Asia Cup, Super Four, Match 3: Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by Huge Margin!

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 158 runs and confirmed their birth to the final. It is a question of whom they will meet in the final. Jayasuriya and Sangakkara exploited the poor and inexperienced bowling. They both scored century and put 201 for the first wicket. Jayasuriya scored 130 off 88 balls with 16 fours and 6 sixes. Sangakkara scored 121 off 128 balls with 16 fours and a six.

For Bangladesh, Raquibul Hasan scored 52, Muralitharan picked 5 wickets for 31 in his 10 overs.

Tournament: Asia Cup
Match: 9
Super Four: 3
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
Date: June 30, 2008
Teams: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Captains: DPMD Jayawardane and Mohammad Ashraful
Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result: Sri Lanka won by 158 runs
Points: Sri Lanka 2; Bangladesh 0
Man of the Match: ST Jayasuriya off Sri Lanka
Score:

Sri Lanka 332 for 8 in 50 overs (ST Jayasuriya 130, KC Sangakkara 121, DPMD Jayawardene 20, CK Kapugedera 1, LPC Silva 4, TM Dilshan 2, WPUJC Vaas 7, T Thushara 10, KMDN Kulasekara 18 not out, BAW Mendis 8 not out, Extras--10 (lb 3, w 5, nb 2), Mashrafe Mortaza 10-0-78-1, Shahadat Hossain 7-1-46-1, Abdur Razzak 10-0-71-1, Farhad Reza 9-1-51-2, Mahmudullah 8-0-43-0, Alok Kapali 6-0-40-2) beat Bangladesh 174 all out in 38.3 overs (Tamim Iqbal 8, Nazimuddin 47, Mohammad Ashraful 14, Raqibul Hasan 52, Mushfiqur Rahim 8, Alok Kapali 9, Mahmudullah 8, Abdur Razzak 7, Farhad Reza 5, Mashrafe Mortaza 2, Shahadat Hossain 0 not out, Extras--14 (lb 6, w 7, nb 1), WPUJC Vaas 5-0-21-1, KMDN Kulasekara 6-1-26-0, T Thushara 5-0-36-1, BAW Mendis 7.3-0-29-2, M Muralitharan 10-1-31-5, CKKapugedera 5-0-25-0)

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Sri Lanka on top in the First Test!

West Indies trailing by 369 runs in the first innings with 4 wickets in hand at Lunch on Day 3. Can they at least score 170 runs to avoid the follow-on?

Sri Lanka declared their 1st innings at 476 with the loss of 8 wickets. Warnapura and skipper Jayawardane scored century to help Sri Lanka to go beyond 450+ runs in the board. Vaas was not out on 54. Vaas and Jayawardane added 126 runs for the 7th wicket which proved crucial to West Indies. JE Taylor picked 4 wickets and was the successful WI bowler.

With 16 overs to bat in Day 2, West Indies lost Gayle in the 3rd over for duck off Vaas. West Indies ended day 2 with 29 for 1.

They lost 3 more wickets till lunch on Day 3 with Smith, Samuel and Chandrapaul back in the pavilion. Sarwan is in the crease with 64 and West Indies is really struggling.

Short Score:
Sri Lanka 479 for 8 declared in 162 overs (Vandort 52, Warnapura 120, Sangakkara 50, Jayawardane 136, Vaas 54 not out, JE Taylor 4 for 110, Gayle 2 for 66)
West Indies 107 for 4 in 44 overs on Day 3 at Lunch (Sarwan 57 batting, Mirando 2 for 32)

South Africa clean sweeps Bangladesh in both Test and ODI!

South Africa completed the tour with clean white wash! Bangladesh should improve their standard of cricket and be competitive in the internatinal market!

Test Matches

Match 1: Mirpur
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: South Africa won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Kallis (South Africa)
Score:
Bangladesh 1st Innings 192 in 54.4 overs (Nafees 25, Ashraful 34, Ahmed 44, Hasan 30, Mortaza 29, Steyn 3 for 27, Morkel 5 for 50, Both 2 for 57)
South Africa 1st Innings 170 in 60.3 overs (Amla 25, Botha 25, DeVilliers 46, Hossain 6 for 27, Rafique 2 for 55)
Bangladesh 2nd Innings 182 in 73 overs (Siddique 74, Steyn 4 for 48, Kallis 5 for 30)
South Africa 2nd Innings (205 to win) 205 for 5 in 67.5 overs (McKenzie 26, Smith 62, Amla 46, Prince 38, Hossain 3 for 70, Rafique 2 for 54)

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Match 2: Chittagong
Toss: South Africa
Result: South African won by an innings and 205 runs
Man of the Match: Smith (South Africa)
Man of the Series: Steyn (South Africa)
Special News: Word record for the first wicket was broken on 1st March by Smith and McKenzie. They scored 415 for the first wicket, which is now the world record. They have pushed the Indian partnership of 413 runs betwen Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Raji in 1956 against New Zealand in Chennai.
Score:
South Africa 1st Innings 583 for 7 in 161.1 overs (McKenzie 226, Smith 232, Amla 38, Kallis 39, Hossain 3 for 107, Rafique 2 for 132)
Bangladesh 1st Innings 259 in 70.4 overs (Nafees 69, Razzak 33, Hasan 40, Steyn 4 for 66, Ntini 4 for 35)
Bangladesh 2nd Innings 119 in 39.5 overs (Nafees 31, Razaak 32 not out, Steyn 3 for 35, Peterson 5 for 33)

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ODI

Match 1: Chittagong
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: South Africa won by 9 wickets with 79 balls remaining
Man of the Match: Smith (South Africa)
Score:
Bangladesh 178 in 48.2 overs (Iqbal 82, Nel 3 for 24, Langeveldt 2 for 32, Morkel 2 for 30, Harris 2 for 30) lost to South Africa 180 for 1 in 36.5 overs (Gibbs 57, Smith 103 not out)

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Match 2: Mirpur
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets with 11 balls remaining
Man of the Match: Nel (South Africa)
Score:
Bangladesh 173 in 48.2 overs (Hasan 52, Hasan 63, Nel 4 for 27, Langeveldt 3 for 31) lost to South Africa 179 for 3 in 48.1 overs (Smith 28, DeVilliers 69 not out, Duminy 49 not out, Razzak 2 for 32)

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Match 3: Mirpur
Toss: Bangladesh
Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets with 94 balls remaining
Man of the Match: JA Morkel (South Africa)
Man of the Series: Smith (South Africa)
Score:
Bangladesh 143 in 42.5 overs (Nafees 25, JA Morkel 4 for 29, Botha 3 for 34) lost to South Africa 147 for 3 in 34.2 overs (Smith 68 not out, DeVilliers 40)