1st Test Chaminda Vaas and
Prasanna Jayawardene both recorded their first Test career centuries, both during the same partnership during the Sri Lankan innings. In addition, the partnership – worth 223 runs without dismissal (Sri Lanka
declared their innings once Vaas reached his hundred) – set a seventh-wicket record for Sri Lanka.
2nd Test Bangladesh's first innings of 62 all out is the lowest innings total for Bangladesh.
Mohammad Ashraful and
Mushfiqur Rahim 6th wicket partnership of 191 was a record partnership for Bangladesh.
3rd Test Day 1 With the 3 Test series already won Sri Lanka made 3 changes to their side.
Chaminda Vaas was replaced by
Sujeewa de Silva, while
Upul Tharanga, recovered from a heel injury to take the place of
Malinda Warnapura.
Farveez Maharoof came in for
Dilhara Fernando. Bangladesh made 2 changes to their side with
Syed Rasel replacing
Mohammad Sharif and
Tushar Imran in for
Mehrab Hossain Jnr. For the third time in this Test series
Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and chose to field. This meant that
Javed Omar and
Shahriar Nafees opened for Bangladesh.
Lasith Malinga made an early breakthrough dismissing Omar
lbw for 8 in the second over. This wicket would be the only wicket in the session as
Habibul Bashar and Nafees batted until play was stopped due to rain and Bangladesh were on 44/1 On the fourth ball after the rain interval Habibul Bashar was
caught behind. This resulted in Bangladesh making slow progress scoring only 5 runs in 5 overs before play was interrupted by rain again. Play resumed with the score at 53/2 and Bangladesh struggled to get runs and went through 3
maiden overs.
Rajin Saleh was eventually removed,
caught edging a
doosra from Muralitharan to
Mahela Jayawardene. Lack of scoring opportunities then saw Nafees take a rash shot which resulted in him being
caught. This was the final wicket of the day and Bangladesh scored eight more runs in the day and the score was 72/4 at the end of day 1.
Day 2 A wet outfield threatened to delay the start of play but sunny conditions insured that the game started at the planned time of 10:30. Bangladesh began the day at 72/4 with
Tushar Imran on 6 and
Mohammed Ashraful on 4. Steady progress was made with 20 runs scored of 5.3 overs before Imran was
caught mistiming a drive shot. A boundary by Ashraful in the 37th over saw Bangladesh pass the 100 mark and the over finished 102/5. Shortly afterwards however Ashraful was
caught behind with the score on a
nelson and Bangladesh were 111/6. Bangladesh scored 20 runs for the final 4 wickets as
Mashrafe Mortaza and
Mohammad Rafique were
caught and bowled by Muralitharan while
Shahadat Hossain and
Syed Rasel both went for a
duck. At the end of Bangladesh's first innings
Shahriar Nafees was the leading scorer with 29 runs, while Muralitharan was the top wicket taker getting 6 wickets in the innings. The rest of the day was hampered by rain and bad light with Sri Lanka only managing to bat for 8.4 overs scoring a quick 30 without loss before the end of the day 2.
Day 3 The third day was dominated by Sri Lanka with scores of 165 and 222 by
Mahela Jayawardene and
Sangakkara respectively which included a 311 3rd wicket partnership. The day started well for Bangladesh as they got the early wickets of
Upul Tharanga and
Michael Vandort.
Upul Tharanga was
bowled by
Syed Rasel in the 14th over while
Michael Vandort was trapped
lbw and Sri Lanka were 74/2.
Mahela Jayawardene and Sangakkara then put on 311 for the 3rd wicket before Jayawardene was dismissed on 165
caught by
Mohammed Ashraful of
Syed Rasel's bowling. Sangakkara was dropped by
Mohammed Ashraful on 188 but he managed to run out
Chamara Silva instead. On the 104th over Sangakkara made his second double century in the series hitting a
full toss down square leg for 4. Quick batting by
Tillakaratne Dilshan and Sangakkara meant that Sri Lanka finished the day on 500/4.
Day 4 Sri Lanka made an overnight
declaration which meant that Bangladesh required 369 runs to avoid another innings defeat. Omar and Nafees opened for Bangladesh once again and showed some resistance scoring 47 before
Javed Omar edged a
bouncer of
Lasith Malinga and was
caught in the 16th over by Sangakkara.
Shahriar Nafees was the first Bangladeshi to get a half century in this Test reaching it in 70 balls. Soon after
Habibul Bashar was
bowled by Muralitharan and Bangladesh were 98/2. 6 more overs were played in the morning session before play was stopped due to rain and lunch was taken early with the score at 106/2. Soon after the restart
Shahriar Nafees is deceived by a spinning delivery and is out
caught. Ashraful soon followed as he was trappt
lbw with the score on 138/4. The next 4 runs then cost Bangladesh 2 wickets as
Mushfiqur Rahim was
caught by
Upul Tharanga at point while
Rajin Saleh was
caught behind going for a
duck and Bangladesh were 142/6.
Mashrafe Mortaza and
Tushar Imran made 24 runs for the 7th wicket before Mortaza's attempted six didn't
carry and was
caught at long on by the sub. The final 3 wickets went for 8 runs, with the final wicket of
Syed Rasel being Muralitharan's 700th wicket and Sri Lanka won by an innings and 193 runs. Muttiah Muralitharan was the man of the match with two
five-wicket hauls of 6/28 and 6/54 in the Test, getting his 20th
10-wicket haul in the process and had match figures of 12/82. Muttiah Muralitharan was also voted man of the series. ==ODI series==