Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06

Sri Lankans in Bangladesh in 2005-06
Sri Lanka Bangladesh
Dates 20 February – 12 March 2006
Captains Mahela Jayawardene Habibul Bashar
Test series
Result Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Upul Tharanga (297 Habibul Bashar (183
Most wickets Muttiah Muralitharan (16) Shahadat Hossain (9)
Player of the series Muttiah Muralitharan
One Day International series
Result Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Kumar Sangakkara (181) Mohammad Ashraful (119)
Most wickets Ruchira Perera (4)
Sanath Jayasuriya (4)
Dilhara Fernando, (4)
Farveez Maharoof (4)
Mohammad Rafique (7)
Player of the series Kumar Sangakkara

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Bangladesh for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. The Sri Lankans rested many senior players on this tour, like Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan (Muttiah was only left out of the ODI squad) and the captain Marvan Attapatu. The role of the captain for this series was taken over by Mahela Jayawardene. The first match of the ODI series was the last game for veteran fast bowler Khaled Mahmud.

Contents

Schedule

Date Match Venue
Frberuay and March
20 1st ODI Borga
22 2nd ODI Borga
25 3rd ODI Chittagong
28-3 March 1st Test Chittagong
8-11 2nd Test Borga

Squads

Sri Lanka Bangladesh

ODI Matches

1st Match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 20 February

Bangladesh
10/118 (35.5 overs)
v Sri Lanka
5/119 (24.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets[1]
Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Borga, Bangladesh
Umpires: K Hariharan (Ind) and Mohammad Rahman (Bang)
Player of the match: PDRL Perera (SL)
K Mahmud 36 (62)
PDRL Perera 3/23 [7]
KC Sangakkara 50 (62)
M Rafique 2/10 [3]

2nd Match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 22 February

Sri Lanka
10/212 (49 [49] overs)
v Bangladesh
6/213 (47 [49] overs)
Bangladesh won by 4 wickets[2]
Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Borga, Bangladesh
Umpires: K Hariharan (Ind) and Mohammad Rahman (Bang)
Player of the match: A Ahmed (Bang)
ST Jayasuriya 96 (110)
S Rasel 2/28 [10]
M Ashraful 51 (71)
CRD Fernando 2/48 [8]

3rd Match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 25 February

Sri Lanka
7/309 (50 overs)
v Bangladesh
9/231 (50 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 71 runs [3]
Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Umpires: K Hariharan (Ind) and AFM Akhtaruddin (Bang)
Player of the match: A Ahmed (Bang)
KC Sangakkara 109 (125)
Mohammad Rafique 3/61 [10]
M Ashraful 64 (67)
TM Dilshan 2/14 [5]

Test Matches

First Test: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (28 February-3 March)

 Bangladesh 319 & 181 Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets

M Ashraful 136
M Muralitharan 3-87

M Rafique 40
M Muralitharan 6-54

Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Umpires: A Rauf (Pak) and SA Bucknor (WI)
Man of the Match: M Ashraful (Bang)

 Sri Lanka 338 & 2-163

MF Maharoof 72
S Hossain 4-83

MG Vandort 64*
S Rasel 1-18

Second Test: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (8-11 March)

 Bangladesh 234 & 201 Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets

H Bashar 69
M Muralitharan 5-79

H Bashar 73
SL Malinga & CRD Fernado 3-51

Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Borga, Bangladesh
Umpires: A Rauf (Pak) and K Hariharan (Ind)
Man of the Match: WU Tharanga (SL)

 Sri Lanka 316 & 0-123

WU Tharanga 165
S Hossain 5-86

WU Tharanga 71*
E Haque jnr 0-19

References