England in Sri Lanka, 2007-08


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Date Match Venue Result & Card
Sep 28 v SL Cricket XI Colombo PSS England XI by 80 runs
Oct 1 1st ODI v Sri Lanka Dambulla Sri Lanka by 119 runs: SL 269/7 (50), Eng 150 (34.5)
Oct 4 2nd ODI v Sri Lanka Dambulla England by 65 runs: Eng 234/8 (50), SL 169 (44.3)
Oct 7 3rd ODI v Sri Lanka Dambulla England by 2 wickets (D/L): SL 164 (41.1/48), Eng 164/8 (46.5/48)
Oct 10 4th ODI v Sri Lanka Colombo RPS England by 5 wickets: SL 211/9 (50), Eng 212/5 (46.5)
Oct 13 5th ODI v Sri Lanka Colombo RPS Sri Lanka by 107 runs: SL 211 (48.1), Eng 104 (29.1)
Nov 20-22 v SLBC President's XI Colombo CC Match Drawn
Nov 25-27 v SLBC President's XI Colombo NCC England XI by 5 wickets
Dec 1-5 1st TEST v Sri Lanka Kandy Sri Lanka by 88 runs
SL 188 & 442/8d, Eng 281 & 261
Dec 9-13 2nd TEST v Sri Lanka Colombo SSC Match Drawn
Eng 351 & 250/3, SL 548/9d
Dec 18-22 3rd TEST v Sri Lanka Galle Match Drawn
SL 499/8d, Eng 81 & 251/6

 

Sri Lanka
Age TEST ODI
31 TM Dilshan Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 CRD Fernando Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
38 ST Jayasuriya Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
30 DPMD Jayawardene Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 HAPW Jayawardene Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 KS Lokuarachchi Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
23 MF Maharoof Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
24 SL Malinga Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 J Mubarak Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
35 M Muralitharan Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 MDK Perera    Bat Bowl
30 KC Sangakkara Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 LPC Silva Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
22 WU Tharanga Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
33 WPUJC Vaas Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 MG Vandort Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
26 UWMBCA Welegedara Bat Bowl   
England
Age TEST ODI
25 JM Anderson Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 IR Bell Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
22 RS Bopara Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
21 SCJ Broad Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
31 PD Collingwood Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
22 AN Cook Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 SJ Harmison Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
30 MJ Hoggard Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 P Mustard    Bat Bowl
25 MS Panesar Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
27 KP Pietersen Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
25 MJ Prior Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 OA Shah Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
29 RJ Sidebottom Bat Bowl Bat Bowl
28 GP Swann    Bat Bowl
33 MP Vaughan Bat Bowl Bat Bowl

 

ODI Series Averages


                    M  I *    R   Avg  50    HS   SR   4/6  Ct/    B   R  W   Avg    BB  Eco
                                        100                   St
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Sri Lanka

TM Dilshan          5  5 1  136  34.00  1 -  70  85.5  10    1   126  94  3  31.33 2/20 4.48
CRD Fernando        5  4 1   46  15.33  - -  20  68.7   3    -   270 164 12  13.66 6/27 3.64
ST Jayasuriya       5  5 -   91  18.20  - -  41  79.1   8/3  1   124  76  3  25.33 2/23 3.68
DPMD Jayawardene    5  5 -   91  18.20  1 -  66  64.1   7    4
KS Lokuarachchi     2  2 -    9   4.50  - -   9  69.2   -    1    90  69  1  69.00 1/57 4.60
MF Maharoof         3  3 -   35  11.66  - -  22  79.5   3    -   174  95 10   9.50 4/31 3.28
SL Malinga          5  4 3    3   3.00  - -   3* 27.3   -    5   234 192  6  32.00 2/24 4.92
J Mubarak           5  5 1   77  19.25  - -  44* 66.4   4/1  2
MDK Perera          1  1 -   30  30.00  - -  30  73.2   3    -
KC Sangakkara       5  5 -  151  30.20  1 -  69  56.6   9    8/1
LPC Silva           5  5 -  184  36.80  2 -  73  66.7  15/1  1
WU Tharanga         4  4 -   67  16.75  - -  40  63.8   5    -
WPUJC Vaas          5  5 1   24   6.00  - -  15  50.0   1    -   228 154  4  38.50 2/36 4.05
 

England

JM Anderson         5  2 -    2   1.00  - -   2  25.0   -    3   252 193  4  48.25 3/33 4.60
IR Bell             5  5 -   70  14.00  - -  25  54.7  10    1
RS Bopara           5  5 3   51  25.50  - -  27* 59.3   3    4    72  51  1  51.00 1/33 4.25
SCJ Broad           5  4 2   30  15.00  - -  20* 54.5   1    2   274 212 11  19.27 3/36 4.64
PD Collingwood      5  5 -   85  17.00  - -  42  59.0   4/1  5   186 141  5  28.20 2/31 4.55
AN Cook             5  5 -  155  31.00  1 -  80  57.6  12    2
P Mustard           5  5 -   89  17.80  - -  28  95.7  12/1  5/1
MS Panesar          1  1 -    3   3.00  - -   3  23.1   -    -    60  31  1  31.00 1/31 3.10
KP Pietersen        5  5 1  112  28.00  1 -  63* 71.3  11/1  4
OA Shah             5  5 -  121  24.20  1 -  82  66.9   8    2    30  31  1  31.00 1/18 6.20
RJ Sidebottom       5  4 2   10   5.00  - -   7* 52.6   -    -   289 166 12  13.83 3/19 3.45
GP Swann            4  3 -   83  27.66  - -  34  87.4   5    4   240 156  7  22.28 4/34 3.90
 

