English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04
International cricket tour
| English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003-04 | |||
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| Sri Lanka | England | ||
| Dates | 15 November – 21 December 2003 | ||
| Captains | Hashan Tillakaratne (Tests) Marvan Atapattu (ODIs) | Michael Vaughan | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | Sri Lanka 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 | |||
| Results | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sanath Jayasuriya (46) | Paul Collingwood (31) | |
| Most wickets | Chaminda Vaas (3) | No wickets taken | |
| 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
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
1st ODI
18 November 2003 (D/N) Scorecard |
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ST Jayasuriya 46* (41) |
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and TH Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: WPUJC Vaas (SL) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- AJ Strauss (ENG), and KADM Fernando and KMDN Kulasekara (both SL) made their ODI debuts.
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
23 November 2003 Scorecard |
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Test series summary
1st Test
2–6 December 2003 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: M Muralitharan (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- PD Collingwood (ENG) and KADM Fernando (SL) made their Test debuts
2nd Test
10–14 December 2003 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and DJ Harper (AUS) Player of the match: MP Vaughan (ENG) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd Test
18–21 December 2003 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and SA Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: TT Samaraweera (SL) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
Tour matches
One-day: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI v England XI
15 November 2003 Scorecard |
v | Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI  76/1 (17.1 overs) | |
No result Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Grashan Liyanage (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL) |
- 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
26–28 November 2003 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake (SL) and CBC Rodrigo (SL) |
- Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.
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Preceding season: International cricket in 2003
- West Indies in Zimbabwe
- England in Sri Lanka
- New Zealand in Pakistan
- New Zealand women in India
- England in West Indies
- India in Pakistan
- Americas Affiliates Championship
- ICC Intercontinental Cup
- West Indies women in Pakistan
Following season: International cricket in 2004
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