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England humble Sri Lanka
BIRMINGHAM, England: England inflicted a humiliating an innings and 111 runs victory over Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the second Test here on Sunday.
Last Test of the three-match series is scheduled for June 13 at Manchester.
June 02, 2002 - GMT
de Silva and Tillekeratne frustrate
BIRMINGHAM, England: Aravinda de Silva and Hashan Tillekeratne held up England's victory push with an unbroken fifth wicket stand of 69 for Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the second Test at Edgbaston on Sunday.
Sri Lanka, 383 behind on first innings, were 225 for four at lunch, with de Silva unbeaten on 40 and Tillekeratne 33 not out.
When the touring team resumed at 132 for two, England swiftly made inroads into their middle order batting by dispatching overnight pair Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene on a morning of hazy sunshine. Matthew
Hoggard gave England the perfect start by dispatching Atapattu with the 15th delivery of the day which uprooted his off stump as the opener played on.
Atapattu, who had not added to his overnight score, made 56 from 152 balls with five fours, and his stand with Jayawardene put on 105 for the third wicket.
Jayawardene went to his half-century shortly afterwards but, having twice been unsettled when Andy Caddick found extra bounce, he then fell to the Somerset paceman when he got an outside edge and was caught by Graham
Thorpe at first slip.
The dismissal of Jayawardene for 59, scored off 158 deliveries and including seven fours, left Sri Lanka on 156 for four and England scenting victory with a day to spare.
However, de Silva and Tillekeratne had other ideas as they completed an attractive half-century partnership off 83 balls. De Silva drove beautifully through the off side and stroked the ball smoothly off his legs, but Tillekeratne had a moment of good fortune on 22 when he was missed at short leg by Michael Vaughan off the left-arm spin of Ashley Giles.
DAY
THREE
June 01, 2002 - GMT
SL in sight of victory
BIRMINGHAM, England: Sri Lanka had scored 132 runs when the stumps were drawn on the third day of the second Test, for the loss of two wickets while making a reply to England's first innings total of 545. The visitors enjoy a lead of 383 with two full day's play remaining.
June 01, 2002 - GMT
Thorpe and Hoggard pile on agony for Sri Lanka
BIRMINGHAM, England: Graham Thorpe conjured an outstanding 123, scoring his final 61 runs with last man Matthew Hoggard, as England pressed home their advantage against Sri Lanka in the second test at Edgbaston on Saturday.
England led by 383 on first innings and Sri Lanka were 85 for two in their second innings midway through the last session on the third day, with Marvan Atapattu 35 not out and Mahela Jayawardene on 27.
Hoggard, enjoying success with bat and ball, fired out Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya (12) and Kumar Sangakkara (1) in quick succession before Atapattu and Jayawardene began to repair the damage in an unfinished
third wicket stand of 55.
Left-hander Thorpe and Hoggard emerged as the central figures on a day of cloudless skies as they turned their side's faltering progress before lunch into a compelling finale to the innings. England were 454 for nine and Thorpe 61 when Hoggard strode to the crease.
The Yorkshire fast bowler proved a staunch ally in a last wicket stand of 91 which lifted the total to 545 all out in reply to Sri Lanka's 162. When Thorpe pushed Chaminda Vaas into the covers for a quickly taken single to reach three figures, his joy was unconfined. He whirled his bat and punched the air before hugging Hoggard in mid-pitch to celebrate an 11th test hundred in his 75th match.
Though Thorpe engineered much of the strike early in their partnership, Hoggard gradually shouldered his share of the workload with growing confidence. He faced 94 of the 185 balls that their stand occupied. The Thorpe-Hoggard stand provided a real sting in the tail after Sri Lanka had held up England's progress in the morning session during which they were reduced from 426 for five to 454 for nine at one stage.
Muttiah Muralitharan started the slide by taking the first of four wickets to fall for 28 runs when Andrew Flintoff was given out caught at short leg for 29, though there was a suggestion the ball came directly off the pad. In any event, it gave the off-spinner his 34th haul of five wickets in a test innings.
Left-arm seamer Nuwan Zoysa then made short work of Alex Tudor, Ashley Giles and Andy Caddick in a spell of three for seven in 12 deliveries. But just when Sri Lanka thought their toils were over, they endured mounting
frustration at the hands of Thorpe and Hoggard.
