2007 ICC World Twenty20: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

September 18, 2007

Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 64 runs in the Super 8 stage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Bangladesh's bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to 147-5. Mahmudullah caught Sanath Jayasuriya on the boundary for a duck in the first over. Upul Tharanga was caught behind for 23 runs, and Kumar Sangakkara was bowled by Mahmudullah for 20. Sri Lanka were left on 96-5 after Abdur Razzak bowled Mahela Jayawardene (30) and Chamara Silva was trapped lbw by Shakib Al Hasan for just 12. However Tillakaratne Dilshan and Jehan Mubarak shared a partnership of 51 runs from the last five overs to help Sri Lanka reach 147-5.

Sri Lanka bowled Bangladesh out for 83, with Chaminda Vaas taking 2-14 from four overs for Sri Lanka. Opening batsman Nazimuddin was removed lbw by Vaas in the first over without scoring. Aftab Ahmed and Shakib Al Hasan were Bangladesh's top scorers, each with 18 runs, while Mahmudullah scored 16.

The result means that Pakistan will advance to the semi-finals, while Sri Lanka will play Australia for the other semi-final place in the group.

Toss: Bangladesh won, and chose to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Jayasuriya, 0.3 ov), 2-37 (Tharanga, 5.1 ov), 3-59 (Sangakkara, 9.3 ov), 4-84 (Silva, 12.6 ov), 5-96 (Jayawardene, 14.5 ov)

Did not bat: M F Maharoof, W P U J C Vaas, C R D Fernando, S L Malinga

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Nazimuddin, 0.5 ov), 2-21 (Tamim Iqbal, 3.2 ov), 3-21 (Aftab Ahmed, 3.4 ov), 4-31 (Mohammad Ashraful, 6.2 ov), 5-40 (Nadif Chowdhury, 8.1 ov), 6-53 (Shakib Al Hasan, 9.6 ov), 7-66 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 12.4 ov), 8-68 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 12.6 ov), 9-81 (Mahmudullah, 15.1 ov), 10-83 (Abdur Razzak, 15.5 ov)

Bangladesh:Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Nadif Chowdhury, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak

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, J Mubarak, M F Maharoof, W P U J C Vaas, C R D Fernando, S L Malinga

Man of the Match: C R D Fernando (Sri Lanka)

Umpires: M R Benson (England) and D J Harper (Australia) TV Umpire: N J Llong (England) Match Referee: B C Broad (England) Reserve Umpire: K H Hurter (South Africa)