Angelo Mathews remained unbeaten on 39 runs and scored the highest score of 56 runs. He was bowled by Shakib after scoring his 41st Test half-century. Jayasuriya was unbeaten on 28 at the time of the announcement, along with Vishwa Fernando, who was unbeaten on eight. Debutant fast bowler Hasan Mahmood finished with 4-65 for […]
Angelo Mathews remained unbeaten on 39 and top scored with 56 runs. He was bowled by Shakib Al Hasan after completing his 41st Test half-century. When the innings was declared, Prabhat Jayasuriya was unbeaten on 28 runs, along with Vishwa Fernando, who was unbeaten on eight runs. Debutant fast bowler Hasan Mahmood finished with 4-65 […]
Bangladesh lost wickets continuously. Shahadat Hossain (eight) was caught by Kamindu Mendis at slip off Kumara's ball and Jayasuriya hit Mehdi Hasan (seven) in front. Asitha Fernando ended Mominul's resistance before bowling Khalid Ahmed for one run and ending the innings. Sri Lanka dominated Bangladesh in the first two days and scored 531 runs, the […]
Bangladesh all out for 178 runs in the second test against Sri Lanka
With nightwatchman Taijul Islam moving to 55-1, the left-hander almost had Kamindu Mendis caught at slip before a leg-before appeal was turned down. Sri Lanka ended Bangladesh's stiff resistance when left-arm fast bowler Fernando uprooted Zakir's leg stump. Captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto looked aggressive from the start and faced 11 balls for his one delivery […]
Shakib Al Hasan finished with 3-110 as Bangladesh had to toil for almost two days after Sri Lanka batted first. Sri Lanka started the second day with 314-4. De Silva, who scored 102 and 108 in the first Test, had also raised his chances of scoring three consecutive centuries before being dismissed in the post-lunch […]
Six batsmen scored half-centuries as Sri Lanka was all out for 531 runs in the first innings of the second Test match against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Sunday. Kamindu Mendis (92 not out), Dhananjay de Silva (70) and Dinesh Chandimal (59), along with Kusal Mendis (93), Dimuth Karunaratne (86) and Nishan Madushka (57) gave Bangladesh […]
A burst of top-order batting took Sri Lanka to 314-4 and firmly took command of the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Saturday. In Chittagong, Kusal Mendis top scored with 93 runs while opener Dimuth Karunaratne (86) and Nishan Madushka (57) strengthened the innings. At the time of stumps, Dinesh Chandimal was playing on […]
Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis scored half-centuries to help Sri Lanka post 214-2 at tea on the opening day of the second Test against Bangladesh on Saturday. The duo helped give the tourists a solid start after electing to bat first in Chittagong by sharing a 114-run partnership for the second wicket. Karunaratne's wicket fell […]
Kasun Rajitha took two wickets in the morning session as Sri Lanka moved closer to victory on the fourth day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet on Monday. The visitors restricted Bangladesh to 129-7 at lunch, with the hosts still needing 382 runs to reach their impossible victory target of 511 runs. Overnight […]
Mendis completed his century on the score of 171 by dismissing the full toss ball of Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto. Mehdi gave some relief to Bangladesh by dismissing Prabhat Jayasuriya and Lahiru Kumara, who scored 25 runs, on consecutive balls. Had Liton Das not dropped the catch of Mendis at the score of 133, […]
Australia's Chappell brothers, Greg and Ian, achieved the feat against New Zealand in March 1974, before Misbah-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali emulated it against Australia in Abu Dhabi in 2014. The pair, who had put together a 202-run partnership in Sri Lanka's first innings score of 280, added 173 runs this time around – on their […]
Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis became the third pair in Test history to score centuries in both innings as Sri Lanka extended their lead in the first Test against Bangladesh on Sunday. The visitors reached 338–7 at tea on the third day in Sylhet, leaving Bangladesh ahead by 430 runs, with de Silva top-scoring […]
Sri Lanka was all out for 280 runs on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet on Friday. Dhananjay de Silva and Kamindu Mendis scored 102 runs in a sixth-wicket partnership of 202 to help the tourists overcome a 57-5 deficit, while Khalid Ahmed and Nahid Rana took three wickets each […]
While Khalid Ahmed justified captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto's decision to bowl first on a green surface, opener Nishan Madushka (2) was forced to be caught by Mehdi Hasan at third slip at the end of the second over. Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis put on 37 runs for the second wicket, before Khalid struck again […]