2003–04 Sri Lankan cricket season
The 2003–04 Sri Lankan cricket season featured two Test series with Sri Lanka playing against England and Australia.
Honours
[edit]- Premier Trophy – Bloomfield C & AC
- Premier Limited Overs Tournament – Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
- Most runs – TM Dilshan 1284 @ 51.36 (HS 151)
- Most wickets – M Muralitharan 96 @ 14.40 (BB 7–46)
Test series
[edit]Sri Lanka won the 3 match Test series against England 1–0 and also 4 limited overs internationals, 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[1] (Galle International Stadium) – match drawn
- 2nd Test[2] (Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy) – match drawn
- 3rd Test[3] (Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo) – Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs
Australia won the Test series 3–0 after Sri Lankan led in the 1st innings of each match by substantial amounts:
- 1st Test[4] @ Galle International Stadium – Australia won by 197 runs
- 2nd Test[5] @ Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy – Australia won by 27 runs
- 3rd Test[6] @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo – Australia won by 121 runs
External sources
[edit]- "A brief history". CricInfo – brief history of Sri Lankan cricket
- "The Home of CricketArchive". CricketArchive – Tournaments in Sri Lanka
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