Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Asitha Fernando to Nahid Rana, out Caught by Kusal Mendis!! Strangled down leg! 129kph, shortish ball down leg, Nahid Rana gets inside the line and awkwardly fends at it even though the ball is wide of his body. The bottom hand comes off the bat handle but the ball brushes the glove of the top hand. Kusal Mendis takes a sharp catch moving to his left. Nahid Rana c Kusal Mendis b Asitha Fernando 0(8)

Asitha Fernando to Hasan Mahmud, byes, FOUR, bouncer, Mahmud ducks under it, Mendis can't stop it despite moving to his left. The keeper gets a glove on it but the ball has the legs to run away to the fence. The ball kept swinging away from the keeper

Asitha Fernando to Hasan Mahmud, FOUR, 127kph, Asitha goes for the yorker, Hasan Mahmud is late to bring his bat down. The ball swings in a bit as well. The batter gets a bottom edge and the ball hits the deck before flying over the jumping keeper

Milan Rathnayake to Nayeem Hasan, out Caught by Kusal Mendis!! Third wicket for Milan Rathnayake! 123kph, nice line and length. Good length pitches marginally outside off and seams away, Nayeem Hasan pokes at it and gets a healthy outside edge. Kusal Mendis dives to his right to pouch it with both hands. Nayeem Hasan c Kusal Mendis b Milan Rathnayake 11(30) [4s-1]

Milan Rathnayake to Taijul Islam, out Bowled!! The missed chance doesn't cost Sri Lanka a lot - fuller length delivery from round the wicket, Taijul leant across and was playing for the angle, but this one held its line, might've wobbled a bit, the left-hander stumbled across on the flick, gets opened up and turns back to hear the death rattle. The ball clips the top of off-stump and Bangladesh lose their 8th wicket. Taijul Islam b Milan Rathnayake 6(7) [4s-1]

Milan Rathnayake to Taijul Islam, FOUR, edged and the chance goes down, slip was wide and it burst through Kamindu's hands, short of a good length and well wide of off, Taijul went hard on the cut, gets a thick edge to slips's left, Kamindu is late to react as he threw himself at the ball and can't lay a hand on it

Milan Rathnayake to Jaker Ali, out Bowled!! That's an absolute corker and Rathnayake has some reward for his probing spell. Was the nip-backer, came back off the seam, drew Jaker forward and then found the tiny gap between bat and pad, enough for the ball to squeeze in and rattle into the off-stump. Rathnayake has his arms up in delight and Bangladesh lose their last recognised batter. Jaker Ali b Milan Rathnayake 8(16) [4s-1]

Milan Rathnayake to Jaker Ali, FOUR, beautifully played, tad too full from Rathnayake, Jaker leans forward, presents the full face of the bat and drives it straight of mid-off

Asitha Fernando to Nayeem Hasan, FOUR, top-edge and four, banged in short and angling down leg, Nayeem swivelled across on the pull, doesn't ride the bounce and the edge flew wide of the keeper, no chance for long leg

Tharindu Ratnayake to Litton Das, out Caught by Kusal Mendis!! Litton Das has been given OUT caught behind, he waits and then walks off as umpire Rod Tucker raises the finger. The leg-stump line working in favour of the hosts here, Litton tries something funky and has been dismissed in the nineties. Was tossed up well outside leg and the right-hander shaped for the reverse sweep, but he's undone by the bounce, the ball brushed the glove and popped up off the fore-arm, a simple catch to Kusal Mendis and that brings a fine innings to an end. Litton Das c Kusal Mendis b Tharindu Ratnayake 90(123) [4s-11 6s-1]

Asitha Fernando to Mushfiqur, out Lbw!! Mushfiqur has been adjudged lbw and Asitha is pumped up. The batter has a chat with his partner and sends it upstairs. After bowling a lot of outswingers and out-seamers, Asitha gets this full ball to shape back into the right-hander. Mushfiqur falls over as he misses the flick. It has to miss leg for Mushfiqur to survive. UltraEdge confirms no inside edge. Over to ball-tracking and it's umpire's call (clipping leg). The onfield call stays and the 149-run stand has been broken. End of a fine knock from Mushfiqur. Sri Lanka badly needed this wicket. Mushfiqur walks off to a standing ovation. Mushfiqur lbw b Asitha Fernando 163(350) [4s-9]

Tharindu Ratnayake to Litton Das, FOUR, full down leg and Litton Das paddle-sweeps it fine of the diving short fine leg fielder. Litton moves to 90 with the boundary

