Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ruvin Peiris	b Hoggard	6	27	42	1	0	22.22
Avishka Gunawardene	c Thorpe b Caddick	1	5	9	0	0	20.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)†	c †Stewart b White	9	36	47	0	0	25.00
Sunendra Kumara	c †Stewart b Hoggard	2	4	8	0	0	50.00
Hashan Tillakaratne	c White b Hoggard	26	48	76	2	0	54.16
Jeevantha Kulatunga	c sub (PA Nixon) b Caddick	54	96	120	7	0	56.25
Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	c Thorpe b Croft	52	132	158	7	0	39.39
Niroshan Bandaratilleke	c Hoggard b Croft	73	90	171	6	2	81.11
Dinusha Fernando	c Vaughan b White	8	23	29	1	0	34.78
Malinga Bandara	not out	4	7	12	1	0	57.14
Ruchira Perera	c Vaughan b Croft	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 8)	18
Total	77.4 Ov (RR: 3.25, 331 Mins)	253
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Avishka Gunawardene, 2.2 ov), 2-20 (Ruvin Peiris, 9.6 ov), 3-24 (Sunendra Kumara, 11.4 ov), 4-24 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 12.1 ov), 5-84 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 29.1 ov), 6-122 (Jeevantha Kulatunga, 41.5 ov), 7-214 (Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, 67.6 ov), 8-247 (Dinusha Fernando, 74.5 ov), 9-249 (Niroshan Bandaratilleke, 75.4 ov), 10-253 (Ruchira Perera, 77.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Caddick	19	4	37	2	1.94	-	-	-	2
Matthew Hoggard	17	6	28	3	1.64	-	-	-	0
Craig White	14	2	57	2	4.07	-	-	-	3
Ashley Giles	5	0	23	0	4.60	-	-	-	0
Robert Croft	16.4	2	63	3	3.78	-	-	-	1
Michael Vaughan	4	1	21	0	5.25	-	-	-	1
Marcus Trescothick	2	0	14	0	7.00	-	-	-	1

England XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	b Fernando	85	211	268	5	0	40.28
Marcus Trescothick	c Pushpakumara b Bandaratilleke	38	83	105	3	1	45.78
Nasser Hussain (c)	c Fernando b Pushpakumara	7	24	34	1	0	29.16
Graham Thorpe	c & b Bandaratilleke	57	140	179	3	0	40.71
Alec Stewart †	b Bandara	40	143	184	1	0	27.97
Michael Vaughan	c Tillakaratne b Pushpakumara	12	30	37	0	0	40.00
Craig White	not out	85	228	283	6	2	37.28
Ashley Giles	c Bandaratilleke b Bandara	17	44	67	1	0	38.63
Robert Croft	not out	30	82	123	0	0	36.58
Extras	(b 11, lb 10, nb 26)	47
Total	160 Ov (RR: 2.61, 647 Mins)	418/7d
Did not bat: Matthew Hoggard, Andy Caddick
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Marcus Trescothick, 24.2 ov), 2-93 (Nasser Hussain, 35.3 ov), 3-191 (Mike Atherton, 67.6 ov), 4-226 (Graham Thorpe, 78.2 ov), 5-247 (Michael Vaughan, 88.1 ov), 6-310 (Alec Stewart, 115.1 ov), 7-342 (Ashley Giles, 133.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ruchira Perera	17	1	76	0	4.47	-	-	-	15
Dinusha Fernando	14	1	59	1	4.21	-	-	-	3
Niroshan Bandaratilleke	51	11	117	2	2.29	-	-	-	1
Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	31	7	69	2	2.22	-	-	-	0
Malinga Bandara	47	21	76	2	1.61	-	-	-	6

Sri Lanka Board President's XI 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ruvin Peiris	c Hussain b Croft	41	93	113	4	0	44.08
Avishka Gunawardene	c Trescothick b Caddick	10	26	47	1	0	38.46
Tillakaratne Dilshan (c)†	not out	115	162	232	11	2	70.98
Sunendra Kumara	c Vaughan b Croft	18	47	68	0	0	38.29
Hashan Tillakaratne	c †Stewart b Vaughan	12	29	30	0	0	41.37
Jeevantha Kulatunga	st †Stewart b Giles	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	b Vaughan	6	14	17	0	0	42.85
Niroshan Bandaratilleke	c Thorpe b Vaughan	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Dinusha Fernando	not out	11	40	38	1	0	27.50
Extras	(b 10, lb 4, nb 7)	21
Total	68 Ov (RR: 3.44, 280 Mins)	234/7
Did not bat: Malinga Bandara, Ruchira Perera
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Avishka Gunawardene, 10.4 ov), 2-76 (Ruvin Peiris, 25.6 ov), 3-139 (Sunendra Kumara, 43.1 ov), 4-169 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 50.4 ov), 5-174 (Jeevantha Kulatunga, 51.6 ov), 6-190 (Muthumudalige Pushpakumara, 56.5 ov), 7-190 (Niroshan Bandaratilleke, 56.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Caddick	11	4	26	1	2.36	-	-	-	2
Matthew Hoggard	11	3	25	0	2.27	-	-	-	1
Ashley Giles	19	0	83	1	4.36	-	-	-	1
Robert Croft	16	2	46	2	2.87	-	-	-	0
Craig White	1	0	15	0	15.00	-	-	-	1
Michael Vaughan	10	0	25	3	2.50	-	-	-	2

