What is significant about this match?

[Sachinism]

http://www.cricinfo.com/SRILANKA/engine/match/64056.html

[Serani]

England didnt lose :yay:

[achilles]

Giles' 50th wicket in Tests outside England.

[achilles]

And Jayasuriya achieved a feat at this ground too.

[Sachinism]

Nope. Not the answer I'm looking for

[gaurav92]

Tsunami affected ground after this game, the cricket returned in 2008 :idunno: Venkatraghavan's final match as umpire ?

[Tapioca]

Nasser Hussain had a flu

[Mr. Wicket]

The whole England XI seems to be entirely from England!

[The Outsider]

Class Act's debut match?

[saneindian]

Last time England played a test with 11 players born in England?

[Shane]

The whole England XI seems to be entirely from England!

:haha: Classic

[Dravid]

this is the one match that you watched not being stoned? :hahaha:

[Mr. Wicket]

this is the one match that you watched not being stoned? :hahaha:

um, you really think pj would have watched a full test match without being stoned through any of it? :headshake:

[Sachinism]

The whole England XI seems to be entirely from England!

:two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up: The last time it has happened and quite possibly the last time ever

[Sachinism]

um' date=' you really think pj would have watched a full test match without being stoned through any of it? :headshake:[/quote'] The only Test match I've ever seen while being high was during NZ-Ind 09

[Tapioca]

:two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up: The last time it has happened and quite possibly the last time ever

There were two tests around this time where they had a real England side, both because Hussain was absent. Before that it was a test in 1993.

[Serani]

what is a real English side?

[Clarke]

what is a real English side?

Native English side is more like it.

[gaurav92]

what is a real English side?

An English side without any non-English members in it.In other words and English side consisting of only English Born players