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| January 14, 2003 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 10, 1423 |
Victory against England keeps Sri Lankan hopes alive for finals
SYDNEY, Jan 13: Sri Lanka’s resurgence in the triangular one-day series continued on Monday with a 31-run win over England as off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became only the fourth player to claim 300 wickets in One-day Internationals.
Sri Lanka scored 284 for seven in their 50 overs before dismissing England for 253 in 49.2 overs.
Muralitharan took 1-36 from his 10 overs, bowling tailender Jimmy Anderson for one as England again failed to build on a century opening stand.
Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya won the toss and batted, hitting his second successive century as Sri Lanka smashed 284 for seven. It was the left-hander’s 15th century in his 277th One-day International and he put on 144 for the second wicket with Hashan Tillekeratne, who made 44.
It was in sharp contrast to his 101 in an opening partnership of 237 with Jayasuriya against Australia in Sydney four days ago when Sri Lanka won by 79 runs.
Following his 122 against Australia, Jayasuriya reached his hundred off 94 balls and was out for 106 in 110 balls including 15 fours and one big six.
The Somerset fast bowler had Atapattu caught at slip in the first over and returning to dismiss de Silva in the 47th over for 51 from 59 balls.
Nick Knight (42) and Marcus Trescothick, who was run out for 85, made 115 for England’s first wicket, their second successive century stand.
But England then lost five wickets for 64 including a piece of schoolboy cricket from Alec Stewart (six) and Owais Shah who were both stranded mid-pitch after Shah sent the veteran back from an attempted single.
Shah made 39 before he became one of slow bowler de Silva’s four victims. The 37-year-old’s 4-30 was his career-best but he was pipped by his captain for the Man-of-the-Match award.
Sri Lanka now face World Cup champions Australia in Brisbane on Wednesday with some confidence after victories over both triangular series opponents in the past week.
While Muralitharan was at times unplayable on Monday, de Silva, who made a century in Sri Lanka’s World Cup final win over Australia in 1996, is also a key weapon.
He was on a hat trick when he had Shah caught at deep mid-wicket and Ronnie Irani caught and bowled for two in the 44th over at 227 for eight.
SRI LANKA:
M.S. Atapattu c Knight b Caddick 0
S.T. Jayasuriya c Knight b B’well 106
H.P. Tillekeratne c T’cothick b C’wood 44
P.A. de Silva c Stewart b Caddick 51
K.C. Sangakkara c and b A’son 10
D.P.M. Jayawardene c C’wood b A’son 33
R.P. Arnold run out 0
W.P.U.J.C. Vaas not out 6
M. Muralitharan not out 3
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-10, W-16, NB-4) 31
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 284
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-144, 3-199, 4-224, 5-264, 6-269, 7-277.
DID NOT BAT: T.C.B. Fernando, C.R.D. Fernando.
BOWLING: Caddick 10-3-29-2 (1nb, 1w); Anderson 9-0-58-2 (4w); Harmison 9-0-59-0 (2nb, 9w); Irani 9-0-53-0 (1w); Blackwell 10-0-54-1 (1w); Collingwood 3-0-20-1 (1nb).
ENGLAND:
M.E. Trescothick run out 85
N.V. Knight c S’kkara b D. F’nando 42
N. Hussain c S’kkara b D. F’nando 13
O.A. Shah c J’wardene b de Silva 39
P.D. Collingwood b Jayasuriya 2
A.J. Stewart run out 6
I.D. Blackwell c A’pattu b de Silva 16
R.C. Irani c and b de Silva 2
A.R. Caddick not out 14
J.M. Anderson b Muralitharan 1
S.J. Harmison c Arnold b de Silva 7
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-13, W-7, NB-5) 26
TOTAL (all out, 49.2 overs) 253
FALL OF WKTS: 1-115, 2-146, 3-161, 4-167, 5-179, 6-217, 7-227, 8-227, 9-234.
BOWLING: Vaas 9-1-54-0 (1w); T.C.B. Fernando 7-0-36-0 (2w); de Silva 6.2-1-30-4; C.R.D. Fernando 7-0-38-2 (5nb, 1w); Muralitharan 10-1-36-1; Jayasuriya 10-0-45-1 (3w).
NEXT MATCH: Australia v Sri Lanka, Brisbane (D/N) on Wednesday.
(Tabulate under played, won, lost, bonus points, total points):
Australia 5 4 1 2 22
England 6 2 4 1 14
Sri Lanka 5 2 3 1 12
—Reuters
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