England vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, England vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, 15 March, 2001, Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

Sri Lanka vs England | March 15, 2001, 07:30 PM | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

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England

*249/10 (109.5 ov) & *74/6 (24.3 ov)

Sri Lanka

*241/10 (101.1 ov) & *81/10 (28.1 ov)

England won by 4 wickets

Player of the Match

Graham Thorpe - England

Commentary Scorecard Squad Stats

Sri Lanka 1st Innings Inning

241/10 (101.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu b Caddick	0	9	0	0	0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya c White b Croft	45	110	7	0	40.91
Kumar Sangakkara c Vaughan b Gough	45	93	8	0	48.39
Aravinda de Silva c Vaughan b Giles	38	136	2	0	27.94
Mahela Jayawardene c †Stewart b Croft	71	152	8	1	46.71
Russel Arnold lbw b Giles	0	13	0	0	0.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan lbw b Croft	5	24	1	0	20.83
Chaminda Vaas not out	19	49	3	0	38.78
Dilhara Fernando c Trescothick b Croft	2	12	0	0	16.67
Dinuka Hettiarachchi b Gough	0	12	0	0	0.00
Muttiah Muralitharan b Caddick	1	3	0	0	33.33
EXTRAS ( b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 6, p 0)	15
TOTAL (2.38 RUNS PER OVER)	241/10 (101.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

2-1 (Marvan Atapattu, 0 ov), 108-3 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0 ov), 88-2 (Kumar Sangakkara, 0 ov), 205-4 (Aravinda de Silva, 0 ov), 219-7 (Mahela Jayawardene, 0 ov), 209-5 (Russel Arnold, 0 ov), 216-6 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 0 ov), 225-8 (Dilhara Fernando, 0 ov), 240-9 (Dinuka Hettiarachchi, 0 ov), 241-10 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Darren Gough	14	5	33	2	2.36
Andy Caddick	11.1	1	40	2	3.58
Craig White	10	1	45	0	4.50
Ashley Giles	34	13	59	2	1.74
Robert Croft	32	9	56	4	1.75

England 1st Innings Inning

249/10 (109.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton lbw b Vaas	21	60	3	0	35.00
Marcus Trescothick c Arnold b Hettiarachchi	23	59	4	0	38.98
Nasser Hussain c Jayasuriya b Hettiarachchi	8	29	1	0	27.59
Graham Thorpe not out	113	267	11	0	42.32
Alec Stewart b Muralitharan	3	28	0	0	10.71
Michael Vaughan c †Sangakkara b Vaas	26	134	2	0	19.40
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
Andy Caddick c Jayasuriya b Vaas	0	15	0	0	0.00
Darren Gough c Jayawardene b Vaas	14	21	3	0	66.67
EXTRAS ( b 10, lb 9, w 0, nb 6, p 0)	25
TOTAL (2.27 RUNS PER OVER)	249/10 (109.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

45-1 (Mike Atherton, 0 ov), 55-2 (Marcus Trescothick, 0 ov), 66-3 (Nasser Hussain, 0 ov), 91-4 (Alec Stewart, 0 ov), 177-5 (Michael Vaughan, 0 ov), 177-6 (Craig White, 0 ov), 181-7 (Ashley Giles, 0 ov), 209-8 (Robert Croft, 0 ov), 223-9 (Andy Caddick, 0 ov), 249-10 (Darren Gough, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Chaminda Vaas	27.5	6	73	6	2.62
Dilhara Fernando	5	0	26	0	5.20
Aravinda de Silva	3	1	2	0	0.67
Muttiah Muralitharan	41	9	73	1	1.78
Dinuka Hettiarachchi	24	6	36	2	1.50
Sanath Jayasuriya	9	1	20	0	2.22

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings Inning

81/10 (28.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu c Croft b Gough	0	17	0	0	0.00
Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Gough	23	16	4	0	143.75
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
Mahela Jayawardene lbw b Giles	11	33	1	0	33.33
Russel Arnold c Hussain b Croft	0	5	0	0	0.00
Tillakaratne Dilshan b Giles	10	16	0	0	62.50
Chaminda Vaas c Atherton b Giles	6	9	0	0	66.67
Dilhara Fernando c Giles b Gough	5	22	1	0	22.73
Dinuka Hettiarachchi not out	0	13	0	0	0.00
Muttiah Muralitharan lbw b Giles	1	3	0	0	33.33
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	2
TOTAL (2.88 RUNS PER OVER)	81/10 (28.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

21-1 (Marvan Atapattu, 0 ov), 24-3 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0 ov), 24-2 (Kumar Sangakkara, 0 ov), 57-4 (Aravinda de Silva, 0 ov), 59-6 (Mahela Jayawardene, 0 ov), 59-5 (Russel Arnold, 0 ov), 76-8 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 0 ov), 69-7 (Chaminda Vaas, 0 ov), 80-9 (Dilhara Fernando, 0 ov), 81-10 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Darren Gough	6	1	23	3	3.83
Andy Caddick	8	2	29	2	3.63
Ashley Giles	9.1	4	11	4	1.20
Robert Croft	5	0	18	1	3.60

England 2nd Innings (target 74) Inning

74/6 (24.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton c & b Fernando	13	25	2	0	52.00
Marcus Trescothick c †Sangakkara b Jayasuriya	10	23	1	0	43.48
Michael Vaughan b Muralitharan	8	21	1	0	38.10
Graham Thorpe not out	32	49	2	0	65.31
Alec Stewart c Dilshan b Jayasuriya	0	5	0	0	0.00
Craig White c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya	8	11	1	0	72.73
Nasser Hussain c Arnold b Jayasuriya	0	8	0	0	0.00
Ashley Giles not out	1	6	0	0	16.67
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	2
TOTAL (3.05 RUNS PER OVER)	74/6 (24.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

23-1 (Mike Atherton, 0 ov), 24-2 (Marcus Trescothick, 0 ov), 42-3 (Michael Vaughan, 0 ov), 43-4 (Alec Stewart, 0 ov), 63-5 (Craig White, 0 ov), 71-6 (Nasser Hussain, 0 ov)