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England men · ODI · International series

Sri Lanka
v England⁠

Result

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

Sri Lanka
89/0
England
88
Date
Tuesday 18 November 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Dambulla
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Sri Lanka v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 88 all out (46.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c KMDN Kulasekara b WPUJC Vaas 9 22 2 0 40.9
Andrew Strauss c & b KADM Fernando 3 9 0 0 33.3
Michael Vaughan b KADM Fernando 2 19 0 0 10.5
Paul Collingwood c & b UDU Chandana 31 96 0 0 32.3
Andrew Flintoff c KC Sangakkara b WPUJC Vaas 3 7 0 0 42.9
Rikki Clarke b KMDN Kulasekara 2 19 0 0 10.5
Ian Blackwell c TM Dilshan b KMDN Kulasekara 3 12 0 0 25.0
Chris Read c DPMD Jayawardene b UDU Chandana 0 11 0 0 0.0
Ashley Giles c DPMD Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas 21 54 1 0 38.9
RL Johnson b M Muralitharan 6 12 1 0 50.0
James Anderson not out 4* 16 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 4, nb 0) 4
Total 46.1 overs 88

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (AJ Strauss, 3.3 ov), 2-12 (ME Trescothick, 6.4 ov), 3-17 (MP Vaughan, 9.6 ov), 4-26 (A Flintoff, 12.6 ov), 5-36 (R Clarke, 18.5 ov), 6-44 (ID Blackwell, 22.4 ov), 7-45 (CMW Read, 25.5 ov), 8-59 (PD Collingwood, 35.2 ov), 9-67 (RL Johnson, 38.4 ov), 10-88 (AF Giles, 46.1 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WPUJC Vaas 9.1 2 15 3 1.64 0 0
KADM Fernando 7 2 13 2 1.86 1 0
M Muralitharan 10 0 15 1 1.50 1 0
KMDN Kulasekara 9 1 19 2 2.11 1 0
UDU Chandana 10 1 23 2 2.30 1 0
ST Jayasuriya 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0

Sri Lanka · Innings 89/0 (13.5 overs)

Sri Lanka · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
ST Jayasuriya not out 46* 41 6 1 112.2
RS Kaluwitharana not out 36* 42 7 0 85.7
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 7, nb 0) 7
Total 13.5 overs 89/0

Did not bat: MS Atapattu, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, TM Dilshan, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas, KADM Fernando, M Muralitharan, KMDN Kulasekara

Sri Lanka · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 5 0 25 0 5.00 0 0
RL Johnson 3 1 17 0 5.67 3 0
Andrew Flintoff 3.5 0 27 0 7.04 2 0
Rikki Clarke 2 0 20 0 10.00 2 0

Player of the match: WPUJC Vaas · Umpires: DJ Harper, TH Wijewardene · TV umpire: MG Silva · 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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2002 – 2003

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