- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR38.3 gone, that's a cute shot that probably wasn't necessary. Back of a length in the corridor, and Tamim presses forward and then leans back for a late dab. I guess he wasn't looking to play it as fine as he did, but there's a bit of extra bounce, possibly, and he ends up steering it into the hands of the lone slip fielder at chest height. That extra bounce ensured it hit the outside half of the bat 152/21.6 big lbw shout. And a deliberation whether to go for the review as it has been turned down by the on-field umpire. Karunaratne takes a while, but ultimately decides to review. This is a length ball from Vishwa, straightening off the deck and hitting Saif's front pad just below the knee roll. That's clearly hitting the stumps, but is it pitching in line with leg stump? The ball tracker says it is! Three reds for Saif, and Vishwa has a breakthrough in his first over. 8/1124.1 and he gets the breakthrough straight away! Return catch. That was 131kph - not quite a slower ball, but perhaps slower than Shanto was expecting. He tries to punch this length ball back down the ground, but is quick on the shot, and pops a catch up straight to Kumara, who takes it pretty easily at round belly height. End of an outstanding innings from Shanto. Misses out on the double, but he's put his team in a commanding position. 394/3139.5 gone, Dhananjaya has got the centurion. Good ball, this. Enticingly flighted outside off, and he gets Mominul to attempt a drive away from his body with an angled bat. A bit of dip and turn, and all he manages is an edge to first slip at waist height 424/4164.1 Vishwa has been the most threatening bowler this morning, and he gets some reward. But it's a weird shot from Liton. This is pitched on a length, but well wide of the off stump - the ball angled way across the batsman. Liton pushes at it without a lot of footwork, and the outside edge goes straight to gully at belly height. Oshada Fernando, the fielder there, catches it after a brief juggle. Fernandos combining for that wicket. (One on commentary too.) 511/5167.5 ok gone this time. Caught behind. What a strange over. This is slightly fuller, tighter into the stumps, and Mehidy plays a drive. It seams away just a touch off the deck, and takes his outside edge. The umpire gives it out straightaway, and the batter doesn't review this time. 515/6170.4 length ball in the corridor, and Vishwa gets his fourth wicket. Taijul wasn't looking very convincing out there, and he goes for a drive away from his body and only manages a thin nick through to Dickwella. The ball may have straightened just a hint after pitching 524/7Extras32 (b 9, lb 6, nb 6, w 11)TOTAL541/7d (173 Overs, RR: 3.12)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Saif Hassan, 1.6 ov), 2-152 (Tamim Iqbal, 38.3 ov), 3-394 (Najmul Hossain Shanto, 124.1 ov), 4-424 (Mominul Haque, 139.5 ov), 5-511 (Litton Das, 164.1 ov), 6-515 (Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 167.5 ov), 7-524 (Taijul Islam, 170.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RAS Lakmal 36 14 81 1 2.25 0 3 MVT Fernando 35 9 96 4 2.74 1 1 CBRLS Kumara 28 4 88 1 3.14 4 0 AD Mathews 7 1 14 0 2.00 0 0 DM de Silva 30 1 130 1 4.33 0 2 PW Hasaranga 36 2 111 0 3.08 0 0 FDM Karunaratne 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR155.4 gone! Taskin's got both overnight batsmen early. This was a short ball, well wide of off stump, at 141kph. Gets up to almost shoulder height for Dimuth, who tries to fetch it from the off side and pull it over midwicket. He mis-hits it though, and ends up only spooning a catch to the midwicket fielder. End of a fantastic innings from Sri Lanka's captain. He's been batting for 698 minutes! 544/538.6 got him, that is beautifully bowled! Thirimanne has reviewed, though... Lovely, lovely flight, and he gets it to drift into the left-hander and pitch on an off-stumpish line. Thirimanne's front leg ends up going further across than it should, because he hasn't accounted for the drift, and the ball, which continues with the angle, beats the inside edge of his defensive prod, and hits front pad. Strikes him in line with middle stump or thereabouts, and it's hitting leg stump according to ball-tracking. Superb delivery to get Bangladesh their breakthrough right on the stroke of tea 114/153.3 full, angling down leg, and Taskin has struck! Oshada strangles a catch down the leg side! Looks to glance it fine, ends up playing it too fine, and Liton grabs it with a dive to his left. Excellent footwork first up, a couple of steps to his left, and then the dive to snaffle it with both gloves. Looks like the ball hit bat and