Big picture - Key players missing for both sidesIt's been nearly two years since these two sides faced each other in the longest format of the game. Such is the paucity of Test cricket on offer for teams outside of the Big Three these days - Bangladesh have played eight Tests to Sri Lanka's 11 since their last contest - there's not much by way of a body of work to discern any emerging trends in these sides.For Bangladesh, the most recent series at home was against New Zealand - which they drew...
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Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bowl
Less than a day after Sri Lanka announced that Wanindu Hasaranga would be coming out of Test retirement to join the team for a two-match series in Bangladesh, he ended up with a sanction from the ICC that meant he would not be able to take part in the series.Hasaranga was punished for breaching article 2.8 of the player's code of conduct, which relates to showing dissent against the umpire's decision. An ICC press release on Tuesday said the incident happened during the 37th over of the third...
SYLHET: Khaled Ahmed claimed three early wickets as hosts Bangladesh
Khaled Ahmed claimed three early wickets as hosts Bangladesh steamrollered Sri Lanka's top half in the opening session of the first Test in Sylhet on Friday.
Bangladesh chose to bowl against Sri LankaBangladesh won the toss and decided to put Sri Lanka in to bat in the first Test in Sylhet.Najmul Hossain Shanto said he was hoping for early inroads as he felt the moisture in the wicket from rain earlier in the day might aid seam and swing bowling. This could particularly aid express pacer Nahid Rana, who Shanto described as "really exciting" ahead of his international debut.Lankan skipper Dhananjaya de Silva said that they would have liked to have...
Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that Wanindu Hasaranga had played through pain
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The number of airlines operating flights to Sri Lanka has steadily increased over the years post-pandemic, indicating a significant interest in the country as a tourist destination. “By the start o ..
England yesterday slipped to the bottom of cricket’s World Test Championship table after Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh. England have played the second most number of games, on 10 behind Australia on 12, but have the lowest point percentage, putting them bottom of nine teams. India are top with six wins in nine while Australia are []
Chandika Hathurusinghe expects his young Bangladesh players to pounce on the experienced Sri Lankans in the first Test, starting in Sylhet on Friday."We understand that Sri Lanka has an experienced batting line-up," Hathurusinghe said, referring to the fact that Angelo Mathews (107), Dimuth Karunaratne (89) and Dinesh Chandimal (77) have played more Tests - 273 - than the entire Bangladesh side - 270."They are a formidable side. Couple of the guys [only Mathews] maybe have over 100 Tests, but we...