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1st Test,Day 1

Bangladesh has the first day of the test

SRI LANKA 172/6 (56.4 Over)
(Vandort 44,Sangakkara 43,Samaraweera 20*)
(Shakib 3/43,Shahadat 2/47,Mashrafe 1/48)

Preview of the Day 1:

After winning the toss,Sri Lanka elected to bat first.The match begins a little bit late from the due time as there was fog everywhere the stadium.The new bowl bowlers Mashrafe Mortaza and Mahbubul Alam started the proccedings well.Mahbubul was able to swing the ball in both ways and hit the bowl in the pad of the openers and showted for lbw decisions but the decision didnt go in his favour.Mashrafe Mortaza gave the first breakthrough to Bangladesh when Warnapura was out lbw scoring 14 and SL was 24/1.Then Vandort and Sangakkara had a good partnership of 95.In between this time,Vandort wasnt given lbw in Shakibs bowling and Sangakkara was dropped by Zunaed Siddique.Sangakkara was catch out by Ashraful scoring 43 in Shakibs bowling.Then,Vandort also followed him scoring 44 when he attempted to play a pool shot but was caught by Shakib in Shahadats short delivary.After that Shakib al hasan bold outform batsman Mahela Jayawardene(3),who misjudged the line of the bowl and Tilakrtne Dilshan(14),who went backfoot and missed the delivary.Suddenly,Sri Lanka became 121-1 to 155-5.Just before the stumps,Prassana Jayawardene(6) was catch out by Tamim in Shahadats short delivary.

Shakib al hasan is the leading bowler of Bangladesh taking 3/43.He is really having with the bowl getting 7/36 vs NZ,5/130 vs SOU,6/99 vs SOU this year.Shahadat Hussain also bowling well with 2/47,he was around 90 mph mark,really extreme pace.

Thilan Samaraweera(20*) and Chaminda Vaas(0*) is in the wicket.The play was called off before the due time because of bad light.

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1st Test,Day 2

Sri Lanka is in the front foot as Muraili killed the Bangladeshi batting line up

Sri Lanka 293

(Samaraweera 90,Vandort 44,Sangakkara 43,Vaas 37)
(Shakib 5/70,Shahadat 2/55,Mashrafe 2/67)

Bangladesh 177/9

(Imrul 33,Zunaed 29,Mehrab 29,Shakib 26)
(Murailitharan 5/48,Vaas 2/33,Herath 1/29)

Bangladesh trail by 116 runs with 1 wicket remaining.

Preview of Day 2:

Sri Lanka started the day with 172/6.But Bangladesh in the first stage wasnt able to pick up a wicket.Fianally,after a 99 runs partnership between Samaraweera and Vaas; Mashrafe gave the the breakthrough to Ban when he dismissed Vaas who was caught behind by the wicket-keeper Mushfiq scoring a vital 37 runs.Just after Dhammika Prasad was lbw scoring 3 in Shakibs spin.Then,Rangana Herath was out scoring 1 run.After that,Thilan Samaraweera was the final wicket scoring 90 who was caught by Zunaed Siddique and was the 5th victim of new spin sensation Shakib-al-hasan.Its the 3rd time in a row that he has got 5 wicket haul.

Bangladesh started well with 44 runs in the board.Both the openers Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes played some fantastic shots.The collapse started when Murailitharan was introduced to the attak removing Tamim Iqbal who scored 17 runs caught by Warnapura,Tamim couldnt read the 'Doosra' and find an edge.Then,Imrul Kayes was caught behind after a fine 33.Mohammad Ashraful as usual hitted an unnecessarily agressive shot and caught by Dilshan,he was the 2nd in this inn and 350th test victim of Chaminda Vaas.Zunaed Siddique couldnt read a 'Doosra' of Muraili and was bold scoring a responsible 29.Then,Raqibul Hasan misjudged a delivary of Prasad and was bold out scoring 11.Mehrab Jnr was a victim of Murailis 'Doosra' scoring 29 who also hitted Muraili for a maximum 6 by going down the wicket.After that Muraili picked Shakib who scored 26 with a huge six picking Murailis 'Doosra'.Just after the next ball,Mashrafe was lbw scoring a duck.Shahadat was stumpted by Prassana Jayawardene scoring 5 and who was the victim of Murailis 66th time 5 wicket haul.

