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Sri Lanka Vs England 2Nd Odi

England tour of Sri Lanka - 2001 (2000/01) · R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo · 25 March 2001

Sri Lanka won by 66 runs

Sri Lanka won by 66 runs. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 101* for Sri Lanka.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
England tour of Sri Lanka - 2001 (2000/01)
Ground
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date
25 March 2001
Toss
Sri Lanka, chose to bat
Result
Sri Lanka won by 66 runs
Player of the match
Mahela Jayawardene
Captains
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Graham Thorpe (England)
Umpires
BC Cooray and DN Pathirana
Match referee
Hanumant Singh

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

Sri Lanka batted first and made 226 for 6. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 101 not out off 115 balls, and Marvan Atapattu made 57. The innings was built on a 86-run stand for the third wicket between Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene.

Chasing 227, England made 160 all out. Alec Stewart top-scored with 55 off 102 balls. Muthiah Muralidaran took 3 for 11 for Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka won by 66 runs.

SRI LANKA: 226 FOR 6
BatterHow outRB
Sanath Jayasuriyabowled02
Romesh Kaluwitharanac Graeme Hick1836
Marvan Atapattuc Andy Caddick5791
Mahela Jayawardenenot out101115
Kumar Sangakkarac Robert Croft616
Indika de Sarambowled1422
Russel Arnoldc Alec Stewart02
Kumar Dharmasenanot out1820

Did not bat: Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Muthiah Muralidaran

Extras 12 · Total 226 for 6

Bowler (England)OMRW
Darren Gough100521
Andy Caddick102371
Craig White100550
Alan Mullally101372
Robert Croft101402

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.2 ov), 2-33 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 10.3 ov), 3-119 (Marvan Atapattu, 31.3 ov), 4-129 (Kumar Sangakkara, 35.3 ov), 5-173 (Indika de Saram, 42.5 ov), 6-174 (Russel Arnold, 43.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstSanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana02
secondMarvan Atapattu and Romesh Kaluwitharana3361
thirdMarvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene86126
fourthMahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara1024
fifthMahela Jayawardene and Indika de Saram4444
sixthRussel Arnold and Mahela Jayawardene13
seventhKumar Dharmasena and Mahela Jayawardene5240
ENGLAND: 160 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Alec Stewartc Mahela Jayawardene55102
Marcus Trescothickc Romesh Kaluwitharana617
Andrew Flintoffc Muthiah Muralidaran1016
Graeme Hickst Romesh Kaluwitharana1130
Graham Thorpec Mahela Jayawardene1218
Michael Vaughanc Russel Arnold2650
Craig Whiterun out (Mahela Jayawardene)03
Robert Croftbowled1116
Andy Caddickbowled87
Darren Goughnot out39
Alan Mullallyrun out (Marvan Atapattu)12

Extras 17 · Total 160 all out

Bowler (Sri Lanka)OMRW
Chaminda Vaas82221
Nuwan Zoysa70301
Kumar Dharmasena80312
Muthiah Muralidaran92113
Sanath Jayasuriya80361
Russel Arnold50190

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Marcus Trescothick, 5.2 ov), 2-35 (Andrew Flintoff, 10.3 ov), 3-63 (Graeme Hick, 20.4 ov), 4-88 (Graham Thorpe, 26.3 ov), 5-119 (Alec Stewart, 35.3 ov), 6-119 (Craig White, 36.1 ov), 7-145 (Michael Vaughan, 41.1 ov), 8-147 (Robert Croft, 41.6 ov), 9-157 (Andy Caddick, 44.1 ov), 10-160 (Alan Mullally, 44.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstAlec Stewart and Marcus Trescothick1432
secondAlec Stewart and Andrew Flintoff2131
thirdAlec Stewart and Graeme Hick2861
fourthAlec Stewart and Graham Thorpe2535
fifthAlec Stewart and Michael Vaughan3154
sixthCraig White and Michael Vaughan04
seventhRobert Croft and Michael Vaughan2630
eighthAndy Caddick and Robert Croft25
ninthAndy Caddick and Darren Gough1013
tenthDarren Gough and Alan Mullally35
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