Thorpe passed 5,000 test runs on his way to a century in 202 deliveries and when he was finally out -- caught cutting Buddika Fernando uppishly to third man -- he had batted 316 minutes, faced 229 balls and hit 12 fours.
Hoggard was left unbeaten with his test best of 17 while England's total eclipsed their previous highest against Sri Lanka of 529 for five declared in the drawn first test at Lord's two weeks ago.
June 01, 2002 - GMT
Thorpe hits century in big last wicket stand
BIRMINGHAM, England: Graham Thorpe conjured an outstanding 122 for England against Sri Lanka in which he scored his final 61 runs with last man Matthew Hoggard as his partner in the second test at Edgbaston on Saturday.
England were 454 for nine and Thorpe was 61 when Hoggard strode to the crease but the Yorkshire fast bowler proved a staunch ally in a last wicket stand of 91 which lifted the total to 545 all out in the second session on the third day.
That left England with a comanding first innings lead of 383 after dismissing Sri Lanka for 162 on the opening day. When Thorpe pushed Chaminda Vaas into the covers for a quickly taken single to reach three figures, his joy was unconfined.
He whirled his bat and punched the air before hugging Hoggard in mid-pitch to celebrate his 11th test hundred in his 75th match.
Though Thorpe engineered much of the strike early in their partnership, Hoggard subsequently shouldered his share of the workload with growing confidence. He faced 94 of the 185 balls that their stand occupied.
The Thorpe-Hoggard stand provided a real sting in the tail after Sri Lanka had held up England's progess in the morning session during which they were reduced from 426 for five to 454 for nine.
Muttiah Muralitharan took the first of four wickets to fall for 28 when Andrew Flintoff was given out caught at short leg for 29, though there was a suggestion the ball came directly off the pad. In any event it gave the off-sppiner his 34th haul of five wickets in a test innings.
Nuwan Zoysa, having replaced his fellow left-arm seamer Vaas, then made short work of Alex Tudor, Ashley Giles and Andy Caddick in a spell of three for seven in 12 deliveries.
Just when Sri Lanka thought their toils were over, Thorpe and Hoggard embarked on their last wicket stand of mounting frustration for Sanath Jayasuriya's men.
Thorpe reached his 50 in 128 balls and went to his century in 202 deliveries, and when he was finally caught by Vaas at third man off Buddika Fernando he had batted 316 minutes, faced 229 balls and hit 12 fours.
June 01, 2002 - GMT
Zoysa checks England with 3-7 spell
BIRMINGHAM, England: Sri Lanka left-arm seamer Nuwan Zoysa captured three for seven in 12 balls as England's first innings fell away abruptly on the third day of the second test at Edgbaston on Saturday.
Zoysa helped to reduce England from 426 for five to 454 for nine at one stage but with Graham Thorpe unbeaten on 79 they went to lunch at 481 for nine, which still left them with a commanding lead of 319.
Sri Lanka were all out for 162 in their first innings on the opening day. Muttiah Muralitharan took the other wicket to fall before the interval, giving the off-spinner his 34th haul of five wickets in an innings in his 74th test.
When play began under cloudless skies which provided the best weather of the first three days, Andrew Flintoff's instinctively attacking approach kept the score moving from the overnight 401 for five in an otherwise quiet
opening phase against Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas.
The Lancashire all-rounder twice struck Vaas through the off side for four, and later a back-foot force to the cover boundary brought up the 50 partnership with Thorpe from 90 balls.
Flintoff had not taken much of Muralitharan up to this point and when he did face the off-spinner his strokeplay was less certain. It was Muralitharan who made the first breakthrough when Flintoff pushed defensively forward and was given out caught at short leg by Hashan Tillekeratne, though there was a suggestion the ball came directly off
his pad.
Flintoff's dismissal was the first of four wickets to fall for 28 as Zoysa, having replaced his fellow left-arm seamer Vaas, made short work of Alex Tudor, Ashley Giles and Andy Caddick.
Thorpe, meanwhile, went to a patient half-century from 128 balls, and reached a more significant landmark on 51 by completing 5,000 test runs.