Bad light stopped play before the due time.Mushfiqur Rahim(11*) is in the wicket with Mahbubul Alam(0*).The contest of todays play is the batting collapse of Bangladesh and the luxury of their playing too many shots and lack of patient.Muraili just killed the batting line up of Ban.Ban is still trail by 116 runs.Sri Lanka is in the front foot but day 3 is really a deciding day.We hv to wait to see if Bangladesh can bounce back or Sri Lanka dominates.But the batsman of Ban should bat responsibly and play the ball according to its merit.

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1st Test,Day 3

Sri Lanka sets the stage for a comprehensive winning note against Bangladesh

Sri Lanka 1st Innings-293

(Samaraweera 90,Vandort 44,Sangakkara 43,Vaas 37)
(Shakib 5/70,Shahadat 2/55,Mashrafe 2/67)

Bangladesh 1st Innings-178

(Imrul 33,Zunaed 29,Mehrab 29,Shakib 26)
(Murailitharan 6/49,Vaas 2/33,Herath 1/29)

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings-291/4

(Jayawardene 129*,Sangakkara 67,Samaraweera 62)
(Mashrafe 2/29,Mehrab Jnr 1/29,Mahbubul 1/47)

Sri Lanka lead by 406 runs with 6 wickets remaining.

Preview of Day 3:

Bangladesh started day 3 when they were 177/9.Just a n over was needed by Muraili to bowl Ban all out.In the following over,in the third delivary Mushfiq gets a single and in the last bowl Mahbubul Alam was caught by Warnapura scoring a duck.So,Ban added just 1 run with the score.

Bangladesh started the bowling very well removing Malinda Warnapura who was out lbw by Mahbubul Alam scoring 8.Just after that Mashrafe bold Micheal Vandort who scored 6 and SL became 16-1 to 18-2.After that was all about the 135 run partnership of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.Sangakkara batted brilliantly as he always does and Mehrab Jnr fianally removed him by caught behind when he was 67.Mahela Jayawardene fianally find his form and was not out scoring 129.He was lucky a bit as when he was 101* he was caught behind in a no ball of Mahbubul Alam and an caught behind was also not given as there was doubt abt bat hitting the pad not the ball.Jayawardene and Samaraweera also made a big partnership of 138 and when Samaraweera was bold out by Mashrafe scoring a well made 62,the play was called off due to bad light.Mahela Jayawardene(129*) is in the wicket with Tilakrtne Dilshan(0*).

Sri Lanka lead by 406 runs with 6 wickets remaining and 2 days to go.I think,Sri Lanka will declare getting the target towards around 450 mark.Ban has to bat 5 session to survive I mean play for a drawn.I think,this is almost impossible for Bangladesh batting prospective.Even Muraili himself said that Ban batsman cant play a longer innings and they play too many shots.Sri Lanka will target to get the Bangladeshi batsmen out as soon as possible with their good bowling attack of Vaas,Prasad,Muraili and Herath.It is yet to be seen that how the Bangladeshi batsmen survive or they play in their own luxury way by playing too many shots and throwing the wickets away to end the match quickly.

