Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
A brief history of Sri Lanka versus Bangladesh
Cricinfo staff
15-Feb-2006
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Bangladesh's inaugural Test tour of Sri Lanka started with Sri Lanka's biggest ever victory, by an innings and 196 runs at Colombo. Inspired by Aravinda de Silva's swansong - his 200 came from 229 balls - Sri Lanka blew away Bangladesh inside three days. Muttiah Muralitharan, who took 10 for 98, was one of seven Sri Lankans rested by the selectors for the second Test. There was no respite for the visitors - despite the host's depletion in experience - whose batting crumbled limply. Their bowlers, though, did at least show some quality in dismissing Sri Lanka for 373 in their first innings. In the one-day series, Bangladesh were equally inept and, in the second match, were dismissed for just 76.
Tests: Sri Lanka 2 Bangladesh 0
ODIs: Sri Lanka 3 Bangladesh 0
2005
Two more crushing innings victories - by 96 runs in the first Test, and 69 in the second - highlighted the inadequacies of Bangladesh's batting rather more than the quality of Sri Lanka's bowling. Mohammad Rafique toiled valiantly in the first Test, deservedly picking up 5 for 114, but the Bangladeshi batsmen folded in their second innings to Muttiah Muralitharan, whose ten-over spell cost just 18 runs and yielded six wickets. Sri Lanka's batting clicked in the second Test, with two contrasting hundreds from Thilan Samaraweera Tillakaratne Dilshan: Samaraweera's 138, from 217 balls, was an innings far from pedestrian, but Dilshan eclipsed it with a brutal 168 at nearly a run a ball. Mohammad Ashraful batted entertainingly for his 42 in the first innings and Shahriar Nafees sensibly for his second-innings 51, but these chipper knocks merely delayed the inevitable.
Tests: Sri Lanka 2 Bangladesh 0
ODIs: Sri Lanka 3 Bangladesh 0
Two more crushing innings victories - by 96 runs in the first Test, and 69 in the second - highlighted the inadequacies of Bangladesh's batting rather more than the quality of Sri Lanka's bowling. Mohammad Rafique toiled valiantly in the first Test, deservedly picking up 5 for 114, but the Bangladeshi batsmen folded in their second innings to Muttiah Muralitharan, whose ten-over spell cost just 18 runs and yielded six wickets. Sri Lanka's batting clicked in the second Test, with two contrasting hundreds from Thilan Samaraweera Tillakaratne Dilshan: Samaraweera's 138, from 217 balls, was an innings far from pedestrian, but Dilshan eclipsed it with a brutal 168 at nearly a run a ball. Mohammad Ashraful batted entertainingly for his 42 in the first innings and Shahriar Nafees sensibly for his second-innings 51, but these chipper knocks merely delayed the inevitable.
Tests: Sri Lanka 2 Bangladesh 0
ODIs: Sri Lanka 3 Bangladesh 0
2006
In the return series early in the next year, Sri Lanka meted out the same margin of defeat. The tourists cantered home to victory in Chittagong by eight wickets, Mahela Jayawardene beginning his captaincy rather easily. Bangladesh crossed 300 in the first innings and then only allowed Sri Lanka a 19-run lead, but collapsed in the second dig to none other than Murali. Playing his 100th Test, Murali made the occasion doubly memorable by taking his 1000th wicket in international cricket. In a rain-hit second Test in Bogra, Sri Lanka still managed to wrap up a ten-wicket win. Upul Tharanga's 165 in a first-innings total of 316 proved crucial in garnering Sri Lanka a handy lead, and in the end a target of 120 was too easy.
Tests: Sri Lanka 2 Bangladesh 0
ODIs: Sri Lanka 2 Bangladesh 1
In the return series early in the next year, Sri Lanka meted out the same margin of defeat. The tourists cantered home to victory in Chittagong by eight wickets, Mahela Jayawardene beginning his captaincy rather easily. Bangladesh crossed 300 in the first innings and then only allowed Sri Lanka a 19-run lead, but collapsed in the second dig to none other than Murali. Playing his 100th Test, Murali made the occasion doubly memorable by taking his 1000th wicket in international cricket. In a rain-hit second Test in Bogra, Sri Lanka still managed to wrap up a ten-wicket win. Upul Tharanga's 165 in a first-innings total of 316 proved crucial in garnering Sri Lanka a handy lead, and in the end a target of 120 was too easy.
Tests: Sri Lanka 2 Bangladesh 0
ODIs: Sri Lanka 2 Bangladesh 1
2007
Sri Lanka whipped Bangladesh 3-0 at home in the summer of 2007. The crushing innings-and-234-run win at the SSC came courtesy of a massive batting effort - four hundreds, including a maidens from Prasanna Jayawardene and Chaminda Vaas - and wickets from Murali and Lasith Malinga. Murali took nine to demolish Bangladesh for 89 and 254. The teams then moved across Colombo to the PSS, but Bangladesh found the going no easier. Murali and Malinga shot them out for 62, Kumar Sangakkara hit an unbeaten 200 to get Sri Lanka to 451 for 6, and despite Ashraful's unbeaten 129 Bangladesh were beaten by an innings and 90 runs. The dead rubber in Kandy will be remembered for local boy Murali becoming just the second bowler in history to reach 700 Test wickets as Sri Lanka won their 50th Test. Bangladesh had to make 369 in order to get Sri Lanka to bat a second time but Murali picked up 6 for 54, his second consecutive five-for, as the hosts won by an innings and 193 runs.
Tests: Sri Lanka 3 Bangladesh 0
ODIs: Sri Lanka 3 Bangladesh 0
Sri Lanka whipped Bangladesh 3-0 at home in the summer of 2007. The crushing innings-and-234-run win at the SSC came courtesy of a massive batting effort - four hundreds, including a maidens from Prasanna Jayawardene and Chaminda Vaas - and wickets from Murali and Lasith Malinga. Murali took nine to demolish Bangladesh for 89 and 254. The teams then moved across Colombo to the PSS, but Bangladesh found the going no easier. Murali and Malinga shot them out for 62, Kumar Sangakkara hit an unbeaten 200 to get Sri Lanka to 451 for 6, and despite Ashraful's unbeaten 129 Bangladesh were beaten by an innings and 90 runs. The dead rubber in Kandy will be remembered for local boy Murali becoming just the second bowler in history to reach 700 Test wickets as Sri Lanka won their 50th Test. Bangladesh had to make 369 in order to get Sri Lanka to bat a second time but Murali picked up 6 for 54, his second consecutive five-for, as the hosts won by an innings and 193 runs.
Tests: Sri Lanka 3 Bangladesh 0
ODIs: Sri Lanka 3 Bangladesh 0