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2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS)
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first.
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 7/449
Dilshan 168
Samaraweera 138
Vaas 61 n.o.
Shahadat Hossain 3/104
Syed Rasel 3/125
Sri Lanka were struggling at 4/48 but then a 280-run stand between Dilshan and Samaraweera put Sri Lanka into a strong position. Even Vaas and Muralitharan are getting into the runs.
m.diddy
21 Sep 2005, 12:09
Why do these games count? ********ing disgrace.
usalion
21 Sep 2005, 12:57
Yeah, shouldn't this be called a "Test" like the Zimbabwe-India "Test"?
Russian
21 Sep 2005, 18:48
Sri Lanka declared at 9/457, both opening bowlers getting 4 wickets
Bangladesh will begin their 2nd innings soon, they're 9/171. Ashraful made 42, next best is Extras, Fernando has 5/60
stmookeyj
21 Sep 2005, 19:03
Somebody should teach Mr Ashraful that you don't have to try to hit every ball out of the ground in a test match.
catattack
21 Sep 2005, 21:06
We need relegation in test cricket.
Two divisions. That’d make it interesting.
At least the minnow nations wouldn’t be humiliated every match. It would give them at least some confidence to develop and if they win enough games they could press to be promoted to play the big boys.
stmookeyj
21 Sep 2005, 21:09
We need relegation in test cricket.
Two divisions. That’d make it interesting.
And what, have us vs England every series?
catattack
21 Sep 2005, 21:19
And what, have us vs England every series?Well, if the relegations were done every year then there would be different teams entering and leaving the division every year.
And of course you wouldn't play England every series. There would be half a dozen other nations in the division and throughout the course of one year you wouldn't have the need to play any nation twice.
It would solve these farcical tests being played at the moment.
stmookeyj
21 Sep 2005, 21:26
Having 2 divisions would make Cricket nearly irrelevent as a major sport. There's not enough for 1 division really.
stmookeyj
22 Sep 2005, 00:19
Meantime, back to the match....
Bangladesh following on (after being bowled out for 191) are 4/131 at stumps after taking the light. Shahriar Nafees scored his 1st 50 in tests but fell to Murali 2 balls before what turned out to be the close. Ashraful is 21 N/O batting a little more sensibly.
mrcracker
22 Sep 2005, 10:58
Problem is the ICC try to book test series up to ten years in advance to lock in the venues and teams. Hard to do if test teams are being demoted and promoted.
You've got to give Bangladesh a chance to grow into a competitive test side, they will not backslide like Zimbabwe as the have a more stable political climate and a huge pool of people to produce cricketers.
In 1981 Sri Lanka entered test cricket. Took them four years to win a test beating India in 1985. There were however a few draws in the early days thanks to great players like Mendis, Ranatunga and Silva. They played Australia at Kandy in 1982 and only took four wickets in the match, losing by an innings. They didn't even bother trying to play that great West Indian side, which is probably a good thing, evenually playing the West Indias in a single rain affected test in 1995. They still only have 19 batsmen who have scored over 1000 test runs.
In the eighties if someone had suggested that Sri Lanka would become a better cricket side then the West Indies they would have been locked up. I have faith that guys like Ashrafal and Mortatza will make Bangladesh a more competitive side and they will occassionally pick up a test victory, especially when they win the toss on spinning wickets.
Half Back Flanker
22 Sep 2005, 13:36
Zimbabwe should be removed. They have had their chance and their country is a basket case, and their cricket team is too.
Bangladesh are still new and their are hopeful signs about their cricket, their younger batsman need to learn at what to play at and what not to but they dont lack shots or ability. Bowling is a concern however.
Their junior teams do ok and beat ours more often then we beat theirs I think.
2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), Day 3
Sri Lanka 1st Innings 9d/457
Dilshan 168
Samaraweera 138
Vaas 65
Shahadat Hossain 4/108
Syed Rasel 4/129
Bangladesh 1st Innings a.o. 191
Mohammad Ashraful 42
Fernando 5/60
Muralitharan 3/47
Bangladesh 2nd Innings (following on) a.o. 197
Shahriar Nafees 51
Vaas 3/56
Herath 3/52
Sri Lanka won by an innings and 69 runs and wins 2-test series 2-0.
Man of the Match: TT Samaraweera
Man of the Series: TM Dilshan
What a joke, this can't go on any longer, go back to the original 8 test nations, at least the cricket was close.
red+black
23 Sep 2005, 00:42
In the eighties if someone had suggested that Sri Lanka would become a better cricket side then the West Indies they would have been locked up.
It sure is interesting when you put it that way. I'd just prefer that Sri Lanka didn't play the minnows all the time.
Zimbabwe should be removed. They have had their chance and their country is a basket case, and their cricket team is too.
Bangladesh are still new and their are hopeful signs about their cricket, their younger batsman need to learn at what to play at and what not to but they dont lack shots or ability. Bowling is a concern however.
Their junior teams do ok and beat ours more often then we beat theirs I think.
Is correct.
When we got our test status, Bangladeshi cricket comprised of an outmoded first class 1 day competition of a laughable standard and ordinary junior teams and coaching. The infrastructure and development programmes have been improved and there's a generation of youngsters both in the senior and junior teams that could conceivably become an international standard side before long.
It would have been better for all concerned if it had been postponed till the board got its house in order. A steady schedule of 20 odd one dayers a year against the international sides, and 10 or so extended matches against A teams and First Class sides during this time would have gone a long way.
Would be nice if we had just entered test cricket around nowish with a young team with experience of playing against quality proffessional opposition instead of a young team with experience of 40+ test losses.
Copernicus
24 Sep 2005, 03:38
They do remind of Sri Lanka - they have the population and the support to become something, unlike Zimbabwe, which has bugger all support and their players are stuck in effectively club-grade cricket domestically. Until Mugabe goes and someone who can run the country effectively comes in and gives them a go they'll never be anything.
Not many people in Sri Lanka bud in the context of the rest of the subcontinent, but you've certainly got a point about the support and the general rubbishness of Zimbabwe.