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1st Test,Day 4

The match is still hanging in the balance as Bangladesh fires in their 2nd Innings

Sri Lanka 1st Innings-293

(Samaraweera 90,Vandort 44,Sangakkara 43,Vaas 37)
(Shakib 5/70,Shahadat 2/55,Mashrafe 2/67)

Bangladesh 1st Innings-178

(Imrul 33,Zunaed 29,Mehrab 29,Shakib 26)
(Murailitharan 6/49,Vaas 2/33,Herath 1/29)

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings-405/6 decl

(Jayawardene 166,Sangakkara 67,Samaraweera 62,Dilshan 47)
(Mehrab Jnr 2/37,Mashrafe 2/59,Mahbubul 1/62,Shakib 1/134)

Bangladesh 2nd Innings(Target 521)-254/5

(Ashraful 70*,Tamim 47,Zunaed 37,Shakib 34*)
(Murailitharan 3/85,Prasad 1/68)

Bangladesh requires another 267 runs to win with 5 wickets remaining.

Preview of Day 4:

Sri Lanka started day 4 with 291/4.Sri Lanka started the day very well with 95 run partnership between Mahela Jayawardene and Tilakrtne Dilshan.Shakib-al-hasan gives Bangladesh the first breakthrough by picking up Tilakrtne Dilshan who scored an aggressive 47 and was caught behind.Just after that,Mahela Jayawardene was also catch out by Zunaed scoring 166 in Mehrab Jnrs bowling.When Prasanna Jayawardene was 3* and Vaas 15*,Sri Lanka declared their innings with 520 runs ahead of Bangladesh.521 runs target was set for Bangladesh to chase in the 4th innings.

Bangladesh started their innings well having 40 runs in the board just in 7.3 overs.In the very next delivary,Imrul Kayes was run out by Dilshan scoring 13,run out is the worst way to get out in a test match!Then,Tamim Iqbal tried to glance a delivary of Dhammika Prasad in the leg side but was caught behind scoring an agressive 47 in 53 bowls with 8 boundaries.After that,there was a 52 run partnership between Zunaed Siddique and Raqibul Hasan.Zunaed tried to leave a delivary of Muraili but it touched his bat and he was caught by Jayawardene in the slip scoring a responsible 37.After that,adding 20 runs in the board Raqibul Hasan misjudged the line of a delivery of Muraili and was bold out scoring 24.He is becoming out in the same fashion several times.Then,there was a 36 run partnership between Mohammad Ashraful and Mehrab Jnr.Ashraful was batting very responsibly but Mehrab Jnr played an unnecessary aggressive shot in Murailis bowling and was caught by Kapugedera(sub) scoring 23.After that,everything is going right for Bangladesh.An unbeaten partnership of 74 is going on between Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib-al-hasan.Though Shakib played some risky shots but batted responsiblely enough.After a long time Ashraful has find his form back.When the play was called off,Mohammad Ashraful was batting at 70* with Shakib-al-hasan 34*.

In the last day,Bangladesh need another 267 runs to win which isnt very impossible.If Bangladesh wants to win,Ban cant loss wickets.Ashraful and Shakib both has to make big century.While Mushfiqur Rahim has to contribute also and if needed tailender also should support the recognised batsmen.If Ban wins,it will be a history and I am sure Sri Lanka wont allow it to happen.They will definitely attatck the batsmen of Ban with their bowling attack(Vaas-Prasad-Muraili-Herath).The total thing is that Ban should play for a drawn and shouldnt take risk at all.If they will do so,they can come close to the target and then attack the opposition.I think,a good contest is waiting for the spectators in the 5th day.But the match is still hanging in the balance as Bangladeshi r positive and fired in their 2nd innings.

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1st Test,Day 5

Bangladesh was going to make a history but failed and Sri Lanka wins the match.

Sri Lanka 1st Innings-293

(Samaraweera 90,Vandort 44,Sangakkara 43,Vaas 37)
(Shakib 5/70,Shahadat 2/55,Mashrafe 2/67)

Bangladesh 1st Innings-178

(Imrul 33,Zunaed 29,Mehrab 29,Shakib 26)
(Murailitharan 6/49,Vaas 2/33,Herath 1/29)

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings-405/6 decl

(Jayawardene 166,Sangakkara 67,Samaraweera 62,Dilshan 47)
(Mehrab Jnr 2/37,Mashrafe 2/59,Mahbubul 1/62,Shakib 1/134)

