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Sri Lanka vs England, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003
Venue:
Galle International Stadium,
Galle
Date & Time:
Dec 02
-
Dec 06
,
05:30 AM
LOCAL
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Match drawn
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
331-10 (127.5 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Muttiah Muralitharan
c Read b Giles
38
37
4
1
102.70
Dinusha Fernando
c Collingwood b Batty
4
21
1
0
19.05
Chaminda Vaas
not out
22
80
3
0
27.50
Kumar Dharmasena
lbw b Batty
27
69
2
0
39.13
Upul Chandana
lbw b Flintoff
21
41
4
0
51.22
Thilan Samaraweera
c Read b Flintoff
45
113
6
0
39.82
Hashan Tillakaratne
c Read b Giles
0
14
0
0
0.00
Mahela Jayawardene
c Collingwood b Giles
17
42
2
0
40.48
Kumar Sangakkara
lbw b Johnson
71
142
9
1
50.00
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Collingwood b Giles
48
110
8
0
43.64
Marvan Atapattu
c Read b Flintoff
29
99
4
0
29.29
Extras
9
(b 5, lb 2, w 1, nb 1, p 0)
Total
331
(10 wkts, 127.5 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
76-1 (
S Jayasuriya
, 31.5),
88-2 (
M Atapattu
, 36.3),
132-3 (
Mahela
, 50.5),
132-4 (
H Tillakaratne
, 56.1),
202-5 (
Sangakkara
, 83.1),
238-6 (
T Samaraweera
, 92.5),
239-7 (
U Chandana
, 94.1),
279-8 (
K Dharmasena
, 111.6),
291-9 (
D Fernando
, 117.2),
331-10 (
Muralitharan
, 127.5)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Ashley Giles
32.5
9
69
4
0
0
2.12
Gareth Batty
31
5
98
2
0
0
3.16
Paul Collingwood
4
0
12
0
1
0
3.00
Andrew Flintoff
23
7
42
3
0
0
1.83
Richard Johnson
17
5
54
1
0
1
3.18
Matthew Hoggard
20
4
49
0
0
0
2.45
England 1st Innings
235-10 (100.4 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Matthew Hoggard
not out
6
19
0
0
31.58
Richard Johnson
c Atapattu b Muralitharan
26
29
1
2
89.66
Ashley Giles
c Atapattu b Muralitharan
18
32
0
2
56.25
Gareth Batty
c Jayasuriya b Dharmasena
14
43
0
1
32.56
Chris Read
c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan
0
10
0
0
0.00
Andrew Flintoff
lbw b Muralitharan
1
14
0
0
7.14
Paul Collingwood
c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan
1
10
0
0
10.00
Graham Thorpe
lbw b Vaas
43
121
4
0
35.54
Mark Butcher
c Sangakkara b Jayasuriya
51
207
4
0
24.64
Michael Vaughan
b Muralitharan
24
65
4
0
36.92
Marcus Trescothick
c Sangakkara b Muralitharan
23
62
4
0
37.10
Extras
28
(b 12, lb 8, w 0, nb 8, p 0)
Total
235
(10 wkts, 100.4 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
56-1 (
M Trescothick
, 16.3),
67-2 (
M Vaughan
, 24.2),
142-3 (
G Thorpe
, 61.1),
143-4 (
P Collingwood
, 62.6),
151-5 (
A Flintoff
, 68.5),
155-6 (
C Read
, 72.5),
177-7 (
M Butcher
, 85.4),
183-8 (
G Batty
, 88.3),
208-9 (
A Giles
, 94.1),
235-10 (
R Johnson
, 100.4)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Sanath Jayasuriya
17
2
44
1
1
0
2.59
Upul Chandana
13
2
24
0
0
0
1.85
Muttiah Muralitharan
31.4
15
46
7
0
0
1.46
Kumar Dharmasena
24
6
55
1
1
0
2.29
Dinusha Fernando
3
1
21
0
1
0
7.00
Chaminda Vaas
12
2
25
1
5
0
2.08
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
226-10 (97.2 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Muttiah Muralitharan
c Collingwood b Batty
13
24
2
0
54.17
Dinusha Fernando
c Trescothick b Flintoff
1
4
0
0
25.00
