Sri Lanka v England 3rd Test
England tour of Sri Lanka - 2003 (2003/04) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 18 December 2003 · England won the toss and chose to bat
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs · Man of the Match: Thilan Samaraweera
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs. Thilan Samaraweera top-scored with 142 for Sri Lanka. Man of the Match: Thilan Samaraweera.
England, 252 (10 wkts)
| Marcus Trescothick | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 70 | 98 |
| Michael Vaughan | caught (Mahela Jayawardene) b Upul Chandana | 18 | 51 |
| Mark Butcher | caught (Kumar Sangakkara) b Dilhara Fernando | 23 | 50 |
| Nasser Hussain | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 35 |
| Graham Thorpe | lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran | 13 | 39 |
| Andrew Flintoff | caught (Muthiah Muralidaran) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 77 | 109 |
| Gareth Batty | caught (Marvan Atapattu) b Upul Chandana | 14 | 101 |
| Chris Read | not out | 17 | 64 |
| Ashley Giles | run out (Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara) | 10 | 39 |
| James Kirtley | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 9 |
| James Anderson | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 12 |
Chaminda Vaas 17.00-5-64-3Dilhara Fernando 12.00-3-55-1Thilan Samaraweera 4.00-1-11-0Upul Chandana 26.00-7-82-2Muthiah Muralidaran 40.00-21-40-3Sanath Jayasuriya 2.00-1-1-0
Sri Lanka, 594 (8 wkts)
| Kumar Sangakkara | caught (Marcus Trescothick) b James Kirtley | 31 | 42 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught (Marcus Trescothick) b Andrew Flintoff | 85 | 104 |
| Thilan Samaraweera | run out (Chris Read, Gareth Batty) | 142 | 408 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Paul Collingwood) b Andrew Flintoff | 134 | 246 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | bowled b Ashley Giles | 83 | 131 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | bowled b Ashley Giles | 12 | 40 |
| Upul Chandana | caught (Michael Vaughan) b James Kirtley | 76 | 103 |
| Chaminda Vaas | run out (Ashley Giles) | 9 | 11 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | not out | 21 | 10 |
| Dilhara Fernando | not out | 1 | 2 |
| Marvan Atapattu | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
James Kirtley 31.00-4-131-2James Anderson 24.00-5-85-0Andrew Flintoff 18.00-0-47-2Ashley Giles 65.00-16-190-2Gareth Batty 41.00-4-137-0Michael Vaughan 1.00-0-5-0Marcus Trescothick 2.00-0-10-0
England, 137 (10 wkts)
| Marcus Trescothick | caught (Michael Vandort) b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 6 |
| Michael Vaughan | caught (Sanath Jayasuriya) b Dilhara Fernando | 14 | 25 |
| Mark Butcher | bowled b Sanath Jayasuriya | 37 | 119 |
| Nasser Hussain | caught (Kumar Sangakkara) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 11 | 33 |
| Graham Thorpe | stumping (Kumar Sangakkara) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 19 | 60 |
| Gareth Batty | stumping (Kumar Sangakkara) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Flintoff | caught (Kumar Sangakkara) b Dilhara Fernando | 30 | 75 |
| Chris Read | lbw b Sanath Jayasuriya | 0 | 9 |
| Ashley Giles | bowled b Dilhara Fernando | 13 | 48 |
| James Kirtley | bowled b Muthiah Muralidaran | 12 | 25 |
| James Anderson | not out | 1 | 7 |
Chaminda Vaas 7.00-2-25-1Dilhara Fernando 12.00-4-27-3Upul Chandana 13.00-7-18-0Muthiah Muralidaran 27.00-9-63-4Sanath Jayasuriya 9.00-6-5-2
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