England in Sri Lanka, 2003-04


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Past Eng-SL tours: 1998 | 2000-01 | 2002

Date Match Venue Result & Card
Nov 15 v SL Cricket President's XI Moratuwa No Result
Nov 18 1st ODI v Sri Lanka Dambulla Sri Lanka by 10 wickets
Eng 88 (46.1), SL 89/0 (13.5)
Nov 21 2nd ODI v Sri Lanka Colombo RPS Match Abandoned
Nov 23 3rd ODI v Sri Lanka Colombo RPS Match Abandoned
Nov 26-28 v SL Cricket President's XI Colombo CCC Match Drawn
Dec 2-6 1st TEST v Sri Lanka Galle Match Drawn
SL 331 & 226, Eng 235 & 210/9
Dec 10-14 2nd TEST v Sri Lanka Kandy Match Drawn
SL 382 & 279/7d, Eng 294 & 285/7
Dec 18-22 3rd TEST v Sri Lanka Colombo SSC Sri Lanka by an Inn. & 215 runs
Eng 265 & 148, SL 628/8d

England
Age TEST ODI
21 JM Anderson Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 GJ Batty Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 ID Blackwell Bat Bowl
31 MA Butcher Bat Bowl
22 R Clarke Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 PD Collingwood Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 A Flintoff Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
30 AF Giles Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 MJ Hoggard Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
35 N Hussain Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 RL Johnson Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 RJ Kirtley Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 CMW Read Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 AJ Strauss Bat Bowl
34 GP Thorpe Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 ME Trescothick Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 MP Vaughan Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
Sri Lanka
Age TEST ODI
31 MS Atapattu Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
31 UDU Chandana Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
32 HDPK Dharmasena Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 TM Dilshan Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
24 CRD Fernando Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
24 KADM Fernando Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
34 ST Jayasuriya Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 DPMD Jayawardene Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
34 RS Kaluwitharana Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
21 KMDN Kulasekera Bat Bowl
31 M Muralitharan Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 TT Samaraweera Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 K Sangakkara Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
36 HP Tillakaratne Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 WPUJC Vaas Bat Bowl Bat Bowl

ODI Series Averages


                    M  I *    R   Avg  50    HS   SR   4/6  Ct/    B   R  W   Avg    BB  Eco
                                        100                   St
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England

JM Anderson         1  1 1    4    -    - -   4* 25.0   -    -    30  25  0             5.00
ID Blackwell        1  1 -    3   3.00  - -   3  25.0   -    -
R Clarke            1  1 -    2   2.00  - -   2  10.5   -    -    12  20  0             ****
PD Collingwood      1  1 -   31  31.00  - -  31  32.3   -    -
A Flintoff          1  1 -    3   3.00  - -   3  42.9   -    -    23  27  0             7.04
AF Giles            1  1 -   21  21.00  - -  21  38.9   1    -
RL Johnson          1  1 -    6   6.00  - -   6  50.0   1    -    18  17  0             5.67
CMW Read            1  1 -    0   0.00  - -   0   0.0   -    -
AJ Strauss          1  1 -    3   3.00  - -   3  33.3   -    -
ME Trescothick      1  1 -    9   9.00  - -   9  40.9   2    -
MP Vaughan          1  1 -    2   2.00  - -   2  10.5   -    -
 

Sri Lanka

MS Atapattu         1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    -
UDU Chandana        1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    1    60  23  2  11.50 2/23 2.30
TM Dilshan          1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    1
KADM Fernando       1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    1    42  13  2   6.50 2/13 1.86
ST Jayasuriya       1  1 1   46    -    - -  46*112.2   6/1  -     6   3  0             3.00
DPMD Jayawardene    1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    2
RS Kaluwitharana    1  1 1   36    -    - -  36* 85.7   7    -
KMDN Kulasekera     1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    1    54  19  2   9.50 2/19 2.11
M Muralitharan      1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    -    60  15  1  15.00 1/15 1.50
K Sangakkara        1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    1
WPUJC Vaas          1  0 -    0    -    - -   -   -     -    -    55  15  3   5.00 3/15 1.64
 


