Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, Kandy

Sri Lanka 493/7 & 194/9

Bangladesh 251/10 & 227/10

Sri Lanka won by 209 runs

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka 2021 · 2nd Test Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy 29 Apr 2021 – 3 May 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Bangladesh had it far tougher than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

1.22× +22%

Bangladesh

1.01× +1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Sri Lanka's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

FDM Karunaratne Sri Lanka

184 +164

Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh

116 +120

HDRL Thirimanne Sri Lanka

142 +111

N Dickwella Sri Lanka

101 +101

Mominul Haque Bangladesh

81 +84

Best bowling

Top match figures

P Jayawickrama6/92

Taijul Islam5/72

P Jayawickrama5/86

RTM Mendis4/103

Top score

140

HDRL Thirimanne · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

209

1st wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · Bangladesh

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultSri Lanka won by 209 runs

Length5 days

Sri Lanka

493 /7 (159.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c Liton Das b Shoriful Islam	118	190	15	0	62.11
HDRL Thirimanne	c Liton Das b Taskin Ahmed	140	298	15	0	46.98
BOP Fernando	c Liton Das b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	81	221	8	0	36.65
AD Mathews	c Liton Das b Taskin Ahmed	5	15	1	0	33.33
DM de Silva	c Nazmul Hossain Shanto b Taijul Islam	2	9	0	0	22.22
P Nissanka	b Taskin Ahmed	30	84	3	0	35.71
N Dickwella*	not out	77	72	8	1	106.94
RTM Mendis	c Mushfiqur Rahim b Taskin Ahmed	33	68	2	0	48.53

Extras 7 (b 3, lb 2, w 1, nb 1)

Total 493/7 (159.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Abu Jayed	22.0	4	69	0	3.14
Taskin Ahmed	34.2	7	127	4	3.70
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	36.0	7	118	1	3.28
Shoriful Islam	29.0	6	91	1	3.14
Taijul Islam	38.0	7	83	1	2.18

Fall of wickets

1-209 (FDM Karunaratne, 63.1)·2-313 (HDRL Thirimanne, 104.1)·3-319 (AD Mathews, 108.1)·4-328 (DM de Silva, 111.5)·5-382 (P Nissanka, 135.4)·6-382 (BOP Fernando, 136.2)·7-493 (RTM Mendis, 159.2)

Bangladesh

251 /10 (83.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tamim Iqbal	c HDRL Thirimanne b P Jayawickrama	92	150	12	0	61.33
Saif Hassan	c DM de Silva b P Jayawickrama	25	62	4	1	40.32
Nazmul Hossain Shanto	c HDRL Thirimanne b RTM Mendis	0	4	0	0	0.00
Mominul Haque	lbw b RTM Mendis	49	104	7	0	47.12
Mushfiqur Rahim	lbw b P Jayawickrama	40	62	7	0	64.52
Liton Das	c HDRL Thirimanne b P Jayawickrama	8	11	2	0	72.73
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	lbw b P Jayawickrama	16	33	1	0	48.48
Taijul Islam	hit wkt b RAS Lakmal	9	50	1	0	18.00
Taskin Ahmed	lbw b P Jayawickrama	0	11	0	0	0.00
Shoriful Islam	b RAS Lakmal	0	8	0	0	0.00
Abu Jayed*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 12 (b 2, lb 9, nb 1)

Total 251/10 (83.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	10.0	0	30	2	3.00
MVT Fernando	7.0	1	19	0	2.71
AD Mathews	2.0	0	7	0	3.50
RTM Mendis	31.0	7	86	2	2.77
P Jayawickrama	32.0	7	92	6	2.88
DM de Silva	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-98 (Saif Hassan, 25.4)·2-99 (Nazmul Hossain Shanto, 26.6)·3-151 (Tamim Iqbal, 43.2)·4-214 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 61.4)·5-224 (Mominul Haque, 64.5)·6-224 (Liton Das, 65.3)·7-241 (Mehedi Hasan Miraz, 75.2)·8-243 (Taskin Ahmed, 79.1)·9-246 (Shoriful Islam, 80.6)·10-251 (Taijul Islam, 82.6)

Sri Lanka

194 /9 (42.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HDRL Thirimanne	c Nazmul Hossain Shanto b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	2	6	0	0	33.33
FDM Karunaratne	c Yasir Ali Chowdhury b Saif Hassan	66	78	7	1	84.62
BOP Fernando	st Liton Das b Taijul Islam	1	5	0	0	20.00
AD Mathews	c Yasir Ali Chowdhury b Taijul Islam	12	35	0	1	34.29
DM de Silva	c Nazmul Hossain Shanto b Mehedi Hasan Miraz	41	52	4	1	78.85
P Nissanka	c Shoriful Islam b Taijul Islam	24	31	2	0	77.42
N Dickwella	c Taijul Islam b Taskin Ahmed	24	25	2	0	96.00
RTM Mendis	c Tamim Iqbal b Taijul Islam	8	12	1	0	66.67
RAS Lakmal	b Taijul Islam	12	6	1	1	200.00
P Jayawickrama*	not out	3	5	0	0	60.00

Extras 1 (nb 1)

Total 194/9 (42.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	14.0	3	66	2	4.71
Shoriful Islam	1.0	0	8	0	8.00
Taijul Islam	19.2	2	72	5	3.72
Taskin Ahmed	4.0	0	26	1	6.50
Saif Hassan	4.0	0	22	1	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-14 (HDRL Thirimanne, 2.2)·2-15 (BOP Fernando, 3.1)·3-39 (AD Mathews, 13.3)·4-112 (FDM Karunaratne, 26.6)·5-124 (DM de Silva, 29.4)·6-162 (P Nissanka, 36.6)·7-178 (N Dickwella, 39.5)·8-180 (RTM Mendis, 40.5)·9-194 (RAS Lakmal, 42.2)

Bangladesh

227 /10 (71.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tamim Iqbal	c N Dickwella b RTM Mendis	24	26	3	1	92.31
Saif Hassan	c RAS Lakmal b P Jayawickrama	34	46	5	1	73.91
Nazmul Hossain Shanto	b P Jayawickrama	26	44	4	0	59.09
Mominul Haque	b RTM Mendis	32	48	4	0	66.67
Mushfiqur Rahim	c DM de Silva b RTM Mendis	40	63	5	0	63.49
Liton Das	lbw b P Jayawickrama	17	46	1	0	36.96
Mehedi Hasan Miraz	c P Nissanka b P Jayawickrama	39	86	4	0	45.35
Taijul Islam	c N Dickwella b DM de Silva	2	30	0	0	6.67
Taskin Ahmed	c FDM Karunaratne b RTM Mendis	7	33	0	0	21.21
Shoriful Islam*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Abu Jayed	lbw b P Jayawickrama	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 6 (b 3, lb 2, nb 1)

Total 227/10 (71.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RAS Lakmal	4.0	2	14	0	3.50
RTM Mendis	28.0	2	103	4	3.68
P Jayawickrama	32.0	10	86	5	2.69
DM de Silva	7.0	1	19	1	2.71

Fall of wickets

1-31 (Tamim Iqbal, 7.1)·2-73 (Saif Hassan, 16.4)·3-104 (Nazmul Hossain Shanto, 22.5)·4-134 (Mominul Haque, 31.6)·5-171 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 41.4)·6-183 (Liton Das, 50.2)·7-206 (Taijul Islam, 61.2)·8-227 (Taskin Ahmed, 69.4)·9-227 (Mehedi Hasan Miraz, 70.3)·10-227 (Abu Jayed, 70.6)