1st Test: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Galle

Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, Mar 7-11, 2017

321- 4 after 88 overs

Kusal 166*, Guna 85

Stumps day 1

Shakib and his Spin squad are wicketless... :-[

maybe the strip will change !

Lanka win toss and Bat : AT Home

Kusal Mendis !

5.5
Subashis Roy to Mendis, he's on a hat-trick!  Back of a length outside off,
swipes at it away from the body, gets an inside edge and Liton has taken it low!

oh hang on. He's overstepped. This will be overturned.

What an anti-climax that was for young Subashis : poor shot from Mendis  :-[

5.4
Subashis Roy to Tharanga, , got him! Tharanga is surprised by the extra pace

as this skids inside from an off stump line, beats his half-hearted defence

Tharanga  b Subashis Roy 4        (14b 1x4 0x6) SR: 28.57  
 

494  all out

Kusal 195, Dickewlla 75

Hasan 4Fer

133 - 2 after 46 overs

Sarkar 66* Tamin 57

trail by 361 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps, Day 2

Sarkar must hold his nerve from overnight Break.

probably a first experience for him !

Soumya Sarkar can go on to make a big one. This test match will be interesting if Bangladesh can somehow manage to string together a few good partnerships. Liton Das is more than an able batsman.


As always, Herath will be the trump card.

312 all out

Sarkar 71, Mushy 85, Hasan 41

Stumps Day 3

101.75

Mushfiqur's average in Tests this year, 407 runs in 5 inns.

159 & 13* in Wellington

127 & 23 in Hyderabad

and now 85 in Galle

- all outside Bangladesh.