VB SeriesMatch 8 · ODI
Sri Lanka beat England by 31 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, . Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Match report
From the scorecardSri 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)| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvan Atapattuc NV Knight b AR Caddick | c NV Knight b AR Caddick | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sanath Jayasuriyac NV Knight b ID Blackwell | c NV Knight b ID Blackwell | 106 | 110 | 15 | 1 | 96.36 |
| Hashan Tillakaratnec ME Trescothick b PD Collingwood | c ME Trescothick b PD Collingwood | 44 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 59.46 |
| Aravinda de Silvac †AJ Stewart b AR Caddick | c †AJ Stewart b AR Caddick | 51 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 86.44 |
| Kumar Sangakkara †c & b JM Anderson | c & b JM Anderson | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Mahela Jayawardenec PD Collingwood b JM Anderson | c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson | 33 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 110.00 |
| Russel Arnoldrun out (ME Trescothick) | run out (ME Trescothick) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WPUJC Vaasnot out | not out | 6* | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120.00 |
| Muttiah Muralitharannot out | not out | 3* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 |
| 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)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Caddick | 10 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 2.90 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| James Anderson | 9 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 6.44 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Harmison | 9 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 6.56 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Ronnie Irani | 9 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 5.89 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Blackwell | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 5.40 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 3 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6.67 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Partnerships
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MS Atapattu 0(6) & ST Jayasuriya 0(0) | 0 | 6 |
| 2nd | ST Jayasuriya 79(78) & HP Tillakaratne 44(74) | 144 | 150 |
| 3rd | ST Jayasuriya 27(32) & PA de Silva 21(26) | 55 | 56 |
| 4th | PA de Silva 15(21) & KC Sangakkara 10(15) | 25 | 36 |
| 5th | PA de Silva 15(12) & DPMD Jayawardene 23(20) | 40 | 32 |
| 6th | RP Arnold 0(3) & DPMD Jayawardene 5(3) | 5 | 6 |
| 7th | DPMD Jayawardene 5(7) & WPUJC Vaas 3(2) | 8 | 9 |
| 8th | WPUJC Vaas 3(3) & M Muralitharan 3(2) | 7* | 5 |
England innings
253(49.2 ov)| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothickrun out (†KC Sangakkara/CRD Fernando) | run out (†KC Sangakkara/CRD Fernando) | 85 | 86 | 13 | 0 | 98.84 |
| Nick Knightc †KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando | c †KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando | 42 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 67.74 |
| Nasser Hussainc †KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando | c †KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 86.67 |
| Owais Shahc DPMD Jayawardene b PA de Silva | c DPMD Jayawardene b PA de Silva | 39 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 66.10 |
| Paul Collingwoodb ST Jayasuriya | b ST Jayasuriya | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Alec Stewart †run out (WPUJC Vaas) | run out (WPUJC Vaas) | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Ian Blackwellc MS Atapattu b PA de Silva | c MS Atapattu b PA de Silva | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Ronnie Iranic & b PA de Silva | c & b PA de Silva | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Andrew Caddicknot out | not out | 14* | 12 | 0 | 1 | 116.67 |
| James Andersonb M Muralitharan | b M Muralitharan | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
| Steve Harmisonc RP Arnold b PA de Silva | c RP Arnold b PA de Silva | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 58.33 |
| 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 ov | 253 | ||||
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)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 9 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 6.00 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charitha Buddhika | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5.14 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 6.2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 4.74 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 7 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 5.43 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3.60 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 4.50 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ME Trescothick 59(60) & NV Knight 42(62) | 115 | 120 |
| 2nd | N Hussain 13(15) & ME Trescothick 16(17) | 31 | 31 |
| 3rd | OA Shah 3(11) & ME Trescothick 10(9) | 15 | 18 |
| 4th | PD Collingwood 2(7) & OA Shah 4(8) | 6 | 15 |
| 5th | AJ Stewart 6(11) & OA Shah 5(17) | 12 | 28 |
| 6th | ID Blackwell 16(16) & OA Shah 19(16) | 38 | 32 |
| 7th | RC Irani 2(9) & OA Shah 8(7) | 10 | 16 |
| 8th | RC Irani 0(1) & AR Caddick 0(0) | 0 | 1 |
| 9th | JM Anderson 1(11) & AR Caddick 5(6) | 7 | 17 |
| 10th | SJ Harmison 7(12) & AR Caddick 9(6) | 19 | 18 |
Commentary
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



