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Congratulations to Sri Lanka on a marvellous victory in the 3rd Test at Trent Bridge, to square the series 1-1. A stupendous performance by Muralitharan was the key. Sri Lanka beat England by 134 runs Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat Sri Lanka 1st Innings 231 all out (66.2 overs) M J Hoggard 17.0 3 65 2 J Lewis 21.0 3 68 3 L E Plunkett 8.2 1 36 2 A Flintoff 15.0 2 52 3 M S Panesar 5.0 3 3 0 Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 322 all out (113.1 overs) M J Hoggard 22.0 4 71 2 J Lewis 20.0 6 54 0 A Flintoff 13.0 1 38 1 M S Panesar 37.1 13 78 5 L E Plunkett 19.0 2 65 2 K P Pietersen 2.0 0 12 0 England 1st Innings 229 all out (91.1 overs) W P U J C Vaas 26.0 5 71 2 S L Malinga 23.1 3 62 2 M Muralitharan 31.0 10 62 3 S T Jayasuriya 11.0 4 19 2 England 2nd Innings 190 all out (68.5 overs) W P U J C Vaas 9.0 1 28 0 S L Malinga 7.0 0 24 0 M Muralitharan 30.0 10 70 8 S T Jayasuriya 22.5 3 54 1