The first venue of Sir Lanka vs England ODI Series has selected Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. The Stadium is situated in the North Central Province, nearby Dambulla. The capacity of this stadium is 30000, and the inaugural one-day international (ODI) match was played between Sri Lanka and England in March 2000. Dambulla an agricultural trading town also famous for its ancient UNESCO protected Buddhist Cave Temples which date back to 85 B.C. In the inaugural match Sri Lanka beat England by five wickets. During that time Graham Thorp was the captain of England team. In other match at 2003 between England and Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka beat England by 10 wickets. So the winning records of Sri Lanka are best.
The records of this Ground:
- Sri Lanka holds the highest score at the ground with 282/4 against India.
- England holds the lowest score at the ground with 88 all out against Sri Lanka.
- Australian duo Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden hold the biggest partnership record at the ground when they put on 148 for the 2nd wicket in 2003/04 series.
- Sri Lankan duo of K Sangakkara (318 runs) & M Muralitharan (24 Wickets) hold the record for runs scored and wickets taken at the ground so far in their careers.
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