outside the off stump, Dilshan drives, gets the outside edge to Trescothick at first slip, who comes forward and takes the catch low down.. 79/7 51.2 to M Muralidaran, Flintoff strikes! Picks up his second wicket, fuller delivery outside the off stump, Muralitharan has a big heave across the line, gets an outside edge, the ball goes high up in the air, Plunkett runs in from point, settles under the ball and takes the catch comfortably.. 141/10
Liam Plunkett	12	1	43	3	3.58	54	4	0	0	3
7.3 to MG Vandort, Plunkett strikes in his first over, fuller delivery, Vandort drives, gets the edge towards gully, Collingwood takes the catch to his right, that was a good catch.. 16/2 7.6 to DPMD Jayawardene, Plunkett strikes for the second time in the over, excellent delivery on a good length, pitches and then moves away, Jayawardene plays forward, gets the outside edge and goes straight to Jones behind the wicket.. 16/3 19.3 to KC Sangakkara, Plunkett picks up his third wicket, back of a length delivery moving away, Sangakkara plays back, gets the outside edge through to Jones, who takes the catch.. 46/5
Sajid Mahmood	9	1	25	2	2.77	44	4	0	0	0
25.3 to MF Maharoof, Mahmood strikes, six down for Sri Lanka, good ball outside the off stump, slight movement away, pushes forward, gets the edge through to Jones, who takes an easy catch.. 65/6 31.3 to KMDN Kulasekara, Mahmood picks up his second wicket, fuller delivery outside the off stump, Kulasekara drives, gets the outside edge to Trescothick at first slip, who takes a very good catch above his head.. 82/8
Monty Panesar	2	0	7	1	3.50	9	1	0	0	0
48.5 to SL Malinga, Panersar coming round the wicket, strikes in his first over, good ball pitches in line and goes straight on, Malinga on the front foot, gets hit on the pad in line with the stumps, loud appeal, given by the Umpire.. 132/9

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c †Sangakkara b Muralidaran	27	51	75	5	0	52.94

