Sri Lanka 531 (Kusal 93, Kamindu 92*, Karunaratne 86, Shakib 3-110) and 157 for 7 dec (Mathews 56, Mahmud 4-65) beat Bangladesh 178 (Zakir 54, Asitha 4-34) and 318 (Mehidy 81*, Mominul 50, Kumara 4-50, Kamindu 3-32) by 192 runs
The guests went about wrapping up this recreation very like that they had approached the remainder of the collection – by sticking to their plans. Whereas situations have been nonetheless fairly good for batting, the odd ball spitting off the floor together with the uneven bounce on provide meant it was only a matter of being affected person. So whereas Mehidy confirmed glimpses of enterprising strokeplay combined with resolute defence, Sri Lanka have been at all times within the hunt on the different finish.
Mehidy was stranded on the different finish on 81 off 110, questioning what might need been had the remainder of Bangladesh’s batters supplied an identical struggle.
For Sri Lanka, Kumara ended with figures of 4 for 50. Kamindu, in the meantime, completed with a career-best 3 for 32 to go together with his unbeaten 92 within the first innings, which noticed him take house each Participant-of-the-Match and Participant-of-the-Collection awards. As for Sri Lanka’s seamers, they ended the collection having taken 33 of the 40 out there opposition wickets.
