Men's Test · England tour of Sri Lanka · Match 3

England v Sri Lanka

18 Dec 2003 to 21 Dec 2003 · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs

Toss: England won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: TT Samaraweera

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
England (1)	265	101.0
Sri Lanka (2)	628/8d	181.5
England (3)	148	67.5

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

England148 all out (67.5 ov)

England batting, innings 3
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothickcaught b WPUJC Vaas	caught b WPUJC Vaas	0	6	0	0	0.0
MP Vaughancaught b CRD Fernando	caught b CRD Fernando	14	25	2	0	56.0
MA Butcherb ST Jayasuriya	b ST Jayasuriya	37	119	6	0	31.1
N Hussaincaught b M Muralitharan	caught b M Muralitharan	11	33	2	0	33.3
GP Thorpestumped b M Muralitharan	stumped b M Muralitharan	19	60	2	0	31.7
GJ Battystumped b M Muralitharan	stumped b M Muralitharan	0	1	0	0	0.0
A Flintoffcaught b CRD Fernando	caught b CRD Fernando	30	75	6	0	40.0
CMW Readlbw b ST Jayasuriya	lbw b ST Jayasuriya	0	9	0	0	0.0
AF Gilesb CRD Fernando	b CRD Fernando	13	48	1	0	27.1
RJ Kirtleyb M Muralitharan	b M Muralitharan	12	25	0	1	48.0
JM Anderson*not out	not out	1	7	0	0	14.3
Extras	11 (b 2, lb 8, nb 1)
Total	148 all out (67.5 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (ME Trescothick, 0.6 ov), 2-22 (MP Vaughan, 7.4 ov), 3-44 (N Hussain, 17.6 ov), 4-82 (GP Thorpe, 37.5 ov), 5-82 (GJ Batty, 37.6 ov), 6-84 (MA Butcher, 42.3 ov), 7-84 (CMW Read, 44.6 ov), 8-124 (AF Giles, 60.4 ov), 9-137 (A Flintoff, 64.2 ov), 10-148 (RJ Kirtley, 67.6 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling, innings 3
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
WPUJC Vaas	7	2	25	1	3.57	0
CRD Fernando	12	4	27	3	2.25	1
UDU Chandana	13	7	18	0	1.38	0
M Muralitharan	26.5	9	63	4	2.35	0
ST Jayasuriya	9	6	5	2	0.56	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.