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Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 106 | 180 | 17 | 1 | 58.9 |
| Andrew Strauss | c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 48 | 97 | 8 | 0 | 49.5 |
| Alastair Cook | c KC Sangakkara b MF Maharoof | 89 | 184 | 10 | 0 | 48.4 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 158 | 205 | 19 | 2 | 77.1 |
| Matthew Hoggard | b WPUJC Vaas | 7 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18.9 |
| Paul Collingwood | b M Muralitharan | 57 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 47.9 |
| Andrew Flintoff | not out | 33* | 29 | 3 | 2 | 113.8 |
| Geraint Jones | not out | 11* | 22 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | (b 16, lb 7, w 4, nb 15) | 42 | ||||
| Total | 143 overs | 551/6 | ||||
Did not bat: LE Plunkett, MS Panesar, SI Mahmood
Fall of wickets: 1-86 (AJ Strauss, 28.1 ov), 2-213 (ME Trescothick, 62.5 ov), 3-312 (AN Cook, 85.3 ov), 4-329 (MJ Hoggard, 94.6 ov), 5-502 (KP Pietersen, 133.5 ov), 6-502 (PD Collingwood, 134.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 36 | 2 | 124 | 2 | 3.44 | 1 | 0 |
| MF Maharoof | 28 | 4 | 125 | 1 | 4.46 | 2 | 14 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 25 | 3 | 89 | 0 | 3.56 | 1 | 1 |
| M Muralitharan | 48 | 10 | 158 | 3 | 3.29 | 0 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 5.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Mubarak | lbw b MJ Hoggard | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WU Tharanga | lbw b MJ Hoggard | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 47.6 |
| KC Sangakkara | c ME Trescothick b SI Mahmood | 21 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 32.8 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c GO Jones b A Flintoff | 61 | 118 | 9 | 0 | 51.7 |
| TT Samaraweera | lbw b SI Mahmood | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TM Dilshan | run out | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CK Kapugedera | lbw b SI Mahmood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MF Maharoof | c & b MJ Hoggard | 22 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 59.5 |
| WPUJC Vaas | c ME Trescothick b MJ Hoggard | 31 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 86.1 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff | 29 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 55.8 |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 10) | 18 | ||||
| Total | 55.3 overs | 192 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (J Mubarak, 2.1 ov), 2-21 (WU Tharanga, 6.6 ov), 3-81 (KC Sangakkara, 22.6 ov), 4-81 (TT Samaraweera, 24.4 ov), 5-85 (TM Dilshan, 26.1 ov), 6-85 (CK Kapugedera, 26.2 ov), 7-129 (MF Maharoof, 40.3 ov), 8-131 (DPMD Jayawardene, 41.5 ov), 9-192 (WPUJC Vaas, 54.6 ov), 10-192 (KMDN Kulasekara, 55.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 14 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 1.93 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 17.3 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 3.14 | 0 | 3 |
| Liam Plunkett | 11 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 4.73 | 0 | 5 |
| Sajid Mahmood | 13 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 3.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Mubarak | b MJ Hoggard | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| WU Tharanga | c GO Jones b MS Panesar | 52 | 126 | 7 | 0 | 41.3 |
| KC Sangakkara | c GO Jones b MS Panesar | 65 | 156 | 6 | 0 | 41.7 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c GO Jones b A Flintoff | 119 | 220 | 12 | 0 | 54.1 |
| MF Maharoof | c KP Pietersen b SI Mahmood | 59 | 145 | 7 | 1 | 40.7 |
| TT Samaraweera | c GO Jones b SI Mahmood | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| TM Dilshan | c ME Trescothick b LE Plunkett | 69 | 145 | 11 | 0 | 47.6 |
| CK Kapugedera | c GO Jones b A Flintoff | 10 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 50* | 188 | 7 | 0 | 26.6 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | c KP Pietersen b MJ Hoggard | 64 | 133 | 7 | 2 | 48.1 |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 1* | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 19, w 3, nb 5) | 36 | ||||
| Total | 199 overs | 537/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (J Mubarak, 4.3 ov), 2-119 (WU Tharanga, 39.6 ov), 3-178 (KC Sangakkara, 59.2 ov), 4-291 (MF Maharoof, 99.5 ov), 5-303 (TT Samaraweera, 103.5 ov), 6-371 (DPMD Jayawardene, 125.1 ov), 7-405 (CK Kapugedera, 139.1 ov), 8-421 (TM Dilshan, 146.6 ov), 9-526 (KMDN Kulasekara, 192.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 46 | 11 | 110 | 2 | 2.39 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 51 | 11 | 131 | 2 | 2.57 | 1 | 0 |
| Sajid Mahmood | 35 | 5 | 118 | 2 | 3.37 | 1 | 0 |
| Liam Plunkett | 31 | 10 | 85 | 1 | 2.74 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Collingwood | 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1.78 | 1 | 2 |
| Monty Panesar | 27 | 10 | 49 | 2 | 1.81 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: DPMD Jayawardene · Umpires: Aleem Dar, RE Koertzen · TV umpire: NJ Llong · Match referee: AG Hurst. 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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