Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test at Chattogram, May 15 2022, Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh

RESULT
1st Test, Chattogram, May 15 - 19, 2022, Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh
397 & 260/6

Match drawn

Player Of The Match
199
angelo-mathews
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Scorecard summary
Sri Lanka 397/10(153 overs)
1st INNINGS
199 (397)
6/105 (30)
Bangladesh 465/9(170.1 overs)
1st INNINGS
133 (218)
4/60 (24.1)
105 (282)
3/72 (26)
Sri Lanka 260/6(90.1 overs)
2nd INNINGS

And with that our coverage comes to a close. For myself, Ankur and Thilak, thanks for tuning in. See you again next week for the second Test.

The Man of the Match award goes to Angelo Mathews for his 199 in the first innings. Speaking afterwards he says of falling short of a double century: "Yeah it was disappointing, but once again it's cricket and you got to take what God gives you. I just wanted to get one run and get off strike."

On the match he adds: "It was a batting friendly wicket, but Bangladesh made us work really hard. Credit should go to them, they didn't give us any freebies and made us work for our runs."

The Most Valuable Player award goes to Nayeem Hasan for his 6 for 105 in the first innings.

Mominul: "The second innings was a bit disappointing, but Shakib bowled really well in both innings. We missed Shoriful for sure, but we managed to cover for him. Taijul knows his role, alongside Shakib. He knows the role he has to play, and he was excellent. Every time we have to keep improving, batting, bowling or fielding, we have to keep getting better."

Dimuth speaks first up: "If you take first innings, we could have done much better. As a side we should have put up a big score, unfortunately we couldn't do that. But thankfully the bowlers turned it around. If you take the bowlers, the two fast bowlers did really, in this heat it's not easy but they put their hands up and did really well. The spinners did well in patches but were guilty of being a bit loose, but they will definitely take the lessons from this match. If you play positively you can try and win a match. We tried to do something differently and put them under pressure, but we played some poor shots and then we had to change tactics. We unfortunately couldn't put pressure on Bangladesh on the last day."

4.30pm Time for the presentation ceremony now...

Naim Noor Arnob: "This test match despite not producing result has not been short of excitement. Some good individual honours. Mirpur pitch more fertile and we can expect a result out there."

Joydeepsinghgil: "All in all we've witnessed a that much great match by both of sides both teams played a smart cricket what a test match it is ups and down today and yesterday"

Dickwella and Chandimal remain unbeaten, with a stand of 99, and that will give both of them a good boost going into the next game. When they arrived at the crease Sri Lanka were in a spot of bother, but they weathered the Bangladeshi spinners and then had things their own way after the tea break. Bangladesh will be slightly disappointed they weren't able to go for the win, but it certainly wasn't for a want of trying - especially on a fairly docile pitch. Taijul was the pick of the bowlers with innings figures of 4 for 81, inclusive of a fantastic return catch. In fact the performance of the spinners overall was definitely a positive takeaway for the hosts, with Nayeem Hasan picking up a 6-for in the first innings as well. With a bit more assistance from the pitch, Taijul and co. might have made a game of it on the final day. As for the visitors, their batters were guilty of lacking patience and throwing away good starts in both innings, while their spinners lacked the discipline of their Bangladeshi counterparts. Angelo Mathews' 199 in the first innings was a definite highlight, as was the form of Chandimal. The Lankan seamers though were the main bright spark, showing great patience and desire to stick with their plans and draw out mistakes - something that prior to the game not many might have guessed, due to their general inexperience. On this evidence, there's certainly a lot to look forward to in Mirpur for the second Test next week.

4:12pm So there was a minimum amount of overs that needed to be bowled in the day before players could shake hands and call the match as a draw. As the day started with one ball already bowled from Taijul, they just needed to bowl one delivery in this over before being able to end the game.

90.1
Mahmudul Hasan Joy to Dickwella, no run

Length ball, defended. And with that the players shake hands. This first Test ends in a draw.

end of over 901 run
SL: 260/6CRR: 2.88 
Dinesh Chandimal39 (135b 4x4 1x6)
Niroshan Dickwella61 (95b 6x4)
Taijul Islam 34-9-82-4
Nayeem Hasan 23-5-79-0
89.6
Taijul to Chandimal, no run

Length ball tossed up, and Chandimal rocks back and cuts this.

89.6
1nb
Taijul to Chandimal, (no ball)

Back of a length and fired through. Defended.

89.5
Taijul to Chandimal, no run

Length ball on off, stays in the crease and defends

89.4
Taijul to Chandimal, no run

In the blockhole this, fired in. Chandimal equal to it.

89.3
Taijul to Chandimal, no run

Tossed up, holds up in the surface a bit, but defended well nevertheless

89.2
Taijul to Chandimal, no run

Tossed up on the stumps, defended

89.1
Taijul to Chandimal, no run

Good length on the stumps, defended

end of over 898 runs
SL: 259/6CRR: 2.91 
Niroshan Dickwella61 (95b 6x4)
Dinesh Chandimal39 (128b 4x4 1x6)
Nayeem Hasan 23-5-79-0
Taijul Islam 33-9-81-4
88.6
2
Nayeem to Dickwella, 2 runs

full on middle, tucked away through midwicket for two

88.5
1
Nayeem to Chandimal, 1 run

short outside off again, pushed into the off side for one

88.4
4
Nayeem to Chandimal, FOUR runs

short outside off, Chandimal makes room and punches this through the covers

88.3
Nayeem to Chandimal, no run

full on off, pushed back to the bowler

88.2
Nayeem to Chandimal, no run

full on offk, blocked

88.1
1
Nayeem to Dickwella, 1 run

short outside off, cut away to deep cover

end of over 885 runs
SL: 251/6CRR: 2.85 
Dinesh Chandimal34 (124b 3x4 1x6)
Niroshan Dickwella58 (93b 6x4)
Taijul Islam 33-9-81-4
Nayeem Hasan 22-5-71-0
87.6
Taijul to Chandimal, no run

full on off, defended

87.5
Taijul to Chandimal, no run

full on off, defended

87.4
Taijul to Chandimal, no run

full on the pads, nudged to the leg side

87.3
1
Taijul to Dickwella, 1 run

length on middle, nudged to the on side for one

87.2
Taijul to Dickwella, no run

length on off, blocked

87.1
4
Taijul to Dickwella, FOUR runs

length on middle, he goes down on one knee and nails the sweep to the deep square leg fence

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
AD Mathews
199 runs (397)
19 fours1 six
Productive shot
flick
55 runs
4 fours0 six
Control
95%
Tamim Iqbal
133 runs (218)
15 fours0 six
Productive shot
flick
32 runs
1 four0 six
Control
90%
Best performances - bowlers
Nayeem Hasan
O
30
M
4
R
105
W
6
ECO
3.5
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
3W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
Taijul Islam
O
34
M
9
R
82
W
4
ECO
2.41
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
1W
Match details
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram
TossSri Lanka, elected to bat first
Series
Season2022
Player Of The Match
Series result2-match series level 0-0
Match numberTest no. 2462
Hours of play (local time)10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days15,16,17,18,19 May 2022 - day (5-day match)
SL Player Replacement
Substitute in out (2nd innings, 106.1 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsSri Lanka 4, Bangladesh 4
Language
English
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