- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras21 (b 9, lb 2, nb 10)TOTAL470/5d (170 Overs, RR: 2.76, 684 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 4.6 ov), 2-110 (Kumar Sangakkara, 43.4 ov), 3-340 (Aravinda de Silva, 129.1 ov), 4-451 (Mahela Jayawardene, 164.5 ov), 5-468 (Chaminda Vaas, 169.1 ov)
22/02Result
1st Test, England tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Feb 22-26 2001
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
470/5d -
![England]( "England")
253 & 189 (110.3 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
22/02Result
1st Test, England tour of Sri Lanka at Galle, Feb 22-26 2001
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
470/5d -
![England]( "England")
253 & 189 (110.3 ov) (f/o)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras26 (b 2, lb 3, nb 21)TOTAL253 all out (132.3 Overs, RR: 1.9, 490 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Mike Atherton, 41.3 ov), 2-93 (Nasser Hussain, 48.2 ov), 3-117 (Graham Thorpe, 60.4 ov), 4-197 (Alec Stewart, 99.3 ov), 5-206 (Marcus Trescothick, 107.3 ov), 6-217 (Graeme Hick, 115.2 ov), 7-239 (Robert Croft, 125.2 ov), 8-253 (Craig White, 131.3 ov), 9-253 (Andy Caddick, 131.5 ov), 10-253 (Ashley Giles, 132.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 24 7 53 3 2.20 0 2 M Muralidaran 54.3 14 79 3 1.44 0 11 HDPK Dharmasena 22 6 51 0 2.31 0 6 CRD Fernando 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 2 ST Jayasuriya 27 7 50 4 1.85 0 0 PA de Silva 3 2 5 0 1.66 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras28 (b 11, lb 6, nb 11)TOTAL189 all out (f/o) (110.3 Overs, RR: 1.71, 410 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Marcus Trescothick, 52.4 ov), 2-105 (Nasser Hussain, 57.6 ov), 3-121 (Mike Atherton, 70.6 ov), 4-145 (Graham Thorpe, 87.3 ov), 5-167 (Graeme Hick, 97.2 ov), 6-176 (Craig White, 102.5 ov), 7-182 (Andy Caddick, 105.4 ov), 8-183 (Ashley Giles, 106.1 ov), 9-188 (Robert Croft, 109.6 ov), 10-189 (Darren Gough, 110.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 15 6 29 1 1.93 0 1 CRD Fernando 4 0 10 0 2.50 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 32 13 44 4 1.37 0 0 HDPK Dharmasena 16 6 21 1 1.31 0 0 M Muralidaran 42.3 14 66 4 1.55 0 9 RP Arnold 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sri Lanka led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
22,23,24,25,26 February 2001 (5-day match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 22 Feb - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 221/2 (MS Atapattu 85*, PA de Silva 56*, 90 ov)
- Fri, 23 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 27/0 (MA Atherton 12*, ME Trescothick 11*, 8 ov)
- Sat, 24 Feb - day 3 - England 1st innings 202/4 (ME Trescothick 119*, RDB Croft 0*, 106 ov)
- Sun, 25 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 118/2 (MA Atherton 44*, GP Thorpe 2*, 69 ov)
- Mon, 26 Feb - day 5 - England 2nd innings 189 (110.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- England 150 runs in 90.1 overs 333 mins
- Lunch: England 174/5 (AJ Stewart 27*, C White 1*)
- England 189 all out, 110.3 overs, 410 mins
- Sri Lanka won by an innings 28 runs
- Sri Lanka leads the 3-Test series 1-0
- Man of the Match: MS Atapattu
- England 250 runs in 130.4 overs 479 min (C White 25*, AF Giles 2*)
- Lunch: England 4/0 (MA Atherton 3*, ME Trecothick 1*)
- England 50 off 155 balls in 96 mins
- Tea: England 73/0 runs in 35 overs 128 min (MA Atherton 25*, ME Trecothick 38*)
- England 100 runs in 52.1 overs 194 mins
- England 50 runs in 16.4 overs 65 min (MA Atherton 19*, ME Trecothick 22*)
- Lunch: England 83/0 (MA Atherton 33*, ME Trescothick 40*, 41 overs)
- England 100 runs in 50.3 overs 190 min ( ME Trescothick 49*, GP Thorpe 4*)
- ME Trescothick 50 runs in 166 balls, 201min (4x6)
- Tea: England 146/3 (ME Trescothick 81*, AJ Stewart 7*, 72 overs)
- England 150 runs in 72.2 overs 271 min (ME Trescothick 85*, AJ Stewart 7*)
- ME Trescothick 100 runs in 255 balls, 307 min (4x12)
- England 200 runs in 102.5 overs 381 min (ME Trescothick 117*, RDB Croft 0*)
- Sri Lanka 250 runs in 98.3 overs, 396 min (MS Atapattu 101*, PA de Silva 65*)
- Sri Lanka 300 runs in 118.1 overs, 476 min (MS Atapattu 124*, PA de Silva 92*)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka 305/2 (MS Atapattu 125*, PA de Silva 96*, 120 overs)
- MS Atapattu 150 runs in 401 balls, 521 min (4x15)
- Sri Lanka 350 runs in 135 overs, 538 min (MS Atapattu 156*, DPMD Jayawardene 3*)
- Sri Lanka 400 runs in 148 overs, 593min (MS Atapattu 174*, DPMD Jayawardene 33*)
- Tea: Sri Lanka 407/3 (MS Atapattu 174*, DPMD Jayawardene 37*, 150 overs)
- DPMD Jayawardene 50 runs in 82 balls, 121 min (4x3)(6x2)
- Sri Lanka 450 runs in 163.5 overs, 663 min (MS Atapattu 191*, DPMD Jayawardene 61*)
- Sri Lanka 50 in 18 overs, 83 min (MS Atapattu 13*, K Sangakkara 20*)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka 70/1 (MS Atapattu 18*, KC Sangakkara 31*, 28 overs)
- K Sangakkara 50 runs in 90 balls, 118 min, (4x4)
- Sri Lanka 100 runs in 35.2 overs, 148 min (MS Atapattu 27*, K Sangakkara 52*)
- MS Atapattu 50 runs in 180 balls, 237 min, (4x5)
- Tea : Sri Lanka 148/2 (MS Atapattu 50*, PA de Silva 19*, 60 overs)
- Sri Lanka 150 runs in 62 overs, 247 min (MS Atapattu 52*, PA de Silva 19*)
- Sri Lanka 200 runs in 75.3 overs, 298 min (MS Atapattu 76*, PA de Silva 47*)
- PA de Silva 50 runs in 94 balls, 138 min, (4x5)(6x1)
- New ball was taken after 85 overs
- MS Atapattu 100 runs in 303 balls, 383 min (4x10)
- 12th Man - M Pushpakumara (Sri Lanka) and MP Vaughan (England)
- Stand by Umpire - TH Wijewardene
England tour of Sri Lanka 2000-01 News
Most wickets for spinners in a Test
England have won two successive away Tests for the first time in six years to complete a rare series win in Sri Lanka.
Dav Whatmore reviews a heartening all round performance
Having lost the Test series against England we were delighted to comeback sostrongly to win the three-match One-Day International series in such aconvincing fashion
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