English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2000–01

The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka in February and March 2001, playing three Test matches and three One Day Internationals. England won the Test series 2–1, while Sri Lanka took the ODI series 3–0.

Test series

1st Test

22–26 February 2001 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
470/5d (170 overs) Marvan Atapattu 201* (536) Darren Gough 1/95 (26 overs)		253 (132.3 overs) Marcus Trescothick 122 (348) Sanath Jayasuriya 4/50 (27 overs)
		189 (110.3 overs) (f/o) Marcus Trescothick 57 (169) Sanath Jayasuriya 4/44 (32 overs)

Sri Lanka won by an innings and 28 runs Galle International Stadium Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Test

7–11 March 2001 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
297 (86 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 101 (165) Andrew Caddick 4/55 (20 overs)		387 (157 overs) Nasser Hussain 109 (255) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/127 (63 overs)
250 (89.1 overs) Kumar Sangakkara 95 (184) Darren Gough 4/50 (22 overs)		161/7 (71.1 overs) Graham Thorpe 46 (58) Chaminda Vaas 4/39 (18 overs)

England won by 3 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Darren Gough (Eng)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Graeme Hick (Eng) played his 65th and final Test match.[1]

3rd Test

15–17 March 2001 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	England
241 (101.1 overs) Mahela Jayawardene 71 (152) Robert Croft 4/56 (32 overs)		249 (109.5 overs) Graham Thorpe 113* (267) Chaminda Vaas 6/73 (27.5 overs)
81 (28.1 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 23 (16) Ashley Giles 4/11 (9.1 overs)		74/6 (24.3 overs) Graham Thorpe 32* (49) Sanath Jayasuriya 4/24 (8.3 overs)

England won by 4 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Graham Thorpe (Eng)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Dinuka Hettiarachchi (SL) played his only Test match.

ODI series

1st ODI

23 March 2001 Scorecard

England  143 (48.5 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 144/5 (40.5 overs)
Graham Thorpe 62* (107) Muttiah Muralitharan 4/29 (9.5 overs)		Marvan Atapattu 40 (89) Andrew Caddick 2/42 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Lalith Jayasundara (SL) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the first ODI played at Dambulla. Michael Vaughan (Eng) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

25 March 2001 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  226/6 (50 overs)	v	England 160 (45 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 101* (115) Alan Mullally 2/37 (10 overs)		Alec Stewart 55 (102) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/11 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 66 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and Nandasena Pathirana (SL) Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

27 March 2001 Scorecard

England  165/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 166/0 (33.5 overs)
Graeme Hick 46 (114) Chaminda Vaas 3/13 (8 overs)		Romesh Kaluwitharana 102* (117)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Silva (SL) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: Romesh Kaluwitharana (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. Smyth, Rob (14 March 2012). "The Spin: Remembering England's remarkable 2001 Test series win in Sri Lanka". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 30 September 2017.