Get Ball by Ball Commentary of Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 3rd ODI 2007

Sri Lanka win the final game of the three-ODI series by 39 runs and sweep the series 3-0. They won the Test series 3-0 too, and each of the matches by an innings. Bangladesh will be thankful that the tour is finally over because they've been soundly thrashed.

Bangladesh had realistic chances of winning this game once they restricted Sri Lanka to 196 but their top-order batsmen failed once again, like they have done throughout the tour. Tamim Iqbal top-scored with 54 and while he was batting it looked like they could pull it off. It wasn't to be, however, and his dismissal effectively ended Bangladesh's challenge.

Jehan Mubarak is the Man of the Match for his 72 off 82 balls on what wasn't an ideal batting pitch.

Sanath Jayasuriya wins the Man-of-the-Series award. He scored only 53 runs in three innings but took nine wickets, including two consecutive four-fors in the last two ODIs.

Thank you for following the series on Cricinfo. Do tune into our live coverage of India's tour of England as well. The second Test starts on Friday. That's all I have for you today. This is George Binoy signing off, cheers.

37.1

Fernando to Shahadat Hossain, OUT, bowled! That's the end of the series, Fernando fires in a yorker that's just too quick for Shahadat, he tries his best to defend but the ball gets past the bat and rattles off and middle stump

Shahadat Hossain b Fernando 3 (13m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 37.50

END OF OVER:
37 | 2 Runs | BAN: 157/9 (40 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.24, RRR: 13.33)

Shahadat Hossain3 (7b)
Syed Rasel2 (8b)

Sanath Jayasuriya4-0-14-4
Dilhara Fernando7-0-35-1

36.6

Jayasuriya to Shahadat Hossain, 1 run, Jayasuriya angles the ball into the right-hander from over the wicket, Shahadat backs away to make room and drives the ball from middle stump to long-on

36.5

Jayasuriya to Shahadat Hossain, no run, Shahadat moves on to the front foot and defends to point

36.4

Jayasuriya to Syed Rasel, 1 run, Rasel leans forward and drives through extra cover

36.3

Jayasuriya to Syed Rasel, no run, pushed on the front foot through covers

36.2

Jayasuriya to Syed Rasel, no run, Rasel goes back in his crease and plays the ball to midwicket

36.1

Jayasuriya to Syed Rasel, no run, defended back to the bowler on the back foot

END OF OVER:
36 | 3 Runs | BAN: 155/9 (42 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.30, RRR: 10.50)

Shahadat Hossain2 (5b)
Syed Rasel1 (4b)

Dilhara Fernando7-0-35-1
Sanath Jayasuriya3-0-12-4

35.6

Fernando to Shahadat Hossain, no run, bowled full and fast at 86 mph on middle stump, Shahadat backs away and somehow keeps the ball from hitting his stumps

35.5

Fernando to Syed Rasel, 1 run, Rasel pushes forward tentatively to a good length delivery and gets an outside edge to third man

35.4

Fernando to Syed Rasel, no run, Fernando bowls a nasty short ball that lifts sharply from a short of a length, Rasel is caught off guard and gets hit on the glove

35.3

Fernando to Syed Rasel, no run, Fernando is searching for the yorker but gets the line a little wide outside off, Rasel jabs down at it and plays the ball to point

35.2

Fernando to Syed Rasel, no run, full and wide outside off stump, Rasel has a wild swing at the ball and gets beaten

35.1

Fernando to Shahadat Hossain, 1 run, fuller ball on middle stump, pushed through midwickt for a single

Bangladesh INNINGS		R	B
Javed Omar	caught	0	4
Tamim Iqbal	caught	54	73
Mushfiqur Rahim	caught wk	0	5
Mohammad Ashraful	lbw	20	39
Shakib Al Hasan	caught wk	2	13
Aftab Ahmed	caught wk	3	10
Mahmudullah	caught	36	54
Farhad Reza	bowled	7	6
Abdur Razzak	caught	3	4
Shahadat Hossain	bowled	3	8
Syed Rasel	not out	2	8
EXTRAS	(b 3, lb 1, w 22, nb 1)
TOTAL	157 (all out; 37.1 ovs)

Sri Lanka BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
MF Maharoof	8.0	0	40	2	5.00	(6w)
CRD Fernando	7.1	0	35	2	4.88	(1nb, 6w)
KMDN Kulasekara	7.0	2	17	2	2.42	(1w)
UDU Chandana	7.0	0	28	0	4.00	(1w)
TM Dilshan	4.0	0	19	0	4.75
ST Jayasuriya	4.0	0	14	4	3.50

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Javed Omar	Tamim Iqbal
2nd	11	Mushfiqur Rahim	Tamim Iqbal
3rd	42	Mohammad Ashraful	Tamim Iqbal
4th	10	Shakib Al Hasan	Tamim Iqbal
5th	6	Aftab Ahmed	Tamim Iqbal
6th	60	Mahmudullah	Tamim Iqbal
7th	13	Mahmudullah	Farhad Reza
8th	9	Abdur Razzak	Mahmudullah
9th	0	Abdur Razzak	Shahadat Hossain
10th	6	Syed Rasel	Shahadat Hossain

END OF OVER:
37 | 2 Runs | BAN: 157/9 (40 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.24, RRR: 13.33)

END OF OVER:
36 | 3 Runs | BAN: 155/9 (42 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.30, RRR: 10.50)

Match Coverage

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END OF OVER:37 | 2 Runs | BAN: 157/9 (40 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.24, RRR: 13.33)

END OF OVER:36 | 3 Runs | BAN: 155/9 (42 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.30, RRR: 10.50)

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 3rd ODI, Colombo

Cruising to a double whitewash

Sri Lanka complete series whitewash

END OF OVER:
37 | 2 Runs | BAN: 157/9 (40 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.24, RRR: 13.33)

END OF OVER:
36 | 3 Runs | BAN: 155/9 (42 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.30, RRR: 10.50)