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 4 limited overs matches, one of which was the Bungle 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 Collingwood 31 (96) WPUJC Vaas 3/15 (9.1 overs)		ST Jayasuriya 46* (41)

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

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• AJ Strauss (ENG), and KADM Fernando and KMDN 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) and PT Manuel (SL)

3rd ODI

23 November 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

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

Test series summary

1st Test

2–6 December 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
331 (127.5 overs) KC Sangakkara 71 (142) AF Giles 4/69 (32.5 overs)		235 (100.4 overs) MA Butcher 51 (207) M Muralitharan 7/46 (31.4 overs)
226 (97.2 overs) DPMD Jayawardene 86* (242) AF Giles 4/63 (40 overs)		210/9 (108 overs) MA Butcher 54 (132) M Muralitharan 4/47 (37 overs)

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

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

2nd Test

10–14 December 2003 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
382 (126.4 overs) TM Dilshan 63 (94) AF Giles 5/116 (37.4 overs)		294 (114.2 overs) GP Thorpe 57 (198) M Muralitharan 4/60 (40 overs)
279/7dec (71 overs) TM Dilshan 100 (129) AF Giles 3/101 (22 overs)		285/7 (140 overs) MP Vaughan 105 (333) M Muralitharan 4/64 (56 overs)

Match drawn Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and DJ 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 Flintoff 77 (109) M Muralitharan 3/40 (40 overs)		628/8dec (182 overs) TT Samaraweera 142 (408) A Flintoff 2/47 (18 overs)
148 (68 overs) MA Butcher 37 (119) M Muralitharan 4/63 (27 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and SA 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 Strauss 83 (88) Nandika Ranjith 2/32 (8 overs)		Michael Vandort 39 (59) James Kirtley 1/12 (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 Perera 55* (125) James Kirtley 4/41 (14 overs)		314/9d (71.3 overs) Mark Butcher 151* (219) Dilhara Fernando 3/79 (21 overs)
135/4 (44 overs) Michael Vandort 42 (46) Robert Croft 1/18 (7 overs)

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

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