English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04

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English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003-04

	Sri Lanka	England
Dates	15 November – 21 December 2003
Captains	Hashan Tillakaratne (Tests) Marvan Atapattu (ODIs)	Michael Vaughan
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Mahela Jayawardene (334)	Michael Vaughan (221)
Most wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan (26)	Ashley Giles (18)
Player of the series	Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Sanath Jayasuriya (46)	Paul Collingwood (31)
Most wickets	Chaminda Vaas (3)	No wickets taken
Player of the series	Chaminda Vaas (SL)

Sri Lanka won the 3 match series 1-0 and 4 limited overs matches, one of which was the Bungle in the jungle.

Sri Lanka won the Test series by winning 1 of the 3 matches with 2 drawn:

1st Test (Galle International Stadium) – match drawn
2nd Test (Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy) – match drawn
3rd Test (Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo) – Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

1st ODI

18 November 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard

England 88 (46.1 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 89/0 (13.5 overs)
PD Collingwood 31 (96) WPUJC Vaas 3/15 (9.1 overs)		ST Jayasuriya 46* (41)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla
Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and TH Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: WPUJC Vaas (SL)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
AJ Strauss (ENG), and KADM Fernando and KMDN Kulasekara (both SL) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

21 November 2003 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

Match abandoned
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and PT Manuel (SL)

3rd ODI

23 November 2003
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England

Match abandoned
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and TH Wijewardene (SL)

Test series summary

1st Test

2–6 December 2003
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
331 (127.5 overs) KC Sangakkara 71 (142) AF Giles 4/69 (32.5 overs)		235 (100.4 overs) MA Butcher 51 (207) M Muralitharan 7/46 (31.4 overs)
226 (97.2 overs) DPMD Jayawardene 86* (242) AF Giles 4/63 (40 overs)		210/9 (108 overs) MA Butcher 54 (132) M Muralitharan 4/47 (37 overs)

Match drawn
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and S Venkataraghavan (IND)
Player of the match: M Muralitharan (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
PD Collingwood (ENG) and KADM Fernando (SL) made their Test debuts

2nd Test

10–14 December 2003
Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
382 (126.4 overs) TM Dilshan 63 (94) AF Giles 5/116 (37.4 overs)		294 (114.2 overs) GP Thorpe 57 (198) M Muralitharan 4/60 (40 overs)
279/7dec (71 overs) TM Dilshan 100 (129) AF Giles 3/101 (22 overs)		285/7 (140 overs) MP Vaughan 105 (333) M Muralitharan 4/64 (56 overs)

Match drawn
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and DJ Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: MP Vaughan (ENG)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Test

18–21 December 2003
Scorecard

England	v	Sri Lanka
265 (101 overs) A Flintoff 77 (109) M Muralitharan 3/40 (40 overs)		628/8dec (182 overs) TT Samaraweera 142 (408) A Flintoff 2/47 (18 overs)
148 (68 overs) MA Butcher 37 (119) M Muralitharan 4/63 (27 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs
Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and SA Bucknor (WI)
Player of the match: TT Samaraweera (SL)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

Tour matches

One-day: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI v England XI

15 November 2003
Scorecard

England XI 237/8 (38 overs)	v	Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI 76/1 (17.1 overs)
Andrew Strauss 83 (88) Nandika Ranjith 2/32 (8 overs)		Michael Vandort 39 (59) James Kirtley 1/12 (4 overs)

No result
Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa
Umpires: Grashan Liyanage (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)

England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
Rain reduced the number of overs to 38 per side and caused the game to be abandoned.

First-class: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI vs England XI

26–28 November 2003
Scorecard

Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI	v	England XI
181 (67.5 overs) Bathiya Perera 55* (125) James Kirtley 4/41 (14 overs)		314/9d (71.3 overs) Mark Butcher 151* (219) Dilhara Fernando 3/79 (21 overs)
135/4 (44 overs) Michael Vandort 42 (46) Robert Croft 1/18 (7 overs)

Match drawn
Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake (SL) and CBC Rodrigo (SL)

Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.

v t e International cricket in 2003–04
Preceding season: International cricket in 2003
October 2003	New Zealand in India South Africa in Pakistan Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship Zimbabwe in Australia England in Bangladesh TVS Cup
November 2003	West Indies in Zimbabwe England in Sri Lanka New Zealand in Pakistan New Zealand women in India
December 2003	India in Australia West Indies in South Africa Pakistan in New Zealand
January 2004	Australia Tri-Series West Indies in South Africa
February 2004	Bangladesh in Zimbabwe South Africa in New Zealand Australia in Sri Lanka Six Nations Challenge West Indies women in India
March 2004	England in West Indies India in Pakistan Americas Affiliates Championship ICC Intercontinental Cup West Indies women in Pakistan
Following season: International cricket in 2004

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2022-23 2023–24
Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016 2022 2024–25
Bangladesh	2002 2005 2007 2012–13 2016–17 2019 2020–21
England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2018–19 2020–21
India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015 2017 2021 2024
Ireland	2022–23
New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14 2019 2024–25
Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015 2022 2023
South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014 2018 2021–22
West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16 2019–20 2021–22 2024–25
Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02 2017 2020–21 2021–22 2023–24

Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1986 1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2001–02 2001–02 2002 2004 2009 2010 2010 2010 2011 2012 2018

Other tours
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Bangladeshi	1985–86
Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12
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Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76
Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14
Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68
New Zealand	1927 1937–38
Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79
Scottish	2011–12 2013–14
West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79
Irish	2020–21
South Africa A	2023

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