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Test # 1537
England in Sri Lanka, 2000-01, 3rd Test
Sri Lanka v England
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
15,16,17 March 2001 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 4 wickets
Series: England wins the 3-Test series 2-1

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: EAR de Silva and DL Orchard (SA)
TV Umpire: BC Cooray
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh (Ind)
Test Debut: D Hettiarachchi (SL).
Man of the Match: GP Thorpe
Man of the Series: D Gough

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Sri Lanka 221/7 (Vaas 2*, Fernando 0*, 91 overs)
  • Day 2: Sri Lanka 241, England 175/4 (Thorpe 71*, Vaughan 26*, 78 overs)
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MS Atapattu                              b Caddick              0   8   9  0 0
    *ST Jayasuriya        c White            b Croft               45 164 110  7 0
    +KC Sangakkara        c Vaughan          b Gough               45 114  93  8 0
    PA de Silva           c Vaughan          b Giles               38 174 136  2 0
    DPMD Jayawardene      c Stewart          b Croft               71 188 152  8 1
    RP Arnold             lbw                b Giles                0  16  13  0 0
    TM Dilshan            lbw                b Croft                5  26  24  1 0
    WPUJC Vaas            not out                                  19  38  49  3 0
    CRD Fernando          c Trescothick      b Croft                2  13  12  0 0
    D Hettiarachchi                          b Gough                0  23  12  0 0
    M Muralitharan                           b Caddick              1   4   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 6)                   15
    Total                 (all out, 101.1 overs, 380 mins)        241
    
    FoW: 1-2 (Atapattu, 1.5 ov), 2-88 (Sangakkara, 28.5 ov),
         3-108 (Jayasuriya, 39.3 ov), 4-205 (de Silva, 76.4 ov),
         5-209 (Arnold, 80.3 ov), 6-216 (Dilshan, 87.1 ov),
         7-219 (Jayawardene, 89.5 ov), 8-225 (Fernando, 93.6 ov),
         9-240 (Hettiarachchi, 100.3 ov), 10-241 (Muralitharan, 101.1 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gough                       14      5     33      2 (1w)
    Caddick                     11.1    1     40      2 (4nb)
    White                       10      1     45      0 (2nb)
    Giles                       34     13     59      2
    Croft                       32      9     56      4
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    MA Atherton           lbw                b Vaas                21  76  60  3 0
    ME Trescothick        c Arnold           b Hettiarachchi       23 101  59  4 0
    *N Hussain            c Jayasuriya       b Hettiarachchi        8  37  29  1 0
    GP Thorpe             not out                                 113 330 267 11 0
    +AJ Stewart                              b Muralitharan         3  37  28  0 0
    MP Vaughan            c Sangakkara       b Vaas                26 162 134  2 0
    C White               c Sangakkara       b Vaas                 0   1   1  0 0
    AF Giles              c Jayawardene      b Vaas                 0  19  10  0 0
    RDB Croft             run out (Atapattu)                       16  49  41  2 0
    AR Caddick            c Jayasuriya       b Vaas                 0  19  15  0 0
    D Gough               c Jayawardene      b Vaas                14  22  21  3 0
    Extras                (b 10, lb 9, nb 6)                       25
    Total                 (all out, 109.5 overs, 432 mins)        249
    
    FoW: 1-45 (Atherton, 18.3 ov), 2-55 (Trescothick, 23.1 ov),
         3-66 (Hussain, 25.2 ov), 4-91 (Stewart, 34.6 ov),
         5-177 (Vaughan, 79.4 ov), 6-177 (White, 79.5 ov),
         7-181 (Giles, 85.1 ov), 8-209 (Croft, 98.1 ov),
         9-223 (Caddick, 103.4 ov), 10-249 (Gough, 109.5 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                        27.5    6     73      6 (2nb)
    Fernando                     5      0     26      0
    de Silva                     3      1      2      0 (1nb)
    Muralitharan                41      9     73      1 (3nb)
    Hettiarachchi               24      6     36      2
    Jayasuriya                   9      1     20      0
    
    Sri Lanka 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MS Atapattu           c Croft            b Gough                0  20  17  0 0
    *ST Jayasuriya        lbw                b Gough               23  33  16  4 0
    +KC Sangakkara        c Stewart          b Caddick              0   5   5  0 0
    PA de Silva           c Thorpe           b Caddick             23  50  32  4 0
    DPMD Jayawardene      lbw                b Giles               11  60  33  1 0
    RP Arnold             c Hussain          b Croft                0   8   5  0 0
    TM Dilshan                               b Giles               10  27  16  0 0
    WPUJC Vaas            c Atherton         b Giles                6  10   9  0 0
    CRD Fernando          c Giles            b Gough                5  21  22  1 0
    D Hettiarachchi       not out                                   0  16  13  0 0
    M Muralitharan        lbw                b Giles                1   5   3  0 0
    Extras                (nb 2)                                    2
    Total                 (all out, 28.1 overs, 131 mins)          81
    
    FoW: 1-21 (Atapattu, 4.5 ov), 2-24 (Sangakkara, 5.5 ov),
         3-24 (Jayasuriya, 6.2 ov), 4-57 (de Silva, 15.6 ov),
         5-59 (Arnold, 17.3 ov), 6-59 (Jayawardene, 18.1 ov),
         7-69 (Vaas, 20.3 ov), 8-76 (Dilshan, 24.1 ov),
         9-80 (Fernando, 27.2 ov), 10-81 (Muralitharan, 28.1 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gough                        6      1     23      3 (2nb)
    Caddick                      8      2     29      2
    Giles                        9.1    4     11      4
    Croft                        5      0     18      1
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 74 runs)                           R   M   B  4 6
    MA Atherton                          c & b Fernando            13  26  25  2 0
    ME Trescothick        c Sangakkara       b Jayasuriya          10  34  23  1 0
    MP Vaughan                               b Muralitharan         8  29  21  1 0
    GP Thorpe             not out                                  32  65  49  2 0
    +AJ Stewart           c Dilshan          b Jayasuriya           0   4   5  0 0
    C White               c Jayawardene      b Jayasuriya           8  20  11  1 0
    *N Hussain            c Arnold           b Jayasuriya           0  10   8  0 0
    AF Giles              not out                                   1   7   6  0 0
    Extras                (lb 1, nb 1)                              2
    Total                 (6 wickets, 24.3 overs, 100 mins)        74
    
    DNB: RDB Croft, AR Caddick, D Gough.
    
    FoW: 1-23 (Atherton, 7.2 ov), 2-24 (Trescothick, 8.4 ov),
         3-42 (Vaughan, 13.4 ov), 4-43 (Stewart, 14.4 ov),
         5-63 (White, 20.1 ov), 6-71 (Hussain, 22.6 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                         3      0     11      0
    Hettiarachchi                3      1      5      0
    Muralitharan                 8      1     26      1
    Fernando                     2      0      7      1 (1nb)
    Jayasuriya                   8.3    0     24      4
    

    • 12th Man: HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), G Hick (England)
    • Stand by Umpire: TM Samarasinghe
    • After a bad second test match in Kandy the Sri Lanka side had made two changes to the side, Dinuk Hettiarachchi makes his test debut by replacing Kumar Dharmasena and right arm quicky Dilhara Fernando replaces Nuwan Zoysa, Meanwhile England makes one change, Graham Hick is replaced by Michael Vaughan.

      Day 1

    • Sri Lanka 50 runs in 14.3 overs 71 mins (Jayasuriya 25*, Sangakkara 21*)
    • Lunch: Sri Lanka 88/1, 28 overs 120 mins (Jayasuriya 35*, Sangakkara 45*)
    • Sri Lanka 100 runs in 35.1 overs 149 mins (Jayasuriya 40* de Silva 5*)
    • Sri Lanka 150 runs in 56.1 overs 221 mins (de Silva 25*, Jayawardene 24*)
    • Tea: Sri Lanka 158/3, 60 overs 240 mins (de Silva 28*, Jayawardene 28*)
    • Jayawardene 50 runs off 97 balls, 107 mins (7x4)
    • Sri Lanka 200 runs in 74.5 overs 323 mins (de Silva 36*, Jayawardene 62*)

      Day 2

    • England took the 2nd new ball after 99 overs, Sri Lanka 240/8 (Vaas 19*, Hettiarchchi 0*)
    • Sri Lanka all out 241, 101.1 overs, 360 mins
    • Lunch: England 44/0, 17 overs, 65 mins (Atherton 20*, Trescothick 23*)
    • England 50 runs in 21.3 overs 91 mins (Trescothick 23*, Hussain 3*)
    • Hettiarachchi take his first Test wicket in 25th ball (4.1 overs)
    • England 100 runs in 39.4 overs 170 mins (Thorpe 39*, Vaughan 1*)
    • Tea: England 117/4, 47 overs 191 mins (Thorpe 42*, Vaughan 5*)
    • Thorpe 50 runs off 116 balls 128 mins (6x4)
    • England 150 runs in 65.2 overs 200 mins (Thorpe 62*, Vaughan 19*)

      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*)




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