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England men · ODI · International series

England
v Sri Lanka⁠

Result

England won by 19 runs

England
279/7
Sri Lanka
260
Date
Friday 17 January 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Adelaide
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Sri Lanka ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 279/7 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick b MKGCP Lakshitha 39 42 6 0 92.9
Nick Knight c KC Sangakkara b WPUJC Vaas 88 110 2 1 80.0
Michael Vaughan c WPUJC Vaas b CRD Fernando 28 35 3 0 80.0
Nasser Hussain b ST Jayasuriya 18 36 0 0 50.0
Alec Stewart b MKGCP Lakshitha 51 59 3 0 86.4
Ian Blackwell lbw b WPUJC Vaas 0 1 0 0 0.0
Paul Collingwood c HP Tillakaratne b CRD Fernando 18 16 1 1 112.5
Ronnie Irani not out 13* 8 1 0 162.5
Andy Caddick not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 11, w 4, nb 8) 23
Total 50 overs 279/7

Did not bat: JM Anderson, SJ Harmison

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (ME Trescothick, 9.6 ov), 2-114 (MP Vaughan, 20.4 ov), 3-155 (N Hussain, 31.1 ov), 4-206 (NV Knight, 40.5 ov), 5-206 (ID Blackwell, 40.6 ov), 6-260 (PD Collingwood, 48.1 ov), 7-272 (AJ Stewart, 49.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WPUJC Vaas 10 0 54 2 5.40 2 1
TCB Fernando 4 0 27 0 6.75 1 2
MKGCP Lakshitha 9 0 42 2 4.67 0 0
PA de Silva 8 0 45 0 5.63 0 0
CRD Fernando 9 0 52 2 5.78 1 5
ST Jayasuriya 10 0 48 1 4.80 0 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 260 all out (49.2 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MS Atapattu b AR Caddick 12 14 2 0 85.7
ST Jayasuriya run out (N Hussain) 99 83 9 2 119.3
HP Tillakaratne c AJ Stewart b AR Caddick 9 17 2 0 52.9
PA de Silva c AJ Stewart b PD Collingwood 15 27 2 0 55.6
DPMD Jayawardene c MP Vaughan b RC Irani 13 23 1 0 56.5
KC Sangakkara c ID Blackwell b AR Caddick 56 66 3 0 84.8
RP Arnold c ID Blackwell b AR Caddick 35 56 1 1 62.5
WPUJC Vaas c PD Collingwood b MP Vaughan 1 3 0 0 33.3
MKGCP Lakshitha c ME Trescothick b JM Anderson 4 6 0 0 66.7
TCB Fernando not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
CRD Fernando b JM Anderson 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 8, nb 1) 15
Total 49.2 overs 260

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (MS Atapattu, 2.6 ov), 2-53 (HP Tillakaratne, 8.3 ov), 3-119 (PA de Silva, 18.3 ov), 4-150 (DPMD Jayawardene, 25.5 ov), 5-158 (ST Jayasuriya, 27.5 ov), 6-251 (KC Sangakkara, 46.3 ov), 7-254 (WPUJC Vaas, 47.3 ov), 8-257 (RP Arnold, 48.2 ov), 9-260 (MKGCP Lakshitha, 49.1 ov), 10-260 (CRD Fernando, 49.2 ov)

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Andy Caddick 10 0 35 4 3.50 1 0
James Anderson 7.2 0 54 2 7.36 4 0
Steve Harmison 2 0 27 0 13.50 3 1
Ronnie Irani 10 0 36 1 3.60 0 0
Paul Collingwood 3 0 23 1 7.67 0 0
Ian Blackwell 10 0 44 0 4.40 0 0
Michael Vaughan 7 0 35 1 5.00 0 0

Player of the match: Andy Caddick · Umpires: DJ Harper, RB Tiffin · TV umpire: SJ Davis · 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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