Andrew Strauss	run out (Samaraweera)	30	65	95	5	0	46.15

Alastair Cook	lbw b Muralidaran	23	55	63	3	0	41.81

Kevin Pietersen	lbw b Muralidaran	142	157	225	20	3	90.44

Matthew Hoggard	b Vaas	3	36	49	0	0	8.33

Paul Collingwood	c Tharanga b Muralidaran	19	47	70	2	0	40.42

Andrew Flintoff (c)	b Malinga	9	48	64	1	0	18.75

Geraint Jones †	c Samaraweera b Muralidaran	4	12	17	0	0	33.33

Liam Plunkett	c Vandort b Muralidaran	0	6	6	0	0	0.00

Sajid Mahmood	not out	0	1	13	0	0	0.00
Monty Panesar	lbw b Malinga	0	7	7	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 6, lb 13, nb 14, pen 5)	38
Total	78.3 Ov (RR: 3.75, 347 Mins)	295
Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Marcus Trescothick, 16.3 ov), 2-69 (Andrew Strauss, 20.3 ov), 3-125 (Alastair Cook, 30.5 ov), 4-169 (Matthew Hoggard, 42.6 ov), 5-238 (Paul Collingwood, 59.3 ov), 6-290 (Kevin Pietersen, 73.5 ov), 7-290 (Andrew Flintoff, 74.2 ov), 8-293 (Liam Plunkett, 75.6 ov), 9-294 (Geraint Jones, 77.1 ov), 10-295 (Monty Panesar, 78.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	16	6	30	1	1.87	82	4	0	0	0
42.6 to MJ Hoggard, Vaas strikes, softened Hoggard with a short one the previous ball, good yorker on target, Hoggard plays all over it, gets beaten, ball knocks the middle stump.. 169/4
Lasith Malinga	13.3	2	68	2	5.03	56	11	0	0	5
74.2 to A Flintoff, Malinga strikes, the big wicket of Flintoff, good length delivery, Flintoff plays down the wrong line, beats the bat, knocks the off stump out of the ground.. 290/7 78.3 to MS Panesar, Malinga picks up his 2nd wicket, quick delivery on the leg stump, Panersar plays down the wrong line, strikes the pad in line with the stumps, loud appeal, given by the Umpire. 295/10
Farveez Maharoof	11	3	42	0	3.81	54	7	0	0	4
Muthiah Muralidaran	25	2	86	6	3.44	114	10	2	0	4
16.3 to ME Trescothick, Muralitharan strikes in his first over, extra bounce, Trescothick looks to drive on the back foot, gets the edge, Sangakkara behind the wicket takes a sharp catch.. 56/1 30.5 to AN Cook, Muralitharan strikes, picks up his second wicket, tossed up on the stumps, straightens after pitching, the doosra, Cook comes forward and defends, plays down the wrong line, strikes the pad, loud appeal, given by the Umpire.. 125/3 59.3 to PD Collingwood, Muralitharan picks up his 3rd wicket, tossed up, outside the off stump, spins in, uses his feet and defends, gets the edge, Tharanga at short leg takes the catch to his left.. 238/5 73.5 to KP Pietersen, Muralitharan picks up his 4th wicket, after being hit all around the park, he strikes, doosra tossed up on the stumps, Pietersen goes for the sweep, misses it, strikes the pad in line with the stumps, loud shout, given by the Umpire. 290/6 75.6 to LE Plunkett, Muralitharan picks up his 5th wicket, tossed up outside the off stump, the doosra, Plunkett looks to pull over the midwicket, mistimes it to Vandort at mid on, straight into his hands.. 293/8 77.1 to GO Jones, Muralitharan strikes for the 6th time, tossed up, Jones sweeps, gets a top edge, goes in the air to short fine leg, Samaraweera walks a few paces and takes the catch.. 294/9
Nuwan Kulasekara	13	2	45	0	3.46	58	4	1	0	1

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Vandort	c †Jones b Plunkett	105	303	396	9	0	34.65

Upul Tharanga	c †Jones b Hoggard	0	1	3	0	0	0.00

Kumar Sangakkara †	c Collingwood b Panesar	18	40	61	3	0	45.00

Mahela Jayawardene (c)	lbw b Hoggard	5	18	27	1	0	27.77

Thilan Samaraweera	st †Jones b Panesar	8	22	25	1	0	36.36

Tillakaratne Dilshan	lbw b Hoggard	59	113	178	8	0	52.21

Farveez Maharoof	c & b Flintoff	13	55	68	2	0	23.63

Chaminda Vaas	c Collingwood b Plunkett	1	10	13	0	0	10.00

Nuwan Kulasekara	c Collingwood b Plunkett	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Lasith Malinga	c Strauss b Flintoff	2	6	7	0	0	33.33

Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 11, w 1)	20
Total	93.2 Ov (RR: 2.47, 396 Mins)	231
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Upul Tharanga, 0.4 ov), 2-38 (Kumar Sangakkara, 14.4 ov), 3-43 (Mahela Jayawardene, 21.2 ov), 4-56 (Thilan Samaraweera, 26.5 ov), 5-181 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 70.4 ov), 6-219 (Farveez Maharoof, 88.2 ov), 7-223 (Chaminda Vaas, 91.1 ov), 8-223 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 91.2 ov), 9-231 (Lasith Malinga, 92.5 ov), 10-231 (Michael Vandort, 93.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	22	8	64	3	2.90	107	9	0	0	5
0.4 to WU Tharanga, Hoggard strikes in the first over, short of a length delivery, Tharanga plays at it, gets the edge, straight into the hands of Jones, who takes the catch.. 2/1 21.2 to DPMD Jayawardene, Hoggard strikes picks up his 2nd wicket, short of length delivery, keeps low, Jayawardene looking to play to the on side, misses it, strikes the pad, loud shout, given by the Umpire. 43/3 70.4 to TM Dilshan, Hoggard strikes, excellent delivery pitched outside the off stump, nips back in, Dilshan misjudging the length goes for the shot on the on side, misses it, strikes the pad in line with the stumps, loud appeal, given by Umpire Dar.. 181/5
Andrew Flintoff	19	3	50	2	2.63	90	4	0	1	4
88.2 to MF Maharoof, Flintoff strikes in his first over with the new ball, short delivery, climbs up on Maharoof, who looks to fend it off, hits the top of the bat and lobs up to the off side, Flintoff calls for it and takes the catch.. 219/6 92.5 to SL Malinga, Flintoff picks up his second wicket, short of length delivery outside the off stump, climbs up on him, defends, gets the edge towards Strauss at second slip, who takes the catch. 231/9
Liam Plunkett	13.2	6	17	3	1.27	71	1	0	0	1
91.1 to WPUJC Vaas, Plunkett strikes coming round the wicket, Vaas on the back foot drives, gets a thick edge, goes straight into the hands of Collingwood at backward-point.. 223/7 91.2 to KMDN Kulasekara, Plunkett gets another one this time from over the wicket, short of length delivery outside the off stump, climbs up on Kulasekara, who fends it in the air towards gully, where Collingwood takes the catch.. 223/8 93.2 to MG Vandort, Plunkett picks up his 3rd wicket, short of length delivery angled across, Vandort drives off the back foot, gets the edge to Jones behind the wicket, who takes the catch. 231/10
Monty Panesar	28	6	73	2	2.60	125	8	0	0	0
14.4 to KC Sangakkara, Panesar strikes in his first over, the big wicket of Sangakkara, tossed up, comes down the track and chips it straight into the hands of Collingwood at midwicket. 38/2 26.5 to TT Samaraweera, Panesar picks up his second wicket, excellent delivery, tossed up outside the off stump, Samaraweera uses his feet and completely misses it, spins away, Jones behind the wicket, collects the ball and whips off the bails, good work there by Jones.. 56/4
Sajid Mahmood	9	2	19	0	2.11	43	2	0	0	1
Paul Collingwood	2	2	0	0	0.00	12	0	0	0	0

