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Test no. 1670

England in Sri Lanka Test Series - 1st Test
Sri Lanka v England

2003/04 season

Played at Galle International Stadium on 2,3,4,5,6 December 2003 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MS Atapattu	c Read b Flintoff	29	156	99	4	0	29.29
	ST Jayasuriya	c Collingwood b Giles	48	131	110	8	0	43.63
	KC Sangakkara	lbw b Johnson	71	208	142	9	1	50.00
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Collingwood b Giles	17	64	42	2	0	40.47
	HP Tillakaratne	c Read b Giles	0	16	14	0	0	0.00
	TT Samaraweera	c Read b Flintoff	45	147	113	6	0	39.82
	UDU Chandana	lbw b Flintoff	21	50	41	4	0	51.21
	HDPK Dharmasena	lbw b Batty	27	74	69	2	0	39.13
	WPUJC Vaas	not out	22	132	80	3	0	27.50
	KADM Fernando	c Collingwood b Batty	4	20	21	1	0	19.04
	M Muralitharan	c Read b Giles	38	41	37	4	1	102.70
	Extras	(b 5, lb 2, w 1, nb 1)	9

	Total	(all out; 127.5 overs; 525 mins)	331	(2.58 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-76 (Jayasuriya, 31.5 ov), 2-88 (Atapattu, 36.3 ov), 3-132 (Jayawardene, 50.5 ov), 4-132 (Tillakaratne, 56.1 ov), 5-202 (Sangakkara, 83.1 ov), 6-238 (Samaraweera, 92.5 ov), 7-239 (Chandana, 94.1 ov), 8-279 (Dharmasena, 111.6 ov), 9-291 (Fernando, 117.2 ov), 10-331 (Muralitharan, 127.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Hoggard	20	4	49	0	2.45
RL Johnson	17	5	54	1	3.17	(1w)
A Flintoff	23	7	42	3	1.82
PD Collingwood	4	0	12	0	3.00	(1nb)
GJ Batty	31	5	98	2	3.16
AF Giles	32.5	9	69	4	2.10


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ME Trescothick	c Sangakkara b Muralitharan	23	67	62	4	0	37.09
	MP Vaughan	b Muralitharan	24	91	65	4	0	36.92
	MA Butcher	c Sangakkara b Jayasuriya	51	233	207	4	0	24.63
	GP Thorpe	lbw b Vaas	43	125	121	4	0	35.53
	PD Collingwood	c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan	1	7	10	0	0	10.00
	A Flintoff	lbw b Muralitharan	1	22	14	0	0	7.14
	CMW Read	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	0	12	10	0	0	0.00
	GJ Batty	c Jayasuriya b Dharmasena	14	60	43	0	1	32.55
	AF Giles	c Atapattu b Muralitharan	18	33	32	0	2	56.25
	RL Johnson	c Atapattu b Muralitharan	26	45	29	1	2	89.65
	MJ Hoggard	not out	6	21	19	0	0	31.57
	Extras	(b 12, lb 8, nb 8)	28

	Total	(all out; 100.4 overs; 360 mins)	235	(2.33 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-56 (Trescothick, 16.3 ov), 2-67 (Vaughan, 24.2 ov), 3-142 (Thorpe, 61.1 ov), 4-143 (Collingwood, 62.6 ov), 5-151 (Flintoff, 68.5 ov), 6-155 (Read, 72.5 ov), 7-177 (Butcher, 85.4 ov), 8-183 (Batty, 88.3 ov), 9-208 (Giles, 94.1 ov), 10-235 (Johnson, 100.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	12	2	25	1	2.08	(5nb)
KADM Fernando	3	1	21	0	7.00	(1nb)
HDPK Dharmasena	24	6	55	1	2.29	(1nb)
M Muralitharan	31.4	15	46	7	1.45
UDU Chandana	13	2	24	0	1.84
ST Jayasuriya	17	2	44	1	2.58	(1nb)


Sri Lanka 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MS Atapattu	st Read b Batty	35	97	71	5	0	49.29
	ST Jayasuriya	c Trescothick b Giles	17	24	16	3	0	106.25
	KC Sangakkara	run out (Collingwood/Read)	19	68	54	1	0	35.18
	DPMD Jayawardene	not out	86	312	242	7	0	35.53
	HP Tillakaratne	lbw b Batty	1	12	9	0	0	11.11
	TT Samaraweera	c Trescothick b Giles	1	23	23	0	0	4.34
	WPUJC Vaas	c Collingwood b Giles	19	104	72	3	0	26.38
	UDU Chandana	lbw b Giles	19	64	48	3	0	39.58
	HDPK Dharmasena	lbw b Hoggard	2	40	21	0	0	9.52
	KADM Fernando	c Trescothick b Flintoff	1	3	4	0	0	25.00
	M Muralitharan	c Collingwood b Batty	13	50	24	2	0	54.16
	Extras	(b 4, lb 9)	13

	Total	(all out; 97.2 overs; 408 mins)	226	(2.32 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-26 (Jayasuriya, 5.5 ov), 2-72 (Sangakkara, 22.6 ov), 3-72 (Atapattu, 23.4 ov), 4-78 (Tillakaratne, 27.1 ov), 5-85 (Samaraweera, 34.1 ov), 6-123 (Vaas, 60.5 ov), 7-163 (Chandana, 78.4 ov), 8-179 (Dharmasena, 86.4 ov), 9-180 (Fernando, 87.2 ov), 10-226 (Muralitharan, 97.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Hoggard	9	2	33	1	3.66
RL Johnson	7	2	28	0	4.00
A Flintoff	17	5	32	1	1.88
AF Giles	40	14	63	4	1.57
GJ Batty	23.2	7	55	3	2.35
MP Vaughan	1	0	2	0	2.00


