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Tue, 02 Dec - Sat, 06 Dec 2003 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Galle International Stadium
Match drawn
Sri Lanka
604/10 (20.00) & 226/10 (97.2)
England
604/8 (20.00) & 210/9 (108)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Mark Butcher
2
Mahela Jayawardene
2
Kumar Sangakkara
2
Best Average
Muttiah Muralitharan
8.454545
Chaminda Vaas
16.000000
Ashley Giles
16.500000
Andrew Flintoff
18.500000
Gareth Batty
30.600000
Most Runs Conceed
Gareth Batty
153
Ashley Giles
132
Muttiah Muralitharan
93
Kumar Dharmasena
91
Matthew Hoggard
82
Best Bowling Fig
Muttiah Muralitharan
7
Ashley Giles
4
Andrew Flintoff
3
Gareth Batty
3
Chaminda Vaas
2
Sanath Jayasuriya
1
Dinusha Fernando
1
Most Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan
11
Ashley Giles
8
Gareth Batty
5
Andrew Flintoff
4
Chaminda Vaas
3
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Kumar Dharmasena
2
Best Economy
Muttiah Muralitharan
1.359649
Ashley Giles
1.820689
Chaminda Vaas
1.846153
Andrew Flintoff
1.850000
Sanath Jayasuriya
1.973684
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
0.836065
Sanath Jayasuriya
0.515873
Kumar Sangakkara
0.459183
Richard Johnson
0.453125
Best Averages
Mahela Jayawardene
103.000000
Mark Butcher
52.500000
Kumar Sangakkara
45.000000
Chaminda Vaas
41.000000
Ashley Giles
35.000000
Most Fours
Sanath Jayasuriya
11
Mark Butcher
10
Kumar Sangakkara
10
Mahela Jayawardene
9
Marcus Trescothick
9
Marvan Atapattu
9
Upul Chandana
7
Highest Score
Mahela Jayawardene
86
Kumar Sangakkara
71
Mark Butcher
54
Sanath Jayasuriya
48
Thilan Samaraweera
45
Most Runs
Mark Butcher
105
Mahela Jayawardene
103
Kumar Sangakkara
90
Sanath Jayasuriya
65
Marvan Atapattu
64
Best Average
Sanath Jayasuriya
37.500000
Kumar Dharmasena
45.500000
Most Dots
Kumar Dharmasena
4
Sanath Jayasuriya
2
Muttiah Muralitharan
2
Most Runs Conceed
Richard Johnson
82
Sanath Jayasuriya
75
Andrew Flintoff
74
Most Not Outs
Ashley Giles
2
Matthew Hoggard
2
Chaminda Vaas
2
Mahela Jayawardene
2
Most Dots
Gareth Batty
1
Ashley Giles
1
Best Economy
Upul Chandana
2.000000
Michael Vaughan
2.000000
Kumar Dharmasena
2.166666
Best Strike Rate
Muttiah Muralitharan
37.3091
Dinusha Fernando
42
Chaminda Vaas
52
Ashley Giles
54.375
Andrew Flintoff
60
Gareth Batty
65.04
Sanath Jayasuriya
114
Most Runs
Graham Thorpe
53
Muttiah Muralitharan
51
Most Ducks
Andrew Flintoff
2
Chris Read
2
Hashan Tillakaratne
2
Most Balls Faced
Mark Butcher
339
Mahela Jayawardene
284
Kumar Sangakkara
196
Marvan Atapattu
170
Paul Collingwood
163
Highest Score
Graham Thorpe
43
Muttiah Muralitharan
38
Most sixes
Ashley Giles
2
Richard Johnson
2
Gareth Batty
2
Best Strike Rate
Upul Chandana
0.449438
Marcus Trescothick
0.431192
Michael Vaughan
0.426666
Best Averages
Sanath Jayasuriya
32.500000
Marvan Atapattu
32.000000
Worst Bowling Fig
Gareth Batty
98
Ashley Giles
69
Kumar Dharmasena
55
Most Balls Faced
Graham Thorpe
155
Chaminda Vaas
152
Worst Bowling Fig
Richard Johnson
54
Matthew Hoggard
49
Muttiah Muralitharan
47
Sanath Jayasuriya
44
Most sixes
Muttiah Muralitharan
1
Mark Butcher
1
Chris Read
1
Kumar Sangakkara
1