Vandort hits first Test century

Published July 31, 2002

COLOMBO, July 30: Sri Lanka opener Michael Vandort completed a maiden century Tuesday to leave Bangladesh facing another massive defeat after the third day of the second Test.

Bangladesh, set a victory target of 473 after an inexperienced home side declared their second innings on 263 for two, stumbled to 103 for four by the close.

Vandort, playing in his second Test, hit 16 boundaries and one six to reach 140 before being bowled out by Talha Jubair. The tall left-hander had hit 61 in the first innings.

Fellow opener Jehan Mubarak, on his Test debut, made 31 before being run out while Naveed Nawaz, another left-hander also making his debut, finished on 78 not out.

Bangladesh, yet to win a Test since their debut two years ago, were hoping for some respectability after being bowled out for 164 in the first innings but quickly slumped to 40 for three.

Opener Abdul Hannan Sarkar struck five boundaries for his 30 before being caught off the bowling of Sujeewa de Silva while Mohammad Ashraful, who became the youngest century-maker in Test series when his team toured Sri Lanka last year, was unbeaten on 31.

Al-Shahriar and Habibul Bashar made just six and three apiece, while Tushar Imran scored 28 before being stumped off leg-spinner Upul Chandana.

Sri Lanka are fielding a second-string side after their crushing innings win in the first Test.

Scoreboard

SRI LANKA (1st Innings) 373 (S.T. Jayasuriya 85, M.G. Vandort 61, T.T. Samaraweera 58).

BANGLADESH (1st Innings) 164 (T. Baisya 52).

SRI LANKA (2nd Innings, overnight 25-0):

M.G. Vandort b Jubair 140

J. Mubarak run out 31

M.N. Nawaz not out 78

H.P. Tillekeratne not out 5

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1, W-1, NB-3) 9

TOTAL (for two dec, 66 overs) 263

FALL OF WKTS: 1-80, 2-252.

BOWLING: Manjural Islam 9-0-28-0; Talha Jubair 14-1-52-1 (1nb, 1w); Alok Kapali 11-0-54-0; Tapash Baisya 8-0-40-0 (2nb); Fahim Muntasir 19-3-56-0; Habibul Bashar 5-0-28-0.

BANGLADESH (2nd Innings):

H. Sarkar c J’wardena b de Silva 30

Al-Shahriar b de Silva 6

H. Bashar c J’wardena b Gamage 3

M. Ashraful not out 31

T. Imran st J’wardena b Chandana 28

A. Kapali not out 3

EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-1) 2

TOTAL (for four wkts, 31 overs) 103

FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-36, 3-40, 4-99.

BOWLING (to-date): Fernando 5-2-12-0; de Silva 6-1-25-2 (1nb); Gamage 8-1-32-1; Jayasuriya 5-2-11-0; Samaraweera 3-0-21-0; Chandana 4-3-1-1.—Reuters

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