Sri Lanka in Bangladesh

Lunch Bangladesh 149 for 5 (Shakib 52*, Litton 48, Rajitha 2-40) and 365 lead Sri Lanka 506 (Mathews 145*, Chandimal 125, Shakib 5-96) by eight runsAn unbeaten 96-run sixth-wicket stand between Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das rescued…

Angelo Mathews moved to within seven runs of what would be his second hundred in the series, and Dinesh Chandimal worked his way to a 22nd Test fifty. Between them, they batted out an extended first session - play began half an hour early…

Lunch Sri Lanka 210 for 4 (de Silva 30*, Mathews 25*, Shakib 2-38, Ebadot 2-54) trail Bangladesh 365 (Mushfiqur 175*, Litton 141, Rajitha 5-64, Asitha 4-93) by 155 runsEbadot Hossain cleaned up Sri Lanka's nightwatchman, Kasun Rajitha, with…

Lunch Bangladesh 361 for 9 (Mushfiqur 171*, Rajitha 5-62, Fernando 4-93) vs Sri LankaWhen Fernando took the ninth wicket in the minute before lunch was scheduled, the umpires decided to extend the session by half an hour, to give Sri Lanka…

Toss Bangladesh opt to bat vs Sri Lanka Bangladesh have won the toss and chosen to bat first in Dhaka, as both sides made two changes apiece to the XIs that started the first Test in Chattogram.The hosts have brought in Mosaddek Hossain for…

Big pictureOn a flat Chattogram surface, neither Bangladesh nor Sri Lanka had the kind of superlative attack that would have swung the game decisively. The result being the first Test ending in a draw with not even three innings completed…

7.5 to FDM Karunaratne,that's the breakthrough! Quicker one, fired in around off, Dimuth, late on the ball, played back to the trajectory and not the length to be struck seemingly in front, the umpire took his time but raised the dreaded…

Lunch Bangladesh 385 for 3 (Litton 88*, Mushfiqur 85*, Rajitha 2-31) trail Sri Lanka 397 (Mathews 199, Chandimal 66, Nayeem 6-105) by 12 runs Mushfiqur Rahim became the first Bangladesh cricketer to reach 5000 runs in Test cricket as the…

Lunch Bangladesh 157 for 0 (Tamim 89*, Mahmudul 58*) trail Sri Lanka 397 (Mathews 199, Chandimal 66, Nayeem 6-105, Shakib 3-60) by 240 runs Bangladesh hadn't crafted an opening partnership in excess of 100 for over five years in Test…

Lunch Sri Lanka 327 for 6 (Mathews 147*, Chandimal 66, Nayeem 4-87) vs BangladeshAngelo Mathews kept Sri Lanka on track for most of the second day's morning session in Chattogram. Bangladesh got back into the game only in the last 18…