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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 31 runs

England
253
Sri Lanka
284/7
Date
Monday 13 January 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Sydney
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka ODI scorecard

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

Sri Lanka · Innings 284/7 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MS Atapattu c NV Knight b AR Caddick 0 6 0 0 0.0
ST Jayasuriya c NV Knight b ID Blackwell 106 110 15 1 96.4
HP Tillakaratne c ME Trescothick b PD Collingwood 44 74 5 0 59.5
PA de Silva c AJ Stewart b AR Caddick 51 59 4 0 86.4
KC Sangakkara c & b JM Anderson 10 15 0 0 66.7
DPMD Jayawardene c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson 33 30 4 0 110.0
RP Arnold run out (ME Trescothick) 0 3 0 0 0.0
WPUJC Vaas not out 6* 5 0 0 120.0
M Muralitharan not out 3* 2 0 0 150.0
Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 16, nb 4) 31
Total 50 overs 284/7

Did not bat: TCB Fernando, CRD Fernando

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (MS Atapattu, 0.6 ov), 2-144 (HP Tillakaratne, 25.6 ov), 3-199 (ST Jayasuriya, 35.2 ov), 4-224 (KC Sangakkara, 41.2 ov), 5-264 (PA de Silva, 46.4 ov), 6-269 (RP Arnold, 47.4 ov), 7-277 (DPMD Jayawardene, 49.1 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Andy Caddick 10 3 29 2 2.90 1 1
James Anderson 9 0 58 2 6.44 3 0
Steve Harmison 9 0 59 0 6.56 9 2
Ronnie Irani 9 0 53 0 5.89 1 0
Ian Blackwell 10 0 54 1 5.40 1 0
Paul Collingwood 3 0 20 1 6.67 0 1

England · Innings 253 all out (49.2 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick run out (KC Sangakkara/CRD Fernando) 85 86 13 0 98.8
Nick Knight c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando 42 62 5 0 67.7
Nasser Hussain c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando 13 15 1 0 86.7
Owais Shah c DPMD Jayawardene b PA de Silva 39 59 2 0 66.1
Paul Collingwood b ST Jayasuriya 2 7 0 0 28.6
Alec Stewart run out (WPUJC Vaas) 6 11 0 0 54.5
Ian Blackwell c MS Atapattu b PA de Silva 16 16 2 0 100.0
Ronnie Irani c & b PA de Silva 2 10 0 0 20.0
Andy Caddick not out 14* 12 0 1 116.7
James Anderson b M Muralitharan 1 11 0 0 9.1
Steve Harmison c RP Arnold b PA de Silva 7 12 0 0 58.3
Extras (b 1, lb 13, w 7, nb 5) 26
Total 49.2 overs 253

Fall of wickets: 1-115 (NV Knight, 19.6 ov), 2-146 (N Hussain, 25.1 ov), 3-161 (ME Trescothick, 28.1 ov), 4-167 (PD Collingwood, 30.4 ov), 5-179 (AJ Stewart, 35.2 ov), 6-217 (ID Blackwell, 40.4 ov), 7-227 (OA Shah, 43.2 ov), 8-227 (RC Irani, 43.3 ov), 9-234 (JM Anderson, 46.2 ov), 10-253 (SJ Harmison, 49.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WPUJC Vaas 9 1 54 0 6.00 1 0
TCB Fernando 7 0 36 0 5.14 2 0
PA de Silva 6.2 1 30 4 4.74 0 0
CRD Fernando 7 0 38 2 5.43 1 5
M Muralitharan 10 1 36 1 3.60 0 0
ST Jayasuriya 10 0 45 1 4.50 2 0

Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya · Umpires: DB Hair, RB Tiffin · TV umpire: SJA Taufel · Match referee: CH Lloyd. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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