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English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04

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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:

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

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1st ODI

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18 November 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
88 (46.1 overs)
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 Sri Lanka
89/0 (13.5 overs)
PD Collingwood 31 (96)
WPUJC Vaas 3/15 (9.1 overs)
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)

2nd ODI

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21 November 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match abandoned
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and PT Manuel (SL)

3rd ODI

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23 November 2003
Scorecard
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Match abandoned
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and TH Wijewardene (SL)

Test series summary

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1st Test

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2–6 December 2003
Scorecard
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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)

2nd Test

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10–14 December 2003
Scorecard
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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

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18–21 December 2003
Scorecard
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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

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

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15 November 2003
Scorecard
 England XI
237/8 (38 overs)
v
Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI Sri Lanka
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

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26–28 November 2003
Scorecard
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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)
  • Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.