English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04
| English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003-04 | |||||
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| Dates | 15 November – 21 December 2003 | ||||
| Captains | Hashan Tillakaratne (Tests) Marvan Atapattu (ODIs) |
Michael Vaughan | |||
| Test series | |||||
| Result | England won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||||
| Most runs | Mahela Jayawardene (334) | Michael Vaughan (221) | |||
| Most wickets | Muttiah Muralitharan (26) | Ashley Giles (18) | |||
| Player of the series | Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) | ||||
| One Day International series | |||||
| Result | England won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||||
| Most runs | Sanath Jayasuriya (46) | Paul Collingwood (31) | |||
| Most wickets | No wickets taken | Chaminda Vaas (3) | |||
| Player of the series | Chaminda Vaas (SL) | ||||
Sri Lanka won the 3 match series 1-0 and 4 limited overs matches, one of which was the Bungle in the jungle.
Sri Lanka won the Test series by winning 1 of the 3 matches with 2 drawn:
- 1st Test (Galle International Stadium) – match drawn
- 2nd Test (Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy) – match drawn
- 3rd Test (Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo) – Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs
Tour matches
One-day: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI v England XI
15 November 2003 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI 76/1 (17.1 overs) | |
- England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain reduced the number of overs to 38 per side and caused the game to be abandoned.
First-class: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI vs England XI
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