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July 23, 2007 (Link to Scorecard)

Sanath Jayasuriya created a new world record in Sri Lanka's easy triumph over Bangladesh in the Second One Day International. The Matara Blaster became the first ever player to complete the rarest of rare double of scoring 10000 runs and 300 wickets in ODIs. This was achieved when Sanath got the last Bangladeshi wicket to fall. Sri Lanka had to chase a paltry target of 138 which they did losing five wickets.

Bangladeshis were in great trouble after being invited to bat first under damp pitch conditions. The Sri Lankan new ball bowlers exploited the helpful conditions to the fullest and as usual a familiar batting collapse was witnessed from the Bangladeshis. Within an hour the match transformed into a no contest for the homeside as Bangladesh got to an ugly 26 for 4. Out of those four wickets, Lasith Malinga accounted for three. Skipper Ashraful (29 from 59 balls) tried a bit to take Bangladesh to some sort of respectability. But he was one of four victims that Jayasuriya had pocketed in 9.5 overs of bowling. The wicket of Syed Rasel was the magical 300 for Sanath. Aftab Ahmed was the top scorer for Bangladesh with an 85-ball 47. The Bangladeshi innings lasted just 46.5 overs in which they had crawled to 137.

Sri Lanka got off to a good start from Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga. But they did have their hiccups as the Bangladeshi bowlers managed to get a few breakthroughs to delay the inevitable defeat. None of the Sri Lankan batsmen got to even a half century with the likes of Tharanga (28), Jayasuriya (24) and Chamara Silva (36) not able to convert their starts. Sri Lanka got to the target in 31.1 overs with Dilshan staying unbeaten on 20. Syed Rasel bowled well for Bangladesh with 2 for 39 in his 10 overs.

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