Asitha Fernando to Mushfiqur, no run, beaten again. Asitha Fernando is appealing, the umpire isn't interested. With a couple of seconds remaining, DDS signals 'T'. The ball angles in, seams away off the deck and Mushfiqur is half-forward to defend. Is there a faint nick? Flat line on UltraEdge! No outside edge and Sri Lanka have lost all their three reviews

Prabath Jayasuriya to Litton Das, FOUR, over the wicket, length ball outside leg. Litton Das backs away a long way as he sees that coming and slaps the cut through the covers

Prabath Jayasuriya to Litton Das, FOUR, width offered, gets punished! The length is slightly on the shorter side as well. Litton Das treks back and opens the bat-face to dab it backward of square on the off-side. Good placement

Prabath Jayasuriya to Litton Das, FOUR, swept hard! Flighted outside off, the length is full and Litton Das gets down low to sweep it hard over midwicket. There's a man in the deep who runs to his left but can only watch the ball go to the fence. Second boundary in the over for Litton. Are Bangladesh looking to up the ante?

Prabath Jayasuriya to Litton Das, FOUR, 85kph, short of length wide of off, Litton Das picks it, clears his front leg and back-cuts it behind backward point. Good shot

Milan Rathnayake to Mushfiqur, leg byes, 3 runs, a celebappeal for LBW, Rathnayake was very confident, but umpire Alex Wharf shakes his head. Was there an inside edge? That looked pretty straight, they've reviewed. Looks like no bat and UltraEdge confirms the same. Onto ball-tracking: It's umjpire's call on hitting, clipping the leg-stump and will stay with the on-field call, much to SL's dismay. The nip-backer and Rahim played all around it, struck on the back-thigh, in front of middle and would've been only clipping the stumps. There's confusion in the running, but the fielders were busy with the appeal and didn't notice that the ball was rolling towards third man, they're back for the third

Prabath Jayasuriya to Litton Das, FOUR, just over mid-on, tad too full from PJ, Litton gets across and then shovels the bottom-handed club, clears mid-on and bounces away to the ropes

Milan Rathnayake to Litton Das, 2 runs, fuller length delivery on the pads and it's whipped into the gap wide of mid-wicket, comes back for the second and brings up the 100-run stand

Milan Rathnayake to Mushfiqur, leg byes, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, Rahim fell over on the flick, gets an inside edge onto the pad and the ball rolls onto the on-side

Tharindu Ratnayake to Litton Das, 1 run, fifty for Litton, his 18th in Tests, too full and the drift takes it onto the pads, worked wide of mid-wicket for a single

Tharindu Ratnayake to Litton Das, FOUR, beautifully played, a wide half-volley, the plan was to make Litton drive against the turn, but Tharindu has overcooked this one, turns out to be a floaty delivery and it's caressed into the gap through extra-cover

Tharindu Ratnayake to Mushfiqur, FOUR, that's so easy for Rahim, dragged short and down leg, Rahim rocks back and then pulls it fine, beating the fielder in the deep on the on-side, brings up his 150, 7th score of 150 or more in Tests

Asitha Fernando to Mushfiqur, FOUR, creamed, overpitched and wide of off, Rahim gets a good stride acros, bends his knee, plays with an open face and finds the gap square past point, there's fielder in the deep, but he can't cut off the boundary

Prabath Jayasuriya to Mushfiqur, FOUR, 81kph, now Mushfiqur steps out of his crease. It's a full delivery around off, Mushfiqur converts it into a half-volley and batters it over the non-striker's head. Slightly moved leg-side and that allowed him to free his arms

Prabath Jayasuriya to Litton Das, SIX, 80kph, use of the feet! Litton Das dances down the ground, moves leg-side in the process, gets under this flighted ball and tonks it downtown for half a dozen

Tharindu Ratnayake to Litton Das, FOUR, hat-trick of fours! Loopy ball that may have drifted away, Litton Das is drawn forward into the expansive drive. Gets a thick outside edge and the ball eludes the first slip fielder to his right. Streaky!

