title: English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04
text: # English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04
  
  Sri Lanka won the 3 match series 1-0 and 4 limited overs matches, one of which was the Bungle in the jungle.
  
  Sri Lanka won the Test series by winning 1 of the 3 matches with 2 drawn:
  
  * 1st Test (Galle International Stadium) – match drawn
  * 2nd Test (Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy) – match drawn
  * 3rd Test (Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo) – Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs
  
  ## One Day Internationals (ODIs)
  
  ### 1st ODI
  
  * 18 November 2003 (D/N) Scorecard
  
  | England 88 (46.1 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 89/0 (13.5 overs) |
  | - | - | - |
  | PD Collingwood 31 (96) WPUJC Vaas 3/15 (9.1 overs) | | ST Jayasuriya 46* (41) |
  
  * Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and TH Wijewardene (SL) Player of the match: WPUJC Vaas (SL)
  * England won the toss and elected to bat.
  * AJ Strauss (ENG), and KADM Fernando and KMDN Kulasekara (both SL) made their ODI debuts.
  
  ### 2nd ODI
  
  * 21 November 2003 (D/N) Scorecard
  
  | Sri Lanka | v | England |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match abandoned R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and PT Manuel (SL)
  
  ### 3rd ODI
  
  * 23 November 2003 Scorecard
  
  | Sri Lanka | v | England |
  | - | - | - |
  
  * Match abandoned R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and TH Wijewardene (SL)
  
  ## Test series summary
  
  ### 1st Test
  
  * 2–6 December 2003 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: M Muralitharan (SL)
  * Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  * PD Collingwood (ENG) and KADM Fernando (SL) made their Test debuts
  
  ### 2nd Test
  
  * 10–14 December 2003 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and DJ Harper (AUS) Player of the match: MP Vaughan (ENG)
  * Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  
  ### 3rd Test
  
  * 18–21 December 2003 Scorecard
  * Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and SA Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: TT Samaraweera (SL)
  * England won the toss and elected to bat.
  * The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
  
  ## Tour matches
  
  ### One-day: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI v England XI
  
  * 15 November 2003 Scorecard
  
  | England XI 237/8 (38 overs) | v | Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI 76/1 (17.1 overs) |
  | - | - | - |
  | Andrew Strauss 83 (88) Nandika Ranjith 2/32 (8 overs) | | Michael Vandort 39 (59) James Kirtley 1/12 (4 overs) |
  
  * No result Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Grashan Liyanage (SL) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
  * England XI won the toss and elected to bat.
  * Rain reduced the number of overs to 38 per side and caused the game to be abandoned.
  
  ### First-class: Sri Lanka Cricket President's XI vs England XI
  
  * 26–28 November 2003 Scorecard
  * Match drawn Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Gamini Dissanayake (SL) and CBC Rodrigo (SL)
  * Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and elected to bat.
  
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