Tag: test cricket
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Chattogram Test day 2: Bangladesh hope to limit Sri Lankan dominance
The second day of the Chattogram Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka began under overcast skies after morning drizzle. Despite dangerous weather, the game started on time at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Bangladesh fast bowler Khalid Ahmed started the proceedings with a three-slip field setup in the first over of the day. The very…
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Top order attack helps Sri Lanka score 314-4 in Bangladesh Test
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…
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Sri Lanka 214-2 after half-centuries from Karunaratne, Mendis
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…
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Madushka, Karunaratne give solid start to Sri Lanka in the second test against Bangladesh
Karunaratne, batting on 18, also escaped being run out after getting into trouble with Madushka while taking a single off Hasan Mahmood. Sri Lanka leads the two-match series 1-0 after winning the opening Test by 328 runs. Experienced all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returned for Bangladesh after a long Test absence and the hosts also gave…
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Shakib returned after being asked to bowl first by Bangladesh
Shakib returned after being asked to bowl first by Bangladesh
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Sri Lanka's Rajitha ruled out of Bangladesh Test due to back injury
“Kasun Rajitha will not be available for the second Test match as the player has sustained an injury to the left upper back area,” Sri Lanka Cricket said. Fernando last took 10 wickets while playing a Test match in Bangladesh in 2022. He last played a Test against Afghanistan in February. He was initially ruled…
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MP Shakib Al Hasan recalled to Bangladesh squad for second Sri Lanka Test
Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Zakir Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shadman Islam, Liton Das, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Nayeem Hasan, Taijul Islam, Shoriful Islam, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Nahid Rana. and Hasan Mahmud.
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Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 328 runs in the first test
Sri Lanka's Kasun Rajitha (left) celebrates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh's Khalid Ahmed on the fourth day of the first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on March 25, 2024.AFP
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Rajitha takes Sri Lanka closer to victory in the first Test against Bangladesh
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…
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Bangladesh on the brink of defeat against Sri Lanka after De Silva and Mendis' achievements – Sylhet Test
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,…
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Mendis and De Silva lead Sri Lanka to the target of 511 runs against Bangladesh
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…
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De Silva, Mendis achieved rare feat, Sri Lanka beats Bangladesh
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…
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Vishwa got four wickets and fell behind Bangladesh by 92 runs.
Rajitha also dismissed the last recognized batsman, Mehdi Hasan, for 11, leaving the lower order to cut the losses as much as possible. Khalid Ahmed and Shoriful Islam together hit four sixes.Fernando ended their 40-run partnership when he dismissed Shoriful for 15 and wrapped up the innings by sending Khalid back for 22 in his…
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In the Sylhet Test, Sri Lanka was all out for 280 runs on the basis of 3 wickets of Khalid and debutant Naheed.
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…
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Dhananjay de Silva and Kamindu Mendis help Sri Lanka recover in Sylhet Test against Bangladesh
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…