2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

March 21, 2007

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 198 runs in Group B at the World Cup at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

After rain delayed proceedings, Bangladesh's target was reduced by the Duckworth-Lewis method to 311 runs from 46 overs.

Toss: Bangladesh won, and elected to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-98 (Tharanga, 14.2 ov), 1-137* (Jayasuriya, retired not out, 24.6 ov), 2-202 (Jayawardene, 35.3 ov), 3-261 (Sangakkara, 44.4 ov), 4-300 (Jayasuriya, 47.6 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Shahriar Nafees, 0.5 ov), 2-7 (Tamim Iqbal, 3.4 ov), 3-20 (Aftab Ahmed, 7.3 ov), 4-26 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 11.1 ov), 5-41 (Saqibul Hasan, 16.4 ov), 6-66 (Habibul Bashar, 25.3 ov), 7-80 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 29.4 ov), 8-101 (Mohammad Rafique, 34.4 ov), 9-111 (Abdur Razzak, 35.5 ov), 10-112 (Syed Rasel, 36.6 ov)

Bangladesh: Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Habibul Bashar (capt), Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mohammad Rafique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, M F Maharoof, R P Arnold, W P U J C Vaas, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan

Player of the match: S T Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)

Umpires: S J Davis and D J Harper (Australia) TV umpire: I L Howell (South Africa) Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)