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Ashen Bandara remains solid on rain-hit day

Sri Lanka Emerging team tour of Bangladesh 2019 – 1st Unofficial Test – Day 03

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The rain gods had the last laugh on the 3rd day of the first unofficial Test match in the 2-match ‘4-day’ series vs the Bangladesh Emerging team (Ban-E) as Sri Lanka Emerging (SL-E) slumped further against the Ban-E spinners. The matches are held in Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna.

SL-E were 182 for 6 in reply to Ban-E’s 1st innings total of 360 when the rain stopped play in day 03, allowing only 49 overs to be bowled today.

Read: Sri Lanka top order collapses after Ramesh Mendis’ 4-fer

Yesterday, SL-E top order collapsed, leaving visitors 59/4 in a difficult position but Pramod Maduwantha and Ashen Bandara made it at stumps unscathed.

The pair started today’s play on 101 for 4 and continued their valuable partnership for another 40 more runs to take SL-E to 141 before Maduwantha was trapped in front of the wicket by Tanvir Islam for 40.

Then all-rounder Ramesh Mendis who snatched 4 wickets of the hosts, joined Ashen Bandara in the middle, but his cheekiness was breached by Shafiqul Islam when he was on 18. With a win out of the question, Ashen Bandara and new-comer Chamika Karunaratne who has already earned his Test cap in Australia, blocked Ban-E bowlers to salvage a draw.

With great patience, Ashen Bandara held his end firm without letting Ban-E bowling attack to get Sri Lanka’s tail enders. His unbeaten 208-ball knock of 57 runs will be a telling component if SL-E manages to conclude this game without a defeat.

Most of the play after lunch was not possible because of the persistent rain and SL-E ended on rather a respectable total on 190-6 when the umpires called it stumps. Tomorrow will be the fourth and final day of the match and SL-E are still 20 runs behind to make Ban-E bat again.

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Result

Match drawn

Sri Lanka Emerging Team
244/10 (103.4)

Bangladesh Emerging Team
360/10 (135.4) & 102/4 (43)

Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Saif Hassan run out (Kalana Perera) 18 94 3 0 19.15
Mohammad Naim c Minod Bhanuka b Kalana Perera 9 8 2 0 112.50
Najmul Hossain Shanto lbw b Kalana Perera 133 269 13 1 49.44
Yasir Ali c Pathum Nissanka b Ramesh Mendis 4 30 0 0 13.33
Afif Hossain b Nishan Peiris 54 108 1 0 50.00
Zakir Hasan c Pathum Nissanka b Ramesh Mendis 49 128 4 0 38.28
Mahidul Islam Ankon c & b Asitha Fernando 4 12 0 0 33.33
Nayeem Hasan c Sangeeth Cooray b Asitha Fernando 36 72 4 0 50.00
Yeasin Arafat c & b Ramesh Mendis 12 45 1 0 26.67
Tanvir Islam not out 16 43 1 0 37.21
Shafiqul Islam b Ramesh Mendis 1 10 0 0 10.00


Extras 24 (b 6 , lb 14 , nb 4, w 0, pen 0)
Total 360/10 (135.4 Overs, RR: 2.65)
Fall of Wickets 1-12 (3.1) Mohammad Naim, 2-81 (31.4) Saif Hassan, 3-95 (41.2) Yasir Ali, 4-194 (72.6) Afif Hossain, 5-249 (93.4) Najmul Hossain Shanto, 6-262 (98.6) Mahidul Islam Ankon, 7-320 (117.5) Zakir Hasan, 8-326 (120.6) Nayeem Hasan, 9-348 (131.6) Yeasin Arafat, 10-360 (135.4) Shafiqul Islam,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Asitha Fernando 25 3 74 2 2.96
Kalana Perera 27 8 62 2 2.30
Chamika Karunarathne 25 4 55 0 2.20
Nishan Peiris 30 3 76 1 2.53
Ramesh Mendis 28.4 2 73 4 2.57
Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Pathum Nissanka c Yasir Ali b Nayeem Hasan 16 22 3 0 72.73
Sangeeth Cooray c Yasir Ali b Nayeem Hasan 6 16 0 0 37.50
Charith Asalanka c Mohammad Naim b Nayeem Hasan 18 34 2 0 52.94
Minod Bhanuka c Mahidul Islam Ankon b Nayeem Hasan 11 25 2 0 44.00
Promod Maduwantha lbw b Tanvir Islam 40 136 3 0 29.41
Ashen Bandara c Najmul Hossain Shanto b Shafiqul Islam 85 256 8 0 33.20
Ramesh Mendis c Saif Hassan b Shafiqul Islam 18 44 2 0 40.91
Chamika Karunarathne b Nayeem Hasan 8 51 0 0 15.69
Kalana Perera c Mahidul Islam Ankon b Nayeem Hasan 8 6 1 0 133.33
Nishan Peiris b Nayeem Hasan 15 28 3 0 53.57
Asitha Fernando not out 1 5 0 0 20.00


Extras 18 (b 11 , lb 6 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0)
Total 244/10 (103.4 Overs, RR: 2.35)
Fall of Wickets 1-21 (5.3) Pathum Nissanka, 2-26 (7.3) Sangeeth Cooray, 3-52 (15.2) Minod Bhanuka, 4-59 (17.4) Charith Asalanka, 5-141 (59.2) Promod Maduwantha, 6-170 (74.1) Ramesh Mendis, 7-196 (90.6) Chamika Karunarathne, 8-206 (92.6) Kalana Perera, 9-234 (100.4) Nishan Peiris, 10-244 (103.4) Ashen Bandara,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Yeasin Arafat 16 4 28 0 1.75
Shafiqul Islam 23.4 6 59 2 2.52
Nayeem Hasan 40 14 93 7 2.33
Tanvir Islam 22 7 41 1 1.86
Afif Hossain 2 1 6 0 3.00


Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
Saif Hassan not out 40 113 0 1 35.40
Mohammad Naim lbw b Nishan Peiris 8 54 0 0 14.81
Najmul Hossain Shanto b Asitha Fernando 25 38 2 2 65.79
Yasir Ali b Nishan Peiris 3 11 0 0 27.27
Afif Hossain c Chamika Karunarathne b Nishan Peiris 1 5 0 0 20.00
Zakir Hasan not out 25 37 3 0 67.57


Extras 0 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0)
Total 102/4 (43 Overs, RR: 2.37)
Fall of Wickets 1-21 (16.2) Mohammad Naim, 2-48 (27.3) Najmul Hossain Shanto, 3-55 (30.5) Yasir Ali, 4-63 (32.2) Afif Hossain,

Bowling O M R W Econ
Asitha Fernando 7 2 19 1 2.71
Kalana Perera 7 4 4 0 0.57
Chamika Karunarathne 5 1 5 0 1.00
Ramesh Mendis 6 3 18 0 3.00
Nishan Peiris 15 4 43 3 2.87
Charith Asalanka 3 0 13 0 4.33