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The three-day match in Dhaka starting on 13 January 1978, which Sri Lanka won by an innings and 9 runs, was Bangladesh's debut in international cricket but the very low standard of Bangladeshi cricket at the time means that it was not a first-class match. [10] Sri Lanka also played against a BCB President's XI, South Zone and Central Zone, the ...
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Asian associate nations UAE and Hong Kong were participated to the tournament. Mahela Jayawardene led the Sri Lanka team. In the first match against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka piled an imposing total of 357. Jayasuriya scored 72 runs and his opening partner Kumar Sangakkara scored 101 runs.
Mahela Jayawardene holds several batting and fielding test cricket records for Sri Lanka.. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. [1] A Test match takes place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
At senior-level, Sri Lanka has won 3 ICC trophies (1 Cricket World Cup, 1 T20 World Cup, 1 Champions Trophy), while Bangladesh have none in their world cup appearances. Sri Lanka has won the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1996 and Bangladesh's best-ever performance came in 2015 when they reached the quarter finals.
The country's progress was duly noted by the International Cricket Council, which awarded its Full Member status to Sri Lanka on 21 July 1981. Sri Lanka became the eighth nation to play Test cricket. The inaugural Test was played at Colombo's Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in February 1982 against England, but Sri Lanka lost by 8 wickets. [27]
Follow all the latest live coverage of today's match in the live blog below: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka. 08:31. Teams will be announced at the toss. Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka. 08:30. Follow live ...
First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on Hampton Court Green, August 3rd, 1836. The sport of cricket has a known history beginning in the late 16th century England. It became an established sport in the country in the 18th century and developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Host Bangladesh and Sri Lanka start their three-match Twenty20 cricket series on Monday with the upcoming World Cup on everyone's mind. “We’ll get eight to 11 matches before the World Cup and ...