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Result
Sri Lanka won by 134 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Vandort | b J Lewis | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| WU Tharanga | c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard | 34 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 47.2 |
| KC Sangakkara | c GO Jones b A Flintoff | 36 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 47.4 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c GO Jones b A Flintoff | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TM Dilshan | c A Flintoff b J Lewis | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | c KP Pietersen b A Flintoff | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 |
| CK Kapugedera | c AJ Strauss b LE Plunkett | 14 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 45.2 |
| MF Maharoof | c A Flintoff b MJ Hoggard | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 54.2 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 38* | 94 | 5 | 0 | 40.4 |
| SL Malinga | c KP Pietersen b J Lewis | 21 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 46.7 |
| M Muralitharan | c A Flintoff b LE Plunkett | 33 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 113.8 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 20) | 29 | ||||
| Total | 66.2 overs | 231 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (MG Vandort, 1.3 ov), 2-84 (KC Sangakkara, 23.3 ov), 3-85 (WU Tharanga, 24.5 ov), 4-86 (DPMD Jayawardene, 25.4 ov), 5-97 (TM Dilshan, 28.1 ov), 6-105 (ST Jayasuriya, 31.4 ov), 7-129 (MF Maharoof, 37.4 ov), 8-139 (CK Kapugedera, 40.3 ov), 9-169 (SL Malinga, 51.6 ov), 10-231 (M Muralitharan, 66.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 17 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 3.82 | 1 | 4 |
| Jon Lewis | 21 | 3 | 68 | 3 | 3.24 | 0 | 3 |
| Liam Plunkett | 8.2 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 4.32 | 1 | 4 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 15 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 3.47 | 0 | 9 |
| Monty Panesar | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | run out | 24 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 63.2 |
| Andrew Strauss | b WPUJC Vaas | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Alastair Cook | b SL Malinga | 24 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 41 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 70.7 |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 48 | 184 | 0 | 1 | 26.1 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c DPMD Jayawardene b ST Jayasuriya | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Geraint Jones | st KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan | 19 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 44.2 |
| Liam Plunkett | b ST Jayasuriya | 9 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 |
| Matthew Hoggard | c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 10 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 |
| Jon Lewis | c TM Dilshan b SL Malinga | 20 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 69.0 |
| Monty Panesar | not out | 0* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 13, w 3, nb 8) | 26 | ||||
| Total | 91.1 overs | 229 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (AJ Strauss, 8.5 ov), 2-39 (ME Trescothick, 12.6 ov), 3-73 (AN Cook, 24.2 ov), 4-117 (KP Pietersen, 36.3 ov), 5-118 (A Flintoff, 37.3 ov), 6-151 (GO Jones, 52.5 ov), 7-184 (LE Plunkett, 73.1 ov), 8-196 (PD Collingwood, 82.5 ov), 9-229 (MJ Hoggard, 90.3 ov), 10-229 (J Lewis, 91.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 26 | 5 | 71 | 2 | 2.73 | 1 | 2 |
| SL Malinga | 23.1 | 3 | 62 | 2 | 2.68 | 1 | 5 |
| M Muralitharan | 31 | 10 | 62 | 3 | 2.00 | 0 | 1 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 11 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Vandort | b MJ Hoggard | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| WU Tharanga | c AN Cook b MS Panesar | 46 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 40.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | c ME Trescothick b A Flintoff | 66 | 133 | 9 | 0 | 49.6 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c GO Jones b LE Plunkett | 45 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 53.6 |
| ST Jayasuriya | lbw b MS Panesar | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| TM Dilshan | c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard | 32 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 53.3 |
| CK Kapugedera | c AN Cook b LE Plunkett | 50 | 132 | 7 | 0 | 37.9 |
| MF Maharoof | b MS Panesar | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 34* | 100 | 4 | 0 | 34.0 |
| SL Malinga | b MS Panesar | 22 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 137.5 |
| M Muralitharan | c AJ Strauss b MS Panesar | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 5) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 113 overs | 322 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (MG Vandort, 0.6 ov), 2-100 (WU Tharanga, 36.5 ov), 3-143 (KC Sangakkara, 47.2 ov), 4-148 (ST Jayasuriya, 48.2 ov), 5-191 (DPMD Jayawardene, 64.2 ov), 6-223 (TM Dilshan, 70.6 ov), 7-238 (MF Maharoof, 79.4 ov), 8-287 (CK Kapugedera, 104.4 ov), 9-320 (SL Malinga, 111.3 ov), 10-322 (M Muralitharan, 113.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 22 | 4 | 71 | 2 | 3.23 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Lewis | 20 | 6 | 54 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 12.5 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 2.96 | 0 | 2 |
| Monty Panesar | 37.1 | 13 | 78 | 5 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Plunkett | 19 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 3.42 | 1 | 3 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | b M Muralitharan | 31 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 31.6 |
| Andrew Strauss | c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 55 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 47.8 |
| Alastair Cook | lbw b M Muralitharan | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 |
| Paul Collingwood | c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan | 9 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Geraint Jones | b M Muralitharan | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Liam Plunkett | not out | 22* | 47 | 3 | 0 | 46.8 |
| Matthew Hoggard | run out | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Jon Lewis | lbw b M Muralitharan | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 43.8 |
| Monty Panesar | lbw b ST Jayasuriya | 26 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 92.9 |
| Extras | (b 13, lb 1, w 1, nb 4) | 19 | ||||
| Total | 69 overs | 190 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-84 (ME Trescothick, 27.2 ov), 2-104 (AN Cook, 35.5 ov), 3-111 (AJ Strauss, 39.3 ov), 4-120 (KP Pietersen, 45.1 ov), 5-120 (A Flintoff, 45.5 ov), 6-125 (PD Collingwood, 49.4 ov), 7-132 (GO Jones, 55.2 ov), 8-136 (MJ Hoggard, 56.1 ov), 9-153 (J Lewis, 61.4 ov), 10-190 (MS Panesar, 68.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3.11 | 0 | 1 |
| SL Malinga | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3.43 | 1 | 1 |
| M Muralitharan | 30.1 | 10 | 70 | 8 | 2.32 | 0 | 2 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 22.5 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 2.36 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: M Muralitharan · Umpires: RE Koertzen, DB Hair · TV umpire: PJ Hartley · 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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