Bangladesh lose Tamim after solid start to SL's 338

Tea Bangladesh 95 for 1 (Tamim 49, Sarkar 40*) trail Sri Lanka 338 (Chandimal 138, Mehedi 3-90) by 243 runs
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Tamim Iqbal led Bangladesh’s solid start by scoring 49 in a 95-run opening partnership © AFP

Bangladesh lost Tamim Iqbal at the stroke of tea, but would still be pleased with the 95-run opening stand, in response to Sri Lanka’s 338 on the second day in Colombo. That the opening stand was broken was down to a brave review by Sri Lanka captain Rangana Herath.

Herath got one to dip in to Tamim, who missed his front-foot prod in the 28th over, with the delivery angling in towards the stumps. Tamim had made 49 with six fours.

Tamim had earlier survived two close lbw shouts, on 2 and 23, respectively. On both occasions, replays revealed that it was a mistake not to take the review. Soumya Sarkar, meanwhile, hit five fours in his unbeaten 40 off 75 balls. He largely looked serene, but was uncomfortable against the dibbly-dobbly pace of Asela Gunaratne.

The day began with Sri Lanka adding 100 more to their overnight score in the morning session. Dinesh Chandimal ensured the home side took full control of proceedings with his eighth Test century. And with Herath and Suranga Lakmal providing Chandimal with good support, Sri Lanka wrested back control. Herath lasted more than 30 minutes on the second morning and stretched his eighth-wicket stand with Chandimal to 55, before Chandimal added the same number of runs with Lakmal for the ninth.

Chandimal raised his century during the stand, before hitting boundaries almost at will, including a clipped six over midwicket. After Mehedi Hasan took him out for 138 for his third wicket, Lakmal frustrated Bangladesh further. He took apart Mehedi for two fours and a six in the 112th over of the innings. Shortly after that, he lobbed a catch to third man, where Sarkar took his fourth catch of the innings – a Bangladesh record for a fielder (Imrul Kayes’ five in the Wellington Test earlier this year was as a wicketkeeper).

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Source: ESPN Crickinfo