Thu, 18 Dec - Sun, 21 Dec 2003 - 00:00 – 3rd Test • Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs
Sri LankaSri Lanka
551/10 (20.00)
EnglandEngland
628/8 (20.00) & 148/10 (68)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 2 Andrew Flintoff 2 Marcus Trescothick 1 Sanath Jayasuriya
Best Average 3 Sanath Jayasuriya 14.71 Muttiah Muralitharan 20.5 Dilhara Fernando 22.25 Chaminda Vaas 23.5 Andrew Flintoff
Most 50s 1 Upul Chandana 1 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Most Runs Conceed 190 Ashley Giles 137 Gareth Batty 131 James Kirtley 103 Muttiah Muralitharan 100 Upul Chandana
Best Bowling Fig 4 Muttiah Muralitharan 3 Chaminda Vaas 3 Dilhara Fernando
Most Wickets 7 Muttiah Muralitharan 4 Chaminda Vaas 4 Dilhara Fernando
Best Bowling Fig 2 Sanath Jayasuriya 2 Upul Chandana 2 James Kirtley
Most Wickets 2 Sanath Jayasuriya 2 Upul Chandana 2 James Kirtley
Best Economy 0.55 Sanath Jayasuriya 1.54 Muttiah Muralitharan 2.56 Upul Chandana 2.61 Andrew Flintoff 2.75 Thilan Samaraweera
Best Strike Rate 2.1 Muttiah Muralitharan 0.82 Chaminda Vaas 0.82 Sanath Jayasuriya 0.74 Kumar Sangakkara 0.74 Upul Chandana
Best Averages 142 Thilan Samaraweera 134 Mahela Jayawardene 85 Sanath Jayasuriya 83 Tillakaratne Dilshan 76 Upul Chandana
Most Runs 142 Thilan Samaraweera 134 Mahela Jayawardene 107 Andrew Flintoff 85 Sanath Jayasuriya 83 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Most Fours 16 Andrew Flintoff 14 Mahela Jayawardene 13 Marcus Trescothick 13 Thilan Samaraweera 12 Sanath Jayasuriya
Highest Score 142 Thilan Samaraweera 134 Mahela Jayawardene 85 Sanath Jayasuriya 83 Tillakaratne Dilshan 77 Andrew Flintoff
Best Average 65.5 James Kirtley
Most Dots 4 Ashley Giles 4 Upul Chandana 1 James Kirtley 1 Gareth Batty 1 Muttiah Muralitharan
Best Bowling Fig 2 Ashley Giles 2 Andrew Flintoff
Most Not Outs 2 Chris Read 2 James Anderson 1 Muttiah Muralitharan 1 Dilhara Fernando
Most Runs Conceed 85 James Anderson
Best Economy 3.34 Gareth Batty
Best Strike Rate 33 Sanath Jayasuriya 36 Chaminda Vaas 36 Dilhara Fernando 54 Andrew Flintoff 57.43 Muttiah Muralitharan
Most Wickets 2 Ashley Giles 2 Andrew Flintoff
Best Averages 35 Marcus Trescothick
Most 100s 1 Mahela Jayawardene 1 Thilan Samaraweera
Worst Bowling Fig 190 Ashley Giles 137 Gareth Batty 131 James Kirtley 85 James Anderson 82 Upul Chandana
Most Dots 1 Chaminda Vaas
Best Strike Rate 0.63 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Most Runs 70 Marcus Trescothick
Most Ducks 2 Chris Read 2 Marcus Trescothick
Highest Score 70 Marcus Trescothick
Most sixes 4 Andrew Flintoff 2 Muttiah Muralitharan 2 Upul Chandana 1 James Kirtley 1 Chris Read
Most Fours 7 Upul Chandana 6 Kumar Sangakkara
Most Balls Faced 408 Thilan Samaraweera 246 Mahela Jayawardene 184 Andrew Flintoff 169 Mark Butcher 131 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Most Ducks 2 Gareth Batty
Worst Bowling Fig 63 Muttiah Muralitharan
Most sixes 1 Sanath Jayasuriya 1 Mahela Jayawardene
Marcus Trescothick vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 11
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 72.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 126.6
✔ Batsman advantage
Mahela Jayawardene vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 51.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Marcus Trescothick vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 83.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Michael Vaughan vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 41.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Michael Vaughan vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 41.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Flintoff vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 30.0
Balanced matchup
Nasser Hussain vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 40.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Chaminda Vaas vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 30.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.8
Balanced matchup
Hashan Tillakaratne vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 69.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Upul Chandana vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 21.0
Balanced matchup
James Anderson vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 21.7
Balanced matchup
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 72.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 52.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Chaminda Vaas vs James Kirtley
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Nasser Hussain vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 22.3
Balanced matchup
Nasser Hussain vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Ashley Giles vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Flintoff vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 33.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Flintoff vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.5
âš  Bowler dominance
Chris Read vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Michael Vaughan vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 33.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Graham Thorpe vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 130.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Butcher vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Butcher vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 163.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Butcher vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 179.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Chaminda Vaas vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.5
Balanced matchup
Tillakaratne Dilshan vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 73.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Tillakaratne Dilshan vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 71.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Thilan Samaraweera vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.5
Balanced matchup
Thilan Samaraweera vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 113.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs James Kirtley
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 42.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Dilhara Fernando vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 33.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Kumar Sangakkara vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.0
Balanced matchup
Upul Chandana vs James Kirtley
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 103.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Upul Chandana vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 48.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs James Kirtley
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 53.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Muttiah Muralitharan vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
âš  Bowler dominance
James Kirtley vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 9.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Gareth Batty vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 159.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Gareth Batty vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 101.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Hashan Tillakaratne vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 115.0
✔ Batsman advantage
James Anderson vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.0
âš  Bowler dominance
James Anderson vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 1.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Ashley Giles vs Susil Fernando
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 48.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Graham Thorpe vs Sanath Jayasuriya
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 153.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Graham Thorpe vs Chaminda Vaas
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 121.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Chris Read vs Upul Chandana
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.0
âš  Bowler dominance