PALLEKELE: Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets in the third and final one-day international in Pallekele yesterday to level the series 1-1.
Bangladesh, chasing a rain-revised target of 183 off 27 overs, won the day-night match with six balls to spare.
Opener Anamul Haque (40) and Nasir Hossain (33 not out) were the main scorers for Bangladesh.
Tillakaratne Dilshan earlier top-scored for Sri Lanka with a solid 125, while Kusal Perera (56) and Kumar Sangakkara (48) were the other main scorers.
Bangladesh’s left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak finished with 5-62 off 10 overs.
Sri Lanka won the opening match by eight wickets in Hambantota while the second one-dayer at the same venue was abandoned due to rain.
SCOREBOARD
Sri Lanka innings:
K. Perera c Nasir b Mahmudullah 56
T. Dilshan c Nasir b Shahadat 125
K. Sangakkara c Anamul b Razzak 48
T. Perera b Razzak 4
A. Mathews st Rahim b Razzak 6
J. Mendis b Gazi 5
D. Chandimal b Rahman 0
L. Thirimanne not out 25
N. Kulasekara lbw b Razzak 11
S. Senanayake b Razzak 0
L. Malinga not out 5
Extras: 17
Total: (for 9 wkts; 50 overs) 302
Fall of wkts: 1-116, 2-203, 3-212, 4-228, 5-233, 6-238, 7-263, 8-291, 9-291.
Bowling: Shahadat 10-0-71-1 (nb1, w3), Rahman 10-0-65-1 (w1), Gazi 10-1-52-1 (w3), Razzak 10-0-62-5 (w7), Mahmudullah 10-0-50-1
Bangladesh (target 183 in 27 overs):
A. Haque c Chandimal b Mathews 40
M. Ashraful lbw b Senanayake 29
J.Islam c Sangakkara b Mathews 26
M. Rahim run out 9
N. Hossain not out 33
M. Mahmudullah lbw Senanayake 6
M. Haque c Sangakkara b Malinga 11
Z. Rahman c T. Perera b Malinga 0
S. Gazi not out 4
Extras: 26
Total: (for 7 wkts; 26 overs) 184
Fall of wkts: 1-77, 2-97, 3-119, 4-126, 5-144, 6-166, 7-166.
Bowling: Kulasekara 4-1-29-0 (w5), Malinga 6-0-29-2 (w2), Mathews 5-0-39-2, Senanayake 6-0-26-2 (w1), T. Perera 5-0-44-0 (w1).
