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| December 18, 2002 | Wednesday | Shawwal 13, 1423 |
England finally end winless drought
BRISBANE, Dec 17: Half-centuries by Nasser Hussain and Alec Stewart and an improved all-round bowling performance helped England break a 14-match run without victory and beat Sri Lanka by 43 runs in the third match of triangular one-day series on Tuesday.
Captain Hussain made 79 off 106 balls and wicket-keeper Stewart 64 from 61 deliveries to take English to a daunting total of 292 from their 50 overs.
England’s bowlers then responded with their best performance of an otherwise disastrous tour to restrict the Sri Lankans to 249 for six with only Mahela Jayawardene (71) and Russel Arnold (60 not out) offering any real resistance.
Despite losing their last five wickets for 14 runs to be all out on the last ball of the innings, England’s total was the fourth highest score ever made in a ODI at the Gabba.
Marcus Trescothick (27) and Nick Knight (29) gave the English a flying start, scoring at almost a run a ball in the first few overs, before throwing their wickets away.
Ronnie Irani also went cheaply as England slumped to 73-3 before Hussain and Paul Collingwood steadied the innings with a fourth-wicket partnership of 82.
Collingwood went for 37 with the total on 155 then Hussain and Stewart added a further 72 before Hussain, who batted for 136 minutes and hit five fours, was dismissed for 79.
Ian Blackwell made a brisk 24 from just 12 balls before he went with the total on 278, triggering a familiar late batting collapse when a total in excess of 300 had seemed certain.
Man-of-the-Match Stewart departed on the next ball for 64 after hitting four fours and six.
Sri Lanka’s hopes of overhauling England’s total ended as soon as they began when opener Romesh Kaluwithara and Jayasuriya both departed cheaply.
Steve Harmison then removed Kumar Sangakkara, brillianty caught by Collingwood diving to his left for 11, and Marvan Atapattu for 38, to reduce the Sri Lankans to 101-4.
Jayawardene carved out 71 off 92 balls to give the Sri Lankans a chance of reaching 234 to ensure they collected a bonus point.
ENGLAND:
M.E. Trescothick c Mubarak b Vaas 27
N.V. Knight c J’wardene b Fernando 29
R.C. Irani c Mubarak b G’ratne 1
N. Hussain run out 79
P.D. Collingwood c J’wardene b Arnold 37
A.J. Stewart b Jayasuriya 64
I.D. Blackwell c and b Fernando 24
C. White run out 1
A.R. Caddick c Fernando b G’ratne 11
J.M. Anderson b Fernando 0
S.J. Harmison not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-11, NB-5) 17
TOTAL (all out, 50 overs) 292
FALL OF WKTS: 1-47, 2-48, 3-73, 4-155, 5-227, 6-278, 7-278, 8-280, 9-284.
BOWLING: Vaas 10-1-49-1 (1nb); Gunaratne 10-1-55-2 (1nb); Fernando 10-0-68-3 (3nb, 4w); Samaraweera 7-0-44-0; Jayasuriya 10-0-58-1 (7w); Arnold 3-0-17-1.
SRI LANKA:
R.S. Kaluwitharana c Stewart b C’dick 6
S.T. Jayasuriya c Hussain b A’son 13
M.S. Atapattu c Knight b Harmison 38
K.C. Sangakkara c C’wood b Harmison 11
D.P.M. Jayawardene c Stewart b White 71
R.P. Arnold not out 60
J. Mubarak c Harmison b A’son 13
T.T. Samaraweera not out 28
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-4, NB-2) 9
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 249
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-25, 3-63, 4-101, 5-176, 6-192.
DID NOT BAT: W.P.U.J.C. Vaas, C.R.D. Fernando, P.S. Gunaratne.
BOWLING: Caddick 10-0-53-1 (2nb); Anderson 10-1-48-2 (2w); Harmison 10-1-39-2 (1w); Irani 10-0-58-0; White 10-1-48-1 (1w).
UMPIRES: D.B. Hair (Australia) and R.E. Koertzen (South Africa).—Reuters
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