Notes
--> MA Butcher (1) 50 in 101 balls, 133 minutes with 8 fours
--> MA Butcher (1) 100 in 189 balls, 270 minutes with 14 fours
--> AJ Stewart (1) 50 in 61 balls, 109 minutes with 8 fours
--> AJ Stewart (1) 100 in 146 balls, 218 minutes with 16 fours
--> AF Giles (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 37
--> RP Arnold (1) 50 in 53 balls, 90 minutes with 10 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya (1) passed 4500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 34
--> WPUJC Vaas (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 9
--> RP Arnold (2) 100 in 211 balls, 329 minutes with 11 fours
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) passed 11000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 26
--> WPUJC Vaas reached 200 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed AJ Tudor, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
--> ME Trescothick and MA Butcher added 100 in 174 balls, 189 minutes for the England 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> MA Butcher and AJ Stewart added 50 in 50 minutes for the England 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MS Atapattu retired hurt in the Sri Lanka first innings having scored 10 (team score 48/0)
Start delayed till 2pm New ball taken at start of 81st over (England 310/4, Butcher 101, Stewart 24*) Sri Lanka 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (Caddick's 2nd over) AR Caddick left the field with an injury in the 11th over, AJ Tudor completed the over