Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Javed Omer	lbw b Muralitharan	35	78	104	5	0	44.87

Nafees Iqbal	lbw b Muralitharan	26	45	57	5	0	57.77

Habibul Bashar (c)	c Tharanga b Muralitharan	69	120	172	7	0	57.50

Shahriar Nafees	c †Sangakkara b Malinga	9	33	33	0	0	27.27

Mohammad Ashraful	b Bandara	24	33	52	3	0	72.72

Mushfiqur Rahim	lbw b Muralitharan	2	18	19	0	0	11.11

Khaled Mashud †	c †Sangakkara b Malinga	12	47	60	0	0	25.53

Mohammad Rafique	c Muralitharan b Fernando	32	57	77	1	0	56.14

Shahadat Hossain	c Muralitharan b Fernando	6	23	47	1	0	26.08

Enamul Haque jnr	not out	3	11	14	0	0	27.27
Syed Rasel	c Bandara b Muralitharan	0	3	4	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 3, lb 5, nb 8)	16
Total	76.5 Ov (RR: 3.04)	234
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Nafees Iqbal, 12.4 ov), 2-85 (Javed Omer, 24.5 ov), 3-106 (Shahriar Nafees, 33.4 ov), 4-157 (Mohammad Ashraful, 45.5 ov), 5-172 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 50.6 ov), 6-186 (Habibul Bashar, 56.1 ov), 7-208 (Khaled Mashud, 65.5 ov), 8-231 (Mohammad Rafique, 73.5 ov), 9-233 (Shahadat Hossain, 75.6 ov), 10-234 (Syed Rasel, 76.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lasith Malinga	20	1	73	2	3.65	83	6	0	0	5
33.4 to Shahriar Nafees, GONE! pitched outside off stump, Shahriar Nafees drives, gets an edge to Sangakkara behind the stumps, who takes the catch.. 106/3 65.5 to Khaled Mashud, Malinga Strikes! good ball outside off stump, moves away slightly, Mashud drives the ball, gets the outside edge to Sangakkara behind the stumps, who takes the catch.. 208/7
Farveez Maharoof	4	0	22	0	5.50	18	5	0	0	1
Dilhara Fernando	9	4	24	2	2.66	45	4	0	0	0
73.5 to Mohammad Rafique, GONE! Fernando picks up his first wicket, fuller length delivery outside off stump, Rafique mistimes the drive high in the air towards wide long off, Muralitharan judges the well and takes the catch.. 231/8 75.6 to Shahadat Hossain, Fernando strikes for the second time, softened him with a bouncer previous ball, this time pitches it full outside leg stump, Shahadat Hossain drives straight into hands of Muralitharan at mid on.. 233/9
Muthiah Muralidaran	30.5	8	79	5	2.56	134	5	0	0	0
12.4 to Nafees Iqbal, and Murali strikes straightaway! tossed up and turning in from wide outside the off stump, Nafees Iqbal makes the cardinal mistake of trying to play Murali on the back-foot, ball turns in sharply, beats the bat and Iqbal is trapped plumb in front of the wicket, loud appeal and up goes the finger, Bangladesh one down!. 52/1 24.5 to Javed Omar, GONE! Muralitharan strikes for the second time, quicker delivery outside off stump, Javed Omar goes back and tries to defend, the spin beats the bat and hits the pad, loud shout, given by Umpire Hariharan.. 85/2 50.6 to Mushfiqur Rahim, GONE! excellent delivery, the doosra tossed up on the off stump, Rahim plays for the spin into him, the ball leaves him, hits the pad in line with the stumps, loud shout, given by Umpire Hariharan.. 172/5 56.1 to Habibul Bashar, GONE! Muralitharan strikes for the fourth time, tossed up outside off stump, comes down the track and tries to play to the on side, gets an inside edge onto the pad, ball lobs up to the off side, Tharanga dives forward and takes a good catch.. 186/6 76.5 to Syed Rasel, GONE! Muralitharan picks up his 598th wicket, 50th five wicket haul for him, tossed up outside off stump, mistimes the drive in the air to mid on, where Bandara takes the catch.. 234/10
Malinga Bandara	13	1	28	1	2.15	59	2	0	0	1
45.5 to Mohammad Ashraful, Bandara Strikes! excellent delivery, the googly bit quick, plays forward, goes between bat and pad, hits the stumps, what a blow for Bangladesh.. 157/4

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Vandort	lbw b Syed Rasel	0	7	10	0	0	0.00