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TWO
May 31, 2002 - 1825 GMT
England 401-5 at stumps
BIRMINGHAM, England: England had scored 401 when the stumps were drawn for stumps on the second day of the second Test, for the loss of five wickets while making a reply to Sri Lanka's first innings total of 162.
England lead of 239 runs, Graham Thorpe was batting on 30 and Andrew Flintoff was playing on 14.
May 31, 2002 - 1520 GMT
England 294-2 at tea
BIRMINGHAM, England: England had scored 294 when the stumps were drawn for tea on the second day of the second Test, for the loss of Michael Vaughan (46) and Marcus Trescothick (161), Mark Butcher not out (72) while making a reply to Sri Lanka's first innings total of 162.
May 31, 2002 - 1230 GMT
England 146-1 at lunch
BIRMINGHAM, England: England had scored 146 when the stumps were drawn for lunch on the second day of the second Test, for the loss of Michael Vaughan while making a reply to Sri Lanka's first innings total of 162.
DAY
ONE
May 30, 2002 - 1830 GMT
England score 24-0 v SL
BIRMINGHAM, England : Making a reply to Sri Lanka first innings total of 162 for all out, the England had scored 24-0 at the draw of stumps on the first day of the second test at Edgbaston on Thursday.
May 30, 2002 - 1540 GMT
Stewart reaches landmark as England take charge
BIRMINGHAM, England: Alec Stewart held three catches to complete 200 Test wicketkeeping dismissals as England seized the upper hand against Sri Lanka on the opening day of the second Test at Edgbaston on Thursday. Sri Lanka, put in to bat after rain prevented any play before lunch, had been reduced to 108 for six at tea, with only one specialist batsmen, Hashan Tillekeratene (seven not out), left.
Stewart, who has now been behind the stumps in 66 of his 117 Tests, had a hand in the first three dismissals to remove openers Marvan Attapatu and Sanath Jayasuriya, then added the wicket of Kumar Sangakkara.
Sri Lanka's only relatively significant resistance came from Mahela Jayawardene, who struck 47 in 60 deliveries and shared a third wicket stand of 53 with Sangakkara.
Andy Caddick, who had captured three for 23 at tea, and Matthew Hoggard made the initial inroads in the space of five balls, reducing Sri Lanka to 23 for two. Hoggard struck first in an eventful over during which he was first cover driven sweetly for four by Jayasuriya and then clipped crisply to square leg by Atapattu.
However, Atapattu pushed tentatively at a delivery just outside off stump and edged it to be caught behind by Stewart for 13. Four balls later, Jayasuriya fell to Caddick for eight. The Sri Lanka captain got an outside edge as he played forward and Stewart flung himself in front of first slip to hold the catch.
The damage was being repaired, mainly through some fine strokes by Jayawardene, when his partner Sangakkara chased a wide one from Andrew Flintoff and was caught for 16 by Stewart, giving the keeper his landmark dismissal.
Sri Lanka plunged into deep trouble when they lost three more wickets for 12 runs shortly before the interval.
Hoggard accounted for Aravinda de Silva (12) when the Yorkshire paceman returned for a second spell before Caddick, also brought back for a second stint, dispatched Jayawardene and Russel Arnold (1) with the aid of
catches at second slip by Flintoff.
May 30, 2002 - 1455 GMT
England strike two quick blows after rain delay
BIRMINGHAM, England: England struck two early blows by dispatching Sri Lanka openers Marvan Atapattu and
Sanath Jayasuriya cheaply when the rain-delayed second Test got under way at Edgbaston on Thursday.
New ball pair Andy Caddick and Matthew Hoggard made the inroads in the space of five balls, reducing Sri Lanka to 23 for two, before Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara began to repair the damage.
As the morning rain and grey cloud, which prevented a start until after lunch, gave way to bright sunshine, Sri Lanka reached 61 for two midway through the afternoon session, with Jayawardene 23 not out and Sangakkara 13 not out.
With the whole of the morning's play lost to bad weather, there will now be 75 overs instead of the scheduled 90 in two sessions of two and a half hours each. Hoggard made the initial breakthrough in an eventful over during which he was first cover driven sweetly for four by Jayasuriya and then clipped crisply to square leg by Atapattu.