Kumar Dharmasena
lbw b Hoggard
2
21
0
0
9.52
Upul Chandana
lbw b Giles
19
48
3
0
39.58
Chaminda Vaas
c Collingwood b Giles
19
72
3
0
26.39
Thilan Samaraweera
c Trescothick b Giles
1
23
0
0
4.35
Hashan Tillakaratne
lbw b Batty
1
9
0
0
11.11
Mahela Jayawardene
not out
86
242
7
0
35.54
Kumar Sangakkara
run out (Collingwood/Read)
19
54
1
0
35.19
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Trescothick b Giles
17
16
3
0
106.25
Marvan Atapattu
st Read b Batty
35
71
5
0
49.30
Extras
13
(b 4, lb 9, w 0, nb 0, p 0)
Total
226
(10 wkts, 97.2 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
26-1 (
S Jayasuriya
, 5.5),
72-2 (
Sangakkara
, 22.6),
72-3 (
M Atapattu
, 23.4),
78-4 (
H Tillakaratne
, 27.1),
85-5 (
T Samaraweera
, 34.1),
123-6 (
C Vaas
, 60.5),
163-7 (
U Chandana
, 78.4),
179-8 (
K Dharmasena
, 86.4),
180-9 (
D Fernando
, 87.2),
226-10 (
Muralitharan
, 97.2)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Michael Vaughan
1
0
2
0
0
0
2.00
Gareth Batty
23.2
7
55
3
0
0
2.37
Ashley Giles
40
14
63
4
0
0
1.58
Andrew Flintoff
17
5
32
1
0
0
1.88
Richard Johnson
7
2
28
0
0
0
4.00
Matthew Hoggard
9
2
33
1
0
0
3.67
England 2nd Innings
210-9 (108 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Michael Vaughan
c Tillakaratne b Fernando
8
10
2
0
80.00
Marcus Trescothick
b Jayasuriya
24
47
5
0
51.06
Mark Butcher
c Sangakkara b Vaas
54
132
6
1
40.91
Graham Thorpe
c Vaas b Muralitharan
10
34
1
0
29.41
Paul Collingwood
c Tillakaratne b Dharmasena
36
153
5
0
23.53
Andrew Flintoff
c Tillakaratne b Vaas
0
6
0
0
0.00
Chris Read
c Jayawardene b Muralitharan
14
49
0
1
28.57
Gareth Batty
b Muralitharan
26
70
2
1
37.14
Ashley Giles
not out
17
107
1
0
15.89
Richard Johnson
b Muralitharan
3
35
0
0
8.57
Matthew Hoggard
not out
0
7
0
0
0.00
Extras
18
(b 10, lb 1, w 0, nb 7, p 0)
Total
210
(9 wkts, 108 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
16-1 (
M Vaughan
, 3.4),
62-2 (
M Trescothick
, 15.2),
73-3 (
G Thorpe
, 22.2),
125-4 (
M Butcher
, 50.4),
125-5 (
A Flintoff
, 52.4),
148-6 (
C Read
, 66.3),
170-7 (
P Collingwood
, 75.6),
204-8 (
G Batty
, 92.2),
208-9 (
R Johnson
, 104.5)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Chaminda Vaas
14
4
23
2
2
0
1.64
Dinusha Fernando
4
0
29
1
4
0
7.25
Thilan Samaraweera
3
1
9
0
0
0
3.00
Sanath Jayasuriya
21
5
31
1
1
0
1.48
Muttiah Muralitharan
37
18
47
4
0
0
1.27
Upul Chandana
11
2
24
0
0
0
2.18
Kumar Dharmasena
18
8
36
1
0
0
2.00
Match Info
Match
SL vs ENG, 1st Test, England in Sri Lanka Test Series, 2003
Date
-
Time
Venue
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires
Daryl Harper, Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Third Umpire
Gamini Silva
Match Referee
Sir Clive Lloyd
Sri Lanka Squad
Playing
Muttiah Muralitharan
,
Dinusha Fernando
,
Chaminda Vaas
,
Kumar Dharmasena
,
Upul Chandana
,
Thilan Samaraweera
,
Hashan Tillakaratne (c)
,
Mahela Jayawardene
,
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
,
Sanath Jayasuriya
,
Marvan Atapattu
Bench
Support Staff
England Squad
Playing
Paul Collingwood
,
Graham Thorpe
,
Mark Butcher
,
Michael Vaughan (c)
,
Marcus Trescothick
,
Andrew Flintoff
,
Chris Read (wk)
,
Gareth Batty
,
Ashley Giles
,
Richard Johnson
,
Matthew Hoggard
Bench
Support Staff
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