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Best performances - Batsmen

BKG Mendis
BKG Mendis
93(150) 11x4 - 1x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 17 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
8 4 10 10 16 11 15 19
PHKD Mendis
92(167) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
12 2 10 10 24 2 9 23

Best performances - Bowlers

AM Fernando
AM Fernando
O10.4
M1
R34
W4
Eco3.18
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
CBRLS Kumara
CBRLS Kumara
O15
M3
R50
W4
Eco3.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2-0

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

30,31 March, 1,2,3 April 2024 (5-day match)

Test debut

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Sri Lanka 12, Bangladesh 0

Scorecard Summary

SRI LANKA 531(159 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

BANGLADESH 178(68.4 OVERS)
1ST INNINGS

SRI LANKA 157/7d(40 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

BANGLADESH 318(85 OVERS)
2ND INNINGS

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Fidel Fernando (@afidelf)

END OF OVER:
85 | (wicket maiden) | BAN: 318/10

  • Mehidy Hasan Miraz81 (110b)
  • Lahiru Kumara15-3-50-4
  • Prabath Jayasuriya27-2-99-2

That's all from us. We'll catch you on the next series. Madushka Balasuriya's report should be up soon, and Mohammad Isam will have the analysis and post-match press conferences covered. This is Fidel signing off on behalf of those two gents, and also Shashwat, who has been part of our coverage. Take it easy.

So that's it from this tour. Sri Lanka, fair to say, emerge with the overall honours. Sri Lanka had won the T20Is 2-1, before Bangladesh hit back with a 2-1 ODI series victory. The Lankan sweep of the two Tests, though, means they finish by far the happier side. It's also been a tour of a little needle, but nothing crazy. Fair to say there is tension between these sides, but nothing spilled over dramatically.

Dhananjaya de Silva: "The bowlers did their basics on this wicket, and the batters did their job as well. The batters were a bit disappointed about not getting runs in the first Test, but we have experienced players. I was confident they would get runs."

"There wasn't a lot of spin on offer, so I thought about reverse swing as a way to get wickets. The pacers were really on the spot. We have tours of England and South Africa coming up. I have faith in my fast bowlers."

Kamindu: "Asitha Fernando said sorry many times after the run out in the first innings. In the last few months I'm working really hard on my bowling with the spin bowling coach. In this innings I was very confident about my right arm, so I kept going with that. In the Sylhet match it was quite hard to bat. Credit goes to the captain who also got two centuries."

Kamindu Mendis is Player of the Match for his 92 in the first innings, and his 3 for 32 with the ball in the second innings. Unsurprisingly, (he was also PoTM in the first match), he is also Player of the Series.

Shanto: "If you look at our batting everyone got set but didn't get a big score. That's something to think about. If you get set you have to make a score. We have to play more first-class cricket.

The way Hasan Mahmud bowled was a positive. Shakib bowled and batted really well, and Mehidy Hasan also batted well."

The presentation has started now. Here's Bangladesh captain Shanto is up first.

10:30: The big take-away from the series, though, is Sri Lanka's seam bowling. It was fitting that the series ended witha Kumara dismissal, because the Lankan quicks have accounted for 33 of the 40 Bangladesh wickets to fall, and have consistently threatened to make breakthroughs. They've done so with swing and seam, but also with excellent bouncers, yorkers, and other uncomfortable lengths.

It's all over. Sri Lanka win by 192. Mehidy Hasan fought hard in this innings to finish with 81 off 110, but it was all a little insubstantial from everyone else. Bangladesh will be disheartened with the way they batted in this series, being shot out for less than 190 in three consecutive innings. That really is where Sri Lanka made the biggest headway.

And where in Sylhet Bangladesh had their moments of dominance, particularly on day one, it's fair to say that Sri Lanka have dominated right through this Chattogram match. They made 531 after winning the toss and batting, then locked Bangladesh out of the match by dismissing them for 178. Bangladesh were much better in the second dig, but had lost too much ground in the first innings.

84.6
W
Kumara to Khaled Ahmed, OUT, can't keep this one out though! Kumara finishes things off with a yorker, and completes a four-wicket haul. This was perfectly in the blockhole and headed towards off stump. Khaled, to his credit, did get the bat down, and did make contact, but was late with the shot and only deflected it back on to his pads, and then into middle and leg.

Khaled Ahmed b Kumara 2 (10m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00

84.5
0
Kumara to Khaled Ahmed, no run, yorker right in the blockhole, but Khaled was expecting that, and got his bat down in time to dig it out. Was headed to middle and leg stumps
84.4
0
Kumara to Khaled Ahmed, no run, shortish just wide of off, Khaled tries to drop the gloves and stay out of the way of that one
84.3
0
Kumara to Khaled Ahmed, no run, hits him on the gloves with a nasty one. This was short, getting up to about collarbone height, and all Khaled can do is get his bat in the way in self preparation. Ball thuds into his glove then falls on the pitch. Thankfully he is unhurt
84.2
0
Kumara to Khaled Ahmed, no run, short of a length ball at the body, Khalad gets bat to it and hits towards square leg
84.1
0
Kumara to Khaled Ahmed, no run, short ball outside off stump, Khaled tries to fend it away but doesn't get too close to it. Or does he? Sri Lanka barely appealed but they have reviewed this, because they have reviews to burn I guess. Not out though. Easily missing the gloves en route to the keeper

Bangladesh 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st37Zakir HasanMahmudul Hasan Joy
2nd14Najmul Hossain ShantoZakir Hasan
3rd43Mominul HaqueNajmul Hossain Shanto
4th38Shakib Al HasanMominul Haque
5th61Shakib Al HasanLitton Das
6th4Litton DasShahadat Hossain (3)
7th46Mehidy Hasan MirazShahadat Hossain (3)
8th38Taijul IslamMehidy Hasan Miraz
9th31Mehidy Hasan MirazHasan Mahmud
10th6Mehidy Hasan MirazKhaled Ahmed