However, Atapattu pushed tentatively at a delivery just outside off stump and edged it to be caught behind by Alec Stewart for 13. Four balls later, Jayasuriya fell to Caddick for eight.
The Sri Lanka captain got an outside edge as he played forward and Stewart flung himself in front of first slip to hold the catch.
England, who put the touring team in to bat after winning the toss, made two changes from the side who drew the first Test of the three-match series, bringing in Alex Tudor and Ashley Giles for John Crawley and Dominic Cork.
Sri Lanka decided to include the man who is so often their trump card, off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who has been battling to recover from a shoulder injury that kept him out of the opening Test.
May 30, 2002 - 1250 GMT
England win toss, put Sri Lanka into bat
BIRMINGHAM, England: England captain Nasser Hussain won the toss and put Sri Lanka into bat on the opening day of the second test at Edgbaston on Thursday.
After rain prevented any play before lunch, the match was due to start in cloudy conditions at 1.40 pm (1240 GMT). Sri Lanka were given an immediate boost with the inclusion of Muttiah Muralitharan, their potential
match-winning off-spinner, who had been ruled out of the first test at Lord's by a left shoulder injury.
Muralitharan replaced left-arm seamer Ruchira Perera, who was reported for a suspect action after the Lord's game.
England made two changes from the side who drew the first test of the three-match series. Middle-order batsman John Crawley and pace bowler Dominic Cork were replaced by fast bowler Alex Tudor and left-arm spinner Ashley Giles.
Teams:
England : Marcus Trescothick, Michael Vaughan, Mark Butcher, Nasser Hussain (captain), Graham Thorpe, Alec Stewart, Andrew Flintoff, Alex Tudor, Ashley Giles, Andy Caddick, Matthew Hoggard.
Sri Lanka : Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawadene, Aravinda de Silva, Russel Arnold, Hashan Tillekeratne, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Buddika Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan.
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Match Referee: Gundappa Viswanath (Ind)
May 30, 2002 - 1030 GMT
Rain washes out first session
BIRMINGHAM, England: Heavy rain washed out the morning session of the first day of the Second Test between England and Sri Lanka here at Edgbaston on Thursday.
With rain still falling 10 minutes before the scheduled start, umpires Daryl Harper of Australia and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan of India confirmed there would be no play before lunch.
As the sides have not yet tossed up, Sri Lanka have still to confirm if Muttiah Muralitharan will play. Off-spinner Murali, 30, the youngest bowler to take 400 Test wickets, has been out of action since dislocating his left shoulder while fielding in last month's Sharjah Cup final against Pakistan.
The three match series is all square at 0-0 after the First Test at Lord's was drawn . This game, Sri Lanka's first Test here, also marks the centenary of Test cricket at
Edgbaston.
May 30, 2002 - 1015 GMT
Rain delays start of Second Test
BIRMINGHAM, England: Rain delayed the scheduled 1000GMT start of the Second Test between England and Sri Lanka here at Edgbaston on Thursday.
At 0930GMT rain was still falling and umpire Srinasvaraghavan Venkataraghavan told Sky Sports that play would not start until at least two hours after it had stopped.
As the sides have not yet tossed up, Sri Lanka have still to confirm if Muttiah Muralitharan will play although the off-spinner was named in the tourists' twelve. Murali has been out of action since dislocating his left shoulder while fielding in last month's Sharjah Cup final against Pakistan.
The three match series is all square at 0-0 after the First Test at Lord's was drawn . This game, Sri Lanka's first Test here, also marks the centenary of Test cricket at Edgbaston.
May 30, 2002 - 1000 GMT
England : (from) N Hussain (captain), ME Trescothick, MP Vaughan, MA Butcher, GP Thorpe, JP Crawley, AJ Stewart (wicketkeeper), A Flintoff, DG Cork, AR Caddick, MJ Hoggard, AJ Tudor, AF Giles, SP Jones.
Sri Lanka : (from) ST Jayasuriya (captain), MS Atapattu, KC Sangakkara (wicketkeeper), DPMD Jayawardene, PA de Silva, RP Arnold, HP Tillakaratne, WPUJC Vaas, DNT Zoysa, TCB Fernando, PDRL Perera, TT Samaraweera, UDU Chandana, KEA Upashantha, CRD Fernando, M
Muralitharan.
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