England 2nd innings (target: 323 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ME Trescothick	b Jayasuriya	24	68	47	5	0	51.06
	MP Vaughan	c Tillakaratne b Fernando	8	15	10	2	0	80.00
	MA Butcher	c Sangakkara b Vaas	54	166	132	6	1	40.90
	GP Thorpe	c Vaas b Muralitharan	10	24	34	1	0	29.41
	PD Collingwood	c Tillakaratne b Dharmasena	36	174	153	5	0	23.52
	A Flintoff	c Tillakaratne b Vaas	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
	CMW Read	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	14	44	49	0	1	28.57
	GJ Batty	b Muralitharan	26	81	70	2	1	37.14
	AF Giles	not out	17	101	107	1	0	15.88
	RL Johnson	b Muralitharan	3	41	35	0	0	8.57
	MJ Hoggard	not out	0	12	7	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 10, lb 1, nb 7)	18

	Total	(9 wickets; 108 overs; 376 mins)	210	(1.94 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-16 (Vaughan, 3.4 ov), 2-62 (Trescothick, 15.2 ov), 3-73 (Thorpe, 22.2 ov), 4-125 (Butcher, 50.4 ov), 5-125 (Flintoff, 52.4 ov), 6-148 (Read, 66.3 ov), 7-170 (Collingwood, 75.6 ov), 8-204 (Batty, 92.2 ov), 9-208 (Johnson, 104.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	14	4	23	2	1.64	(2nb)
KADM Fernando	4	0	29	1	7.25	(4nb)
TT Samaraweera	3	1	9	0	3.00
ST Jayasuriya	21	5	31	1	1.47	(1nb)
M Muralitharan	37	18	47	4	1.27
UDU Chandana	11	2	24	0	2.18
HDPK Dharmasena	18	8	36	1	2.00

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Series 3-match series level 0-0

Test debuts PD Collingwood (England); KADM Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and S Venkataraghavan (India)
TV umpire MG Silva
Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Close of play
2 Dec day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 138/4 (KC Sangakkara 39*, TT Samaraweera 1*, 60 ov)
3 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 97/2 (MA Butcher 15*, GP Thorpe 20*, 37 ov)
4 Dec day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 99/5 (DPMD Jayawardene 14*, WPUJC Vaas 6*, 44.3 ov)
5 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 4/0 (ME Trescothick 4*, MP Vaughan 0*, 1 ov)
6 Dec day 5 - England 2nd innings 210/9 (108 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
Sri Lankan 1st innings
Play started thirty minutes late due to rain
Sri Lanka 50 runs in 22.1 overs (Jayasuriya 31*, Atapattu 18*)
Jayasuriya scores 500 runs at Galle
Rain stops play after 34.4 overs (Sri Lanka 83/1, Atapattu 28*, Sangakkara 4*)
Play resumed at 10:20 GMT
Sri Lankan 100 in 39.3 overs(Sangakkara 16*, Jayawardene 5*)
Play was called off at 12:05 GMT due to bad light

Day 2
Sri Lankan 150 in 63.1 overs(Sangakkara 46*, Samaraweera 9*)
KC Sangakkara 50 runs in 152 mins, 102 balls, 6x4, 1x6
Sri Lankan 200 in 82.1 overs(Sangakkara 69*, Samaraweera 33*)
Sri Lankan 250 in 100.2 overs(Dharmasens 11*, Vaas 1*)
Sri Lankan 300 in 119.4 overs(Vaas 21*, Muralitharan 14*)
England 1st innings
England 50 in 11.2 overs (Trescothick 23*, Vaughan 16*)

Day 3
England 100 in 37.2 overs (Butcher 15*, Thorpe 20*)
England 150 in 66.6 overs (Butcher 35*, Flintoff 0*)
England 200 in 92.2 overs (Johnson 5*, Giles 10*)
Muralitharan's 39th five wicket haul
Score at Lunch: England 164/6 in 79 overs (Butcher 48*, Batty 0*)
Butcher 50 in 200 balls, 4x4
Sri Lankan 2nd innings
Score at Tea: Sri Lanka 32/1 in 7 overs (Sangakkara 2*, Atapattu 12*)
Sri Lanka 50 in 16.4 overs (Atapattu 23*, Sangakkara 9*)
110.3 overs bowled in the day

Day 4
Sri Lanka 100 in 47.5 overs (Jayawardene 15*, Vaas 6*)
Vaas caught Collingwood was Giles 50th test wicket overseas

Day 5
Play started half an hour late due to wet outfield
England 50 in 11.6 overs, 4x10 (Trescothick 18*, Butcher 22*)
England 2nd innings: 1x5 ball over (last over before lunch)
Score at Lunch: England 84/3 in 32 overs (Butcher 30*, Collingwood 5*)
England 100 in 38.3 overs, 4x14, 6x1 (Butcher 45*, Collingwood 9*)
Butcher 50 in 122 balls, 4x6, 6x1
Second new ball taken after 87 overs
England 200 in 89.2 overs (Giles 14*, Batty 26*)