Tharindu Ratnayake to Litton Das, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries! Fullish delivery, Litton Das bends his back leg to wallop it over midwicket. Big gap there and there's no one to stop it

Tharindu Ratnayake to Litton Das, FOUR, takes the aerial route on this occasion! Similar ball to the previous ball, almost the same shot from the batter as well but Litton Das gets the elevation as he whips it over midwicket

Tharindu Ratnayake to Litton Das, no run, dropped! 86kph, right-arm offie from over the wicket, tossed up outside off, Litton Das brings his bottom hand into play to whip it away. It's uppish and Nissanka dives to his right at midwicket, goes with both hands but fails to hold onto the catch

Prabath Jayasuriya to Mushfiqur, FOUR, 80kph, Mushfiqur comes down the track, converts this flighted delivery into a half-volley and decides to hit it downtown. Struck hard and right off the middle of the bat. Prabath Jayasuriya goes for an overhead catch on his followthrough but he was probably a bit late to react. That was a half-chance! Don't think the bowler even got fingertips on it. First boundary of the day for Mushfiqur

Tharindu Ratnayake to Litton Das, 1 run, full and drifting in, knocked towards mid-on for a sharp single. A direct-hit at the keeper's end would have been curtains for Mushfiqur!

Tharindu Ratnayake to Mushfiqur, no run, oh dear! A complete mix-up, both batters were stranded at the striker's end, but the throw goes to the wrong end, Kusal Mendis makes a mess of it, then recovers and breaks the stumps at the striker's end. It's Litton Das who was in trouble, ran all the way one end and then rushed back to the bowler's end, all ends well for the visitors though. Was a flighted delivery outside off and Mushfiqur dabbed it past slip, he started and did his partner, but DDS chased the ball down and Rahim had second thoughts, rushes back to his crease, leaving his partner high and dry, thankfully, no communication between the fielders and he survives

Prabath Jayasuriya to Litton Das, FOUR, cracking shot, dropped short by PJ, Litton goes back, makes use of the crease and then whips it into the gap wide of mid-wicket, races away to the ropes in a hurry

Asitha Fernando to Shanto, out Caught by Mathews!! Uppish and Mathews holds onto a blinder, relief for Asitha and relief for Sri Lanka as well. Was the slower ball, a floaty delivery outside off and Shanto was early into the drive. Tried to check his shot and spooned it towards mid-off, the ball was dropping in front of him, but Mathews timed his forward dive well, got both hands and held onto a skimmer. The partnership has been broken at 264, just short of what would have been a record 4th wicket stand. Shanto c Mathews b Asitha Fernando 148(279) [4s-15 6s-1]

Asitha Fernando to Shanto, no run, a loud shout for LBW and Shanto has been given OUT LBW. He reviews immediately, looked leg-sided, has it pitched outside leg? Is there an inside edge as well? The ball is very close to the bat, onto UltraEdge and there's a massive spike when the ball is next to the bat. That's enough for umpire Allahudien Paleker and the decision is reversed - NOT OUT. On a length and the ball did straighten onto the left-hander, Shanto brought his bat down in the nick of time as he looked to defend. The ball had pitched outside leg as well, so nothing going with the decision

Asitha Fernando to Shanto, FOUR, beautifully played, a leg-stump half-volley and Shanto nonchalantly whipped it over wide mid-wicket, was in the air and in the gap as well, races away to the ropes

Asitha Fernando to Mushfiqur, 1 run, short of a length and just outside off, nudged square on the off-side and they're off for a quick single, brings up the 250-run stand

Asitha Fernando to Mushfiqur, 1 run, 12th Test century for Mushfiqur Rahim! After his match-winning 191 against Pakistan in Rawalpindi in August 2024, there was a string of low scores. He would have been under pressure coming into this series and walked in to bat this morning with the score reading 45/3. He's played sensibly and superbly alongside his captain to put his team in a commanding position. Good length ball at 126kph, Mushfiqur defends from the crease and gets an inside edge that could have gone onto hit the stumps. Not today and it dies down on the leg-side. The batters go for a quick single, the throw comes to the bowler's end from Kusal Mendis. No direct-hit and Rahim gets to the landmark. Looks heavenwards and removes his helmet with a big smile on his face. He receives a hug from his captain and then Mushfiqur kisses the turf

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, FOUR, good use of the feet! Shanto dances down the track, converts it into a half-volley and belts the drive to the left of mid-off. Udara misjudges it and fails to stop it. Doesn't get his body behind it and allows the ball to go to the fence

Asitha Fernando to Shanto, FOUR, back of a length, Shanto punches it wide of mid-off. Big chase for Jayasuriya who runs back and pushes the ball back. As he gets back, is he in contact with the rope while picking up the ball? While he's not in contact with the rope, he had pushed the rope away and his leg was in contact with the turf where the boundary rope initially was. So it'll be a boundary and Jayasuriya is in shock

