Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
50 | 7 Runs 2 Wkts | SL: 235/10 | RR: 4.70

  • Janith Liyanage101 (102b)
  • Taskin Ahmed10-1-42-3
  • Shoriful Islam10-0-55-0

2.02pm Play will begin in about 20 minutes, Rashad will be back for that. So don't go too far, we'll be back soon.

Findeshi: "It was good to see Bangladeshi players coming and congratulating Liyanage after the last wicket of the srilankan innings. Good to see friendly attitude in the pitch. Hope this good spirit of the game continues between Bangladesh and Srilanka. "

Thilina T: "Importance of playing 50 overs! A couple of month back SL could lose all wickets well before 50 overs. Good to see how well they recovered. " --- You don't need to go back months, one week should be enough. But this was a much more resolute display from the tail.

Sakib: "Janith played well. But Bangladeshi bowlers did good job as well. SL has scored 39 runs in the last 5 overs, couldn't hit a sixer..." --- Yes, all credit to Bangladesh bowlers. Forced SL into low risk, low reward cricket.

Noman: "@49.5 commentary, if Anamul and Jaker Ali collided then how come crashed into Mehidy?" --- Apologies. Took my cue off broadcast commentary, it's been duly corrected now. Jaker was the injured party, Mehidy was uninvolved.

13.55pm Sri Lanka then scrambled and clawed themselves up to 235, after languishing at one point on 154 for 7. That was essentially solely down to Janith Liyanage's 102-ball 101, as he shepherded the tail and dragged Sri Lanka to a total they might just about fancy defending. But this was an innings that belonged to the Bangladesh bowlers. The seamers extracted good movement and kept disciplined lines and lengths to pick up regular wickets, while the dryness in the pitch came to the fore later on to make the spinners also a fairly threatening proposition. Sri Lanka didn't do themselves any favours with some lose strokeplay, and a very poor non-review of the in-form Nissanka's lbw, but they will glad for Liyanage's intervention so their bowlers now have something to work with.

49.6
W
Taskin Ahmed to Kumara, 1 run, OUT, short and slow outside off, pulls this down to deep midwicket and Kumara's slow turning arc sees him well short on a suicidal second. Sri Lanka are bowled out for 235

CBRLS Kumara run out 1 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

Kumara to face the last ball

The stretcher is back out as Jaker lays flat on his back. Hopefully he's okay. Jaker was on the pitch as a sub himself.

49.5
W
Taskin Ahmed to Pramod Madushan, OUT, Oh dear, collision near point! But the catch is taken! This was sliced in the air, and Anamul and Jaker Ali circle under the ball with no communication with each other. The former takes the catch and holds on, but not before crashing into Jaker, who is left sprawled on the ground

Pramod Madushan c Anamul Haque b Taskin Ahmed 3 (13m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

49.4
1
Taskin Ahmed to Liyanage, 1 run, Short and slow, waits and hacks this pull in the air towards long on. Just the one
49.3
4
Taskin Ahmed to Liyanage, FOUR, Maiden century for Liyanage! Brings it up with a spanking cover drive, leans back and drills it through extra cover
49.2
0
Taskin Ahmed to Liyanage, no run, slower bouncer, sees Liyanage very early on the pull. Cops a blow in the midriff off the bottom of the bat
49.1
1
Taskin Ahmed to Pramod Madushan, 1 run, short of a length outside off, dabbed down to third man. Madushan gets off strike

END OF OVER:
49 | 10 Runs | SL: 228/8 | RR: 4.65

  • Janith Liyanage96 (99b)
  • Pramod Madushan2 (4b)
  • Shoriful Islam10-0-55-0
  • Soumya Sarkar2-0-10-1

The man in the deep was Soumya, who rolls over after attempting to field that and crashes into the advertising hoarding. He's getting some treatment now off the field.

48.6
4
Shoriful Islam to Liyanage, FOUR, Ramped for four! Pace-off bouncer, but still Liyanage manages to manufacture some pace and gets it fine enough to beat the man at short third, who takes a tumble for his efforts
48.5
2
Shoriful Islam to Liyanage, 2 runs, full on the pads, whipped behind square leg for another couple

Liyanage is taking some deep gulps of air after that sprint

48.4
2
Shoriful Islam to Liyanage, 2 runs, Tries the yorker again, but misses the length. Carved square and the run hard to make the second
48.3
0
Shoriful Islam to Liyanage, no run, Excellent wide yorker! Liyanage tries to shovel this out but misses
48.2
1
Shoriful Islam to Pramod Madushan, 1 run, Madushan does well. Back of a length on the stumps, gently tucked towards midwicket for an easy single
48.1
1
Shoriful Islam to Liyanage, 1 run, full on the stumps, worked to long-on. Surprisingly takes the single

Dan: "Is Janith Fast Medium bowler or a Medium Fast Bowler? Also wondering, where was he all this time?" --- Not sure the exact classification, but he generally clocks mid 120s. Also, in SL there are a lot of promising guys on the domestic circuit, but it's quite tough to gauge how well they'll translate that to international cricket untill they actually play. He's had to bide his time.

Bangladesh 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st50Anamul HaqueTanzid Hasan
2nd6Najmul Hossain ShantoTanzid Hasan
3rd49Tanzid HasanTowhid Hridoy
4th8MahmudullahTanzid Hasan
5th17Mushfiqur RahimTanzid Hasan
6th48Mushfiqur RahimMehidy Hasan Miraz
7th59Mushfiqur RahimRishad Hossain