Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    38.3 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 152/2
    1.6 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. 8/1
    124.1 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. 394/3
    139.5 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 424/4
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    43.58
    164.1 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.) 511/5
    167.5 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. 515/6
    170.4 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 524/7
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    Extras
    32 (b 9, lb 6, nb 6, w 11)
    TOTAL
    541/7d (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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    RAS Lakmal36148112.2503
    MVT Fernando3599642.7411
    CBRLS Kumara2848813.1440
    AD Mathews711402.0000
    DM de Silva30113014.3302
    PW Hasaranga36211103.0800
    FDM Karunaratne10606.0000
  • BATSMEN
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    155.4 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! 544/5
    38.6 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 114/1
    53.3 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 157/2
    62.3 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 190/3
    153.4 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. 535/4
    159.4 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. 553/6
    166.5 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 585/7
    177.3 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 647/8
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    Extras
    27 (b 4, lb 10, nb 3, w 10)
    TOTAL
    648/8d (179 Overs, RR: 3.62)
    Did not bat: CBRLS Kumara
    Fall 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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Abu Jayed1927604.0011
    Taskin Ahmed30611233.7310
    Ebadot Hossain2119914.7152
    Mehidy Hasan Miraz58616112.7710
    Taijul Islam45916323.6200
    Mominul Haque401804.5000
    Saif Hassan20502.5000

Match Details

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)

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

Bangladesh 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st21Tamim IqbalSaif Hassan
2nd6Tamim IqbalNajmul Hossain Shanto
3rd73Tamim IqbalMominul Haque