England 2nd Innings (T: 78 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	lbw b Muralidaran	0	10	13	0	0	0.00

Andrew Strauss	c Jayawardene b Muralidaran	16	36	49	2	0	44.44

Alastair Cook	not out	34	85	114	4	0	40.00
Kevin Pietersen	lbw b Muralidaran	13	25	31	2	0	52.00

Paul Collingwood	c †Sangakkara b Muralidaran	3	11	24	0	0	27.27

Andrew Flintoff (c)	not out	4	4	7	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 2, nb 9)	11
Total	27.2 Ov (RR: 2.96, 114 Mins)	81/4
Did not bat: Geraint Jones †, Liam Plunkett, Matthew Hoggard, Monty Panesar, Sajid Mahmood
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Marcus Trescothick, 3.4 ov), 2-35 (Andrew Strauss, 13.1 ov), 3-63 (Kevin Pietersen, 19.5 ov), 4-73 (Paul Collingwood, 25.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	7	2	12	0	1.71	37	1	0	0	2
Lasith Malinga	7	1	29	0	4.14	31	3	0	0	3
Muthiah Muralidaran	12.2	3	29	4	2.35	60	3	0	0	2
3.4 to ME Trescothick, Muralitharan strikes in his first over, tossed up on the leg stump, goes straight on, Trescothick comes forward and plays down the wrong line, strikes the pad in line with the stumps, loud appeal, given by Umpire Dar.. 9/1 13.1 to AJ Strauss, Muralitharan picks up his second wicket, tossed up bit full outside the leg stump, Strauss goes for the sweep, misses it, strikes the pad, and goes into the hands of Jayawardene at first slip, loud appeal for a catch, given by Umpire Dar.. 35/2 19.5 to KP Pietersen, Muralitharan picks up his 3rd wicket, doosra tossed up on the stumps, Pietersen plays down the wrong line, caught on the back foot, strikes the pad, loud appeal, plumb in front, given by Umpire Dar. 63/3 25.4 to PD Collingwood, Muralitharan strikes again, picks up his fourth wicket, doosra tossed up outside the off stump, Collingwood on the back foot drives, gets the edge, Sangakkara behind the wicket takes a sharp catch.. 73/4
Tillakaratne Dilshan	1	0	9	0	9.00	3	2	0	0	0

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Thu, 25 May - day 1 - England 1st innings 138/3 (Kevin Pietersen 30*, Matthew Hoggard 2*, 34 ov)

Fri, 26 May - day 2 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 86/4 (Michael Vandort 30*, Tillakaratne Dilshan 21*, 40 ov)

Sat, 27 May - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 194/5 (Michael Vandort 89*, Farveez Maharoof 0*, 74 ov)