then the edge of Oshada's pad 157/262.3 bowled him, Taijul has made this change of angle work! Slightly casual from Mathews there, and probably a misjudgment of length too. Goes on the back foot, looking for a late cut, and leaves a gap between bat and pad for the ball to zip through and bowl him. Regular stock ball turning away from the right-hander, but it pitched fuller than Mathews judged it to have pitched, so he misjudged the extent of turn as well, and it went past his inside edge and hit off stump 190/3153.4 gone! DDS has chopped on, and a 345-run partnership has come to a close. This was back of a length outside off, and DDS was very late on the shot - I think a largely defensive prod into the offside. It took the inside part of his bat, hit the ground and then bounced into the stumps. That's the first wicket in 90 overs. 535/4159.4 gone! Another one. Wickets are tumbling from that end, and it's Nissanka this time, who tries to chop down on a wide-ish, back of a length ball outside off stump from Ebadot, and sends a healthy edge through to the wicketkeeper. Maybe beaten for pace a little bit. That came through at 141kph. 553/6166.5 whoops, Sri Lanka didn't want this. Big misunderstanding. Length ball spinning away from off stump, and Dickwella works it towards mid-on. A bunch of yeses and nos from the two batsmen, and in the end both are stranded somewhere around the middle of the pitch when the throw goes to the keeper. Dickwella has no chance of making his ground 585/7177.3 bowled him. Quickish, back of a length, and maybe it spins a little less than Hasaranga expects as he opens up to whip it through square leg. Inside-edge, onto the back pad, and into leg stump 647/8Extras27 (b 4, lb 10, nb 3, w 10)TOTAL648/8d (179 Overs, RR: 3.62)Did not bat: CBRLS KumaraFall of wickets: 1-114 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 38.6 ov), 2-157 (Oshada Fernando, 53.3 ov), 3-190 (Angelo Mathews, 62.3 ov), 4-535 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 153.4 ov), 5-544 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 155.4 ov), 6-553 (Pathum Nissanka, 159.4 ov), 7-585 (Niroshan Dickwella, 166.5 ov), 8-647 (Wanindu Hasaranga, 177.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Abu Jayed 19 2 76 0 4.00 1 1 Taskin Ahmed 30 6 112 3 3.73 1 0 Ebadot Hossain 21 1 99 1 4.71 5 2 Mehidy Hasan Miraz 58 6 161 1 2.77 1 0 Taijul Islam 45 9 163 2 3.62 0 0 Mominul Haque 4 0 18 0 4.50 0 0 Saif Hassan 2 0 5 0 2.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 Gone! Saif collects his second modest score of the game. This is a length ball just outside off. There's just the merest hint of shape to this ball, that straightens down the line. Saif prods at it and sends a thin edge to the wicketkeeper. Sri Lanka have a breakthrough. 21/16.3 chopped on! Lakmal is giving Sri Lanka a tiiiny bit of hope here, however futile this seems. This is a length ball angled across the batsman, who stays in his crease and seems to want to play a defensive shot. His bat is angled though, and he seems to be a tad late on it, so all he does is chop it back on to his stumps. Out without scoring after his big hundred in the first dig. 27/2Extras2 (nb 2)TOTAL100/2 (33 Overs, RR: 3.03)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Saif Hassan, 4.1 ov), 2-27 (Najmul Hossain Shanto, 6.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RAS Lakmal 8 2 21 2 2.62 0 1 MVT Fernando 5 2 18 0 3.60 0 0 DM de Silva 11 1 46 0 4.18 0 1 PW Hasaranga 9 0 15 0 1.66 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Bangladesh , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
2-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10:00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
21,22,23,24,25 April 2021 (5-day match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 20, Bangladesh 20
Close of Play
- Wed, 21 Apr - day 1 - Bangladesh 1st innings 302/2 (Najmul Hossain Shanto 126*, Mominul Haque 64*, 90 ov)
- Thu, 22 Apr - day 2 - Bangladesh 1st innings 474/4 (Mushfiqur Rahim 43*, Litton Das 25*, 155 ov)
- Fri, 23 Apr - day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 229/3 (FDM Karunaratne 85*, DM de Silva 26*, 73 ov)
- Sat, 24 Apr - day 4 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 512/3 (FDM Karunaratne 234*, DM de Silva 154*, 149 ov)
- Sun, 25 Apr - day 5 - Bangladesh 2nd innings 100/2 (33 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Sri Lanka: 550 runs in 157.5 overs (950 balls), Extras 22
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 560/6 in 162.0 overs (N Dickwella 13, PWH de Silva 0)
- Sri Lanka: 600 runs in 168.4 overs (1015 balls), Extras 22
