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'Planned a last-ball bouncer' - Mashrafe

Mashrafe Mortaza, the Bangladesh T20 captain, defended Farhad Reza's bowling in the final over of the second T20 against Sri Lanka, saying they had planned to bowl a bouncer off the last ball to set up a catch in the deep

14-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam in Chittagong

Sri Lanka take series after another final-ball win

Sri Lanka sealed the two-match Twenty20 series 2-0 after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in Chittagong

14-Feb-2014•The Report by Mohammad Isam

Bangladesh target death-overs improvement

ESPNcricinfo previews the second T20 between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Chittagong

13-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam

'Luck betrayed us in the end' - Mashrafe

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza rued the dismissal of half-centurion Anamul Haque off the final ball of the match when his side needed three runs to win over the No.1-ranked T20 team

12-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam in Chittagong

Kusal fifty sets up last-ball thriller

Sri Lanka secured a two-run victory over Bangladesh by virtue of a belligerent half-century from Kusal Perera. Though Bangladesh were set to steal it courtesy Anamul Haque's 45-ball 58

12-Feb-2014•The Report by Mohammad Isam

Injured Jayawardene out of Bangladesh tour

Mahela Jayawardene has been ruled out of the limited-overs leg of the Bangladesh tour after suffering an injury to his hand

12-Feb-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Want to have our best team on the field' - Chandimal

Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka's Twenty20 captain, said he wants to take advantage of a near full-strength side ahead of the two-match series against Bangladesh

11-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam

We need to finish matches better - Mortaza

Mashrafe Mortaza, Bangladesh's makeshift captain, has said that winning the crunch moments will be one of the team's main aims for the two-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka

11-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam

A dress rehearsal to the World T20

Bangladesh are tenth in the ICC's Twenty20 rankings. Sri Lanka are No. 1. The hosts have little to lose in the two-match series but they will be desperate to cause an upset

11-Feb-2014•The Preview by Mohammad Isam

Bangladesh domestic experience will help us - Dilshan

Sri Lanka had 41 players in the 2013-14 Dhaka Premier Division, and Tillakaratne Dilshan has said that experience will help the team ahead of three limited-overs events in Bangladesh

10-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam

Tamim steps down as Bangladesh vice-captain

Tamim Iqbal has resigned as Bangladesh's vice-captain to focus more on his batting

09-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam

Mortaza to lead Bangladesh in T20s

Mashrafe Mortaza has been named Bangladesh's captain for the two Twenty20s against Sri Lanka

08-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam

After drawn Test, captains call each other defensive

Angelo Mathews criticised Bangladesh for declining to go after what would have been the biggest successful chase in Test history, while Mushfiqur Rahim said Sri Lanka declared too late

08-Feb-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando and Mohammad Isam

Bangladesh save Test but SL take series

Having arrived on the fifth day short of runs and confidence, Mominul Haque led Bangladesh to safety with a third Test hundred that showcased remarkable courage and a striking understanding of the dynamics of Test-match momentum

08-Feb-2014•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando in Chittagong

Declaration wasn't defensive - Silva

Sri Lanka only got eight overs at the Bangladesh batsmen before stumps after setting them 467 to win, but Kaushal Silva said the size of the target would allow his team to attack more on the fifth day

07-Feb-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Chittagong

'Tried to keep my mind fresh to score runs' - Sangakkara

A long-time purveyor of Test cricket's grind, Kumar Sangakkara says it was a refreshed focus on positivity that helped him score the third-highest match tally of all time, against Bangladesh

07-Feb-2014•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Chittagong

Sangakkara feat puts SL in commanding position

Kumar Sangakkara eased, almost casually, to a 35th career hundred in a Test match already heaving with his runs, completing a feat only Graham Gooch had achieved before him

07-Feb-2014•The Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando in Chittagong

Hossain dismissal irks Bangladesh

Nasir Hossain's dismissal left the Bangladesh dressing room incensed as they felt the batsman was erroneously given out caught behind by umpire Paul Reiffel

06-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam in Chittagong

Late wickets give Sri Lanka advantage

Maiden tons for the overnight pair of Shamsur Rahman and Imrul Kayes had energised Bangladesh and their crowd in the morning, but by stumps, Sri Lanka's industrious spinners had extracted enough dismissals to stay on track for victory, despite the visitor

06-Feb-2014•The report by Andrew Fidel Fernando in Chittagong

Sangakkara thankful to Sri Lanka's inner sanctum

Kumar Sangakkara paid tribute to the environment within the Sri Lankan camp after his triple-century against Bangladesh

05-Feb-2014•Mohammad Isam in Chittagong

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