Friday, 29 March 2013

Bangladesh draw

             Chasing a revised target of 183 in 27 overs under the Duckworth/Lewis method, Bangladesh were 167-7 with two overs remaining when Hossain took on seamer Thisara Perera to complete his team's first win in Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka totalled 302-9 with Tillakaratne Dilshan hitting 125, Kushal Perera scoring 56 and Kumar Sangakkara making 48. Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak took 5-62. The second match was abandoned. Hossain remained unbeaten on 33 with six boundaries in 27 deliveries. Opener Anamul Haque top-scored with 40. Sachithra Senanayake, Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews took two wickets each for Sri Lanka. Bangladesh drew the one-day international series with Sri Lanka 1-1 after Nasir Hossain hit four boundaries in the next-to-last over on Thursday to lead the visitors to a three-wicket win in the rain-affected third match.

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