Bangladesh 2nd Innings(Target 521)-413

(Ashraful 101,Shakib 96,Mushfiqur 61,Tamim 47)
(Murailitharan 4/141,Prasad 3/105,Vaas 1/74)

Result: Sri Lanka won by 107 runs
Man of the match: SHAKIB AL HASAN (BAN)

Preview of Day 5:

Bangladesh was chasing a target of 521 and Ban started the day with 254/5.After adding 38 runs with the scoreboard the captain Mohammad Ashraful was out lbw by Vaas after scoring his 5th test century(4th vs SL)101 and a partnership of 112 was broken.Ban was then 292-6 and Shakib was still in the crease.After that,Shakib and Mushfiqur batted superbly and was getting closer and closer to the target.But the hope of creating a history by Bangladesh was almost over when Shakib was bold out by Prasad in an inside edge after scoring a responsible 96 run in 212 bowls with 7 boundaries,just fell 4 short to score his maiden test century.Shakin and Mushfiq added 111 run partnership in the 7th wicket for Ban.Ban then turned into 403-7 and still needed 118 run for victory with 3 wickets in hand.After that,just adding 6 runs with the board Mashrafe went to the pavalion when he was caught behind by Jayawardene in Prasads delivary.Ban then became 409-8.Mahbubul Alam then joined Mushfiqur.After that,just adding 2 runs Mushfiqur Rahim tried to attack the opposition but was caught by Dishan in Murailis delivary after scoring a brilliant 61 under pressaure.In the last wicket running 2 runs Mahbunul Alam started to run for 3 which was unnecessary but he slipped in the mid pitch and couldnt turn and was run out scoring 2.Fianally,Bangladesh became 403-6 to 413-10.Last four wickets were gone scoring just 10.

Still Bangladesh provided a good fight which will definitely stop the criticism that Ban cant play in the longer version of the game.Even Bangladesh was in a winning race and going to create a history chasing 521 but fell 107 run short.The young players can learn many things from this match.

Sri Lanka is 1 up in the 2 match Grameenphone test series.The man of the match of this test match was the anchor of Ban team Shakib al hasan with 26 and 96 run with the bat and 5 wicket haul in the 1st innings and total 6 wicket in the match and taken a catch also.Shakib was highly praised by the commentators and Sri Lankan players.I think,he should move up the order and bat at 4th or 5th spot.

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I caught a bit of this game (about 30 seconds of it when Ashraful got his century), it was definitely an emotional milestone for him. He's been in pretty poor form lately, he's come good at the right time.

I was cheering on Bangladesh, I really wanted them to win this one. But when Shakib al Hasan got out, that was it. He and Rahim needed to get the score down to at least 40 or 50 required to give the tail any hope of getting the runs. Fantastic knocks from Shakib and Ash though, if only Shakib got his century.

A great effort by Bangladesh, they are improving quickly. They have pushed New Zealand in a Test recently, beat them in an ODI... Zimbabwe needs to do more or risk being left behind.

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The 2nd test is going start from tomorrow in the Bir Sheshtra Shaheed Rahul Stadium in Chittagong.

Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful wants to play well and do something.Coach Jamie Siddons has said that this year will be the best year of Bangladesh cricket.The team will likely to be unchanged.But there is a little chance that left arm orthodox spinner Enamul Haque Junior can be included in the eleven.If this happenes so,then a batsman Raqibul Hasan can be dropped.If I am in the team managment,I will definitely include Enamul Haque Junior in the team.In the 2nd innings,the batsmen of Sri Lanka made the run fluently and quickly.Ban was playing with 4 bowlers and Mehrab Jnr as a part-timer.Shakib-al-hasan has been made the main spinner of Bangladesh by Jamie Siddions and he is sent to bat at 7.But Shakib is a batting allrounder and I think he is carrying a pressaure with him and he is a very good batsman.So,I will include Enamul as the 2nd spinner in the team who has taken 32 wickets in 12 tests at 41.25,best 7/95 and played for Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy in India.It will really boost the bowling strength of Ban and decrease some pressaure over Shakib.

