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Sri Lanka smell victory against Bangladesh Sports May 3, 2021 PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka were five wickets away from a series win against Bangladesh after the tourists were restricted to 177 for five at stumps on day four of the second Test at Pallekele on Sunday. Chasing a daunting 437 to win, Bangladesh batsmen were troubled by Sri Lanka spinners Praveen Jayawickrama and Ramesh Mendis who took the five wickets on a crumbling wicket. Sri Lanka set Bangladesh a formidable target of 437 b...

4th May, 2021 12:08:36 Bangladesh batsmen failed to stage any miracle on the final day as they lost to Sri Lanka by 209 runs in the second Test to concede a 0-1 defeat in the two-match Test series in Kandy on Monday.   Bangladesh could survive only 23 overs on day five before they were bowled out for 227 runs in their second innings and wrap up their ICC World Championship campaign on a disappointing note at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.   Sri Lanka’s debutant left-arm spinner Pr...

Share: Kandy (ICC); Praveen Jayawickrama was the pick of the bowlers helping Sri Lanka to a 209-run win against Bangladesh in the second Test in Pallekele. His figures of 11 for 178 made him the first Sri Lankan to claim a 10-wicket haul on debut and the first bowler to take a 10-wicket haul on debut since Australia’s Jason Krejza. He is also the first bowler since Narendra Hirwani in 1988 to pick up two five-wicket hauls in his debut match. The day began with Bangladesh resuming on 177/5, ...

Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh, clinch Test series ​ By IANS | ​ 1 Views Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh, clinch Test series.(Photo:Twitter). Image Source: IANS News Kandy, May 3 : Sri Lankan left-arm spin prodigy Praveen Jayawickrama again grabbed a five-wicket haul as he helped his team crush Bangladesh by 209 runs on the final day of the second Test on Monday. The first match of the two-Test series had ended in a draw. Jayawickrama claimed 5 for 86 for a record debut match haul of 11 for 178, b...

Sri Lanka clinch Test series 1-0 The New Nation 04 May 2021 Liton Das of Bangladesh, in action during the fifth and final day play of the second Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka on Friday. Sports Reporter : Hosts Sri Lanka clinched the two-match Test series 1-0 defeating Bangladesh by 209 runs in the second Test on the fifth and final day at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka on Monda...

PALLEKELE: Sri Lankan opener Lahiru Thirimanne (L) and captain Dimuth Karunaratne take another run during their 209-run partnership against Bangladesh at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.—AP PALLEKELE: Openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne posted hundreds and a double century stand as Sri Lanka reached 291-1 against Bangladesh on an ominous first day of the second Test on Thursday. Captain Karunaratne scored 118 for his 12th Test century, then Thirimanne ha...

Dickwella, Fernando fifties propel Sri Lanka despite Taskin’s triple-strike May 1, 2021 Bangladesh bowler Taskin Ahmed and his teammates celebrates a Sri Lanka wicket during their 2nd Test at Pallekele on Friday. KANDY: Bangladesh had their best bowling day in Sri Lanka on the second day of the second Test in Pallekele on Friday, yet it wasn’t enough to sniff out the 87-run seventh wicket stand. Niroshan Dickwella and Ramesh Mendis led the recovery for the home side who finished at 469 for ...

Daily Times April 30, 2021 Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne executes a watchful cut against Bangladesh during their 2nd Test at Pallekele on Thursday. KANDY: Centuries from Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne gave Sri Lanka full control of the first day of the second Test in Pallekele, as the home side ended at 291 for 1 at stumps on Thursday. The pitch offered next to nothing to the Bangladesh bowlers, but the visitors were also guilty of sitting on defensive lengths and spread-out fi...

No change in Bangladesh squad for series-deciding Test Sports Correspondent 27th April, 2021 09:46:02 Bangladesh batsman Saif Hassan is seen in action during a training session at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. – BCB PHOTO Bangladesh decided to keep an unchanged 15-member squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka, scheduled to start on Thursday in Kandy, said an official on Tuesday. The Tigers had the option to change their squad considering they have extra six crickete...

PALLEKELE: Bangladesh batter Najmul Hossain Shanto is cleaned up by Sri Lankan pacer Suranga Lakmal during the final day of the first Test at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.—AFP PALLEKELE: Bangladesh comfortably batted out the final session of a truncated final day to draw the weather-affected first Test against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Sunday. With a lead of 107 runs and two sessions left, Sri Lanka had their hopes high after claiming two early Bangladesh wickets aft...