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MANCHESTER (England), June 17: England won the Third Test against Sri Lanka by 10 wickets on the fifth and final day here at Old Trafford on Monday.
Needing 50 to win from six overs after bowling Sri Lanka out for 308 in their second innings, England got home with six balls to spare.
Marcus Trescothick was 23 not out and Michael Vaughan 24 not out.
ENGLAND (1st innings) 512 (M.Butcher 123, A.Stewart 123, M.Trescothick 81)
SRI LANKA (1st innings) 253 (R.Arnold 62; A.Tudor 4-65)
SRI LANKA (2nd innings) (overnight 63-1)
R.Arnold c Stewart b Tudor 109
S.Jayasuriya b Hoggard 26
K.Sangakkara lbw b Tudor 32
M.Jayawardene c Hussain b Giles 28
A.de Silva c Vaughan b Tudor 40
H.Tillekeratne not out 32
C.Vaas lbw b Hoggard 1
E.Upashantha c Stewart b Flintoff 3
D.Fernando lbw b Giles 4
M.Atapattu lbw b Giles 6
M.Muralitharan c sub b Giles 0
EXTRAS (b-9 lb-9 w-2 nb-7) 27
TOTAL (allout, 113.2 overs) 308
FALL OF WKTS: 1-44 2-110 3-170 4-233 5-263 6-264 7-270 8-285 9-308
BOWLING: Hoggard 37-8-97-2, Flintoff 29-7-78-1, Giles 24.2-4-62-4, Tudor 21-6-44-3, Vaughan 2-0-9-0
ENGLAND (2nd innings)
M.Trescothick not out 23
M.Vaughan not out 24
EXTRAS (lb-2 nb-1) 3
TOTAL (for no wicket) 50
BOWLING: Vaas 1-0-8-0, Fernando 2-0-23-0, Muralitharan 2-0-17-0
RESULT: England won by 10 wickets.—AFP/Reuters
