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Test Match #1537 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard       
2000-2001 Sri Lanka v England - 3rd Test
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
15th March, 2001
 
 Sri Lanka 241 & 81
England 249 & 74/6
 
England won by 4 wickets

Sri Lanka 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Marvan Atapattu b Caddick 0  9  0  0 0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya* c White b Croft 45  110  7  0 40.91  18.67%
Kumar Sangakkara† c Vaughan b Gough 45  93  8  0 48.39  18.67%
Aravinda de Silva c Vaughan b Giles 38  136  2  0 27.94  15.77%
Mahela Jayawardene c †Stewart b Croft 71  152  8  1 46.71  29.46%
Russel Arnold lbw b Giles 0  13  0  0 0.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan lbw b Croft 5  24  1  0 20.83  2.07%
Chaminda Vaas not out 19  49  3  0 38.78  7.88%
Dilhara Fernando c Trescothick b Croft 2  12  0  0 16.67  0.83%
Dinuk Hettiarachchi b Gough 0  12  0  0 0.00
Muttiah Muralitharan b Caddick 1  3  0  0 33.33  0.41%
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 6) 15  
Total All Out   (101.1 overs @ 2.38 rpo) 241  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-2  Atapattu   2-88  Sangakkara   3-108  Jayasuriya   4-205  de Silva   
5-209  Arnold   6-216  Dilshan   7-219  Jayawardene   8-225  Fernando   
9-240  Hettiarachchi   10-241  Muralitharan   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Darren Gough 14.0 5 33 2 2.36  20.00%
Andy Caddick 11.1 1 40 2 3.58  20.00%
Craig White 10.0 1 45 0 4.50
Ashley Giles 34.0 13 59 2 1.74  20.00%
Robert Croft 32.0 9 56 4 1.75  40.00%
 
England 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Michael Atherton lbw b Vaas 21  60  3  0 35.00  8.43%
Marcus Trescothick c Arnold b Hettiarachchi 23  59  4  0 38.98  9.24%
Nasser Hussain* c Jayasuriya b Hettiarachchi 8  29  1  0 27.59  3.21%
Graham Thorpe not out 113  267  11  0 42.32  45.38%
Alec Stewart† b Muralitharan 3  28  0  0 10.71  1.20%
Michael Vaughan c †Sangakkara b Vaas 26  134  2  0 19.40  10.44%
Craig White c †Sangakkara b Vaas 0  1  0  0 0.00
Ashley Giles c Jayawardene b Vaas 0  10  0  0 0.00
Robert Croft run out 16  41  2  0 39.02  6.43%
Andy Caddick c Jayasuriya b Vaas 0  15  0  0 0.00
Darren Gough c Jayawardene b Vaas 14  21  3  0 66.67  5.62%
Extras (b 10, lb 9, nb 6) 25  
Total All Out   (109.5 overs @ 2.27 rpo) 249  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-45  Atherton   2-55  Trescothick   3-66  Hussain   4-91  Stewart   
5-177  Vaughan   6-177  White   7-181  Giles   8-209  Croft   
9-223  Caddick   10-249  Gough   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Chaminda Vaas 27.5 6 73 6 2.62  60.00%
Dilhara Fernando 5.0 0 26 0 5.20
Aravinda de Silva 3.0 1 2 0 0.67
Muttiah Muralitharan 41.0 9 73 1 1.78  10.00%
Dinuk Hettiarachchi 24.0 6 36 2 1.50  20.00%
Sanath Jayasuriya 9.0 1 20 0 2.22
 
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Marvan Atapattu c Croft b Gough 0  17  0  0 0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya* lbw b Gough 23  16  4  0 143.75  28.40%
Kumar Sangakkara† c †Stewart b Caddick 0  5  0  0 0.00
Aravinda de Silva c Thorpe b Caddick 23  32  4  0 71.88  28.40%
Mahela Jayawardene lbw b Giles 11  33  1  0 33.33  13.58%
Russel Arnold c Hussain b Croft 0  5  0  0 0.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan b Giles 10  16  0  0 62.50  12.35%
Chaminda Vaas c Atherton b Giles 6  9  0  0 66.67  7.41%
Dilhara Fernando c Giles b Gough 5  22  1  0 22.73  6.17%
Dinuk Hettiarachchi not out 0  13  0  0 0.00
Muttiah Muralitharan lbw b Giles 1  3  0  0 33.33  1.23%
Extras (nb 2) 2  
Total All Out   (28.1 overs @ 2.88 rpo) 81  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-21  Atapattu   2-24  Sangakkara   3-24  Jayasuriya   4-57  de Silva   
5-59  Arnold   6-59  Jayawardene   7-69  Vaas   8-76  Dilshan   
9-80  Fernando   10-81  Muralitharan   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Darren Gough 6.0 1 23 3 3.83  30.00%
Andy Caddick 8.0 2 29 2 3.63  20.00%
Ashley Giles 9.1 4 11 4 1.20  40.00%
Robert Croft 5.0 0 18 1 3.60  10.00%
 
England 2nd Innings (target 74) R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Michael Atherton c & b Fernando 13  25  2  0 52.00  17.57%
Marcus Trescothick c †Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 10  23  1  0 43.48  13.51%
Michael Vaughan b Muralitharan 8  21  1  0 38.10  10.81%
Graham Thorpe not out 32  49  2  0 65.31  43.24%
Alec Stewart† c Dilshan b Jayasuriya 0  5  0  0 0.00
Craig White c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 8  11  1  0 72.73  10.81%
Nasser Hussain* c Arnold b Jayasuriya 0  8  0  0 0.00
Ashley Giles not out 1  6  0  0 16.67  1.35%
Robert Croft              
Andy Caddick              
Darren Gough              
Extras (lb 1, nb 1) 2  
Total 6 wickets   (24.3 overs @ 3.02 rpo) 74  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-23  Atherton   2-24  Trescothick   3-42  Vaughan   4-43  Stewart   
5-63  White   6-71  Hussain   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Chaminda Vaas 3.0 0 11 0 3.67
Dinuk Hettiarachchi 3.0 1 5 0 1.67
Muttiah Muralitharan 8.0 1 26 1 3.25  10.00%
Dilhara Fernando 2.0 0 7 1 3.50  10.00%
Sanath Jayasuriya 8.3 0 24 4 2.82  40.00%
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
Series 2000-2001 Sri Lanka v England - 3rd Test
Match No. Test #1537
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Graham Thorpe
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 221/7, 91 overs (WPUJC Vaas 2*, CRD Fernando 0*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 175/4, 78 overs (GP Thorpe 71*, MP Vaughan 26*)
Day 3 - England 2nd Innings 74/6, 24.3 overs - end of match

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