In the Sri Lankan prospective,Ajantha Mendis will surely replace Ranjana Herath who has struggled in the 1st test.Muraili and Mendis will be really desperate to kill the batting line up of Bangladesh.Openers of Sri Lanka Micheal Vandort and Malinda Warapura is out of touch and needs to fire up while Sangakkara,Jayawardene,Samaraweera,Dilshan will look for big scores.Pacer Vaas will want to maintain his consistency and Dhammika Prasads eyes will be giving breakthroughs when needed.Prassana Jayawardene will maintain his good work of reading Muraili and Mendis behind the wicket and also intend to contribute with the bat.

The Chittagong test will be a good contest between Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka for the future matches.

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2nd Test,Day 1

Sri Lanka dominates the day 1 after the display of poor fielding,poor keeping by Bangladesh

Team Changes:

Today both team hv changes.Sri Lanka dropped Micheal Vandort(Injured),Dhammika Prasad(Injured) and Ranjana Herath(Poor form).Chamara Kapugedera,Dilhara Fernando and Ajantha Mendis replaced them.

While Bangladesh included Enamul Haque Jnr in place of Mahbubul Alam who has taken just 1 wicket giving 118 runs in the 1st test.Means Bangladesh has played with 2 pacer and 2 spinner and Mehrab as a part-time spinner.

Toss: Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first

Sri Lanka 371/6

(Dilshan 162,Kapugedera 93*,Warnapura 63,Samaraweera 19)
(Mashrafe 2/48,Ashraful 1/19,Enamul 1/70,Shahadat 1/80,Shakib 1/108)

Preview of Day 1

Sri Lanka lost the wicket of Prasanna Jayawardene who was LBW out by Mashrafe scoring 0 in the very overs 4th bowl.Kumar Sangakkara also went early after being bold out by Mashrafe in an inside edge scoring 5 and SL became 7-2.After that,Mahela Jayawardene was caught behind by Mushfiqur Rahim scoring 11 in Shakibs delivary.Thilan Samaraweera was also bold out by Shahadat Hussain scoring 19 playing a poor shot.Bangladesh was right on top when Sri Lanka turned into 75-4.

After that,opener Malinda Warnapura and Tilakrtne Dilshan made a big partnership of 119.When anything wasnt working and catches were being dropped by the fielders,captain Mohammad Ashraful introduced himself into the attack.Ashraful picked up Warnapura after dismissing him by LBW scoring 63 in his leg spin in his first delivary of his spell.But Ashraful gave away 9 runs in his first over adding two boundaries.

Then again,a even more bigger partnership of 173 was built between Tilakrtne Dilshan and Chamara Kapugedera.Tilakrtne Dilshan was finally bold out by Enamul Haque Jnr after playing a very aggressive innings of 162 in 165 delivaries with 21 boundaries and 2 sixes.Sri Lanka became 75-4 to 367-6.Chamara Kapugedera is still in the wicket who is playing aggressively too scoring 93 runs in 112 delivaries with 12 boundaries and a maximum six.Chaminda Vaas(1*)is in the wicket with Chamara Kapugedera(93*) when the play of day 1 was called off.

Today Bangladesh fielded very badly.3 catches were put down and 2 stumping chances were missed by Mushfiqur Rahim.Dilshan was dropped by Zunaed Siddique which was a very easy one in the 70s.Kapugedera was dropped when he was 37* by Imrul Kayes,even this one was easier than the 1st one.Mushfiqur Rahim dropped a catch of Mahela Jayawardene.It's really a poor fielding display.

