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Murali, Malinga
take just 31 balls to finish Bangladesh |
June 28, 2007 (Link to
Scorecard)
 It
looks as if the Bangladeshi lower half didn't
draw any inspiration from the efforts of Javed
Omar and Rajin Saleh during yesterday's play.
The Tigers still had five wickets standing
before they had to bow down before the
inevitable. They still had Saqibul, Khaled
Mashud who are both genuine batsmen and then
they had the all rounders Rafique and Mortaza.
Yet the Tigers disappointingly went down
crashing playing just the 31 balls today!
The first full over of
the day itself, wicket keeper batsman Khaled
Mashud, known for his stubborn defence walked
back to the hut getting bowled by the slinger
Lasith Malinga. And then afterwards, there was a
wicket in every over. The five wickets went down
in a hurry with Murali taking two and Lasith
taking three. All Bangladesh could do was to
reduce the margin of defeat to an innings and
234 runs with the 21 runs added today.
Bangladesh were bowled out for 254 with their
innings lasting 87.1 overs.
Both Lasith Malinga and
Muttiah Muralitharan ended up with four wickets
each. Muralitharan had taken his 58th five
wicket haul in the first innings and with
figures of 9 for 102, he was the Man of the
Match. The second test start from the
3rd of next month at this same Colombo city.
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