3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo, 29 Aug-02 Sep 2001

Test # 1559
India in Sri Lanka, 2001, 3rd Test
Sri Lanka v India
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
29,30,31 August 1,2 September 2001 (5-day match)

Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and 77 runs
Series: Sri Lanka wins the 3-Test series 2-1

Toss: India
Umpires: EAR de Silva and DL Orchard (SA)
TV Umpire: TH Wijewardene
Match Referee: CW Smith (WI)
Test Debut: TT Samaraweera (SL).
Man of the Match: M Muralitharan
Man of the Series: M Muralitharan

Close of Play:

Day 1: India 234, Sri Lanka 13/0 (Atapattu 2*, Jayasuriya 10*, 6 overs)

Day 2: Sri Lanka 323/5 (Jayawardene 95*, Tillakaratne 0*, 96 overs)

Day 3: Sri Lanka 610/6d, India 28/0 (Das 22*, Ramesh 4*, 13 overs)

Day 4: India 217/6 (Badani 8*, Dighe 4*, 109 overs)

India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
SS Das                                   b Muralitharan        59 134 111 10 0
S Ramesh              c Jayawardene      b Muralitharan        46 158 115  4 0
R Dravid              c Tillakaratne     b Muralitharan        36 129  85  2 0
*SC Ganguly           lbw                b Muralitharan         1  10   9  0 0
M Kaif                c Sangakkara       b Vaas                14  57  42  2 0
HK Badani             c Tillakaratne     b Muralitharan        38  73  56  7 0
+SS Dighe             lbw                b Muralitharan         0   2   2  0 0
SV Bahutule           st Sangakkara      b Muralitharan        18  69  42  2 0
Harbhajan Singh       lbw                b Vaas                 2   7   4  0 0
Z Khan                c Jayawardene      b Muralitharan         0   3   2  0 0
BKV Prasad            not out                                  10  23  22  1 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 3, w 2, nb 3)                   10
Total                 (all out, 81.1 overs)                   234

FoW: 1-97 (Das, 33.4 ov), 2-115 (Ramesh, 39.3 ov),
     3-119 (Ganguly, 41.5 ov), 4-146 (Kaif, 56.3 ov),
     5-192 (Dravid, 65.2 ov), 6-192 (Dighe, 65.4 ov),
     7-207 (Badani, 73.4 ov), 8-210 (Harbhajan Singh, 74.6 ov),
     9-213 (Khan, 75.5 ov), 10-234 (Bahutule, 81.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        24      7     60      2 (1nb)
Liyanage                     9      2     32      0
Fernando                    12      2     38      0 (2w)
Muralitharan                34.1    9     87      8 (2nb)
Samaraweera                  2      0     12      0

Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
MS Atapattu           c Das              b Harbhajan Singh    108 310 228 11 0
*ST Jayasuriya                           b Prasad              30  63  42  4 0
+KC Sangakkara        c Badani           b Prasad              47 103 100  9 0
DPMD Jayawardene      lbw                b Bahutule           139 339 216 14 1
RP Arnold                                b Prasad              31  58  39  4 0
DK Liyanage           c Dighe            b Harbhajan Singh      3  23  17  0 0
HP Tillakaratne       not out                                 136 316 214 16 0
TT Samaraweera        not out                                 103 201 175 10 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 4, nb 5)                        13
Total                 (6 wickets dec, 171 overs, 710 mins)    610

DNB: WPUJC Vaas, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan.

FoW: 1-48 (Jayasuriya, 14.5 ov), 2-119 (Sangakkara, 40.5 ov),
     3-252 (Atapattu, 77.4 ov), 4-310 (Arnold, 89.3 ov),
     5-321 (Liyanage, 93.6 ov), 6-416 (Jayawardene, 121.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Khan                        27      3    134      0 (1nb, 1w)
Prasad                      34      8    101      3 (1nb, 2w)
Harbhajan Singh             53.3    6    185      2
Ganguly                     12.3    3     44      0 (1nb, 1w)
Bahutule                    31      5    101      1 (2nb)
Badani                       8      2     17      0
Ramesh                       5      0     24      0

India 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
SS Das                c Tillakaratne     b Muralitharan        68 165 162 11 0
S Ramesh                                 b Muralitharan        55 229 164  4 0
R Dravid              run out (Atapattu)                       36 152 124  4 0
*SC Ganguly           c Jayawardene      b Samaraweera         30 148 103  2 1
M Kaif                run out (Sangakkara)                      5  31  30  0 0
HK Badani             lbw                b Vaas                11  75  66  1 0
SV Bahutule                              b Jayasuriya           0   4   2  0 0
+SS Dighe             run out (Atapattu)                        4  48  38  0 0
Harbhajan Singh       c Atapattu         b Vaas                17  32  20  1 1
Z Khan                c Atapattu         b Muralitharan        45  44  40  5 2
BKV Prasad            not out                                   4  17   9  0 0
Extras                (b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 9)                   24
Total                 (all out, 124.5 overs, 478 mins)        299

