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VB SeriesMatch 8 · ODI

Sri Lanka beat England by 31 runs

Sydney Cricket Ground, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.

Sri Lanka284/750 ov
England25349.2 ov
Sri Lanka won by 31 runs
Australia won the tournament

Match report

From the scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat. Sri Lanka made 284 for 7 in 50 overs, Sanath Jayasuriya 106 from 110 balls and Aravinda de Silva 51 from 59 balls. Andrew Caddick took 2 for 29.

England were bowled out for 253, Marcus Trescothick 85 from 86 balls and Nick Knight 42 from 62 balls. Aravinda de Silva took 4 for 30.

Sri Lanka won by 31 runs.

Key performers

Sri Lanka innings

284/7(50 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Marvan Atapattuc NV Knight b AR Caddickc NV Knight b AR Caddick06000.00
Sanath Jayasuriyac NV Knight b ID Blackwellc NV Knight b ID Blackwell10611015196.36
Hashan Tillakaratnec ME Trescothick b PD Collingwoodc ME Trescothick b PD Collingwood44745059.46
Aravinda de Silvac †AJ Stewart b AR Caddickc †AJ Stewart b AR Caddick51594086.44
Kumar Sangakkara †c & b JM Andersonc & b JM Anderson10150066.67
Mahela Jayawardenec PD Collingwood b JM Andersonc PD Collingwood b JM Anderson333040110.00
Russel Arnoldrun out (ME Trescothick)run out (ME Trescothick)03000.00
WPUJC Vaasnot outnot out6*500120.00
Muttiah Muralitharannot outnot out3*200150.00
Extras(b 1, lb 10, w 16, nb 4)(b 1, lb 10, w 16, nb 4)31
Total50 Ov (RR 5.68)50 Ov (RR 5.68)284/7
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (MS Atapattu, 1 ov), 144-2 (HP Tillakaratne, 26 ov), 199-3 (ST Jayasuriya, 35.2 ov), 224-4 (KC Sangakkara, 41.2 ov), 264-5 (PA de Silva, 46.4 ov), 269-6 (RP Arnold, 47.4 ov), 277-7 (DPMD Jayawardene, 49.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Andrew Caddick1032922.90474011
James Anderson905826.44317030
Steve Harmison905906.56284192
Ronnie Irani905305.89255010
Ian Blackwell1005415.40316010
Paul Collingwood302016.6782001
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stMS Atapattu 0(6) & ST Jayasuriya 0(0)06
2ndST Jayasuriya 79(78) & HP Tillakaratne 44(74)144150
3rdST Jayasuriya 27(32) & PA de Silva 21(26)5556
4thPA de Silva 15(21) & KC Sangakkara 10(15)2536
5thPA de Silva 15(12) & DPMD Jayawardene 23(20)4032
6thRP Arnold 0(3) & DPMD Jayawardene 5(3)56
7thDPMD Jayawardene 5(7) & WPUJC Vaas 3(2)89
8thWPUJC Vaas 3(3) & M Muralitharan 3(2)7*5

