TestNo. 1537MenScorecard

Sri Lanka v England

England won by 4 wickets

15 to 17 March 2001Colombo (SSC)

Sri Lanka

241 & 8128.1 ov

Englandwon by 4 wickets

249 & 74/624.3 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

Sri Lanka innings

241101.1 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	bowled	0	9	8	0	0	0.0
Sanath Jayasuriya	caught	45	110	164	7	0	40.9
Kumar Sangakkara	caught	45	93	114	8	0	48.4
Aravinda de Silva	caught	38	136	174	2	0	27.9
Mahela Jayawardene	caught	71	152	188	8	1	46.7
Russel Arnold	lbw	0	13	16	0	0	0.0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	lbw	5	24	26	1	0	20.8
Chaminda Vaas	not out	19*	49	38	3	0	38.8
Dilhara Fernando	caught	2	12	13	0	0	16.7
Dinuka Hettiarachchi	bowled	0	12	23	0	0	0.0
Muthiah Muralidaran	bowled	1	3	4	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 6	15
Total	all out, 101.1 overs	241

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-2 Marvan Atapattu2-88 Kumar Sangakkara3-108 Sanath Jayasuriya4-205 Aravinda de Silva5-209 Russel Arnold6-216 Tillakaratne Dilshan7-219 Mahela Jayawardene8-225 Dilhara Fernando9-240 Dinuka Hettiarachchi10-241 Muthiah Muralidaran

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Darren Gough	14	5	33	2	2.36	1	0
Andy Caddick	11.1	1	40	2	3.58	0	4
Craig White	10	1	45	0	4.50	0	2
Ashley Giles	34	13	59	2	1.74	0	0
Robert Croft	32	9	56	4	1.75	0	0

England innings

249109.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	lbw	21	60	76	3	0	35.0
Marcus Trescothick	caught	23	59	101	4	0	39.0
Nasser Hussain	caught	8	29	37	1	0	27.6
Graham Thorpe	not out	113*	267	330	11	0	42.3
Alec Stewart	bowled	3	28	37	0	0	10.7
Michael Vaughan	caught	26	134	162	2	0	19.4
Craig White	caught	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Ashley Giles	caught	0	10	19	0	0	0.0
Robert Croft	run out	16	41	49	2	0	39.0
Andy Caddick	caught	0	15	19	0	0	0.0
Darren Gough	caught	14	21	22	3	0	66.7
Extras	b 10, lb 9, nb 6	25
Total	all out, 109.5 overs	249

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-45 Mike Atherton2-55 Marcus Trescothick3-66 Nasser Hussain4-91 Alec Stewart5-177 Michael Vaughan6-177 Craig White7-181 Ashley Giles8-209 Robert Croft9-223 Andy Caddick10-249 Darren Gough

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Chaminda Vaas	27.5	6	73	6	2.62	2
Dilhara Fernando	5	0	26	0	5.20	0
Aravinda de Silva	3	1	2	0	0.67	1
Muthiah Muralidaran	41	9	73	1	1.78	3
Dinuka Hettiarachchi	24	6	36	2	1.50	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	9	1	20	0	2.22	0

Sri Lanka innings

8128.1 ov

Sri Lanka batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattu	caught	0	17	20	0	0	0.0
Sanath Jayasuriya	lbw	23	16	33	4	0	143.8
Kumar Sangakkara	caught	0	5	5	0	0	0.0
Aravinda de Silva	caught	23	32	50	4	0	71.9
Mahela Jayawardene	lbw	11	33	60	1	0	33.3
Russel Arnold	caught	0	5	8	0	0	0.0
Tillakaratne Dilshan	bowled	10	16	27	0	0	62.5
Chaminda Vaas	caught	6	9	10	0	0	66.7
Dilhara Fernando	caught	5	22	21	1	0	22.7
Dinuka Hettiarachchi	not out	0*	13	16	0	0	0.0
Muthiah Muralidaran	lbw	1	3	5	0	0	33.3
Extras	nb 2	2
Total	all out, 28.1 overs	81

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-21 Marvan Atapattu2-24 Kumar Sangakkara3-24 Sanath Jayasuriya4-57 Aravinda de Silva5-59 Russel Arnold6-59 Mahela Jayawardene7-69 Chaminda Vaas8-76 Tillakaratne Dilshan9-80 Dilhara Fernando10-81 Muthiah Muralidaran

Bowling to Sri Lanka
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Darren Gough	6	1	23	3	3.83	2
Andy Caddick	8	2	29	2	3.63	0
Ashley Giles	9.1	4	11	4	1.20	0
Robert Croft	5	0	18	1	3.60	0

England innings chasing 74

74/624.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Mike Atherton	caught	13	25	26	2	0	52.0
Marcus Trescothick	caught	10	23	34	1	0	43.5
Michael Vaughan	bowled	8	21	29	1	0	38.1
Graham Thorpe	not out	32*	49	65	2	0	65.3
Alec Stewart	caught	0	5	4	0	0	0.0
Craig White	caught	8	11	20	1	0	72.7
Nasser Hussain	caught	0	8	10	0	0	0.0
Ashley Giles	not out	1*	6	7	0	0	16.7
Extras	lb 1, nb 1	2
Total	6 wickets, 24.3 overs	74

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250

1-23 Mike Atherton2-24 Marcus Trescothick3-42 Michael Vaughan4-43 Alec Stewart5-63 Craig White6-71 Nasser Hussain

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Chaminda Vaas	3	0	11	0	3.67	0
Dinuka Hettiarachchi	3	1	5	0	1.67	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	8	1	26	1	3.25	0
Dilhara Fernando	2	0	7	1	3.50	1
Sanath Jayasuriya	8.3	0	24	4	2.82	0

Tests in March 2001

10 matches

TestScorecardSri Lanka297 & 25089.1England387 & 161/771.1England won by 3 wicketsKandy, 7 March TestScorecardPakistan346 & 336/5d103New Zealand252 & 13159.4Pakistan won by 299 runsAuckland, 8 March TestScorecardWest Indies304 & 333/7d117South Africa332 & 142/269.3Match drawnGeorgetown, 9 March TestScorecardAustralia445 & 21268.3India171 & 657/7d178India won by 171 runsEden Gardens, 11 March TestScorecardNew Zealand476 & 196/1d73Pakistan571/8d210Match drawnChristchurch, 15 March TestScorecardSri Lanka241 & 8128.1England249 & 74/624.3England won by 4 wicketsColombo (SSC), 15 March TestScorecardSouth Africa286 & 287130.4West Indies342 & 16280.1South Africa won by 69 runsPort of Spain, 17 March TestScorecardAustralia391 & 26497.5India501 & 155/841.1India won by 2 wicketsChennai, 18 March TestScorecardPakistan104 & 11849.5New Zealand407/4d112.2New Zealand won by an innings and 185 runsHamilton, 27 March TestScorecardSouth Africa454 & 197/9d95.5West Indies387 & 88/738.4Match drawnBridgetown, 29 March

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1537
Dates: 15 to 17 March 2001
Ground: Colombo (SSC)
Result: England won by 4 wickets
In the database: Scorecard

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      "runs": 71, "balls": 152, "minutes": 188, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Darren Gough", "overs": "14", "wickets": 2, ...}, ...]
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Sri Lanka v England

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