Upul Tharanga	c †Khaled Mashud b Shahadat Hossain	165	304	444	19	2	54.27

Malinga Bandara	c Nafees Iqbal b Shahadat Hossain	2	14	23	0	0	14.28

Thilan Samaraweera	c †Khaled Mashud b Shahadat Hossain	20	28	36	4	0	71.42

Kumar Sangakkara †	lbw b Shahadat Hossain	0	1	5	0	0	0.00

Mahela Jayawardene (c)	c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mohammad Ashraful	49	105	163	7	0	46.66

Tillakaratne Dilshan	b Mohammad Rafique	33	64	63	5	0	51.56

Farveez Maharoof	c †Khaled Mashud b Enamul Haque jnr	7	16	22	1	0	43.75

Dilhara Fernando	lbw b Enamul Haque jnr	5	14	12	1	0	35.71

Lasith Malinga	c Shahriar Nafees b Shahadat Hossain	12	66	91	0	0	18.18

Muthiah Muralidaran	not out	8	6	9	0	1	133.33
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 4, w 2)	15
Total	103.3 Ov (RR: 3.05, 444 Mins)	316
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Michael Vandort, 2.1 ov), 2-13 (Malinga Bandara, 7.1 ov), 3-43 (Thilan Samaraweera, 13.6 ov), 4-43 (Kumar Sangakkara, 15.1 ov), 5-167 (Mahela Jayawardene, 53.1 ov), 6-232 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 71.6 ov), 7-251 (Farveez Maharoof, 78.3 ov), 8-263 (Dilhara Fernando, 82.1 ov), 9-305 (Lasith Malinga, 101.5 ov), 10-316 (Upul Tharanga, 103.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Syed Rasel	20	8	50	1	2.50	98	5	1	2	3
2.1 to MG Vandort, GONE! Rasel strikes good ball pitched outside off stump and comes back in, Vandort half forward tries to work it to the on side, misses it and gets hit on the pad, loud shout, Umpire Hariharan waits for a long time and then lifts the finger.. 4/1
Shahadat Hossain	21.3	2	86	5	4.00	90	12	0	0	0
7.1 to HMCM Bandara, GONE! the nightwatchman goes, short ball, Bandara in an attacking mood pulls, Nafees Iqbal at square leg takes a good catch low down in front of the square leg Umpire.. 13/2 13.6 to TT Samaraweera, GONE! good ball pitched outside off stump, bit more bounce and moves away a bit, Samaraweera drives and gets an edge to Mashud behind the stumps, who takes the catch. 43/3 15.1 to KC Sangakkara, GONE! another wicket goes, Shahadat Hossain pitches the ball outside leg stump, keeps a bit low, Sangakkara on the back foot, gets hit low on the pads in line with the stumps, loud shout, given by Umpire Rauf, Hossain picks up his second wicket of the second morning.. 43/4 101.5 to SL Malinga, GONE! wicket in the first over of day 3, short and down the leg side, tries to play to the on side, hits the top of bat and the ball lobs up to short leg Nafees Iqbal, who takes the catch.. 305/9 103.3 to WU Tharanga, GONE! gets his first 5 wicket haul, short down the leg side, Tharanga pulls, gets an edge down the leg side, Mashud dives to his right and takes a wonderful catch.. 316/10
Mohammad Rafique	32	9	84	1	2.62	148	10	1	0	0
71.6 to TM Dilshan, GONE! Rafique strikes, arm ball, quicker delivery on the stumps, Dilshan makes room on the back foot misses the shot, the stumps are knocked back, the sound of timber.. 232/6
Enamul Haque jnr	26	3	71	2	2.73	115	7	1	0	1
78.3 to MF Maharoof, GONE! well bowled, another good ball pitched on the off stump and spins away, Maharoof defends, gets a thin edge to Mashud, who juggles the ball and catches it on the third attempt with one hand just beside the stumps, there is some doubt, both the Umpires confer and then Hariharan gives it out.. 251/7 82.1 to CRD Fernando, GONE! Enamul Haque gets the wicket, good delivery pitched on the stumps and straightens, plays across the line and gets hit on the pad in line with the stumps, loud shout, given by Umpire Hariharan.. 263/8
Mohammad Ashraful	4	1	16	1	4.00	17	3	0	0	0
53.1 to DPMD Jayawardene, GONE! Ashraful picks up the wicket of his first ball, short delivery, Jayawardene pulls it in the air to deep midwicket, Rahim is waiting there to take the catch.. 167/5

Bangladesh 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Javed Omer	c †Sangakkara b Fernando	13	33	50	2	0	39.39

