The second day of the final unofficial Test in the Bangladesh A tour of Sri Lanka 2019 was conducted today at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota. Bangladesh A were in a commanding position; 283/6 at the stumps after rolling over the hosts for 268.
Sri Lanka A had a decent day at the crease yesterday after racking 223/5 thanks to a stroke filled knock of 85 by opener Pathum Nissanka. But unfortunately, they only could gather 45 runs this morning for the loss of 5 wickets.
Read: Pathum Nissanka makes life hard for touring Bangladesh A
The chief destroyer was Bangladesh Test cap Mehedy Hasan Miraz who picked up 7 Sri Lanka A scalps for just 87 runs in his 37 overs. After the partnership between the overnight pair, wicket keeper batsman Lahiru Udara and former Sri Lanka U19 skipper Charith Asalanka’s 43 runs, no other batsmen scored runs as the last 3 batsmen were dismissed for ducks by Mehedy Hasan Miraz.
Watch: Pathum Nissanka’s unbeaten 188*
The Sri Lanka A bowlers, particularly Mohommad Shiraz, tasted early success in the visitors’ first innings, taking two quick wickets of Jahurul Islam and Najmul Hossain Shanto. From then on, Shadman Islam and skipper Mominul Haque put on a mammoth partnership of 154 runs for the 3rd wicket.
Opening batsman Jahurul Islam who has already played 7 Tests for the Bangladesh senior side, played a crucial knock of 77 in quick time to make life hard for the Sri Lanka A bowlers while the experienced Mominul Haque anchored the innings from the other end to score a magnificent century.
He was dismissed by Mohommad Shiraz who made him nick one to the wicket keeper Lahiru Udara when he was on 117.
With a few middle order contributions from Mohammad Mithun and Nurul Hasan, Bangladesh A concluded a successful day, finishing on 283/6 at stumps.
The third day of the game will begin tomorrow at 10.00am as the series is in balance on 0-0 after the 1st game ended in a draw.
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | lbw b Mehidy Hasan | 85 | 166 | 11 | 0 | 51.20 |
| Sangeeth Cooray | c Najmul Hossain b Mehidy Hasan | 17 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 53.12 |
| Kamindu Mendis | c Nurul Hasan b Mehidy Hasan | 62 | 121 | 8 | 1 | 51.24 |
| Ashan Priyanjan | c Nurul Hasan b Ebadat Hossain | 28 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 58.33 |
| Charith Asalanka | c Mominul Haque b Salauddin Sakil | 44 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 44.00 |
| Priyamal Perera | c Mohammad Mithun b Ebadat Hossain | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26.67 |
| Lahiru Udara | c Nurul Hasan b Mehidy Hasan | 20 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Nishan Peiris | lbw b Mehidy Hasan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | c Rishad Hossain b Mehidy Hasan | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mohamed Shiraz | c Mominul Haque b Mehidy Hasan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Asitha Fernando | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 8 (b 0 , lb 6 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 268/10 (90.2 Overs, RR: 2.97) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-32 (13.4) Sangeeth Cooray, 2-153 (47.4) Kamindu Mendis, 3-188 (57.3) Pathum Nissanka, 4-217 (66.5) Ashan Priyanjan, 5-221 (70.3) Priyamal Perera, 6-264 (87.1) Lahiru Udara, 7-264 (87.3) Nishan Peiris, 8-268 (89.2) Prabath Jayasuriya, 9-268 (89.4) Mohamed Shiraz, 10-268 (90.2) Charith Asalanka, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebadat Hossain | 23 | 7 | 62 | 2 | 2.70 | |
| Salauddin Sakil | 17.2 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 3.49 | |
| Mehidy Hasan | 37 | 14 | 84 | 7 | 2.27 | |
| Rishad Hossain | 13 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 4.31 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jahurul Islam | b Mohamed Shiraz | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Shadman Islam | c Sangeeth Cooray b Prabath Jayasuriya | 77 | 104 | 8 | 1 | 74.04 |
| Najmul Hossain | c Lahiru Udara b Mohamed Shiraz | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 52.94 |
| Mominul Haque | c Lahiru Udara b Mohamed Shiraz | 117 | 190 | 15 | 1 | 61.58 |
| Mohammad Mithun | c Lahiru Udara b Asitha Fernando | 21 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 58.33 |
| Anamul Haque | c Lahiru Udara b Prabath Jayasuriya | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47.06 |
| Nurul Hasan | c Lahiru Udara b Asitha Fernando | 36 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 116.13 |
| Mehidy Hasan | not out | 38 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 62.30 |
| Rishad Hossain | c Lahiru Udara b Mohamed Shiraz | 7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 20.59 |
| Salauddin Sakil | c Sangeeth Cooray b Prabath Jayasuriya | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Ebadat Hossain | b Mohamed Shiraz | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 12 (b 4 , lb 4 , nb 3, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 330/10 (83.1 Overs, RR: 3.97) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-3 (1.2) Jahurul Islam, 2-22 (5.1) Najmul Hossain, 3-176 (40.1) Shadman Islam, 4-215 (51.5) Mohammad Mithun, 5-230 (56.4) Anamul Haque, 6-270 (63.6) Mominul Haque, 7-285 (67.3) Nurul Hasan, 8-310 (79.4) Rishad Hossain, 9-315 (80.6) Salauddin Sakil, 10-330 (83.1) Ebadat Hossain, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asitha Fernando | 16 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 3.00 | |
| Mohamed Shiraz | 21.1 | 6 | 63 | 5 | 2.99 | |
| Nishan Peiris | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 5.86 | |
| Ashan Priyanjan | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5.50 | |
| Prabath Jayasuriya | 31 | 3 | 114 | 3 | 3.68 | |
| Charith Asalanka | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | |
| Kamindu Mendis | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathum Nissanka | run out (Mehidy Hasan) | 192 | 307 | 20 | 1 | 62.54 |
| Sangeeth Cooray | c Nurul Hasan b Rishad Hossain | 89 | 188 | 12 | 0 | 47.34 |
| Kamindu Mendis | not out | 67 | 134 | 6 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Ashan Priyanjan | not out | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 |
| Extras | 4 (b 0 , lb 2 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 357/2 (107 Overs, RR: 3.34) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-219 (62.3) Sangeeth Cooray, 2-351 (103.4) Pathum Nissanka, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebadat Hossain | 21 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 2.86 | |
| Mehidy Hasan | 37 | 5 | 118 | 0 | 3.19 | |
| Salauddin Sakil | 22 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 3.59 | |
| Rishad Hossain | 23 | 2 | 78 | 1 | 3.39 | |
| Mohammad Mithun | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| Mominul Haque | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | |
