Mashrafe Mortaza

...M Warnapura 63, T M Dilshan 162, C K Kapugedera 96; Shakib Al Hasan 4-109) Bangladesh 1st inns 208 (Mohammad Ashraful 45, Mashrafe Mortaza 63; B A W Mendis 4-71) Sri Lanka 2nd inns (overnight 296-4) B S M Warnapura lbw b Shahadat 27 H A P W Jayawardene c...

ReutersMahela Jayawardene (right) celebrates with Kumar Sangakkara Dammika Prasad struck two decisive blows before Muttiah Muralitharan completed a 10-wicket haul to kill off Bangladesh's hopes of an unlikely record run chase as Sri Lanka won the

...96, Mushfiqur Rahim c Dilshan b Muralitharan 61, Mashrafe Mortaza c P Jayawardene b Prasad 2, Mahbubul Alam run out 2, Shahadat Hossain not out 0 Extras: (LB-3, NB-4) 7 Total: (all out in 126.2 overs) 413 Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-72, 3-124, 4-144, 5-180, 6-292,...

...soon forced Mashrafe Mortaza to edge a catch behind for two before Muralitharan ended the resistance of Rahim, caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan at midwicket for 61, to take his match tally to 10 wickets for a record 22nd time. Mahbubul Alam was the last man...

...soon forced Mashrafe Mortaza to edge a catch behind for two before Muralitharan ended the resistance of Rahim, caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan at midwicket for 61, to take his match tally to 10 wickets for a record 22nd time. Mahbubul Alam was the last man...

...batsmen during their run chase. "They batted very well, especially the middle order and the lower middle-order," he said. "[Mohammad] Ashraful, Shakib [Al Hasan] and [Mushfiqur] Rahim at the end batted very well and credit to them." The second Test begins...

...Kapugedera (93 not out) to put Sri Lanka on course for a big total. Bangladesh's bowlers tasted early successes, with paceman Mashrafe Mortaza (2-48) picking two wickets in his opening two overs and spinner Shakib Al Hasan getting rid of skipper Mahela Jayawardene...

...11 when he edged slow left-armer Shakib Al Hasan to wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim with the score on 39. Warnapura and Thilan Samaraweera saw Sri Lanka through to the interval, but the latter lasted just 10 balls of the second session before he was bowled...

...pitch which was difficult for shot making, Mashrafe Mortaza gave the perfect start to the hosts, trapping makeshift opener Prasanna Jayawardene lbw in the first over with a ball that jagged in. In his next over, he had Sangakkara inside-edging onto the stumps,...

...Lanka won the toss and opted to bat first and got off to a terrible start when Mortaza trapped makeshift opener Prasanna Jayawardene on nought off the first ball he faced in the opening over of the match. Kumar Sangakkara inside-edged Mortaza in his second...

...(93 not out) to put Sri Lanka on course for a big total. Bangladesh's bowlers tasted early successes, with paceman Mashrafe Mortaza (2-48) picking two wickets in his opening two overs and spinner Shakib Al Hasan getting rid of skipper Mahela Jayawardene...

...Dhaka. Squad: Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Imrul Kayes, Roqibul Hassan, Mehrab Hossain jnr, Shakib Al Hasan, Rajin Saleh, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shahadat Hossain, Enamul Haque jnr, Mahbubul Alam, Sajedul Islam. ...

...Mortaza grabbed an early wicket to send Sri Lanka struggling at 27-1 at lunch on the opening day of the first Test Friday. Michael Vandort was unbeaten on five and Kumar Sangakkara on one at the break after their team had elected to bat. Only 12 overs were...

... At lunch, Michael Vandort was batting on five with Kumar Sangakkara unbeaten on one at the other end. (Reporting by Azad Majumder; Editing by John O'Brien) - Reuters Dhaka - Sri Lanka made a slow start to the first test against Bangladesh on Friday,...

...in with 2-47. Sangakkara scored 43 runs before he was caught at midwicket by Mohammad Ashraful ending a 95-run stand with Michael Vandort. Sri Lanka added two more runs before Shahadat removed Vandort for 44, the opener caught by Shakib after he had mistimed...

...staged a fightback on day one of the opening Test against Sri Lanka in Mirpur. A 95-run second-wicket partnership between Michael Vandort and Kumar Sangakkara had hinted at a dominant position for the tourists in the second session. But Al Hasan and Shahadat...

2008-12-26 15:13:02 - overs after tea. Only about nine overs were possible in the final session after morning fog delayed the start of play by more than an hour. Thilan Samaraweera was on 20 and Chaminda Vaas on 0 when light was offered to

...then bowled Tillakaratne Dilshan (14), as the Sri Lankans found themselves under real pressure at 155-5. Wicket-keeper Prasanna Jayawardene (three) also went before the close -caught by Tamim Iqbal at fine-leg while attempting to pull Shahadat. And though...

...Jayawardene (3) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (14) to put Sri Lanka under pressure. Hossain's second victim was wicket-keeper Prasanna Jayawardene (3), who was caught by Tamim Iqbal at fine-leg while attepting to pull. Only 12 overs were possible in the morning...

Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan claimed three wickets as Bangladesh left Sri Lanka stuttering at 172 for six before bad light stopped play early on the opening day of the first test on Saturday. Shakib added Tillakaratne Dilshan to his tally in the

...just 16 runs as Bangladesh dominated Friday's second session of day one in the first test. At tea, Sri Lanka was 139-4 with Thilan Samaraweera (10) batting with just-in batsman Tilakaratne Dilshan (0). Fog delayed the start of play by more than an hour, and...