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COLOMBO, Aug 31: Upul Tharanga, Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene all scored fifties as Sri Lanka cruised to an 88-run victory against Bangladesh in the first One-day International on Wednesday. Sri Lanka made 269 for nine wickets and then restricted Bangladesh to 181-9.
Opener Shahriar Nafees provided some resistance with 39 before being caught and bowled by Tillekeratne Dilshan.
Wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud also contributed a gritty 39 to delay Sri Lanka’s victory with an unbroken 54-run last wicket stand with Tapash Baisya (22 not out).
Sri Lanka pace bowler Farveez Maharoof claimed three wickets for 29 runs.
Bangladesh’s run chase started badly as Javed Omar (14) was run out by a direct hit from Russel Arnold at backward point.
Dilhara Fernando then had Tushar Imran caught behind before deceiving Mohammad Ashraful with a slower ball that he skied to mid-on.
Substitute Upul Chandana chipped in with the wicket of skipper Habibul Bashar before Maharoof reduced the visitors to 103-8.
Sri Lanka opener Tharanga reached his first one-day half century on his way to scoring 60 in his fourth game.
Atapattu compiled 55 and the pair put on 76 for the second wicket after Sanath Jayasuriya was bowled by Baisya for 25.
SCOREBOARD
SRI LANKA:
W.U. Tharanga b Aftab 60
S.T. Jayasuriya b Baisya 25
M.S. Atapattu c Javed b Rafique 55
K.C. Sangakkara c Nafees b Aftab 22
D.P.M.D. Jayawardene run out 50
R.P. Arnold run out 12
T.M. Dilshan c Rasel b Manjural 1
W.P.U.J.C. Vaas c Nafees b Rasel 16
M. Muralitharan c Rafique b Rasel 0
M.F. Maharoof not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-8, W-17, NB-3) 28
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 269
FALL OF WKTS: 1-51, 2-127, 3-178, 4-186, 5-227, 6-230, 7-267, 8-268, 9-269.
BOWLING: Tapash Baisya 10-1-57-1 (2w); Syed Rasel 10-0-42-2 (3nb, 2w); Mohammad Rafique 10-0-63-1 (3w); Khaled Mahmud 5-0-26-0; Aftab Ahmed 10-0-55-2 (5w); Manjural Islam Rana (sub for Khaled Mahmud) 5-0-18-1 (1w).
BANGLADESH:
Javed Omar run out 14
Shahriar Nafees c and b Dilshan 39
Tushar Imran c Sangakkara b Fernando 6
M. Ashraful c Atapattu b Fernando 4
Habibul Bashar lbw b Chandana 14
Aftab Ahmed b Maharoof 2
Manjural Islam Rana c J’wardene b Maharoof 5
Khaled Mashud not out 39
M. Rafique c Muralitharan b Maharoof 2
Syed Rasel lbw b Chandana 15
Tapash Baisya not out 22
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-11, 11) 19
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 181
FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-41, 3-51, 4-79, 5-84, 6-88, 7-94, 8-103, 9-127.
BOWLING: Vaas 6-1-21-0 (1w); Maharoof 7-1-29-3 (4nb, 3w); Fernando 7-1-29-2 (2w); Dilshan 10-2-38-1 (2w); Muralitharan 10-2-22-0 (1w); Chandana (sub for Jayasuriya) 10-0-38-2 (1w).
UMPIRES: E.A.R. de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan).
TV UMPIRE: P.T. Manuel (Sri Lanka).
MATCH REFEREE: C.H. Lloyd (West Indies).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Mahela Jayawardene.
NEXT MATCH: At Colombo on Friday
.—Agencies