Sun, 28 May - day 4 - England 2nd innings 81/4 (27.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Sri Lanka 1st innings
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 20.3 overs (125 balls), Extras 6
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 65/6 in 25.3 overs (TM Dilshan 16)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 98/8 in 39.0 overs (WPUJC Vaas 10, SL Malinga 8)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 39.3 overs (240 balls), Extras 8
9th Wicket: 50 runs in 106 balls (WPUJC Vaas 20, SL Malinga 26, Ex 4)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 141/10 in 51.2 overs (WPUJC Vaas 30)
England 1st innings
England: 50 runs in 14.5 overs (91 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (ME Trescothick 23, AJ Strauss 23, Ex 6)
Drinks: England - 56/0 in 15.0 overs (ME Trescothick 27, AJ Strauss 23)
England 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (21st over, M Muralitharan, called by Umpire Aleem Dar)
England: 100 runs in 25.3 overs (160 balls), Extras 16
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (AN Cook 17, KP Pietersen 27, Ex 8)

Day 2

England: 150 runs in 38.1 overs (241 balls), Extras 26
KP Pietersen: 50 off 54 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
Lunch: England - 193/4 in 51.0 overs (KP Pietersen 65, PD Collingwood 10)
England 1st innings: 1x5 ball over (51st over, SL Malinga, called by Umpire Aleem Dar)
England: 200 runs in 53.1 overs (332 balls), Extras 36
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (KP Pietersen 31, PD Collingwood 14, Ex 6)
KP Pietersen 100 in 161 mins off 115 balls, 16x4, 1x6
England: 250 runs in 64.1 overs (398 balls), Extras 36
Drinks: England - 263/5 in 66.0 overs (KP Pietersen 118, A Flintoff 7)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (KP Pietersen 42, A Flintoff 9, Ex 1)
Tea: England - 295/10 in 78.3 overs (SI Mahmood 0)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 43/2 in 18.0 overs (MG Vandort 17, DPMD Jayawardene 5)
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 24.1 overs (146 balls), Extras 4

Day 3

Lunch: Sri Lanka - 86/4 in 40.0 overs (MG Vandort 30, TM Dilshan 21)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 44.5 overs (271 balls), Extras 9
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 118 balls (MG Vandort 19, TM Dilshan 26, Ex 5)
MG Vandort: 50 off 162 balls (5 x 4)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 146/4 in 58.0 overs (MG Vandort 62, TM Dilshan 41)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 58.5 overs (358 balls), Extras 12
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 209 balls (MG Vandort 43, TM Dilshan 49, Ex 8)
TM Dilshan: 50 off 87 balls (7 x 4)
Sri Lanka 2nd innings: 1x5 ball over (71st over, MJ Hoggard, called by Umpire Aleem Dar)

Day 4

Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 78.6 overs (482 balls), Extras 16
New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 201/5 after 80 overs (MG Vandort 95, MF Maharoof 0)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 219/6 in 88.2 overs (MG Vandort 98)
MG Vandort: 100 off 294 balls (8 x 4)

Match Details

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of England
Season	2006
Player Of The Match	Kevin Pietersen
Series result	England led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1803
Hours of play (local time)	first session 11:00, lunch 13:00, second session 13:40, tea 15:40, third session 16:00, stumps 18:00
Match days	25,26,27,28 May 2006 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Aleem Dar Darrell Hair
TV Umpire	Ian Gould
Match Referee	Alan Hurst

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
ME Trescothick	lbw	0	10
AJ Strauss	caught	16	36
AN Cook	not out	34	85
KP Pietersen	lbw	13	25
PD Collingwood	caught	3	11
A Flintoff	not out	4	4
Extras	(b 2, nb 9)
Total	81(4 wkts; 27.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	7	2	12	0	1.71 (2 nb)
SL Malinga	7	1	29	0	4.14 (3 nb)
M Muralidaran	12.2	3	29	4	2.35 (2 nb)
TM Dilshan	1	0	9	0	9

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	9	Marcus Trescothick	Andrew Strauss
2nd	26	Andrew Strauss	Alastair Cook
3rd	28	Kevin Pietersen	Alastair Cook
4th	10	Paul Collingwood	Alastair Cook
5th	8	Andrew Flintoff	Alastair Cook

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