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Thu, 15 Mar - Sat, 17 Mar 2001 - 00:00 – 3rd Test • Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
England won by 4 wickets
Sri Lanka
378/10 (20.00) & 81/10 (28.1)
England
555/7 (20.00) & 74/6 (24.3)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Mahela Jayawardene
2
Best Average
Sanath Jayasuriya
11.000000
Darren Gough
11.200000
Ashley Giles
11.666666
Chaminda Vaas
14.000000
Robert Croft
14.800000
Most Runs Conceed
Muttiah Muralitharan
99
Chaminda Vaas
84
Robert Croft
74
Ashley Giles
70
Andy Caddick
69
Most Wickets
Ashley Giles
6
Chaminda Vaas
6
Darren Gough
5
Robert Croft
5
Andy Caddick
4
Best Economy
Aravinda de Silva
0.666666
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
1.518518
Ashley Giles
1.624129
Robert Croft
2.000000
Muttiah Muralitharan
2.020408
Best Bowling Fig
Chaminda Vaas
6
Sanath Jayasuriya
4
Robert Croft
4
Ashley Giles
4
Darren Gough
3
Highest Score
Graham Thorpe
113
Mahela Jayawardene
71
Kumar Sangakkara
45
Sanath Jayasuriya
45
Aravinda de Silva
38
Most Runs
Graham Thorpe
145
Mahela Jayawardene
82
Sanath Jayasuriya
68
Aravinda de Silva
61
Kumar Sangakkara
45
Best Averages
Mahela Jayawardene
41.000000
Sanath Jayasuriya
34.000000
Aravinda de Silva
30.500000
Chaminda Vaas
25.000000
Kumar Sangakkara
22.500000
Most Fours
Graham Thorpe
13
Sanath Jayasuriya
11
Mahela Jayawardene
9
Kumar Sangakkara
8
Aravinda de Silva
6
Marcus Trescothick
5
Mike Atherton
5
Best Strike Rate
Craig White
0.666666
Darren Gough
0.666666
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.539682
Kumar Sangakkara
0.459183
Graham Thorpe
0.458860
Most Wickets
Sanath Jayasuriya
4
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
2
Dilhara Fernando
1
Best Bowling Fig
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
2
Andy Caddick
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Dilhara Fernando
1
Most Not Outs
Graham Thorpe
2
Ashley Giles
2
Chaminda Vaas
2
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
2
Most Runs Conceed
Darren Gough
56
Craig White
45
Best Economy
Sanath Jayasuriya
2.543352
Chaminda Vaas
2.754098
Best Strike Rate
Darren Gough
24
Sanath Jayasuriya
25.95
Andy Caddick
28.65
Most Runs
Michael Vaughan
34
Mike Atherton
34
Marcus Trescothick
33
Most Ducks
Craig White
2
Ashley Giles
2
Marvan Atapattu
2
Russel Arnold
2
Kumar Sangakkara
2
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
2
Nasser Hussain
2
Best Strike Rate
Mahela Jayawardene
0.443243
Chaminda Vaas
0.431034
Marcus Trescothick
0.402439
Best Averages
Michael Vaughan
17.000000
Mike Atherton
17.000000
Marcus Trescothick
16.500000
Most 100s
Graham Thorpe
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
73
Chaminda Vaas
73
Ashley Giles
59
Robert Croft
56
Craig White
45
Andy Caddick
40
Most Ducks
Alec Stewart
2
Andy Caddick
1
Best Average
Andy Caddick
17.250000
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
20.500000
Best Strike Rate
Chaminda Vaas
30.5
Dilhara Fernando
42
Ashley Giles
43.1
Robert Croft
44.4
Worst Bowling Fig
Dinuka Hettiarachchi
36
Darren Gough
33
Most Balls Faced
Graham Thorpe
316
Mahela Jayawardene
185
Aravinda de Silva
168
Michael Vaughan
155
Sanath Jayasuriya
126
Highest Score
Michael Vaughan
26
Marcus Trescothick
23
Mike Atherton
21
Most sixes
Mahela Jayawardene
1
Most Balls Faced
Kumar Sangakkara
98
Mike Atherton
85