Perera, Chameera star in SL consolation win
Staff Correspondent | Published: 13:21, May 28,2021 | Updated: 22:00, May 28,2021
Sri Lankan captain Kusal Perera (L) plays a shot as Bangladesh wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim looks on during their third and final one-day international match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. AFP photo
Kusal Perera’s brilliant hundred and Dushmantha Chameera’s fiery five-wicket haul kept Bangladesh from completing a 3-0 sweep over Sri Lanka as the visitors won the final one-day international by 97 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday.
Perera made 120 off 122 balls, his third century against Bangladesh in ODIs, and Dhananjaya de Silva made an unbeaten 55 off 70 balls to propel Sri Lanka to 286-6 in 50 overs after choosing to bat first.
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‘National pride’ at stake as SL eye consolation win
Staff Correspondent | Published: 23:56, May 27,2021
Sri Lanka’s head coach Mickey Arthur (R) speaks with captain Kusal Perera during a practice session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on Thursday. AFP photo
Sri Lanka cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya urged his successors to put up a better fight in the final one-day international of the three-match series as their ‘national pride’ is at stake.
Bangladesh completed its first ever series win over Sri Lanka in any format of the game with a commanding 103-run win in Duckworth and Lewis method in the second ODI on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka head coach Mickey Arthur on Thursday said that they want to end the ongoing three-match ODI series on a high note as well as open their account in the ICC World Cup Super League. The islanders are placed bottom in the 13-team ICC World Cup Super League points table with minus