06/03Result
10th Match (D/N), Asia Cup at Dhaka, Mar 6 2014
Sri Lanka won by 3 wkts (6b rem)
Player of the Match
Angelo Mathews
Angelo MathewsSri Lanka
06/03Result
10th Match (D/N), Asia Cup at Dhaka, Mar 6 2014
Sri Lanka won by 3 wkts (6b rem)
Player of the Match
Angelo Mathews
Angelo MathewsSri Lanka

END OF OVER:
49 | 12 Runs | SL: 208/7 | RR: 4.24

  • Angelo Mathews74 (103b)
  • Sachithra Senanayake7 (6b)
  • Arafat Sunny7-0-46-1
  • Al-Amin Hossain10-2-42-2

The big final on Saturday remains in this Asia Cup. Pakistan v Sri Lanka. Join us for that. Good bye.

Mathews is the Man of the Match. Mathews: "I was under a little bit of pressure to be honest. We were losing wickets and had to consolidate. Chaturanga batted beautifully. It is a good problem for us (when Malinga comes back). All the bowlers did well. We wanted to try out a few things (v Bangladesh), wanted to chase and see how we go about it. It was not easy once we lost a few wickets. (Mahela) is a big match player and I am sure he will come good for us."

Mushfiqur: "All four games we fought well apart from Afghanistan. We dropped couple of catches, batsmen got in and got out. We have couple of areas to work on. Missed the injured players, it is not an excuse. We had a chat and said what we showed against Afghanistan was not good enough for international cricket, and was disappointing for the fans. Hopefully we will come hard in the World T20, thanks for supporting us."

Sri Lanka will play the final with four wins in four, and Bangladesh end with their fourth loss in as many games. Sri Lanka were 75 for 5 but they had their calm captain to guide them through on a difficult pitch

Kashif Muneer: "@Arslan Satti - I don't think anyone besides Matthews can gain any confidence from such a batting performance. Matthews hardly needs any more confidence to be honest."

Uwaisul Karnain: "Just about 42 hours left for my nails to grow up before the final. What a series this has been!"

jazeel: "What a turnaround from SL... From losing all the matches in Asia Cup 2012 in BD to winning all the matches in Asia Cup 2014"

Nonymous: "Really deserves a 100 does Angelo. Captain's innings yet again!"

48.6
4
Arafat Sunny to Mathews, FOUR, having painstakingly piloted the ship ashore, Mathews allows himself some release, seals the win with a slog over midwicket, and with an over to spare
48.5
1
Arafat Sunny to Senanayake, 1 run, flatter delivery worked wide of mid on for a single to level the scores
48.4
1
Arafat Sunny to Mathews, 1 run, overpitched ball drilled down to long off
48.3
1
Arafat Sunny to Senanayake, 1 run, goes for it again, but it is a thick inside edge this time that runs to long on
48.2
4
Arafat Sunny to Senanayake, FOUR, Senanayake has found the boundary, tossed up around off and middle, and he smears it straight down the ground, beats long on comfortably

Arslan Satti: "Losing in form Sanga early today could be blessing in disguise. This chase would give SL middle oder confidence for final."

48.1
1
Arafat Sunny to Mathews, 1 run, full toss but Mathews only taps it through square leg for one

END OF OVER:
48 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SL: 196/7 (9 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 4.08, RRR: 4.50)

  • Angelo Mathews68 (100b)
  • Sachithra Senanayake1 (3b)
  • Al-Amin Hossain10-2-42-2
  • Mahmudullah6-1-30-1
47.6
1
Al-Amin Hossain to Mathews, 1 run, Mathews calmly keeps strike with a push in the gap past cover
47.5
1
Al-Amin Hossain to Senanayake, 1 run, a full toss hit to mid off, he has a go at the non-striker's end, and misses, but Senanayake would have made it anyway
47.4
0
Al-Amin Hossain to Senanayake, no run, angled in to off stump now, pushed back to the bowler
47.3
0
Al-Amin Hossain to Senanayake, no run, leans forward to a pitched up ball outside off and pushes to point
47.2
1
Al-Amin Hossain to Mathews, 1 run, short and wide now, but Mathews can slap it away only for a single to the sweeper
47.1
W
Al-Amin Hossain to NLTC Perera, OUT, confusion between the batsmen, and Bangladesh make the most of it, Perera smashed a full one back to the bowler, it hit his hands and went to mid off, they wanted to take the single, then hesitated, then scrambled for it, a direct hit was needed and a direct hit was produced by Rubel, catching Perera way short

NLTC Perera run out 15 (33m 23b 0x4 0x6) SR: 65.21

END OF OVER:
47 | 8 Runs | SL: 193/6 (12 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.10, RRR: 4.00)

  • Thisara Perera15 (22b)
  • Angelo Mathews66 (98b)
  • Mahmudullah6-1-30-1
  • Al-Amin Hossain9-2-39-2
46.6
1
Mahmudullah to NLTC Perera, 1 run, pulled down to long on for a single
46.5
2
Mahmudullah to NLTC Perera, 2 runs, almost got him, he tried to force this length ball, it looped in the air but wide of extra cover
46.4
1
Mahmudullah to Mathews, 1 run, worked out to deep midwicket, they settle for one in the end
46.3
1
Mahmudullah to NLTC Perera, 1 run, gets some room and cuts hard to the sweeper
46.2
1
Mahmudullah to Mathews, 1 run, still just nudging it around, behind square leg for one more
46.2
1w
Mahmudullah to Mathews, 1 wide, swivels and tries to pull this one as it heads down the leg side, misses
46.1
1
Mahmudullah to NLTC Perera, 1 run, whips a full delivery to long on

Rubel appeared set to bowl this over, but now Mahmudullah has been chosen

END OF OVER:
46 | 4 Runs | SL: 185/6 (20 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.02, RRR: 5.00)

  • Thisara Perera10 (18b)
  • Angelo Mathews64 (96b)
  • Al-Amin Hossain9-2-39-2
  • Shakib Al Hasan10-0-27-0
45.6
1
Al-Amin Hossain to NLTC Perera, 1 run, forced through vacant midwicket but the man in the deep runs forward to keep them to one
45.5
0
Al-Amin Hossain to NLTC Perera, no run, awkwardly pushes a good length ball back to the bowler
45.4
1
Al-Amin Hossain to Mathews, 1 run, a full toss on off, Mathews calmly pushes it to long on
45.3
0
Al-Amin Hossain to Mathews, no run, short of a length now, knocked back to the bowler
45.2
0
Al-Amin Hossain to Mathews, no run, around a good length, punched to extra cover

Losing streak

33

With this, Bangladesh have lost 33 out of 37 matches against Sri Lanka. Their four victories have come from chasing. Food for thought?

Big lull

0

No. of boundaries hit by Thisara Perera in his last four innings, off 53 balls. He had hit 10 in 57 balls in an ODI before that

Long time ago

2009

The last time SL were down three wickets for 10 runs, or less, against Bangladesh. That match was also played in Mirpur

Not quite there

239

The average first-innings score at the SBNS in Mirpur

Not too far

25

Wickets by Ajantha Mendis in the Asia Cup, only Muttiah Muralitharan has more (30)

How to beat SL?

2:1

Sri Lanka's win-loss ratio at the SBNS stadium in Mirpur. They are unbeaten in this year's Asia Cup so far