English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04

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 England 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
Result England won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs Sanath Jayasuriya (46) Paul Collingwood (31)
Most wickets No wickets taken Chaminda Vaas (3)
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:

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 Sri Lanka
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
v
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.


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