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228-9
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279
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.56 vs spin: 5.27
vs seam: 3.64
Overs: 47.4 RR: 5.85 vs spin: 6.68
vs seam: 4.79
Wed 21/03/01 SLB President's XI v England XI at Colombo (CCC), Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
ENGLAND WIN England won by 51 runs
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England - 1st Inns 279 (47.4; RR: 5.85)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MW Alleyne b Ganegama 2 15 0 0 13.33
MP Vaughan b Wanasinghe 97 96 7 1 101.04
GA Hick retired out 100 86 3 7 116.28
NV Knight c Kaluwitharana b Chandana 1 3 0 0 33.33
A Flintoff c Wanasinghe b Samaraweera 18 26 0 1 69.23
MA Ealham c Ganegama b Samaraweera 19 31 0 0 61.29
RDB Croft b Fernando 10 7 1 0 142.86
AF Giles not out 6 13 0 0 46.15
GP Thorpe b Ganegama 2 4 0 0 50.00
AR Caddick b Ganegama 0 1 0 0 0.00
AD Mullally b Ganegama 2 10 0 0 20.00
Extras (0b, 9lb, 8w, 5nb) 22  
TOTAL 279 all out (47.4 overs; RR: 5.85)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (MW Alleyne 0.0 ov), 218-2 (GA Hick 0.0 ov), 218-3 (MP Vaughan 0.0 ov), 225-4 (NV Knight 0.0 ov), 255-5 (A Flintoff 0.0 ov), 260-6 (MA Ealham 0.0 ov), 268-7 (RDB Croft 0.0 ov), 275-8 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 275-9 (AR Caddick 0.0 ov), 279-10 (AD Mullally 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KADM Fernando 8.0 0 56 1 7.00 4 1
WCA Ganegama 8.4 1 33 4 4.13 1 0
WMPN Wanasinghe 9.0 1 34 1 3.78 3 0
TT Samaraweera 10.0 0 44 2 4.40 0 1
UDU Chandana 10.0 0 71 1 7.10 0 3
RP Arnold 2.0 0 32 0 16.00 0 0

Sri Lanka Board President's XI - 1st Inns 228-9 (50.0; RR: 4.56)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DA Gunawardene c Alleyne b Mullally 14 32 2 0 43.75
RS Kaluwitharana c Alleyne b Caddick 9 12 1 0 75.00
TM Dilshan c Alleyne b Mullally 4 15 1 0 26.67
SI de Saram c Flintoff b Ealham 32 55 1 1 58.18
RP Arnold c Thorpe b Hick 62 87 5 0 71.26
SKL de Silva lbw b Caddick 0 7 0 0 0.00
TT Samaraweera not out 51 61 5 0 83.61
WMPN Wanasinghe b Caddick 15 18 0 1 83.33
UDU Chandana b Caddick 0 1 0 0 0.00
WCA Ganegama b Caddick 0 1 0 0 0.00
KADM Fernando not out 5 15 0 0 33.33
Extras (0b, 10lb, 17w, 9nb) 36  
TOTAL 228-9 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.56)

Fall of wickets

14-1 (RS Kaluwitharana 4.4 ov), 33-2 (TM Dilshan 7.5 ov), 41-3 (DA Gunawardene 9.4 ov), 116-4 (SI de Saram 28.2 ov), 127-5 (SKL de Silva 31.1 ov), 161-6 (RP Arnold 37.6 ov), 205-7 (WMPN Wanasinghe 45.2 ov), 205-8 (UDU Chandana 45.3 ov), 205-9 (WCA Ganegama 45.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AR Caddick 10.0 2 31 5 3.10 0 4
AD Mullally 10.0 1 34 2 3.40 3 1
RDB Croft 9.0 0 47 0 5.22 4 0
AF Giles 10.0 0 52 0 5.20 8 0
MA Ealham 8.0 0 37 1 4.63 0 0
GA Hick 3.0 0 17 1 5.67 2 0

Match Info

Match

SLB President's XI v England XI at Colombo (CCC)

Date

Wednesday March 21, 2001

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:00am UTC

Venue

Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo

Umpires

DN Pathirana, LV Jayasundara

Sri Lanka Board President's XI Team

Playing XI

DA Gunawardene, RS Kaluwitharana, TM Dilshan, SI de Saram, RP Arnold, SKL de Silva, TT Samaraweera, WMPN Wanasinghe, UDU Chandana, WCA Ganegama, KADM Fernando

England Team

Playing XI

MW Alleyne, MP Vaughan, GA Hick, NV Knight, A Flintoff, MA Ealham, RDB Croft, AF Giles, GP Thorpe, AR Caddick, AD Mullally