Again,Mashrafe was frustrated at the late stage of the match.The new ball was taken in the 80th over.After bowling just 4 overs by the pacers,the new ball was given to the spinners.It is just a waste of a new ball.While Mashrafe bowled the best amoungst the Bangladeshi bowler with a figure of (20-7-48-2),he struggled with his fitness.It's a big concern for him and he should work at it.Shahadat Hussain also struggled find his line and length.The spinners didnt bowl well today.Enamul couldnt turn the ball firstly but was able to take the crucial wicket of Dilshan.Shakib did bowl well but success didnt come in his way just taking one wicket.Part-timer Mehrab Jnr was expensive so too Ashraful giving 19 runs in 2 overs.

Prasanna Jayawardene was sent to open the innings for Sri Lanka.But I dont like this tactics.Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Attapatu isnt available now.Sri Lanka is sticking with Micheal Vandort and Malinda Warnapura.I think,Upul Tharanga is a good choice as an opener though he has struggled with form but a very good young player of 23 years.He averages 30.91 in 74 ODIs and 28.52 in 15 tests with 3X50,1X100,best 165.

After a good start Bangladesh couldnt carry on.Bangladesh has to play well tomorrow with full focus and bowl them quickly and hs to make a big score in the 1st innings to provide some competition.

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2nd Test,Day 2

Sri Lanka leads the day 2 with a lead of 189 runs with 10 wickets in hand in the 1st innings

Sri Lanka(1st Innings)-384

(Dilshan 162,Kapugedera 96,Warnapura 63,Samaraweera 19)
(Shakib 4/109,Mashrafe 3/58,Ashraful 1/19,Enamul 1/70,Shahadat 1/80)

Bangladesh(1st Innings)-208

(Mashrafe 63,Ashraful 45,Zunaed 28,Mushfiqur 21)
(Mendis 4/71,Murailitharan 3/62,Vaas 2/21,Fernando 1/44)

Sri Lanka(2nd Innings)-13/0

(Warnapura 7*,P Jayawardene 6*)
(Shakib 0/1,Enamul 0/3,Shahadat 0/4,Mashrafe 0/5)

Sri Lanka lead by 189 runs with 10 wickets remaining.

Preview of Day 2:

Sri Lanka started the day with 371/6 and Bangladesh managed to ramp up the tail of Sri Lanka by giving just 13 runs.Chamara Kapugedera was first dismissed LBW by Shakib al hasan scoring 96.In the very next over,Chaminda Vaas was out LBW by Mashrafe Mortaza scoring 3.In the next overs last two delivaries,Shakib picked up last two wickets of SL
(Muraili scoring 0,Fernando scoring 0) by LBW.Mendis was not out scoring 6*.Sri Lanka was all out scoring 384.

After the good start by the openers in the 1st test,Bangladesh failed this time losing Tamim Iqbal scoring 0 in the very first over of the match by Chaminda Vaas,he was caught behind by P Jayawardene in a very good delivary of Vaas.The next wicket to fall was of Imrul Kayes scoring 6 who left a delivary of Vaas but hits him in the pad and was given out LBW,indeed a poor shot.Raqibul Hasan was out LBW by Mendis misjudging the line of the bowl scoring 0.'Responsible Batsman' Zunaed Siddique was bold out by a full toss swinging delivary of Fernando scoring 28 runs in 89 bowls.Mehrab Jnr was out LBW by Mendis misjudging the line of the bowl scoring 18.Shakib al hasan was out LBW by Mendis facing his first bowl after going backfoot and failed to connect the ball with the bat and Shakib was out scoring 0,the 3rd batsman of Ban in this innings to do so.Mohammad Ashraful was out playing a foolish padel sweep shot against Muraili and was caught by M Jayawardene scoring 45 runs in 100 bowls.Mushfiqur Rahim was stumpted by P Jayawardene scoring 21 and was a victim of Mendis,Mushfiq tried to go down the wicket to hit the bowl but failed.Enamul Jnr was caught behind by P Jayawardene scoring 4 in Murailis delivary.Then,the highest last wicket partnership in the innings of 63 between Mashrafe Mortaza and Shahadat Hussain.Mashrafe was out caught by Dilshan in Murailis bowling scoring an aggressive 63 in 89 bowls with 8 boundaries and 2 sixes(1 against Mendis,1 against Muraili).Shahadat Hussain was not out scoring 5* in 47 delivaries.

