Cricket: Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka 2007-1st Test

The match started out poorly for the Bangladeshis as they were bowled out for 89 in the first innings. The main cause of this was the outstanding bowling of Muralitharan who took a five wicket haul. The Sri Lankans capitalised on this and started building a mammoth of an innings of 577 before declaring six wickets down. Centuries from Michael Vandort, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene, and Chaminda Vaas , and a huge 7th wicket partnership of 223 runs, helped Sri Lanka post the total.

Bangladesh started out their second innings positively and showed resistance to Sri Lanka's bowlers to get to 233/5 at the end of Day 3. Early on Day 4 however, Lasith Malinga turned Sri Lanka's fortunes around and ripped through the tail end of Bangladesh's lineup with 3 wickets in 30 minutes to wrap up a one-sided Test with a comprehensive innings and 234 runs victory.

Toss: Sri Lanka won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Shahriar Nafees, 7.3 ov), 2-28 (Javed Omar, 8.3 ov), 3-32 (Habibul Bashar, 11.3 ov), 4-43 (Mohammad Ashraful, 15.4 ov), 5-50 (Rajin Saleh, 18.5 ov), 6-61 (Shakib Al Hasan, 20.4 ov), 7-64 (Shahadat Hossain, 23.5 ov), 8-69 (Mashrafe Morataza, 26.5 ov),

9-85 (Mohammad Rafique, 30.6 ov), 10-89 (Abdur Razzak, 32.3 ov)

Did not bat: Lasith Malinga, M Muralitharan, Dilhara Fernando

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Warnapura, 1.1 ov), 2-14 (Sangakkara, 3.4 ov), 2-184* (DPMD Jayawardene, retired not out, 38.3 ov), 3-187 (Silva, 41.2 ov), 4-304 (Vandort, 66.6 ov), 5-321 (Dilshan, 72.3 ov), 6-354 (DPMD Jayawardene, 80.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-86 (Shahriar Nafees, 21.2 ov), 2-126 (Javed Omar, 34.1 ov), 3-160 (Habibul Bashar, 43.2 ov), 4-227 (Rajin Saleh, 78.5 ov), 5-231 (Mohammad Ashraful, 81.6 ov),

6-238 (Khaled Mashud, 84.1 ov), 7-250 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 85.5 ov), 8-252 (Shakib Al Hasan, 86.2 ov), 9-253 (Mohammad Rafique, 86.5 ov), 10-254 (Shahadat Hossain, 87.1 ov)

Bangladesh: Javed Omar, Shahriar Nafees, Rajin Saleh , Habibul Bashar, Mohammad Ashraful(capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Khaled Mashud(wkt) , Shahadat Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak

Sri Lanka: Michael Vandort, B S M Warnapura, K C Sangakkara , D P M D Jayawardene(capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, H A P W Jayawardene(wkt), W P U J C Vaas,

S L Malinga, M Muralitharan, C R D Fernando

Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and 234 runs

Player of the match: M Muralitharan

Test Debut: B S M Warnapura

Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and S L Shastri (India)

TV umpire: T H Wijewardene (Sri Lanka)

Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)

Reserve umpire: R Martinesz

Notes: DPMD Jayawardene retired hurt on 93 from 184/2 (38.3) to 304/4 (66.6)