England innings

253(49.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothickrun out (†KC Sangakkara/CRD Fernando)run out (†KC Sangakkara/CRD Fernando)858613098.84
Nick Knightc †KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernandoc †KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando42625067.74
Nasser Hussainc †KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernandoc †KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando13151086.67
Owais Shahc DPMD Jayawardene b PA de Silvac DPMD Jayawardene b PA de Silva39592066.10
Paul Collingwoodb ST Jayasuriyab ST Jayasuriya270028.57
Alec Stewart †run out (WPUJC Vaas)run out (WPUJC Vaas)6110054.55
Ian Blackwellc MS Atapattu b PA de Silvac MS Atapattu b PA de Silva161620100.00
Ronnie Iranic & b PA de Silvac & b PA de Silva2100020.00
Andrew Caddicknot outnot out14*1201116.67
James Andersonb M Muralitharanb M Muralitharan111009.09
Steve Harmisonc RP Arnold b PA de Silvac RP Arnold b PA de Silva7120058.33
Extras(b 1, lb 13, w 7, nb 5)(b 1, lb 13, w 7, nb 5)26
Total49.2 Ov (RR 5.13)49.2 Ov (RR 5.13) · Target 285 from 50 ov253
Fall of wickets: 115-1 (NV Knight, 20 ov), 146-2 (N Hussain, 25.1 ov), 161-3 (ME Trescothick, 28.1 ov), 167-4 (PD Collingwood, 30.4 ov), 179-5 (AJ Stewart, 35.2 ov), 217-6 (ID Blackwell, 40.4 ov), 227-7 (OA Shah, 43.2 ov), 227-8 (RC Irani, 43.3 ov), 234-9 (JM Anderson, 46.2 ov), 253-10 (SJ Harmison, 49.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
WPUJC Vaas915406.00309010
Charitha Buddhika703605.14245020
Aravinda de Silva6.213044.74222100
Dilhara Fernando703825.43253015
Muttiah Muralitharan1013613.60372000
Sanath Jayasuriya1004514.50312020
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stME Trescothick 59(60) & NV Knight 42(62)115120
2ndN Hussain 13(15) & ME Trescothick 16(17)3131
3rdOA Shah 3(11) & ME Trescothick 10(9)1518
4thPD Collingwood 2(7) & OA Shah 4(8)615
5thAJ Stewart 6(11) & OA Shah 5(17)1228
6thID Blackwell 16(16) & OA Shah 19(16)3832
7thRC Irani 2(9) & OA Shah 8(7)1016
8thRC Irani 0(1) & AR Caddick 0(0)01
9thJM Anderson 1(11) & AR Caddick 5(6)717
10thSJ Harmison 7(12) & AR Caddick 9(6)1918

Commentary

End of innings: ENG 253 (49.2 ov)
49.2W
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, OUT
SJ Harmison c RP Arnold b PA de Silva 7(12) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 253/10 (49.2 ov)
49.11
PA de Silva to AR Caddick, 1 run
End of over 495 runsENG 252/912Lb0011Lb
AR Caddick 13(11)SJ Harmison 7(11)ST Jayasuriya 10-0-45-1
48.61Lb
ST Jayasuriya to AR Caddick, 1 leg bye
48.51
ST Jayasuriya to SJ Harmison, 1 run
48.40
ST Jayasuriya to SJ Harmison, no run
48.30
ST Jayasuriya to SJ Harmison, no run
48.22Lb
ST Jayasuriya to SJ Harmison, 2 leg byes
48.11
ST Jayasuriya to AR Caddick, 1 run
End of over 4810 runsENG 247/9216100
SJ Harmison 6(7)AR Caddick 12(9)PA de Silva 6-1-29-3
47.60
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, no run
47.50
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, no run
47.41
PA de Silva to AR Caddick, 1 run
47.36
PA de Silva to AR Caddick, SIX
47.21
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, 1 run
47.12
PA de Silva to SJ Harmison, 2 runs
End of over 476 runs, 1 wktENG 237/93W0210
AR Caddick 5(7)SJ Harmison 3(3)M Muralitharan 10-1-36-1
46.60
M Muralitharan to AR Caddick, no run
46.51
M Muralitharan to SJ Harmison, 1 run
46.42
M Muralitharan to SJ Harmison, 2 runs
46.30
M Muralitharan to SJ Harmison, no run
46.2W
M Muralitharan to JM Anderson, OUT
JM Anderson b M Muralitharan 1(11) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 234/9 (46.2 ov)
46.13
M Muralitharan to AR Caddick, 3 runs
End of over 463 runsENG 231/810011Lb0
JM Anderson 1(10)AR Caddick 2(5)PA de Silva 5-1-19-3
45.60
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, no run
45.51Lb
PA de Silva to AR Caddick, 1 leg bye
45.41
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, 1 run
45.30
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, no run
45.20
PA de Silva to JM Anderson, no run