Sports News | AP-CRI–Sri Lanka-Bangladesh, 3rd Ld-Writethru

Sports News | AP-CRI--Sri Lanka-Bangladesh, 3rd Ld-Writethru

Colombo, Jun 28 (AP) Left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya took his 12th five-wicket haul in test cricket to lead Sri Lanka to a dominating win over Bangladesh by an innings and 78 runs in the second cricket test and a 1-0 victory in the two-match series. The fourth day started with Bangladesh struggling on 115 for six needing 97 more runs to make Sri Lanka bat again. But the rest of the match lasted less than 30 minutes as Jayasuriya polished off the tail by taking three of the last four wickets at the Singhalese Sports Club. Also Read | Nico Williams Transfer Saga: Athletic Club Draw Battle Lines Against Barcelona Over Spanish Winger Signing. Bangladesh was all out for 133 in its second innings having made 247 in the first. Sri Lanka scored 458 in its first innings dominated by a brilliant century from opener Pathum Nissanka and backed up by half-centuries from Dinesh Chandimal (93) and Kusal Mendis (84). Litton Das (14) edged Jayasuriya to wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis with one run added to the overnight score Saturday. Jayasuriya lured Nayeem Hasan (5) for a drive and he was stumped by Kusal Mendis. Jayasuriya caught Taijul Islam (6) off his own bowling while off spin bowler Tharindu Rathnayake ended the game trapping Ebadot Hossain (6) lbw. Also Read | India Women vs England Women Live Streaming Online, 1st T20I 2025: How To Watch IND-W vs ENG-W Cricket Match Free Live Telecast on TV?. Jayasuriya finished the innings with 5-56. Captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Rathnayake took two wickets each. The first test in Galle ended in a draw. 鈥淏owlers and batters did well in the first innings here,” said de Sliva. 鈥淏owlers had their plans and executed well. That’s a good morale booster for us, losing the toss and putting the opposition under pressure.鈥 De Silva had high praise for Nissanka, who was named player of the match and series. “He’s been performing in all three formats for a long time and I think he will continue to do that,鈥 de Silva said of Nissanka. Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said after the match that he would step down as test captain to allow consistency in leadership in different formats of the game. Recently he had been replaced as one-day international captain. Shanto said his side’s batting 鈥渨asn’t up to the mark.鈥 鈥淲e had opportunities but we couldn’t make those things happen,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he wicket is a little slower but the way we got out was not good enough. We always took easy options and made mistakes while batting.鈥 (AP) AM (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

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