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 49 balls (PWH de Silva 28, RAS Lakmal 17, Ex 5)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 648/8 in 179.0 overs (RAS Lakmal 22, MVT Fernando 0)
- Bangladesh 2nd innings
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 39/2 in 15.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 37, Mominul Haque 1)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 0
- Tamim Iqbal: 50 off 56 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 107 balls (Tamim Iqbal 44, Mominul Haque 11, Ex 0)
- Over 26.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - Mominul Haque (Struck down)
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 32.3 overs (197 balls), Extras 2
- Tea: Bangladesh - 100/2 in 33.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 74, Mominul Haque 23)
- Rain: Bangladesh - 100/2 in 33.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 74, Mominul Haque 23)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 95 balls (FDM Karunaratne 20, DM de Silva 29, Ex 1)
- Second new ball taken at 81.1 overs
- Over 82.4: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 85.3 overs (516 balls), Extras 15
- FDM Karunaratne: 100 off 247 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 271/3 in 88.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 115, DM de Silva 38)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 197 balls (FDM Karunaratne 54, DM de Silva 48, Ex 1)
- DM de Silva: 50 off 102 balls (5 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 95.6 overs (579 balls), Extras 15
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 331/3 in 104.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 139, DM de Silva 74)
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 257 balls (FDM Karunaratne 68, DM de Silva 81, Ex 1)
- Sri Lanka: 350 runs in 107.2 overs (647 balls), Extras 15
- DM de Silva: 100 off 153 balls (14 x 4)
- FDM Karunaratne: 150 off 310 balls (15 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 200 runs in 303 balls (FDM Karunaratne 82, DM de Silva 113, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 398/3 in 117.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 158, DM de Silva 117)
- Sri Lanka: 400 runs in 118.2 overs (713 balls), Extras 20
- 4th Wicket: 250 runs in 422 balls (FDM Karunaratne 110, DM de Silva 134, Ex 6)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 442/3 in 134.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 184, DM de Silva 134)
- Sri Lanka: 450 runs in 136.1 overs (820 balls), Extras 21
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 457/3 in 139.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 192, DM de Silva 141)
- FDM Karunaratne: 200 off 387 balls (21 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 300 runs in 502 balls (FDM Karunaratne 147, DM de Silva 146, Ex 7)
- DM de Silva: 150 off 274 balls (20 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 500 runs in 147.1 overs (886 balls), Extras 21
- Bad Light: Sri Lanka - 512/3 in 149.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 234, DM de Silva 154)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 512/3 in 149.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 234, DM de Silva 154)
- Mushfiqur Rahim: 50 off 120 balls (4 x 4)
- Bangladesh: 500 runs in 159.6 overs (965 balls), Extras 26
- Third new ball taken at 160.1 overs
- Liton Das: 50 off 66 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 167.2: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Upheld)
- Over 167.3: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Struck down)
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 520/6 in 169.1 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 58, Taijul Islam 2)
- Innings Break: Bangladesh - 541/7 in 173.0 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 68, Taskin Ahmed 6)
- Sri Lanka 1st innings
- Over 7.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - HDRL Thirimanne (Upheld)
- Lunch: Sri Lanka - 11/0 in 8.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 5, HDRL Thirimanne 5)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 16.6 overs (104 balls), Extras 12
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 104 balls (FDM Karunaratne 16, HDRL Thirimanne 24, Ex 12)
- Change of ball as it has gone out of shape after 17.5 overs
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 67/0 in 20.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 16, HDRL Thirimanne 38)
- HDRL Thirimanne: 50 off 95 balls (7 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (185 balls), Extras 13
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 185 balls (FDM Karunaratne 30, HDRL Thirimanne 57, Ex 13)
