| 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 251 / 6 (95.0) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| A Cook | c P Jayawardene b C Welegedara |  | 118 | 285 | 12 | 0 | 41.40 | | M Vaughan | c M Jayawardene b C Welegedara | | 24 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 42.11 | | I Bell | b M Muralitharan | | 34 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 50.75 | | K Pietersen
| c M Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | | 30 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 45.45 | | P Collingwood | st P Jayawardene b M Muralitharan | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | R Bopara | run out (M Jayawardene) | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | M Prior | not out | | 19 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 19.00 | | R Sidebottom | not out | | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | | S Harmison | | | | | | | | | M Hoggard
| | | | | | | | | M Panesar | | | | | | | |
| Extras: 26 (NB-14, WD-1, B-6, LB-5) | | Total : 251/6 (95.0) |
| Fall of Wickets: 67/1( M Vaughan(24)-20 overs),128/2( I Bell(34)-42.1 overs),200/3( K Pietersen
(30)-64.3 overs),200/4( P Collingwood(0)-64.5 overs),200/5( R Bopara(0)-65 overs),250/6( A Cook(118)-93.3 overs) |
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