English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04

English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003-04
	Sri Lanka	England
Dates	15 November – 21 December 2003
Captains	Hashan Tillakaratne(Tests) Marvan Atapattu(ODIs)	Michael Vaughan
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Mahela Jayawardene(334)	Michael Vaughan(221)
Most wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan(26)	Ashley Giles(18)
Player of the series	Muttiah Muralitharan(SL)
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Sanath Jayasuriya(46)	Paul Collingwood(31)
Most wickets	Chaminda Vaas(3)	No wickets taken
Player of the series	Chaminda Vaas(SL)

Sri Lanka won the 3 match series 1-0 and 4limited oversmatches, one of which was theBungle in the jungle.

Sri Lanka won the Test series by winning 1 of the 3 matches with 2 drawn:

• 1st Test(Galle International Stadium) – match drawn
• 2nd Test(Asgiriya Stadium,Kandy) – match drawn
• 3rd Test(Sinhalese Sports Club Ground,Colombo) – Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

1st ODI

18 November 2003 (D/N) Scorecard

England 88 (46.1 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 89/0 (13.5 overs)
PD Collingwood31 (96) WPUJC Vaas3/15 (9.1 overs)		ST Jayasuriya46*(41)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium,Dambulla Umpires:DJ Harper(AUS) andTH Wijewardene(SL) Player of the match:WPUJC Vaas(SL)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• AJ Strauss(ENG), andKADM FernandoandKMDN Kulasekara(both SL) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

21 November 2003 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

Match abandoned R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:DJ Harper(AUS) andPT Manuel(SL)

3rd ODI

23 November 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

Match abandoned R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo Umpires:DJ Harper(AUS) andTH Wijewardene(SL)

Test series summary

1st Test

2–6 December 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
331 (127.5 overs) KC Sangakkara71 (142) AF Giles4/69 (32.5 overs)		235 (100.4 overs) MA Butcher51 (207) M Muralitharan7/46 (31.4 overs)
226 (97.2 overs) DPMD Jayawardene86*(242) AF Giles4/63 (40 overs)		210/9 (108 overs) MA Butcher54 (132) M Muralitharan4/47 (37 overs)

Match drawn Galle International Stadium,Galle Umpires:DJ Harper(AUS) andS Venkataraghavan(IND) Player of the match:M Muralitharan(SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• PD Collingwood(ENG) andKADM Fernando(SL) made their Test debuts

2nd Test

10–14 December 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
382 (126.4 overs) TM Dilshan63 (94) AF Giles5/116 (37.4 overs)		294 (114.2 overs) GP Thorpe57 (198) M Muralitharan4/60 (40 overs)
279/7dec(71 overs) TM Dilshan100 (129) AF Giles3/101 (22 overs)		285/7 (140 overs) MP Vaughan105 (333) M Muralitharan4/64 (56 overs)

Match drawn Asgiriya Stadium,Kandy Umpires:Aleem Dar(PAK) andDJ Harper(AUS) Player of the match:MP Vaughan(ENG)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

18–21 December 2003 Scorecard

England	v	Sri Lanka
265 (101 overs) A Flintoff77 (109) M Muralitharan3/40 (40 overs)		628/8dec(182 overs) TT Samaraweera142 (408) A Flintoff2/47 (18 overs)
148 (68 overs) MA Butcher37 (119) M Muralitharan4/63 (27 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground,Colombo Umpires:Aleem Dar(PAK) andSA Bucknor(WI) Player of the match:TT Samaraweera(SL)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

Tour matches

One-day: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI v England XI

15 November 2003 Scorecard

England XI 237/8 (38 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI 76/1 (17.1 overs)
Andrew Strauss83 (88) Nandika Ranjith2/32 (8 overs)		Michael Vandort39 (59) James Kirtley1/12 (4 overs)

No result Tyronne Fernando Stadium,Moratuwa Umpires: Grashan Liyanage (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)

• England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain reduced the number of overs to 38 per side and caused the game to be abandoned.

First-class: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI vs England XI

26–28 November 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI	v	England XI
181 (67.5 overs) Bathiya Perera55* (125) James Kirtley4/41 (14 overs)		314/9d(71.3 overs) Mark Butcher151*(219) Dilhara Fernando3/79 (21 overs)
135/4 (44 overs) Michael Vandort42 (46) Robert Croft1/18 (7 overs)

Match drawn Colombo Cricket Club Ground,Colombo Umpires:Gamini Dissanayake(SL) andCBC Rodrigo(SL)

• Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.