- Tea: Sri Lanka - 114/1 in 39.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 43)
- Over 38.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - HDRL Thirimanne (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- FDM Karunaratne: 50 off 122 balls (6 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 49.1 overs (298 balls), Extras 14
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 157/1 in 53.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 65, BOP Fernando 20)
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 190/3 in 62.3 overs (FDM Karunaratne 73)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 64.4 overs (391 balls), Extras 14
- Over 70.4: Review by Sri Lanka (Batting), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Upheld)
- Over 70.6: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - FDM Karunaratne (Struck down)
- End Of Day: Sri Lanka - 229/3 in 73.0 overs (FDM Karunaratne 85, DM de Silva 26)
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 333/2 in 103.0 overs (Najmul Hossain Shanto 141, Mominul Haque 76)
- Bangladesh: 350 runs in 108.5 overs (658 balls), Extras 26
- 3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 424 balls (Najmul Hossain Shanto 94, Mominul Haque 92, Ex 15)
- Mominul Haque: 100 off 224 balls (9 x 4)
- Najmul Hossain Shanto: 150 off 343 balls (16 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: Bangladesh - 378/2 in 118.0 overs (Najmul Hossain Shanto 155, Mominul Haque 107)
- Over 120.1: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - Mominul Haque (Struck down)
- Over 124.2: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - Mushfiqur Rahim (Struck down)
- Bangladesh: 400 runs in 127.5 overs (772 balls), Extras 26
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 407/3 in 131.0 overs (Mominul Haque 119, Mushfiqur Rahim 9)
- Over 131.2: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - Mushfiqur Rahim (Upheld)
- Tea: Bangladesh - 440/4 in 145.0 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 22, Liton Das 12)
- Rain: Bangladesh - 449/4 in 147.1 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 27, Liton Das 16)
- Bangladesh: 450 runs in 147.2 overs (889 balls), Extras 26
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (Mushfiqur Rahim 25, Liton Das 25, Ex 0)
- Bad Light: Bangladesh - 474/4 in 155.0 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 43, Liton Das 25)
- End Of Day: Bangladesh - 474/4 in 155.0 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 43, Liton Das 25)
- Bangladesh 1st innings
- Over 1.6: Review by Sri Lanka (Bowling), Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batsman - Saif Hassan (Upheld)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (70 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 58/1 in 13.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 43, Najmul Hossain Shanto 13)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (Tamim Iqbal 35, Najmul Hossain Shanto 13, Ex 2)
- Tamim Iqbal: 50 off 53 balls (10 x 4)
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 23.3 overs (142 balls), Extras 3
- Lunch: Bangladesh - 106/1 in 27.0 overs (Tamim Iqbal 65, Najmul Hossain Shanto 37)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 161 balls (Tamim Iqbal 58, Najmul Hossain Shanto 37, Ex 5)
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 142/1 in 35.1 overs (Tamim Iqbal 84, Najmul Hossain Shanto 47)
- Najmul Hossain Shanto: 50 off 120 balls (7 x 4)
- Bangladesh: 150 runs in 38.1 overs (232 balls), Extras 11
- Bangladesh: 200 runs in 52.5 overs (320 balls), Extras 11
- Tea: Bangladesh - 200/2 in 53.0 overs (Najmul Hossain Shanto 78, Mominul Haque 21)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (Najmul Hossain Shanto 30, Mominul Haque 21, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 236/2 in 65.0 overs (Najmul Hossain Shanto 92, Mominul Haque 40)
- Bangladesh: 250 runs in 73.5 overs (448 balls), Extras 14
- Najmul Hossain Shanto: 100 off 235 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 214 balls (Najmul Hossain Shanto 51, Mominul Haque 46, Ex 3)
- Mominul Haque: 50 off 117 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: Bangladesh - 269/2 in 80.0 overs (Najmul Hossain Shanto 111, Mominul Haque 54)
- Second new ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Bangladesh: 300 runs in 87.5 overs (532 balls), Extras 22
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 304 balls (Najmul Hossain Shanto 75, Mominul Haque 64, Ex 11)
- End Of Day: Bangladesh - 302/2 in 90.0 overs (Najmul Hossain Shanto 126, Mominul Haque 64)
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