Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06

Sri Lankans in Bangladesh in 2005-06

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|  Sri Lanka|  Bangladesh
Dates|  20 February – 12 March 2006
Captains|  Mahela Jayawardene|  Habibul Bashar
Test series
Result|  Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs|  Upul Tharanga (297)|  Habibul Bashar (183)
Most wickets|  Muttiah Muralitharan (16)|  Shahadat Hossain (9)
Player of the series|  Muttiah Muralitharan
One Day International series
Results|  Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs|  Kumar Sangakkara (181)|  Mohammad Ashraful (119)
Most wickets|  Ruchira Perera (4)
Sanath Jayasuriya (4)
Dilhara Fernando, (4)
Farveez Maharoof (4)|  Mohammad Rafique (7)
Player of the series|  Kumar Sangakkara

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Bangladesh for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. The Sri Lankans rested many senior players on this tour, like Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan (Muttiah was only left out of the ODI squad) and the captain Marvan Attapatu. The role of the captain for this series was taken over by Mahela Jayawardene. The first match of the ODI series was the last game for veteran fast bowler Khaled Mahmud.

## Squads

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Sri Lanka  | Bangladesh

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* Mahela Jayawardene (c)
* Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
* Malinga Bandara
* Tillakaratne Dilshan
* Dilhara Fernando
* Hasantha Fernando
* Sanath Jayasuriya (ODI only)
* Prasanna Jayawardene
* Chamara Kapugedera
* Kaushal Lokuarachchi
* Farveez Maharoof
* Lasith Malinga
* Jehan Mubarak
* Muttiah Muralitharan (Test only)
* Ruchira Perera
* Dhammika Prasad
* Thilan Samaraweera
* Upul Tharanga
* Sajeewa Weerakoon
* Michael Vandort

* Habibul Bashar c
* Khaled Mashud wk
* Abdur Razzak (ODI)
* Aftab Ahmed
* Alok Kapali
* Enamul Haque Jr (Test)
* Javed Omar
* Mashrafe Mortaza
* Mohammad Ashraful
* Mohammad Rafique
* Nafees Iqbal (Test)
* Rajin Saleh
* Shahadat Hossain
* Shahriar Nafees
* Syed Rasel
* Tushar Imran (ODI)

## Venues

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Bogra | Chattogram

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Shaheed Chandu Stadium | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
Capacity: 18,000  | Capacity: 20,000

Bogra

Chattogram

## ODI series

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### 1st ODI

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20 February 2006
Scorecard

Bangladesh
118 (35.5 overs)

Sri Lanka
119/5 (24.1 overs)

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Khaled Mahmud 36 (62)
Ruchira Perera 3/23 (7 overs)

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Kumar Sangakkara 50 (62)
Mohammad Rafique 2/10 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Ruchira Perera (SL)

* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Khaled Mahmud played his last international match

### 2nd ODI

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22 February 2006
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
212 (49 overs)

Bangladesh
213/6 (47 overs)

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Sanath Jayasuriya 96 (110)
Syed Rasel 2/28 (10 overs)

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Mohammad Ashraful 51 (71)
Dilhara Fernando 2/48 (8 overs)

Bangladesh won by 4 wickets
Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Mahbubur Rahman (Ban)
Player of the match: Aftab Ahmed (Ban)

* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

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25 February 2006
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
309/7 (50 overs)

Bangladesh
231/9 (50 overs)

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Kumar Sangakkara 109 (125)
Mohammad Rafique 3/61 (10 overs)

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Mohammad Ashraful 64 (67)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/14 (5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 78 runs
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: A. F. M. Akhtaruddin (Ban) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)

* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

## Test series

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### 1st Test

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28 February – 3 March 2006
Scorecard

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

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319 (91.5 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 136 (184)
Lasith Malinga 4/57 (16.5 overs)

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338 (97.1 overs)
Farveez Maharoof 72 (133)
Shahadat Hossain 4/83 (22 overs)

181 (58.5 overs)
Mohammad Rafique 40 (49)
Muttiah Muralitharan 6/54 (19.5 overs)

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163/2 (37 overs)
Michael Vandort 64* (105)
Syed Rasel 1/18 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)

* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat

### 2nd Test

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8–12 March 2006
Scorecard

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

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234 (76.5 overs)
Habibul Bashar 69 (120)
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/79 (30.5 overs)

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316 (103.3 overs)
Upul Tharanga 165 (304)
Shahadat Hossain 5/86 (21.3 overs)

201 (56.1 overs)
Habibul Bashar 73 (104)
Lasith Malinga 3/51 (14.1 overs)
Dilhara Fernando 3/51 (19 overs)

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120/0 (28 overs)
Upul Tharanga 71* (87)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind)
Player of the match: Upul Tharanga (SL)

* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat

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International cricket in 2005–06

Preceding season: International cricket in 2005

October 2005|

* ICC Super Series
* New Zealand in South Africa (ODIs)
* Sri Lanka in India

November 2005|

* West Indies in Australia
* England in Pakistan
* ACC Under-19 Cup
* South Africa in India
* England women in Sri Lanka
* England women in India

December 2005|

* Chappell–Hadlee Trophy
* South Africa in Australia
* Sri Lanka in New Zealand

January 2006|

* VB Series
* India in Pakistan

February 2006|

* ICC Under-19 World Cup
* West Indies in New Zealand
* Sri Lanka in Bangladesh
* Australia in South Africa
* 5th ODI
* Kenya in Zimbabwe
* India women in Australia and New Zealand

March 2006|

* England in India
* Kenya in Bangladesh
* Pakistan in Sri Lanka

April 2006|

* Australia in Bangladesh
* New Zealand in South Africa (Tests)
* DLF Cup

Following season: International cricket in 2006

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