BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Vandort	c Ramesh b Harvinder Singh	116	159	216	19	0	72.95
Avishka Gunawardene	c †Dighe b Srinath	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Kumar Sangakkara †	c †Dighe b Srinath	4	17	26	0	0	23.52
Chamara Silva	c †Dighe b Prasad	11	13	19	2	0	84.61
Hashan Tillakaratne	c †Dighe b Sanghvi	26	55	69	4	0	47.27
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Kaif b Srinath	6	17	26	0	0	35.29
Thilan Samaraweera (c)	c Srinath b Sanghvi	76	148	219	9	1	51.35
Suresh Perera	b Prasad	27	64	76	5	0	42.18
Dinusha Fernando	c Kaif b Ganguly	24	36	49	4	0	66.66
Sajeewa Weerakoon	c Prasad b Sanghvi	14	13	12	3	0	107.69
Ruchira Perera	not out	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, nb 10, w 1)	22
TOTAL	86.5 Ov (RR: 3.75, 366 Mins)	326
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Avishka Gunawardene, 0.3 ov), 2-26 (Kumar Sangakkara, 6.1 ov), 3-45 (Chamara Silva, 9.6 ov), 4-103 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 27.3 ov), 5-134 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 33.6 ov), 6-195 (Michael Vandort, 49.6 ov), 7-254 (Suresh Perera, 68.6 ov), 8-297 (Dinusha Fernando, 81.2 ov), 9-314 (Sajeewa Weerakoon, 84.3 ov), 10-326 (Thilan Samaraweera, 86.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Javagal Srinath	16	1	68	3	4.25	-	-	-	1	7
Venkatesh Prasad	16.2	5	41	2	2.51	-	-	-	0	2
Harvinder Singh	12	3	43	1	3.58	-	-	-	0	0
Rahul Sanghvi	32.5	5	143	3	4.35	-	-	-	0	0
Sourav Ganguly	6.4	2	15	1	2.25	-	-	-	0	0
Hemang Badani	3	1	5	0	1.66	-	-	-	0	0

Indians 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Shiv Sunder Das	b Weerakoon	72	121	191	12	0	59.50
Sadagoppan Ramesh	c Silva b Fernando	63	104	165	11	0	60.57
Mohammad Kaif	c †Sangakkara b Fernando	6	26	40	1	0	23.07
Dinesh Mongia	c †Sangakkara b PDRL Perera	11	39	58	2	0	28.20
Sourav Ganguly (c)	not out	74	112	173	8	3	66.07
Hemang Badani	c PDRL Perera b ASA Perera	12	22	34	1	0	54.54
Sameer Dighe †	not out	25	73	94	4	0	34.24
Extras	(b 6, lb 1, nb 11)	18
TOTAL	81 Ov (RR: 3.46, 380 Mins)	281/5d
Did not bat: Javagal Srinath, Harvinder Singh, Rahul Sanghvi, Venkatesh Prasad
Fall of wickets: 1-135 (Sadagoppan Ramesh, 34.2 ov), 2-142 (Shiv Sunder Das, 39.1 ov), 3-153 (Mohammad Kaif, 42.2 ov), 4-172 (Dinesh Mongia, 50.5 ov), 5-203 (Hemang Badani, 58.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ruchira Perera	17	6	35	1	2.05	-	-	-	3
Dinusha Fernando	17	3	68	2	4.00	-	-	-	5
Suresh Perera	12	2	42	1	3.50	-	-	-	3
Thilan Samaraweera	17	4	69	0	4.05	-	-	-	0
Sajeewa Weerakoon	18	3	60	1	3.33	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 08 Aug - day 1 - India 1st innings 0/0 (Shiv Sunder Das 0*, Sadagoppan Ramesh 0*, 0.1 ov)

Thu, 09 Aug - day 2 - India 1st innings 281/5 (Sourav Ganguly 74*, Sameer Dighe 25*, 80 ov)

Fri, 10 Aug - day 3 - India 1st innings 281/5d (81 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Match start at 11:00 am (local time) due to wet wicket condition
Sri Lanka Board XI 50 runs in 10.2 overs 52 mins
MG Vandort 50 runs off 81 balls 117 mins, 4x8
Sri Lanka Board XI 100 runs in 27.2 overs 118 mins
At Lunch: Sri Lanka Board XI 103/4, 27.3 overs 120 mins (Vandort 51*)
Sri Lanka Board XI 150 runs in 40 overs 170 mins
MG Vandort 100 runs off 152 balls 211 mins, 4x16
Sri Lanka Board XI 200 runs in 52.3 ov 229 mins
At Tea: Sri Lanka Board XI 241/6, 56 overs 240 mins (Samaraweera 28*, Perera 4*)
Sri Lanka Board XI 250 runs in 67.4 overs 288 mins
TT Samaraweera 50 runs off 114 balls 170 mins, 4x6
Sri Lanka Board XI 300 runs in 82.1 overs 349 mins

Day 2

Day 3

The Indians were forced to declare after just one over this morning as the pitch turned out to be a dangerous one for batting
The ground staff worked hard to restore
The match was called off at 15:00 hrs local time.

MATCH DETAILS

P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Toss	Sri Lanka Board XI, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2001
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	Gamini Silva Lalith Jayasundara

Match Coverage

Practice match abandoned because of dangerous wicket

India bat throughout day as Ganguly temper frays

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Indians Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
PDRL Perera	17	6	35	1	2.05 (3 nb)
KADM Fernando	17	3	68	2	4 (5 nb)
ASA Perera	12	2	42	1	3.5 (3 nb)
TT Samaraweera	17	4	69	0	4.05
S Weerakoon	18	3	60	1	3.33

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