Nafees Iqbal	c †Sangakkara b Malinga	2	17	31	0	0	11.76

Habibul Bashar (c)	lbw b Malinga	73	104	176	9	0	70.19

Shahriar Nafees	c Maharoof b Muralitharan	6	12	19	1	0	50.00

Mohammad Ashraful	c Jayawardene b Bandara	13	42	52	0	1	30.95

Mushfiqur Rahim	c †Sangakkara b Bandara	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Khaled Mashud †	c Malinga b Muralitharan	6	20	23	0	0	30.00

Mohammad Rafique	c Muralitharan b Malinga	64	78	114	6	3	82.05

Shahadat Hossain	b Fernando	8	14	22	1	0	57.14

Enamul Haque jnr	c †Sangakkara b Fernando	3	18	19	0	0	16.66

Syed Rasel	not out	1	2	5	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 5, w 2)	12
Total	56.1 Ov (RR: 3.57)	201
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Nafees Iqbal, 6.2 ov), 2-29 (Javed Omer, 9.4 ov), 3-46 (Shahriar Nafees, 14.1 ov), 4-95 (Mohammad Ashraful, 26.1 ov), 5-95 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 26.3 ov), 6-110 (Khaled Mashud, 31.6 ov), 7-162 (Habibul Bashar, 44.1 ov), 8-187 (Shahadat Hossain, 51.3 ov), 9-198 (Enamul Haque jnr, 55.3 ov), 10-201 (Mohammad Rafique, 56.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Lasith Malinga	14.1	1	51	3	3.60	62	6	0	1	1
6.2 to Nafees Iqbal, GONE! banged in short on the body, excellent bouncer, tries to get away from it, but finds the glove on the way, gets a thin edge, Sangakkara takes the catch.. 15/1 44.1 to Habibul Bashar, Malinga strikes, fuller length delivery on the stumps drifting down the leg side, Bashar tries to play to the on side, misses the line of the ball and gets hit on the pad, loud shout, Hariharan waits for sometime and then lifts the finger, Bashar has to go.. 162/7 56.1 to Mohammad Rafique, GONE! Malinga picks up 50 test wickets, pitched outside off stump, gives room and mishits it high in the air to deep mid off, where Muralitharan takes the catch.. 201/10
Dilhara Fernando	19	4	51	3	2.68	90	6	0	1	3
9.4 to Javed Omar, Fernando strikes, short and down the leg side, Javed Omar tries to play to fine leg, gets a thin edge, off the glove, taken by Sangakkara.. 29/2 51.3 to Shahadat Hossain, GONE! Fernando strikes, excellent slower delivery, a full toss, Shahadat Hossain fails to pick it up, swings across and gets bowled, the sound of timber.. 187/8 55.3 to Enamul Haque jnr, GONE! pitched wide outside off stump, drives away from his body, foot not to the pitch of the ball, gets an edge to Sangakkara behind the stumps, who takes the catch.. 198/9
Muthiah Muralidaran	13	1	62	2	4.76	51	3	3	0	1
14.1 to Shahriar Nafees, GONE! Muralitharan picks his 599th wicket, tossed up outside off stump, Nafees swings across the line, gets an edge high in the air to deep mid on, Maharoof takes the catch.. 46/3 31.6 to Khaled Mashud, GONE! 600 wickets for Muralitharan and 50 wickets against Bangladesh. First man to pick up 50 wickets against each of the test playing nation, the only man to do so. good ball tossed up outside leg stump, sweeps it in the air to deep backward square leg, Malinga takes the catch, great effort from Muralitharan, second man to get 600 wickets.. 110/6
Malinga Bandara	10	4	32	2	3.20	48	4	1	0	0
26.1 to Mohammad Ashraful, Bandara strikes, 100th catch for Jayawardene, tossed up outside off stump, moves forward and drives, gets an edge to Jayawardene at first slip, who takes a sharp catch low down.. 95/4 26.3 to Mushfiqur Rahim, GONE! second wicket in the over, tossed up bit wide outside off stump, moves forward and drives, gets an edge, Sangakkara takes the catch on the second attempt.. 95/5

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (T: 120 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Vandort	not out	40	82	113	4	0	48.78
Upul Tharanga	not out	71	87	113	8	1	81.60
Extras	(lb 5, nb 1, w 3)	9
Total	28 Ov (RR: 4.28, 113 Mins)	120/0
Did not bat: Kumar Sangakkara †, Mahela Jayawardene (c), Thilan Samaraweera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Farveez Maharoof, Malinga Bandara, Dilhara Fernando, Muthiah Muralidaran, Lasith Malinga