FoW: 1-107 (Das, 42.1 ov), 2-147 (Ramesh, 62.5 ov),
     3-186 (Dravid, 84.5 ov), 4-196 (Kaif, 92.4 ov),
     5-210 (Ganguly, 98.5 ov), 6-211 (Bahutule, 99.6 ov),
     7-221 (Badani, 113.1 ov), 8-221 (Dighe, 114.1 ov),
     9-269 (Harbhajan Singh, 121.1 ov), 10-299 (Khan, 124.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        27      9     62      2 (3nb)
Fernando                    17      3     59      0 (3nb, 1w)
Muralitharan                46.5   17    109      3 (2nb)
Jayasuriya                  21     10     34      1
Liyanage                     5      0     12      0
Samaraweera                  8      4     10      1 (1nb, 1w)

4th Umpire: G Silva
Day 1
India 50 in 13.2 overs, 59 mins
SS Das 50 off 89 balls, 104 mins, 10x4
At Lunch India 91/0 in 30 overs, 120 mins (SS Das 57*, S Ramesh 30*)
India 100 in 35 overs, 141 mins
India 150 in 59.1 overs, 239 mins
At Tea India 155/4 in 60 overs, 240 mins (R Dravid 21*, HK Badani 6*)
India 200 in 69.5 overs, 286 mins
Day 2
Sri Lanka 50 in 15.4 overs, 69 mins
At Lunch Sri Lanka 93/1 in 35 overs, 145 mins, (MS Atapattu 30*, KC Sangakkara 29*)
Sri Lanka 100 in 36.4 overs, 152 mins
MS Atapattu 50 off 121 balls, 182 mins, 4x4
Sri Lanka 150 in 47.4 overs, 197 mins
Sri Lanka 200 in 61 overs, 251 mins
At Tea Sri Lanka 204/2 in 65 overs, 265 mins (MS Atapattu 86*, DPMD Jayawardene 36*)
DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 75 balls, 115 mins, 3x4, 1x6
3rd wicket partnership 100 runs between Atapattu and Jayawardene came in 160 balls, 105 mins
MS Atapattu 100 in 201 balls, 280 mins (11x4)
Day 3
DPMD Jayawardene 100 off 157 balls, 247 mins, 10x4, 1x6
Sri Lanka 350 in 104.2 overs, 433 mins
Sri Lanka 400 in 116.5 overs, 488 mins
HP Tillakaratne 50 off 94 balls, 121 mins, 7x4
At Lunch: Sri Lanka 430/6 in 124 overs, 523 mins (Tillakaratne 57*, Samaraweera 2*)
Sri Lanka 450 in 132.1 overs, 551 mins
Sri Lanka 500 in 146.4 overs, 612 mins
HP Tillakaratne 100 off 165 balls, 221 mins, 13x4
7th wicket partnership 100 runs between Tillakaratne and Samaraweera came in 171 balls, 111 mins
TT Samaraweera 50 off 113 balls, 133 mins, 3x4
At Tea: Sri Lanka 533/6 in 156 overs, 643 mins (Tillakaratne 112*, Samaraweera50*)
Sri Lanka 550 in 159.3 overs, 657 mins
3rd New ball taken after 162 overs, Sri Lanka were 569/6 (Tillakaratne 127*, Samaraweera 71*)
Sri Lanka 600 in 168.4 overs, 697 mins
TT Samaraweera 100 off 175 balls, 201 mins, 10x4
Day 4
India 50 in 21 overs, 87 mins
SS Das 50 off 106 balls, 109 mins, 8x4
India 100 in 33.1 overs, 139 mins
At Lunch India 112/1 in 44 overs, 171 mins (Ramesh 34*, Dravid 4*)
S Ramesh 50 off 157 balls, 223 mins, 4x4
India 150 in 68.1 overs, 252 mins
At Tea India 169/2 in 78 overs, 291 mins (Dravid 28*, Ganguly 10*)
India 200 in 94 overs, 359 mins
Day 5
India 250 in 118.1 overs, 450 mins

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Team Pages: Sri Lanka, India.

Ground Page: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

India Player Pages: SS Das, S Ramesh, R Dravid, SC Ganguly, M Kaif, HK Badani, SS Dighe, SV Bahutule, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, BKV Prasad.

Sri Lanka Player Pages: MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, RP Arnold, DK Liyanage, HP Tillakaratne, TT Samaraweera, WPUJC Vaas, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan.

Match Officials' Pages: EAR de Silva, DL Orchard, TH Wijewardene, CW Smith.