| Test 3, 18th Dec 2007 - 22nd Dec 2007 |
| England won the toss, elected to field |
| Stadium | : | Galle International Stadium |
| Venue | : | Galle |
| Umpires | : | Asad Rauf and DJ Harper |
| TV Umpire | : | EAR de Silva |
| Referee | : | JJ Crowe | | Result | : | Match Drawn | | Man of the Match | : | M Jayawardene | |
| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | SL: 147/4 | SL: 384/6 | 499/8d; Eng: 81/10; Eng: 2/0 | Eng: 102/1 | Eng: 251/6 |
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England 81 / 10 (30.5) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| A Cook | c P Jayawardene b C Vaas |  | 13 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 48.15 | | M Vaughan | lbw b C Vaas |  | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | | I Bell | run out (T Dilshan) |  | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | | K Pietersen
| c P Jayawardene b L Malinga |  | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | | P Collingwood | b C Welegedara |  | 29 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 60.42 | | R Bopara | c C Welegedara b C Vaas | | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | M Prior | b C Vaas |  | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | | R Sidebottom | c T Dilshan b M Muralitharan |  | 11 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 15.71 | | S Harmison | not out |  | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | | M Hoggard
| c M Jayawerdene b C Welegedara | | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | M Panesar | run out (P Jayawerdene) | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras: 12 (NB-8, WD-0, B-4, LB-0) | | Total : 81/10 (30.5) |
| Fall of Wickets: 5/1( M Vaughan(1)-2.1 overs),9/2( I Bell(1)-3.3 overs),22/3( A Cook(13)-7 overs),25/5( R Bopara(0)-8.3 overs),33/6( M Prior(4)-10.3 overs),70/7( R Sidebottom(11)-27.4 overs),72/8( P Collingwood(29)-28.2 overs),72/9( M Hoggard
(0)-29 overs),81/10( M Panesar(0)-30.5 overs) |
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