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SL win 2 - 0 SL gains 8 points; BAN loses 8 points
Draw 1 - 1 BAN gains 8 points; SL loses 8 points
BAN win 2 - 0 BAN gains 23 points; SL loses 23 points
Colombo
21 - 23 July 2002
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first.� The home side struck early and dismissed Al Sahariar (13) and Haque (2) to have Bangladesh 2 for 50.� Bangladesh then consolidated and took the score past the hundred mark before they lost both Sarhar (55) and Bashar (24) just before the end of the session.� At lunch, Bangladesh was precariously placed at 4 for 111.� Rain delayed play after lunch for 100 minutes and in the brief play that occurred before tea, Animul Islam (0) was caught and at tea, Bangladesh was 5 for 118.� After tea it was only a matter of time and Bangladesh crashed to be all out for 161 after losing Khaled Mashud (23), Enamul Haque (1), Manjural Islam (0) Akram Khan (20) and Alamgir Kabir (0) in the space of 13 runs.� Muralitharan was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 39 off 19.3 overs.� The Sri Lankan openers then batted through the remaining 7 overs to be 0 for 32 when bad light stopped play.
Bangladesh broke through in the first over of the second morning and dismissed Atapattu (20).� Within the next four overs, Bangladesh also dismissed Arnold (25) and Jayawardene (0) to have Sri Lanka 3 for 56.� However, the Bangladeshi's glimpse of hope was soon snuffed out as the Sri Lankans batted through the rest of the session to go to lunch at 3 for 184 with a first innings lead of 23 runs.� Bangladesh made only one breakthrough during an afternoon session where the home side added 166 runs.� The wicket came in the form of a mix up leading to a run out as Sangakkara (75) fell at 4 for 206.� de Silva then brought up his twentieth Test century at tea, Sri Lanka was 4 for 351.� Bangladesh had more success during the evening session and dismissed de Silva (206) at 5 for 440 then Jayawardene (5), Jayasuriya (145), Muralitharan (0) and Dilhara Fernando (15) to have Sri Lanka 9 for 524.� At Stumps, Sri Lanka was 9 for 541 with a match winning first innings lead of 380 runs.
Sri Lanka declared overnight and on the third morning, Bangladesh began the unlikely task of passing 348 runs to make the home side bat again.� Sri Lanka struck early in the session and after dismissing Sarkar (1) and Ehsanul Haque (5) Bangladesh was 2 for 14.� The Bangladesh batsmen then consolidated and took the total to 2 for 91 before losing Habibul Bashar (34).� Just before lunch, Akram Khan (5) and Aminul Islam (0) were out at 5 for 113.� By the time the players left the field for lunch at 5 for 124, there was no hope for the tourists.� Sri Lanka bundled out the remaining five batsmen for the addition of only 60 more runs.� Al Sahariar (67) was the top scorer while Enamul Haque (22) and Khaled Mashud (26) were the only batsmen to reach double figures.� Bangladesh was all out for 184 giving Sri Lanka their biggest winning margin in history of an innings and 196 runs.� Muralitharan, who was the best of the bowlers with 5 for 59 off 25 overs, equalled Hadlee's record of 36 five-fors.
Second Test
Galle
28 July - 1 August 2002
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first.� With Sri Lanka resting nine players for this match, Bangladesh had their best chance for some time to avoid losing the Test.� Bangladesh dismissed Mubarak (21) during the morning session and at lunch, Sri Lanka was 1 for 90.� After play resumed, Bangladesh dismissed Naveed Nawaz (21), Vandort (61) and Tillakaratne (18) to have Sri Lanka 4 for 133.� Sri Lanka then rallied and batted through to tea to be 4 for 198.� Bangladesh started taking wickets regularly through the evening session and dismissed Jayasuriya (85), Jayawardene (0), Chandana (20) and Samaraweera (58) as Sri Lanka ended the day at 8 for 301.�
Bangladesh struck early on the second morning and caught Sujeewa de Silva (5) when the score was 9 for 309.� However, the final pair were able to add another 64 runs before Lakshitha (40) was eventually dismissed leaving Buddika Fernando not out on 29.� Sri Lanka was all out for 373 runs while Manjural Islam was the best of the bowlers with 3 for 46 off 23 overs.� Bangladesh then had eight overs to face before lunch.� Sri Lanka immediately asserted their authority by dismissing both openers, Sarkar (5) and Al Sahariar (12) to have Bangladesh 2 for 28 at lunch. �Bangladesh's chances of avoiding another big defeat disappeared during the afternoon session.� Sri Lanka dismissed Ashraful (1), Bashar (11), Tushar Imran (8), Khaled Mashud (15) and Fahim Muntasir (7) during the afternoon session within the space of a further sixty runs.� Bangladesh later trudged off at tea at 7 for 110 with little chance of avoiding the follow target of 174 runs.� When play resumed, Sri Lanka had a more difficult task in dismissing the tail than the top order.� After an early wicket of Alok Kapali (39), the Tapash Baisya (52*) added forty runs before Manjural Islam (0) was out and Talha Jubair (0) one run later.� Bangladesh was all out for 164 runs while Jayasuriya was the most successful bowler with 3 for 17 off 7 overs.� Sri Lanka elected to bat again to add to their 209 run lead, even though Bangladesh has not reached 200 runs in their last ten innings.� At stumps, Sri Lanka was 0 for 25 off the seven overs they faced.
Sri Lanka relentlessly took the match away from Bangladesh on the third morning.� The home side adding a further 109 runs to their lead for the loss of Mubarak (31) after a run out mix up to be 1 for 134 at lunch.� Sri Lanka batted through the afternoon session, again adding another 139 runs while losing Vandort (140).� They declared at tea when the score was 2 for 263 with Nawaz not out on 78 and Tillakaratne not out on 5.� The declaration left Bangladesh a most unlikely victory target of 473 runs, which is more than they have scored in most of their twelve previous Tests in two innings.� Bangladesh took the score to 27 runs before the wickets began to tumble.� Al Sahariar (6) was the first to go, followed by Bashar (3), Sarkar (30) and Tushar Imran (28) and at stumps, Bangladesh was 4 for 103 and need a miracle to avoid yet another crushing defeat.
Bangladesh resisted the Sri Lankans for just over an hour on the fourth morning before Alok Kapali (23) was caught at 5 for 167.� Two overs later Ashraful (75) was also caught and within another eight overs Bangladesh was all out for 184 runs with Mashud stranded on 13 not out.� Sri Lanka had secured victory by 288 runs with de Silva (4 for 35 off 13 overs) and Samaraweera (4 for 49 off 11.4 overs) sharing the bowling honours.