 


Record performances for series


Highest Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 213* Eng Galle 18 Dec 2007
2 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 213 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
3 MS Atapattu (SL) 201* Eng Galle 22 Feb 2001
4 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 195 Eng Colombo SSC 9 Dec 2007
5 S Wettimuny (SL) 190 Eng Lord's 23 Aug 1984
6 MS Atapattu (SL) 185 Eng Lord's 16 May 2002
7 GA Gooch (Eng) 174 SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991
8 ME Trescothick (Eng) 161 SL Birmingham 30 May 2002
9 KP Pietersen (Eng) 158 SL Lord's 11 May 2006
10 JP Crawley (Eng) 156* SL The Oval 27 Aug 1998
11 KC Sangakkara (SL) 152 Eng Kandy 1 Dec 2007
= PA de Silva (SL) 152 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
13 TT Samaraweera (SL) 142 Eng Colombo SSC 18 Dec 2003
= KP Pietersen (Eng) 142 SL Birmingham 25 May 2006
15 MG Vandort (SL) 138 Eng Colombo SSC 9 Dec 2007

Best Bowling - Innings

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 9-65 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
2 M Muralitharan (SL) 8-70 Eng Nottingham 2 Jun 2006
3 M Muralitharan (SL) 7-46 Eng Galle 2 Dec 2003
4 PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 7-70 SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991
5 M Muralitharan (SL) 7-155 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
6 JE Emburey (Eng) 6-33 SL Colombo PSS 17 Feb 1982
7 M Muralitharan (SL) 6-55 Eng Kandy 1 Dec 2007
8 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 6-73 Eng Colombo SSC 15 Mar 2001
9 M Muralitharan (SL) 6-86 Eng Birmingham 25 May 2006
10 IT Botham (Eng) 6-90 SL Lord's 23 Aug 1984
11 DL Underwood (Eng) 5-28 SL Colombo PSS 17 Feb 1982
12 RJ Ratnayake (SL) 5-69 Eng Lord's 22 Aug 1991
13 MS Panesar (Eng) 5-78 SL Nottingham 2 Jun 2006
14 MJ Hoggard (Eng) 5-92 SL Birmingham 30 May 2002
15 PCR Tufnell (Eng) 5-94 SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991

Best Bowling - Match

Rank Name   Opp. Venue Date
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 16-220 Eng The Oval 27 Aug 1998
2 M Muralitharan (SL) 11-93 Eng Galle 2 Dec 2003
3 M Muralitharan (SL) 11-132 Eng Nottingham 2 Jun 2006
4 M Muralitharan (SL) 10-115 Eng Birmingham 25 May 2006
5 M Muralitharan (SL) 9-140 Eng Kandy 1 Dec 2007
6 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 8-94 Eng Galle 22 Feb 2001
7 DL Underwood (Eng) 8-95 SL Colombo PSS 17 Feb 1982
8 PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 8-115 SL Lord's 22 Aug 1991

Most Runs for Series

Rank Name M I R Avg. 50 100 HS
1 DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 16 27 1581 65.87 7 6 213*
2 KC Sangakkara (SL) 15 26 1007 40.28 6 1 152
3 ME Trescothick (Eng) 12 22 957 45.57 4 3 161
4 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 14 25 819 35.60 3 1 213
5 MP Vaughan (Eng) 10 19 755 41.94 4 2 115
6 PA de Silva (SL) 11 19 739 38.89 2 2 152
7 GP Thorpe (Eng) 9 16 699 49.92 3 2 123
8 MS Atapattu (SL) 10 17 603 43.07 1 2 201*

Most Wickets for Series

Rank Name M R W Avg. 5i/10m Best
1 M Muralitharan (SL) 16 2247 112 20.06 8/4 9-65
2 WPUJC Vaas (SL) 15 1537 49 31.36 1/0 6-73
3 MJ Hoggard (Eng) 9 1105 37 29.86 1/0 5-92
4 AF Giles (Eng) 8 1038 31 33.48 1/0 5-116
5 ST Jayasuriya (SL) 14 780 27 28.88 0/0 4-24
= A Flintoff (Eng) 9 887 27 32.85 0/0 3-42
7 MS Panesar (Eng) 6 615 18 34.16 1/0 5-78
8 D Gough (Eng) 4 376 16 23.50 0/0 4-50