2003–04 Sri Lankan cricket season explained

The 2003–04 Sri Lankan cricket season featured two Test series with Sri Lanka playing against England and Australia.

Honours

• 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

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

• Web site: A brief history . CricInfo – brief history of Sri Lankan cricket
• Web site: The Home of CricketArchive . CricketArchive – Tournaments in Sri Lanka

Further reading

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2005

Notes and References

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