Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 1: Mathews gives Sri Lanka the edge - Cricket World

Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews

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A masterful batting performance from Angelo Mathews gave Sri Lanka the edge, by close of play, on Day 1 of the 1^st Test, at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, today.

Match Summary

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka *258/4 (90 ov)

Day 1 Session 3, Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Scorecard

Both Kusal Mendis and Angelo Mathews hit fifties to put Sri Lanka on top. Mendis departs for 54 off the first ball of the final session.
SL on 181/3 (65 ovs) #BANvSL pic.twitter.com/jMjCMvTW2y

— Sri Lanka Cricket ???? (@OfficialSLC) May 15, 2022

Match Stats

Sri Lanka 1^st Innings - Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Dimuth Karunaratne - 7.5 ov), 2-66 (Oshada Fernando - 21.2 ov), 3-158 (Kusal Mendis - 56.1 ov), 4-183 (Dhananjaya de Silva - 65.2 ov)

Playing XIs

Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque(c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das(wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Nayeem Hasan, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Shoriful Islam

Sri Lanka - Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Ramesh Mendis, Asitha Fernando, Lasith Embuldeniya, Vishwa Fernando

Match Details

Start Time: 05:00

Toss: Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat

Venue: Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong

Officials: Richard Kettleborough, Sharfuddoula Saikat, Joel Wilson, Masudur Mukul, Chris Broad

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2022-05-15 12:08:54Z