Asitha Fernando to Shanto, no run, round the wicket, lbw appeal as Shanto misses the flick. Confident shout from Asitha and that's been turned down. DDS sends it upstairs on this occasion. Looked like heading down leg. Let's see what the technology says. No inside edge, confirmed by UltraEdge. Over to ball-tracking and it's indeed missing leg! Sri Lanka lose their second review

Asitha Fernando to Shanto, FOUR, 125kph, inswinger, straying onto the pads and Shanto flicks it away backward of square on the leg-side. Good timing and the new ball speeds away to the fence. No chance for the long leg fielder to cut it off

Prabath Jayasuriya to Mushfiqur, FOUR, 83kph, Mushfiqur comes down the track and bravely takes the aerial route. Not quite to the pitch of the ball but he confidently hoists it down the ground. Good contact and he's one boundary away from his century

Tharindu Ratnayake to Mushfiqur, 1 run, Mushfiqur inverses his stance, waits for this short of length ball outside leg and paddles it to third man. Double century partnership!

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, byes, FOUR, 96kph, the plan is to bowl defensively and hence Kusal Mendis is standing outside leg. Tharindu Ratnayake, however, bowls a full delivery outside off. Shanto gets low to sweep and misses. The ball scoots under his blade and there's no chance for the keeper to stop that

Prabath Jayasuriya to Shanto, 2 runs, 84kph, fetches the length ball from outside off and sweeps towards fine leg. Hundred for Najmul Hossain Shanto, sixth in Tests, 2nd vs Sri Lanka and first since November 2023. A chanceless knock from the Bangladesh captain! Mushfiqur raises both his hands as he starts to run. Shanto, meanwhile, is pumped up. Jumps and screams "come on". He's forced to jump once again as the throw from the deep comes towards him. He does well to evade that. Big smile on his face and he kisses the turf

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, FOUR, nicely played, tossed up well down leg, Shanto gets on top of the bounce and then beats short fine with a perfectly placed sweep

Prabath Jayasuriya to Shanto, FOUR, beautifully played, tossed up and drifting into the left-hander, Shanto shuffles across, gets outside the line and then sweeps it backward of square on the on-side for a boundary

Prabath Jayasuriya to Shanto, 1 run, PJ slides one full and down leg, swept behind square on the on-side for a single, brings up Bangladesh's 200

Prabath Jayasuriya to Mushfiqur, 1 run, PJ tosses one just outside off - Rahim gets down low, rolled his wrists and then swept it past square leg, brings up the 150-run stand

Asitha Fernando to Shanto, FOUR, cracking shot, banged in short and at the stumps, Shanto swivels across, gets inside the line and then pulls it down, behind square on the on-side and beats the man in the deep

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, FOUR, uppish and safe, tossed up slower and just outside off - Shanto gets undone by the extra bounce and was late on the cut, gets a thick edge past slip, chase for short third, but the ball beats him to the ropes

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, FOUR, 84kph, shot! In-drifter, Shanto moves leg-side and beautifully drives it inside-out over wide mid-off. Right off the middle of the bat. A couple of bounces and into the fence

Prabath Jayasuriya to Mushfiqur, FOUR, 79kph, slower through the air, full in length, Mushfiqur gets down on one leg, fetches it from outside off and slogsweeps it over midwicket for a one-bounce four

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, FOUR, Tharindu Ratnayake has his hands on head. Full on off-middle, Shanto nails the sweep shot. Down on one leg to hit it fiercely through square leg

Dhananjaya to Shanto, 1 run, 78kph, flighted outside off, Shanto drives along the carpet to long-off

Prabath Jayasuriya to Mushfiqur, 1 run, 81kph, rocks back and chops with the spin towards deep-ish backward point. 28th Test half-century for Mushfiqur Rahim

Prabath Jayasuriya to Shanto, 1 run, 86kph, straighter line, worked behind square on the leg-side and the single brings up Shanto's 6th Test fifty! Raises his bat does the captain. Hundred partnership up as well

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, FOUR, lovely, loopy delivery wide of off - Shanto gets a big stride forward and then smashes it into the gap past cover, rolls away to the ropes

Asitha Fernando to Shanto, FOUR, short, wide and four, width on offer and Shanto lashes the cut past point, got on top of the bounce and placed it to the left of the man in the ring - the fielder at deep square gets across with the slide, but he can't prevent the boundary

Asitha Fernando to Mushfiqur, FOUR, beautifully played, overpitched by Asitha - Rahim leans forward, presents the full face of the bat and drives it pristinely back past the non-striker, races away to the straight boundary

Asitha Fernando to Mushfiqur, FOUR, cracking shot, banged in short and jus outside off - Rahim picks the length early, swivels across and pulls it to the right of mid-wicket, was in the air and probably was a chance, but it was going down and the fielder had to dive to his right

Tharindu Ratnayake to Mushfiqur, FOUR, just over mid-off, aggression from Rahim, comes down the pitch and was looking to go over mid-off, doesn't time it well and has Mathews interested, he leaps one-handed and can't get near the ball, could he have gone with both hands?

