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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test
Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Vandort | lbw b RJ Sidebottom | 18 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 54.5 |
| WU Tharanga | lbw b SJ Harmison | 16 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 38.1 |
| KC Sangakkara | c MS Panesar b SJ Harmison | 46 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 48.4 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | not out | 213* | 411 | 25 | 0 | 51.8 |
| LPC Silva | c IR Bell b SJ Harmison | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 |
| TM Dilshan | run out | 84 | 137 | 11 | 0 | 61.3 |
| HAPW Jayawardene | c MJ Prior b RS Bopara | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| WPUJC Vaas | c MP Vaughan b MJ Hoggard | 90 | 133 | 11 | 0 | 67.7 |
| SL Malinga | b PD Collingwood | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 31.3 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 14, w 8, nb 3) | 26 | ||||
| Total | 148.5 overs | 499/8 | ||||
Did not bat: UWMBCA Welegedara, M Muralitharan
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (MG Vandort, 10.1 ov), 2-44 (WU Tharanga, 14.4 ov), 3-132 (KC Sangakkara, 45.1 ov), 4-138 (LPC Silva, 53.2 ov), 5-287 (TM Dilshan, 99.1 ov), 6-287 (HAPW Jayawardene, 99.4 ov), 7-470 (WPUJC Vaas, 143.5 ov), 8-499 (SL Malinga, 148.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 34 | 8 | 95 | 1 | 2.79 | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 32 | 4 | 121 | 1 | 3.78 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Harmison | 34 | 4 | 104 | 3 | 3.06 | 2 | 3 |
| Monty Panesar | 26 | 3 | 76 | 0 | 2.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | 10 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 3.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 9.5 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 3.86 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c HAPW Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas | 13 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 48.1 |
| Michael Vaughan | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Ian Bell | run out | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c HAPW Jayawardene b SL Malinga | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | b UWMBCA Welegedara | 29 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 60.4 |
| Ravi Bopara | c UWMBCA Welegedara b WPUJC Vaas | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Prior | b WPUJC Vaas | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | c TM Dilshan b M Muralitharan | 11 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 15.7 |
| Steve Harmison | not out | 9* | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Matthew Hoggard | c DPMD Jayawardene b UWMBCA Welegedara | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Monty Panesar | run out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 0, w 0, nb 8) | 12 | ||||
| Total | 30.5 overs | 81 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (MP Vaughan, 2.1 ov), 2-9 (IR Bell, 3.3 ov), 3-22 (AN Cook, 6.6 ov), 4-22 (KP Pietersen, 7.3 ov), 5-25 (RS Bopara, 8.3 ov), 6-33 (MJ Prior, 10.3 ov), 7-70 (RJ Sidebottom, 27.6 ov), 8-72 (PD Collingwood, 28.2 ov), 9-72 (MJ Hoggard, 28.6 ov), 10-81 (MS Panesar, 30.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 9.5 | 2 | 28 | 4 | 2.85 | 0 | 4 |
| SL Malinga | 9 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2.89 | 0 | 2 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2.13 | 0 | 2 |
| M Muralitharan | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | c HAPW Jayawardene b UWMBCA Welegedara | 118 | 285 | 12 | 0 | 41.4 |
| Michael Vaughan | c DPMD Jayawardene b UWMBCA Welegedara | 24 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 |
| Ian Bell | b M Muralitharan | 34 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 50.7 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c DPMD Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 30 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 45.5 |
| Paul Collingwood | st HAPW Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ravi Bopara | run out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Prior | not out | 19* | 100 | 2 | 0 | 19.0 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | not out | 0* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 5, w 1, nb 14) | 26 | ||||
| Total | 95 overs | 251/6 | ||||
Did not bat: SJ Harmison, MJ Hoggard, MS Panesar
Fall of wickets: 1-67 (MP Vaughan, 19.6 ov), 2-128 (IR Bell, 42.1 ov), 3-200 (KP Pietersen, 64.3 ov), 4-200 (PD Collingwood, 64.5 ov), 5-200 (RS Bopara, 64.6 ov), 6-250 (AN Cook, 93.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Muralitharan | 38 | 8 | 91 | 3 | 2.39 | 0 | 8 |
| WPUJC Vaas | 18 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 2.06 | 0 | 2 |
| SL Malinga | 20 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 2.10 | 0 | 3 |
| UWMBCA Welegedara | 14 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 4.21 | 1 | 1 |
| TM Dilshan | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
| LPC Silva | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: DPMD Jayawardene · Umpires: Asad Rauf, DJ Harper · TV umpire: EAR de Silva · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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