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Openers remain unbeaten after Shiraz’s five-fer

Bangladesh ‘A’ tour of Sri Lanka 2019 | 2nd Unofficial Test – Day 3

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Sri Lanka ‘A’ ended day 3 of the 2nd and last Unofficial Test against the visiting Bangladesh ‘A’ side with a lead of 64 runs today at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota.

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Bangladesh ‘A’ resumed play today with a lead of 60 runs and went on to add 47 more runs by the end of their innings. Trailing by 107 runs, the Lankan openers made a bold reply with an unbroken partnership of 126 as bad light brought an early end to the day allowing just 54.1 overs for the entire day.

The two Sri Lankan openers, Sangeeth Cooray and Pathum Nissanka continued their golden run in the series as both went on to reach half-centuries. Nissanka was the top-scorer for Sri Lanka in the 1st innings while Cooray amassed a century in the previous game.

Before the solid batting display by Nissanka and Cooray, 24-year old Mohamed Shiraz completed his 3rd first-class 5-wicket haul with the wickets of Bangladeshi lower-order batsmen Rishad Hossain and Ebadot Hossain. He had already dismissed Bangladesh national caps Jahurul Islam, Najmul Hossain and skipper Mominul Haque yesterday.

Apart from Shiraz, left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya too impressed with 3 wickets after bowling 31 overs, the most of the innings. This performance will also help him in ranking himself above fellow left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara who played the previous game and managed to pick just 1 wicket.

Off-spinner Nishan Peiris, who once was in the Sri Lanka Test squad but didn’t play, ended with disappointing figures of 0/41 after just 7 overs falling behind off-spinning all-rounder Ramesh Mendis who picked up 3 wickets in the previous game.

The hosts will now target to add on to their lead and give a go at bowling out the Bangladeshis before the end of play tomorrow to clinch the series 1-0.

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Result

Match drawn

Sri Lanka A Team
268/10 (90.2) & 357/2 (107)

Bangladesh A
330/10 (83.1)

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