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Shanto, Tharindu dragged the length back, but it's short and wide of off, punched into the gap square past point for a boundary

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, SIX, lovely, nicely tossed up on off, Shanto gets a big stride forward, takes it on the half-volley - high elbow and a straight bat as he lifted it back over the bowler's head, sails over the ropes for a maximum

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, FOUR, cracking shot, Shanto runs down the pitch, makes room and then goes inside out over extra-cover with the drilled drive, played with the turn and cleared the infield with ease

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shanto, FOUR, nicely played, good use of the feet from Shanto, doesn't get too close to the ball and that allows him to free his arms, lifts it over mid-on, one bounce and over the ropes

Tharindu Ratnayake to Mominul, out Caught by Dhananjaya!! Edged and caught! Mominul doesn't get second time lucky. Excellent reflex catch from DDS at first slip, he was ready for this and it wasn't as quick as the first, he clings onto a beauty. Was tossed up slower and just outside off, Mominul went back on the cut and is cramped up for room, gets a thick edge to first slip's left, DDS was in a fine position, clutches the catch with both hands and then rolls over onto the ground. The 3rd umpire has a look and he's convinced that it's a clean catch. A start and nothing else for Mominul once again. Mominul c Dhananjaya b Tharindu Ratnayake 29(33) [4s-4]

Prabath Jayasuriya to Mominul, FOUR, lovely shot, tad too full and too wide of off - Mominul gets a good stride forward, right to the pitch of the ball and then finds the gap wide of cover for a boundary

Tharindu Ratnayake to Shadman Islam, out Caught by Dhananjaya!! Beautifully bowled and there's the maiden Test wicket for Tharindu Ratnayake Was nicely tossed up on off, drifts in and brings Shadman forward, he has to play the line, but the ball dips and then turns across the left-hander, catches the outside edge on the prod and goes low to DDS at slip, he dives forward, gets both hands under it and completes a safe catch. Shadman Islam c Dhananjaya b Tharindu Ratnayake 14(53) [4s-1]

Tharindu Ratnayake to Mominul, 1 run, dropped! 82kph, Ratnayake bowls this offie on a length, Mominul goes back to late-cut, more off the bat-face and DDS at first slip is a bit late to react. Fails to hold onto it and Mominul survives

Tharindu Ratnayake to Mominul, FOUR, shot! Fuller in length and Mominul brings out the sweep shot. The line is well outside off and he drags it from there to make superb contact. Hit over midwicket

Tharindu Ratnayake to Mominul, no run, 90kph, flatter ball, Mominul looks to casually defend it off the back foot and is struck on the front pad. Is it missing leg with the angle? Well, Sri Lanka send it upstairs for a review. Well, there seems to be an inside edge and UltraEdge confirms the same. Sri Lanka burn a review and the onfield call stays

Tharindu Ratnayake to Mominul, FOUR, good shot! 86kph, full and drifting in towards leg, Mominul is down on one leg to sweep it over backward square leg. Excellent contact and the placement is spot-on

Asitha Fernando to Mominul, FOUR, short and wide of off, Mominul hops to cut and sends it over the gully fielder. More off the top-edge but he knew what he was doing there. Just the second boundary of the match

Asitha Fernando to Anamul Haque, out Caught by Kusal Mendis!! Edged and gone! Anamul Haque departs for a 10-ball duck. Fuller than a length, hint of away curl outside off, Anamul presses forward and tentatively pushes at it. Audible outside edge and the Kusal Mendis - the keeper - moves to his right to pouch it safely with both hands. Sri Lanka get the early breakthrough. Anamul Haque c Kusal Mendis b Asitha Fernando 0(10)

Asitha Fernando to Shadman Islam, FOUR, Shadman Islam and Bangladesh are underway. Overpitches this inswinger onto the pads at 132kph and the left-hander flicks it away stylishly behind square on the leg-side