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Sri Lanka v England Test Match Series Sri Lanka v England: England v Sri Lanka
18-12-2003 at Colombo

Sri Lanka beat England by an innings and 215 runs


England won the toss and decided to bat
First Innings
England
265 all out (101.0 overs)
Sri Lanka
628 for 8 (182.0 overs) declared
Second Innings
England
148 all out (68.0 overs)

 England Innings
 Batsman Runs  Balls  4s  6s 
 M E Trescothick c D P M D Jayawardene b M Muralitharan 70  98  13 
 M P Vaughan c D P M D Jayawardene b U D U Chandana 18  51 
 M A Butcher c K C Sangakkara b C R D Fernando 23  50 
 N Hussain lbw b W P U J C Vaas 35 
 G P Thorpe lbw b M Muralitharan 13  39 
 A Flintoff c and b M Muralitharan 77  109  10 
 G J Batty c M S Atapattu b U D U Chandana 14  101 
 C M W Read not out 17  64 
 A F Giles run out 10  39 
 R J Kirtley lbw b W P U J C Vaas
 J M Anderson lbw b W P U J C Vaas 12 
 Extras 4b 8lb 0w 1nb 13  
 Total 101.0 overs (all out) 265  

 Bowler  Fall of wickets:
 W P U J C Vaas 17.0  64   1-78 [ M P Vaughan, 76 mins]
 C R D Fernando 12.0  55   2-108 [ M E Trescothick, 41 mins]
 T T Samaraweera 4.0  11   3-114 [ M A Butcher, 6 mins]
 U D U Chandana 26.0  82   4-135 [ N Hussain, 43 mins]
 M Muralitharan 40.0  21  40   5-139 [ G P Thorpe, 4 mins]
 S T Jayasuriya 2.0   6-226 [ G J Batty, 97 mins]
           7-236 [ A Flintoff, 34 mins]
           8-258 [ A F Giles, 41 mins]
           9-259 [ R J Kirtley, 10 mins]
           10-265 [ J M Anderson, 16 mins]

 Sri Lanka Innings
 Batsman Runs  Balls  4s  6s 
 K C Sangakkara c M E Trescothick b R J Kirtley 31  42 
 S T Jayasuriya c M E Trescothick b A Flintoff 85  104  12 
 T T Samaraweera run out 142  408  13 
 D P M D Jayawardene c sub b A Flintoff 134  247  14 
 T M Dilshan b A F Giles 83  131 
 H P Tillakaratne b A F Giles 12  40 
 U D U Chandana c M P Vaughan b R J Kirtley 76  103 
 W P U J C Vaas run out 11 
 M Muralitharan not out 21  10 
 C R D Fernando not out
 Extras 7b 16lb 5w 6nb 34  
 Total 182.0 overs (for 8 wickets) 628  

 Bowler  Fall of wickets:
 R J Kirtley 31.0  131   1-71 [ K C Sangakkara, 64 mins]
 J M Anderson 24.0  85   2-138 [ S T Jayasuriya, 104 mins]
 A Flintoff 18.0  47   3-400 [ D P M D Jayawardene, 348 mins]
 A F Giles 65.0  16  190   4-428 [ T T Samaraweera, 31 mins]
 G J Batty 41.0  137   5-456 [ H P Tillakaratne, 32 mins]
 M P Vaughan 1.0   6-582 [ T M Dilshan, 117 mins]
 M E Trescothick 2.0  10   7-605 [ W P U J C Vaas, 16 mins]
           8-606 [ U D U Chandana, 4 mins]

 England Second Innings
 Batsman Runs  Balls  4s  6s 
 M E Trescothick c sub b W P U J C Vaas
 M P Vaughan c S T Jayasuriya b C R D Fernando 14  25 
 M A Butcher b S T Jayasuriya 37  119 
 N Hussain c K C Sangakkara b M Muralitharan 11  33 
 G P Thorpe st K C Sangakkara b M Muralitharan 19  60 
 G J Batty st K C Sangakkara b M Muralitharan
 A Flintoff c K C Sangakkara b C R D Fernando 30  76 
 C M W Read lbw b S T Jayasuriya
 A F Giles b C R D Fernando 13  48 
 R J Kirtley b M Muralitharan 12  25 
 J M Anderson not out
 Extras 2b 8lb 0w 1nb 11  
 Total 68.0 overs (all out) 148  

 Bowler  Fall of wickets:
 W P U J C Vaas 7.0  25   1-0 [ M E Trescothick, 3 mins]
 C R D Fernando 12.0  27   2-22 [ M P Vaughan, 30 mins]
 U D U Chandana 13.0  18   3-44 [ N Hussain, 33 mins]
 M Muralitharan 27.0  63   4-82 [ G P Thorpe, 62 mins]
 S T Jayasuriya 9.0   5-82 [ G J Batty]
           6-84 [ M A Butcher, 20 mins]
           7-84 [ C M W Read, 6 mins]
           8-124 [ A F Giles, 48 mins]
           9-137 [ A Flintoff, 11 mins]
           10-148 [ R J Kirtley, 20 mins]

Umpires: Aleem Dar, S A Bucknor

Sri Lanka
H P Tillakaratne (capt), M S Atapattu, K C Sangakkara (wkt), S T Jayasuriya, D P M D Jayawardene, T M Dilshan, T T Samaraweera, U D U Chandana, W P U J C Vaas, C R D Fernando, M Muralitharan

England
M P Vaughan (capt), C M W Read (wkt), M E Trescothick, M A Butcher, N Hussain, G P Thorpe, A Flintoff, G J Batty, A F Giles, R J Kirtley, J M Anderson
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