English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2003–04

Updated on Dec 12, 2024

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Sri Lanka England
Dates 15 November – 21 December 2003 Captains Hashan Tillakaratne (Tests)Marvan Atapattu (ODIs) Result England won the 3-match series 1–0 Most runs Mahela Jayawardene (334) Most wickets Muttiah Muralitharan (26)

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:

2nd Test (Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy) – match drawn

3rd Test (Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo) – Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs

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