England Vs Sri Lanka
NatWest Series England, India, Sri Lanka in England - 2002 (2002) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 27 June 2002
England won by 44 runs
England won by 44 runs. Alec Stewart top-scored with 83 for England.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- Date
- 27 June 2002
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- England won by 44 runs
- Player of the match
- Andrew Flintoff
- Captains
- Nasser Hussain (England), Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- DL Orchard and DR Shepherd
- Match referee
- MJ Procter
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
England won the toss and chose to bat.
England batted first and made 293 for 6. Alec Stewart top-scored with 83 off 103 balls, and Andrew Flintoff made 50. The innings was built on a 95-run stand for the fifth wicket between Alec Stewart and Ronnie Irani. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Trent Bridge, 240 across 12 ODIs.
Chasing 294, Sri Lanka made 249 for 9. Romesh Kaluwitharana top-scored with 52 off 64 balls, and Marvan Atapattu made 47. Andrew Flintoff took 3 for 49 for England. From 214 for 5 they lost 4 wickets for 24 runs, to 238 for 9.
England won by 44 runs.
ENGLAND: 293 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Knight | lbw b Nuwan Zoysa | 20 | 18 |
| Marcus Trescothick | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 26 | 25 |
| Nasser Hussain | b Dilhara Fernando | 32 | 41 |
| Graham Thorpe | b Dilhara Fernando | 18 | 31 |
| Alec Stewart | b Chaminda Vaas | 83 | 103 |
| Ronnie Irani | c Mahela Jayawardene b Russel Arnold | 39 | 55 |
| Andrew Flintoff | not out | 50 | 28 |
| Paul Collingwood | not out | 10 | 3 |
Did not bat: Ashley Giles, James Kirtley, Matthew Hoggard
Extras 15 · Total 293 for 6
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 0 | 58 | 2 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 7 | 0 | 46 | 1 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 8 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
| Upul Chandana | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Russel Arnold | 6 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-39 (Nick Knight, 5.5 ov), 2-47 (Marcus Trescothick, 8.1 ov), 3-103 (Nasser Hussain, 18.3 ov), 4-104 (Graham Thorpe, 18.6 ov), 5-199 (Ronnie Irani, 39.1 ov), 6-283 (Alec Stewart, 49.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Nick Knight (20) and Marcus Trescothick (17) | 39 | 34 |
| second | Nasser Hussain (0) and Marcus Trescothick (8) | 8 | 14 |
| third | Nasser Hussain (29) and Graham Thorpe (18) | 56 | 61 |
| fourth | Alec Stewart (1) and Graham Thorpe (0) | 1 | 3 |
| fifth | Alec Stewart (49) and Ronnie Irani (39) | 95 | 119 |
| sixth | Alec Stewart (29) and Andrew Flintoff (50) | 84 | 60 |
| seventh | Paul Collingwood (10) and Andrew Flintoff (0) | 10 | 3 |
SRI LANKA: 249 FOR 9
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | c Nasser Hussain b Matthew Hoggard | 12 | 17 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Graham Thorpe b Paul Collingwood | 52 | 64 |
| Marvan Atapattu | c Ronnie Irani b Andrew Flintoff | 47 | 58 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | b Paul Collingwood | 29 | 37 |
| Russel Arnold | run out (Matthew Hoggard) | 29 | 46 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c James Kirtley b Andrew Flintoff | 22 | 28 |
| Upul Chandana | c Graham Thorpe b Andrew Flintoff | 1 | 4 |
| Naveed Nawaz | not out | 15 | 22 |
| Chaminda Vaas | b James Kirtley | 10 | 14 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | b James Kirtley | 0 | 1 |
| Dilhara Fernando | not out | 5 | 13 |
Extras 27 · Total 249 for 9
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| James Kirtley | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Ronnie Irani | 10 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 10 | 0 | 49 | 3 |
| Ashley Giles | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 5 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-19 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.2 ov), 2-91 (Marvan Atapattu, 18.5 ov), 3-149 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 27.6 ov), 4-152 (Mahela Jayawardene, 29.6 ov), 5-214 (Russel Arnold, 40.6 ov), 6-215 (Kumar Sangakkara, 41.3 ov), 7-215 (Upul Chandana, 41.5 ov), 8-238 (Chaminda Vaas, 46.4 ov), 9-238 (Nuwan Zoysa, 46.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sanath Jayasuriya (11) and Romesh Kaluwitharana (3) | 19 | 24 |
| second | Marvan Atapattu (47) and Romesh Kaluwitharana (22) | 72 | 88 |
| third | Romesh Kaluwitharana (27) and Mahela Jayawardene (28) | 58 | 55 |
| fourth | Russel Arnold (2) and Mahela Jayawardene (1) | 3 | 12 |
| fifth | Russel Arnold (27) and Kumar Sangakkara (22) | 62 | 68 |
| sixth | Upul Chandana (1) and Kumar Sangakkara (0) | 1 | 3 |
| seventh | Upul Chandana (0) and Naveed Nawaz (0) | 0 | 2 |
| eighth | Chaminda Vaas (10) and Naveed Nawaz (9) | 23 | 30 |
| ninth | Nuwan Zoysa (0) and Naveed Nawaz (0) | 0 | 1 |
| tenth | Naveed Nawaz (6) and Dilhara Fernando (5) | 11 | 19 |
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