Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 1st Odi Highlights – 17th February 2014 (17/02/2014)
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 1st Odi Highlights - Part 1
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 1st Odi Highlights - Part 2
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 1st Odi Highlights - Part 3
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 1st Odi Highlights - Part 4
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 13 runs. Sri Lanka180 (Thisara Perera 80 not out*, Senanayake 30 runs, Shakib 2-29) beat Bangladesh 167 (Shamsur 62, Angelo Mathews 3-21) by 13 runs
Two spectacular batting collapses adorned the first ODI, one more
dramatic than the other, causing amusement, ridicule and fear at a
half-filled Shere Bangla National Stadium. Sri Lanka first slipped to 67
for 8 in 21.3 overs, after which Thisara Perera
put together a proper rescue act and gave the visitors a lifeline, a
score of 180 in 40 overs. The home side fell the other way, from 114 for
2 to 167 all out - losing 53 for 8 when they were cruising. It was the
latter that had more impact on the result, as Sri Lanka ended up winning
by 13 runs in a match shortened by rain to 43 overs.
Angelo Mathews took three wickets while Sachithra Senanayake took two,
but despite their accuracy in patches, it wasn't the bowlers who won the
game, it was the Bangladesh batsmen who lost it.
The chase began well though Bangladesh lost Anamul Haque early to lack
of footwork as he edged Lasith Malinga in the first over. Mominul Haque
and Shamsur Rahman added 79 for the second wicket, before Mominul too
showed little footwork as he holed out at backward point. Shamsur
however was batting superbly, hooking, pulling and slashing with glee,
as he moved to his second consecutive ODI fifty. Thirty-five runs were
added for the third wicket, and Bangladesh had brought their required
run-rate below three an over