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Syed Rasel	5	0	21	4.20	20	2	0	0	0
Shahadat Hossain	8	2	43	5.37	31	7	0	3	0
Mohammad Rafique	9	2	32	3.55	37	3	0	0	1
Enamul Haque jnr	6	0	19	3.16	23	0	1	0	0

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Close of Play

Wed, 08 Mar - day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 25/2 (Upul Tharanga 12*, Thilan Samaraweera 7*, 11 ov)

Thu, 09 Mar - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 302/8 (Upul Tharanga 160*, Lasith Malinga 12*, 101 ov)

Fri, 10 Mar - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 77/0 (Michael Vandort 22*, Upul Tharanga 48*, 20 ov)

Sat, 11 Mar - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 120/0 (28 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Bangladesh 1st innings
Bangladesh: 50 runs in 11.1 overs (70 balls), Extras 3
Drinks: Bangladesh - 52/1 in 12.4 overs (Javed Omar 23, Habibul Bashar 0)
Lunch: Bangladesh - 94/2 in 30.0 overs (Habibul Bashar 22, ShahriarNafees 3)
Bangladesh: 100 runs in 31.6 overs (196 balls), Extras 10
Bangladesh: 150 runs in 43.3 overs (267 balls), Extras 13
Drinks: Bangladesh - 156/3 in 45.0 overs (Habibul Bashar 49, Mohamm Ashraful 24)
Habibul Bashar: 50 off 92 balls (5 x 4)
Tea: Bangladesh - 188/6 in 58.0 overs (Khaled Mashud 6, Mohammad Rafique 1)
Bangladesh: 200 runs in 63.3 overs (388 balls), Extras 16
Drinks: Bangladesh - 224/7 in 72.0 overs (Mohammad Rafique 30, Shahadat Hossain 1)

Day 2

Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 63/4 in 24.0 overs (WU Tharanga 31, DPMD Jayawardene 5)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (WU Tharanga 30, DPMD Jayawardene 24, Ex 2)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 31.6 overs (194 balls), Extras 6
WU Tharanga: 50 off 103 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
Lunch: Sri Lanka - 121/4 in 39.0 overs (WU Tharanga 56, DPMD Jayawardene 34)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 209 balls (WU Tharanga 53, DPMD Jayawardene 52, Ex 5)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 50.3 overs (305 balls), Extras 9
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 167/4 in 53.0 overs (WU Tharanga 85, DPMD Jayawardene 49)
WU Tharanga: 100 off 178 balls (13 x 4, 2 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 59.3 overs (361 balls), Extras 11
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (WU Tharanga 23, TM Dilshan 30, Ex 0)
Tea: Sri Lanka - 223/5 in 68.0 overs (WU Tharanga 110, TM Dilshan 31)
Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 76.1 overs (462 balls), Extras 12
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 265/8 in 85.0 overs (WU Tharanga 135, SL Malinga 1)
New Ball Taken: Sri Lanka 268/8 after 88.1 overs
WU Tharanga: 150 off 281 balls (18 x 4, 2 x 6)
Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 98.5 overs (599 balls), Extras 14

Day 3

Bangladesh 2nd innings
Drinks: Bangladesh - 29/2 in 9.4 overs (Habibul Bashar 12, Shahriar Nafees 0)
Bangladesh: 50 runs in 17.4 overs (108 balls), Extras 2
Lunch: Bangladesh - 71/3 in 20.0 overs (Habibul Bashar 38, Mohammad Ashraful 9)
Habibul Bashar: 50 off 50 balls (7 x 4)
Bangladesh: 100 runs in 29.3 overs (182 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: Bangladesh - 110/6 in 32.0 overs (Habibul Bashar 63, Mohammad Rafique 0)
Bangladesh: 150 runs in 41.5 overs (256 balls), Extras 10
Tea: Bangladesh - 162/7 in 46.0 overs (Mohammad Rafique 39, Shahadat Hossain 0)
Mohammad Rafique: 50 off 58 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
Bangladesh: 200 runs in 55.5 overs (341 balls), Extras 11
Sri Lanka 2nd innings
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (67 balls), Extras 5
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (MG Vandort 24, WU Tharanga 35, Ex 6)

Match Details

Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra
Toss	Bangladesh, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh
Season	2005/06
Player Of The Match	Upul Tharanga
Player Of The Series	Muthiah Muralidaran
Series result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1786
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Asad Rauf Krishna Hariharan
TV Umpire	Mahbubur Rahman
Match Referee	Clive Lloyd