Sri Lanka scored 13 runs when the day 2 was called off.Malinda Warnapura(7*) and Prassana Jayawardene(6*)is in the wicket.At this moment,Sri Lanka is leading from the front.Bangladesh has to play well with both bat and bowl also in the fielding to bounce back in the match or it will be all about Sri Lanka's dominance.

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2nd Test,Day 3

All set for Sri Lanka to beat Bangladesh by 2-0 unless Bangladesh does extra-ordinary batting.

Sri Lanka(1st Innings)-384

(Dilshan 162,Kapugedera 96,Warnapura 63,Samaraweera 19)
(Shakib 4/109,Mashrafe 3/58,Ashraful 1/19,Enamul 1/70,Shahadat 1/80)

Bangladesh(1st Innings)-208

(Mashrafe 63,Ashraful 45,Zunaed 28,Mushfiqur 21)
(Mendis 4/71,Murailitharan 3/62,Vaas 2/21,Fernando 1/44)

Sri Lanka(2nd Innings)-296/4

(Dilshan 81*,Samaraweera 72*,Sangakkara 54,P Jayawardene 28)
(Ashraful 2/29,Enamul 1/66,Shahadat 1/67)

Sri Lanka lead by 472 runs with 6 wickets remaining.

Preview of Day 3

Sri Lanka started day 3 with 13/0.The first breakthrough was given by captain Mohammad Ashraful when P Jayawardene was caught by Shakib scoring 28.Sri Lanka then became 55/1.In the very next over,Warnapura was out LBW by Shahadat Hussain scoring 27.Suddenly,Sri Lanka became 55/0 to 55/2.After that,there was a partnership of 68 runs between Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.M Jayawardene was caught by Imrul Kayes scoring 22 in 92 bowls in Enamul's bowling.Adding 42 runs in the scoreboard Kumar Sangakkara was bold out by Mohammad Ashraful which Sangakkara dragged inside into the stumps scoring 54.And then a big partnership of 131 is going on between Thilan Samaraweera and Tilakrtne Dilshan.The day 3 was called off after full play of 90 overs,Samaraweera(72*) and Dilshan(81*) was in the wicket.

Sri Lanka has scored today 283 runs in 90 overs more than 3 runs per over.It was a long day for the Bangladeshi's in the field.Tilakrtne Dilshan was dropped by Zunaed Siddique in the slip.Part-time leg spinner Mohammad Ashraful was the most successful Bangladesh bowler bowling 11 overs with 2 wickets giving 29 runs.Shahadat also did bowl well in 23 overs picking up the wicket of P Jaywardene.But Mashrafe again struggled with his fitness,he bowled 15 overs giving 53 runs with no wicket.I think,Shakib al hasan should hv been given more overs to bowl by Ashraful.Though Shakib didnt pick up a wicket,he is the most successful bowler of Bangladesh in recent time.Shakib has bowled only 12 overs giving 39 runs.Enamul Jnr bowled 26 overs giving 66 runs with the wicket of M Jayawardene.

2 days to go in this test.Sri Lanka has got a lead of 472 runs with 6 wickets in hand.I think,Sri Lanka will bat aggressively till the lunch interval tomorrow and after that will announce the declaretion.By the time,they will take the around 550-575 runs and Dilshan along with Samaraweera will get the centuries.Finally,Sri Lanka will try to bowl out Bangladesh within 5 sessions to take the series by 2-0.

In Bangladesh prospective,they need to attack with the bowl.The main fact is that Bangladesh has to bat extra-ordinary.Ban should play for drawn as it's a huge target to get.The batsmen shouldnt throw their wickets away but they should bat for a longer period of time.It will be a tough task for them,but they hv to do it or they can't save the match.

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