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| August 29, 2005 | Monday | Rajab 23, 1426 |
Bangladesh outclassed in tour opener
MORATUWA (Sri Lanka), Aug 28: Bangladesh opened their cricket tour of Sri Lanka on a disastrous note as they crashed to a 10-wicket defeat in a warm-up match here on Sunday.
Openers Avishka Gunawardene and Upul Tharanga cracked unbeaten centuries as a Sri Lanka Cricket XI scored 239 without loss after restricting Bangladesh to a modest 235-8 in a 50-over match.
Gunawardene scored a 103-ball 111 with 16 fours, while Tharanga made 104 off 117 balls with nine fours and four sixes in the tourists’ only practice game before the one-day series.
Rajin Saleh top-scored for Bangladesh with 53. Mohammad Ashraful (37), Javed Omar (32) and skipper Habibul Bashar (31) were the other notable contributors.
Bangladesh will play three One-day Internationals and two Tests against Sri Lanka. The first one-dayer begins at Colombo on Wednesday, followed by day-night games on Sept 2 and 4.
The opening Test starts on Sept 12 and the second is on September 20.
Summarised scores:
BANGLADESH 235-8 in 50 overs (Rajin Saleh 53, Mohammad Ashraful 37, Javed Omar 32, Habibul Bashar 31, Khaled Mashud 23 not out; Pradeep Jayaprakashtharan 2-41, Rangana Herath 2-42);
SRI LANKA CRICKET XI 239-0 in 36.1 overs (Avishka Gunawardene 111 not out, Upul Tharanga 104 not out).—AFP
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