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July 04, 2007 (Link to Scorecard)

Kumar Sangakkara struck his fifth double century to give Sri Lanka a massive first innings lead of 389. The Tigers in their last chance in this test match are once again in a mess at 69 for 4 and are certainly heading towards a third day innings defeat. That is expected because Bangladesh haven't even managed to bat out a full day's play or 90 overs in the recent past.

Sri Lanka had helped itself to 451 for 6 before declaring their innings when Kumar Sangakkara had exactly got 200. Sangakkara started the day on 51 and had ended up with 200 from 325 balls with 20 fours and two sixes. Earlier in the day, left handed opener Malinda Warnapura fell 18 runs short of a maiden hundred. Skipper Mahela Jayawardene got out to 49 with Shahadat Hossain striking twice in the morning. Chamara Silva with 33 and Dilshan with a duck had also missed out in getting a big score against a pathetic bowling attack. Sri Lanka could score 294 runs today having batted close to 80 overs.

Bangladesh got off to a splendid start, knocking off almost a fifty inside seven overs. But Vaas and Dilhara Fernando provided the breaks to have them four down. Both pacers took a couple of wickets each after Lasith Malinga was taken for 22 in two overs with the new ball. Javed Omar had got 28 from 23 with 6 fours while Shahriar Nafees got 20 which is not the scores that Bangladesh would be looking for in the longer version of the game. At stumps, the Captain Mohammad Ashraful and the former Captain Habibul Bashar are the two unbeaten batsmen.

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