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Thu, 15 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 17/0 (Mike Atherton 4*, Marcus Trescothick 11*, 10 ov)

Fri, 16 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 174/2 (Mike Atherton 74*, Graham Thorpe 34*, 63 ov)

Sat, 17 Feb - day 3 - England 1st innings 418/7 (Craig White 85*, Robert Croft 30*, 160 ov)

Sun, 18 Feb - day 4 - SLC-BP-XI 2nd innings 234/7 (68 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Sri Lanka Board President's XI 50 runs 18.1 overs, 86 mins (Tillakaratne 12* Kulatunga 11*)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI at Lunch 83/4, 27 overs, 120 mins (Tillakaratne 25* Kulatunga 31*)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI 100 runs 35.1 overs, 152 mins (Kulatunga 43* Kulatunga 1*)
Kulatunga 50 runs in 83 balls, 109 mins (7x4)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI 150 runs in 49.3 overs, 210 mins (Pushpakumara 28* Bandaratilleke 9*)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI at Tea 192/6, 57 overs, 242 mins (Pushpakumara 47* Bandaratilleke 31*)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI 200 runs in 63.3 overs, 271 mins (Pushpakumara 49* Bandaratilleke 37*)
Pushpakumara 50 runs in 120 balls, 148 mins (7x4)
Bandaratilleke 50 runs in 70 balls, 141 mins (5x4) (1x6)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI 250 runs in 76.4 overs, 327 mins (Perera 0* Bandara 4*)

Day 2

Day 3

England XI 200 runs in 69.4 overs, 277 mins (Thorpe 47* Stewart 0*)
Thorpe 50 runs in 115 balls 131 mins (3x4)
England XI 250 runs in 90.2 overs, 368 mins (Stewart 18* White 2*)
England XI 300 runs in 111 overs, 439 mins (Stewart 37* White 35*)
White 50 runs in 107 balls, 126 mins (4x4) (1x6)
England XI at Tea 342/6 133 overs, 517 mins (White 54* Giles 17*)
England XI 350 runs in 141.1 overs, 550 mins (White 69* Croft 6*)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI take a scoend new ball after 153 overs, 375/7 (White 69* Croft 15*)
England XI 1st innings 156 th over (0.5 balls over)
England XI 400 runs in 158.2 overs, 629 mins (White 77* Croft 24*)
Day 3 play stopped due to bad light, England XI 418/7, 160 overs, 647 mins (White 85* Croft 30*)

Day 4

Day 4 match started at 1.00 pm due to wet grounds condition (limit for 78 overs for day)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI 2nd innings 50 runs in 14.5 overs, 66 mins (GRP Peiris 30* Dilshan 3*)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI 2nd innings 100 runs in 35.3 overs, 153 mins (JSK Peiris 10* Dilshan 28*)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI 2nd innings at Tea 103/2, 38 overs, 162 mins (Dilshan 28* JSK Peiris 11*)
Dilsha 50 runs in 92 balls, 127 mins (5x4) (1x6)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI 2nd innings 150 runs in 46 overs, 193 mins (Dilshan 60* Tillakaratne 3*)
Dilshan 100 runs in 153 balls, 217 mins (9x4) (2x6)
Sri Lanka Board President's XI 2nd innings 200 runs in 59.1 overs, 250 mins (Dilshan 95* Fernando 0*)

Match Details

Uyanwatte Stadium, Matara
Toss	England XI, elected to field first
Series	England tour of Sri Lanka
Season	2000/01
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Lalith Jayasundara Tyron Wijewardene

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SLC-BP-XI Innings

Player Name		R	B
GRP Peiris	caught	41	93
DA Gunawardene	caught	10	26
TM Dilshan	not out	115	162
JSK Peiris	caught	18	47
HP Tillakaratne	caught	12	29
HGJM Kulatunga	stumped	0	3
M Pushpakumara	bowled	6	14
MRCN Bandaratilleke	caught	0	1
KADM Fernando	not out	11	40
Extras	(b 10, lb 4, nb 7)
Total	234(7 wkts; 68 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AR Caddick	11	4	26	1	2.36 (2 nb)
MJ Hoggard	11	3	25	0	2.27 (1 nb)
AF Giles	19	0	83	1	4.36 (1 nb)
RDB Croft	16	2	46	2	2.87
C White	1	0	15	0	15 (1 nb)
MP Vaughan	10	0	25	3	2.5 (2 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	38	Avishka Gunawardene	Ruvin Peiris
2nd	38	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Ruvin Peiris
3rd	63	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sunendra Kumara
4th	30	Hashan Tillakaratne	Tillakaratne Dilshan
5th	5	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Jeevantha Kulatunga
6th	16	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Muthumudalige Pushpakumara
7th	0	Niroshan Bandaratilleke	Tillakaratne Dilshan
8th	44	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Dinusha Fernando

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