result
3rd Match, Group A (N), Lahore, Jun 25 2008, Asia Cup
357/9
(50 ov, target 358)226/7
Sri Lanka won by 131 runs
player of the match
Sri Lanka
Match Coverage
All Match NewsBangladesh Innings
| Player Name | R | B | |
| Tamim Iqbal | bowled | 28 | 40 |
| Nazimuddin | caught | 1 | 5 |
| Mohammad Ashraful | caught | 8 | 21 |
| Raqibul Hasan | stumped | 35 | 57 |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | caught | 44 | 53 |
| Alok Kapali | caught | 30 | 37 |
| Mahmudullah | bowled | 4 | 11 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | not out | 34 | 55 |
| Abdur Razzak | not out | 22 | 23 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, nb 2, w 8) | ||
| Total | 226(7 wkts; 50 ovs) | ||
| Player Name | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| WPUJC Vaas | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2.67 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4.71 |
| CRD Fernando | 8 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 6.63 (2 nb) |
| BAW Mendis | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 3.4 |
| M Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 3.7 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 4.4 |
| LPC Silva | 4 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 |
| WKT | RUNS | Players | |
| 1st | 5 | Nazimuddin | Tamim Iqbal |
| 2nd | 30 | Mohammad Ashraful | Tamim Iqbal |
| 3rd | 13 | Tamim Iqbal | Raqibul Hasan |
| 4th | 78 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Raqibul Hasan |
| 5th | 9 | Alok Kapali | Mushfiqur Rahim |
| 6th | 7 | Alok Kapali | Mahmudullah |
| 7th | 35 | Mashrafe Mortaza | Alok Kapali |
| 8th | 49 | Mashrafe Mortaza | Abdur Razzak |
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Sri Lanka have won by 131 runs and make a pretty picture
Ashraful says " 357 was too large a target to be chased down " and " bowlers did not bowl well". He is hopeful that they can do well in the matches to come
Sangakkara is the Man of match and says "It's nothing new to open as I have played pretty much from 1 to 9"
Jayawardene is happy to have got things right in the first match and is happy that youngsters have performed
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full toss on the middle stump, Mashrafe drives it to cover
fuller on the leg stump, flicks it to fine leg for a single
short outside the off stump, pulls it away to deep midwicket for a boundary
full toss outside off, drives it to sweeper cover for a single
outside the leg stump, off the pads to cover for a leg bye
on the middle stump, pushes it back to the bowler
full outside the off stump, Mortaza lofts it away to cover fence
short on the leg stump, Razzak fends it to midwicket
wide down the leg side
fuller outside the off stump, Mashrafe drives and gets an inside edge to fine leg for a single
outside the off stump, swings and misses
outside the off stump, defends on the frontfoot
outside the off stump, Mortaza pushes it to point