Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Final Tri Series - Highlights

by hiteshb | January 16, 2009 at 05:37 am

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What a thrilling end to a final. Sri Lanka set 153 for victory made a mockery of the chase by losing their top 5 wickets for just 6 runs, which, incidentally, is the lowest score at which a team has lost five wickets in an ODI. Sangakkara and Maharoof bailed them out with an important partnership before Shakib returned in the 44th over and dismissed Sanga and Kulasekara in one over, raising hopes of a Bangladesh win, but it was Muralitharan's heroics with the bat which took Sri Lanka home.

Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to field in the final of tri-series one-day international tournament against Bangladesh on Friday.

Earlier, Bangladesh were dismissed for 152 runs in 49.4 overs against Sri Lanka in the final of the tri-series one-day international on Friday.

Teams

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene (captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Upul Tharanga, Sanath Jayasuriya, Jehan Mubarak, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis, Chamara Kapugedera, Farveez Maharoof, Thilina Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara.

Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Roqibul Hassan, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Mashrafe Mortaza, Nazmul Hossain, Mahmud Ullah Riyad, Rubel Hossain.