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COLOMBO, Sept 4: Pace bowlers Dilhara Fernando and Farveez Maharoof shared six wickets on Sunday to help Sri Lanka to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh and a 3-0 one-day series whitewash.
Fernando (three for 19) and Maharoof (three for 25), led the attack in the absence of their rested senior bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas. Bangladesh were bowled out for 108 in 38.2 overs.
Sri Lanka, chasing a revised 106-run target in 46 overs after a rain interruption, then cruised to victory with 24.4 overs to spare. Opener Avishka Gunawardene scored 52 from 61 balls.
The visitors started brightly after being asked to bat first under gloomy skies with Javed Omar and Shariar Nafees adding 47 runs at nearly a run a ball but they then suffered a collapse, losing six wickets for seven runs in the space of 26 balls.
SCOREBOARD
BANGLADESH:
Javed Omar lbw b Fernando 18
Shahriar Nafees c Tharanga b Maharoof 21
M. Rafique c Lokuhettige b Maharoof 1
Aftab Ahmed lbw b Maharoof 1
Mohammad Ashraful lbw b Fernando 0
Habibul Bashar c Sangakkara b Fernando 1
Tushar Imran c and b Dilshan 13
Khaled Mashud c S’weera b Chandana 6
M. Islam Rana c Tharanga b Chandana 17
Syed Rasel c Chandana b Dilshan 2
Tapash Baisya not out 11
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-5, NB-10) 17
TOTAL (all out, 38.2 overs) 108
FALL OF WKTS: 1-47, 2-51, 3-51, 4-52, 5-52, 6-54, 7-71, 8-77, 9-83.
BOWLING: Maharoof 8-2-25-3 (3nb); Lokuhettige 6-0-27-0 (1nb, 3w); Fernando 8-1-19-3 (6nb, 2w); Chandana 7.2-1-15-2; Dilshan 9-2-20-2.
SRI LANKA:
D.A. Gunawardene c Tushar b K. Mahmud 52
W.U. Tharanga b Baisya 9
D. Lokuhettige c Rasel b Baisya 2
T.T. Samaraweera run out 18
K.C. Sangakkara not out 17
M.F. Maharoof not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-5, NB-2) 8
TOTAL (for four wkts, 21.2 overs) 106
FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-30, 3-86, 4-105.
BOWLING: Tapash Baisya 7-1-27-2 (1nb, 1w); Syed Rasel 5-0-29-0 (2w); Khaled Mahmud 5.2-0-31-1 (1nb, 2w); Mohammad Rafique 4-0-18-0.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Dilhara Fernando.
MAN-OF-THE-SERIES: Upul Tharanga.—Agencies
