No noise. No nonsense. Just England.
England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test
Result
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs
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 | 70 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 71.4 |
| Michael Vaughan | c DPMD Jayawardene b UDU Chandana | 18 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 35.3 |
| MA Butcher | c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando | 23 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 46.0 |
| Nasser Hussain | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 22.9 |
| Graham Thorpe | lbw b M Muralitharan | 13 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c & b M Muralitharan | 77 | 109 | 10 | 4 | 70.6 |
| GJ Batty | c MS Atapattu b UDU Chandana | 14 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 13.9 |
| Chris Read | not out | 17* | 64 | 0 | 1 | 26.6 |
| Ashley Giles | run out (KC Sangakkara/TM Dilshan) | 10 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 25.6 |
| James Kirtley | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| James Anderson | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 8, w 0, nb 1) | 13 | ||||
| Total | 101 overs | 265 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-78 (MP Vaughan, 18.6 ov), 2-108 (ME Trescothick, 31.6 ov), 3-114 (MA Butcher, 34.1 ov), 4-135 (N Hussain, 44.3 ov), 5-139 (GP Thorpe, 45.5 ov), 6-226 (GJ Batty, 76.5 ov), 7-236 (A Flintoff, 83.3 ov), 8-258 (AF Giles, 93.4 ov), 9-259 (RJ Kirtley, 96.1 ov), 10-265 (JM Anderson, 100.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 17 | 5 | 64 | 3 | 3.76 | 0 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando | 12 | 3 | 55 | 1 | 4.58 | 0 | 1 |
| TT Samaraweera | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 |
| UDU Chandana | 26 | 7 | 82 | 2 | 3.15 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 40 | 21 | 40 | 3 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC Sangakkara | c ME Trescothick b RJ Kirtley | 31 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 73.8 |
| ST Jayasuriya | c ME Trescothick b A Flintoff | 85 | 104 | 12 | 1 | 81.7 |
| TT Samaraweera | run out (GJ Batty/CMW Read) | 142 | 408 | 13 | 0 | 34.8 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c sub (PD Collingwood) b A Flintoff | 134 | 246 | 14 | 1 | 54.5 |
| TM Dilshan | b AF Giles | 83 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 63.4 |
| HP Tillakaratne | b AF Giles | 12 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 |
| UDU Chandana | c MP Vaughan b RJ Kirtley | 76 | 103 | 7 | 2 | 73.8 |
| WPUJC Vaas | run out (AF Giles) | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.8 |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 21* | 10 | 1 | 2 | 210.0 |
| CRD Fernando | not out | 1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 16, w 5, nb 6) | 34 | ||||
| Total | 181.5 overs | 628/8 | ||||
Did not bat: MS Atapattu
Fall of wickets: 1-71 (KC Sangakkara, 11.6 ov), 2-138 (ST Jayasuriya, 38.1 ov), 3-400 (DPMD Jayawardene, 128.2 ov), 4-428 (TT Samaraweera, 136.1 ov), 5-456 (HP Tillakaratne, 147.6 ov), 6-582 (TM Dilshan, 175.5 ov), 7-605 (WPUJC Vaas, 179.4 ov), 8-606 (UDU Chandana, 180.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Kirtley | 30.5 | 4 | 131 | 2 | 4.25 | 0 | 3 |
| James Anderson | 24 | 5 | 85 | 0 | 3.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 18 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 2.61 | 0 | 3 |
| Ashley Giles | 65 | 16 | 190 | 2 | 2.92 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Batty | 41 | 4 | 137 | 0 | 3.34 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Trescothick | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c sub (MG Vandort) b WPUJC Vaas | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Michael Vaughan | c ST Jayasuriya b CRD Fernando | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 |
| MA Butcher | b ST Jayasuriya | 37 | 119 | 6 | 0 | 31.1 |
| Nasser Hussain | c KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan | 11 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Graham Thorpe | st KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan | 19 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 31.7 |
| GJ Batty | st KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando | 30 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Chris Read | lbw b ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ashley Giles | b CRD Fernando | 13 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 27.1 |
| James Kirtley | b M Muralitharan | 12 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 |
| James Anderson | not out | 1* | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 8, w 0, nb 1) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 67.5 overs | 148 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (ME Trescothick, 0.6 ov), 2-22 (MP Vaughan, 7.4 ov), 3-44 (N Hussain, 17.6 ov), 4-82 (GP Thorpe, 37.5 ov), 5-82 (GJ Batty, 37.6 ov), 6-84 (MA Butcher, 42.3 ov), 7-84 (CMW Read, 44.6 ov), 8-124 (AF Giles, 60.4 ov), 9-137 (A Flintoff, 64.2 ov), 10-148 (RJ Kirtley, 67.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 3.57 | 0 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando | 12 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2.25 | 0 | 1 |
| UDU Chandana | 13 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 26.5 | 9 | 63 | 4 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: TT Samaraweera · Umpires: Aleem Dar, SA Bucknor · TV umpire: TH Wijewardene · 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.
Men's senior internationals · Newest first
Sri Lanka
382 & 279/7d – 294 & 285/7
England
England drew
Match drawn
Sri Lanka
331 & 226 – 235 & 210/9
England
England drew
Match drawn
England
512 & 50/0 – 253 & 308
Sri Lanka
England won
England won by 10 wickets
England
545 – 162 & 272
Sri Lanka
England won
England won by an innings and 111 runs
England
275 & 529/5d – 555/8d & 42/1
Sri Lanka
England drew
Match drawn
Tests since 1982
18+ only. Odds and offers are subject to change and to the bookmaker's terms. Set a budget, never chase losses, and treat betting as entertainment. National Gambling Helpline: 0808 8020 133, free, 24/7.