Record performances for series


Highest Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 213 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
2 MS Atapattu (SL) 201* Eng Galle 22 Feb 2001
3 S Wettimuny (SL) 190 Eng Lord's 23 Aug 1984
4 MS Atapattu (SL) 185 Eng Lord's 16 May 2002
5 GA Gooch (Eng) 174 SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991
6 ME Trescothick (Eng) 161 SL Birmingham 30 May 2002
7 JP Crawley (Eng) 156* SL The Oval 27 Aug 1998
8 PA de Silva (SL) 152 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
9 TT Samaraweera (SL) 142 Eng Colombo SSC 18 Dec 2003
10 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 134 Eng Colombo SSC 18 Dec 2003
11 RA Smith (Eng) 128 SL Colombo SSC 13 Mar 1993
12 GP Thorpe (Eng) 123 SL Birmingham 30 May 2002
= AJ Stewart (Eng) 123 SL Manchester 13 Jun 2002
= MA Butcher (Eng) 123 SL Manchester 13 Jun 2002
15 ME Trescothick (Eng) 122 SL Galle 22 Feb 2001
16 MP Vaughan (Eng) 115 SL Lord's 16 May 2002
17 GP Thorpe (Eng) 113* SL Colombo SSC 15 Mar 2001
= AJ Stewart (Eng) 113* SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991
19 LRD Mendis (SL) 111 Eng Lord's 23 Aug 1984
20 RP Arnold (SL) 109 Eng Manchester 13 Jun 2002

Best Bowling - Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 9/ 65 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
2 M Muralitharan (SL) 7/ 46 Eng Galle 2 Dec 2003
3 PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 7/ 70 SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991
4 M Muralitharan (SL) 7/ 155 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
5 JE Emburey (Eng) 6/ 33 SL Colombo PSS 17 Feb 1982
6 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 6/ 73 Eng Colombo SSC 15 Mar 2001
7 IT Botham (Eng) 6/ 90 SL Lord's 23 Aug 1984
8 DL Underwood (Eng) 5/ 28 SL Colombo PSS 17 Feb 1982
9 RJ Ratnayake (SL) 5/ 69 Eng Lord's 22 Aug 1991
10 MJ Hoggard (Eng) 5/ 92 SL Birmingham 30 May 2002
11 PCR Tufnell (Eng) 5/ 94 SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991
12 AF Giles (Eng) 5/ 116 SL Kandy 10 Dec 2003
13 M Muralitharan (SL) 5/ 143 Eng Birmingham 30 May 2002
14 AF Giles (Eng) 4/ 11 SL Colombo SSC 15 Mar 2001
15 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 4/ 24 Eng Colombo SSC 15 Mar 2001
16 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 4/ 39 Eng Kandy 7 Mar 2001
17 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 4/ 44 Eng Galle 22 Feb 2001
18 M Muralitharan (SL) 4/ 47 Eng Galle 2 Dec 2003
19 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 4/ 50 Eng Galle 22 Feb 2001
= D Gough (Eng) 4/ 50 SL Kandy 7 Mar 2001

Most Runs for Series

Rank Name M I R Avg. 50 100 HS
1 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 10 17 877 58.46 5 3 134
2 ME Trescothick (Eng) 9 17 769 48.06 4 2 161
3 PA de Silva (SL) 11 19 739 38.89 2 2 152
4 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 12 21 723 38.05 2 1 213
5 GP Thorpe (Eng) 9 16 699 49.92 3 2 123
6 MS Atapattu (SL) 10 17 603 43.07 1 2 201*
7 MP Vaughan (Eng) 7 13 540 45.00 2 2 115
8 MA Butcher (Eng) 7 12 539 44.91 3 2 123

Most Wickets for Series

Rank Name M R W Avg. 5wi 10wm Best
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 10 1431 69 20.73 4 2 9/ 65
2 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 9 951 33 28.81 1 0 6/ 73
3 AF Giles (Eng) 8 1038 31 33.48 1 0 5/ 116
4 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 12 670 23 29.13 0 0 4/ 24
5 D Gough (Eng) 4 376 16 23.50 0 0 4/ 50
= AR Caddick (Eng) 6 501 16 31.31 0 0 4/ 55
7 MJ Hoggard (Eng) 4 531 15 35.40 1 0 5/ 92
= A Flintoff (Eng) 6 533 15 35.53 0 0 3/ 42