{"id":78343,"date":"2022-05-25T14:34:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=78343"},"modified":"2022-05-25T14:34:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T14:34:54","slug":"mathews-dhananjaya-keep-sri-lanka-alive-in-bangladesh-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=78343","title":{"rendered":"Mathews, Dhananjaya keep Sri Lanka alive in Bangladesh Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk:<\/strong> Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva each hit a fifty and put on a 102-run partnership to keep Sri Lanka going strong in the rain-hit second Test against Bangladesh on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Mathews remained unbeaten on 58 after de Silva went out with the same score to take Sri Lanka to 282-5 at stumps on the third day, still trailing Bangladesh by 83 runs.<\/p>\n

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Rain washed out entire post-lunch session but the duo stepped up their scoring rate to make up for lost time, with de Silva striking nine fours before Shakib Al Hasan got his wicket.<\/p>\n

The right-hander, who faced 95 balls, was initially given not out on a caught-behind appeal before Bangladesh successfully reviewed.<\/p>\n

Mathews, who smashed four fours and a six, was batting with Dinesh Chandimal on 10 at stumps.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh made early inroads after Sri Lanka resumed on 143-2, Ebadot Hossain bowling nightwatchman Kasun Rajitha for a duck with the second ball of the day.<\/p>\n

A gem of a delivery from Shakib dismissed Dimuth Karunaratne for 80 soon afterwards, with the Sri Lankan skipper adding 10 to his overnight score.<\/p>\n

Shakib tossed the ball up on off-stump and Karunatne went for a drive but saw the flighted delivery dip and turn between bat and pad before crashing into his stumps.<\/p>\n

Karunaratne, who was dropped on 37, struck nine boundaries in his 15th Test fifty.<\/p>\n

De Silva hit Ebadot for three fours in one over just before the break after he and Mathews survived a difficult spell from the right-arm pace bowler and Shakib.<\/p>\n

Shakib, the most successful bowler for Bangladesh so far, has claimed 3-59.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Angelo Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva each hit a fifty and put on a 102-run partnership to keep Sri Lanka going strong in the rain-hit second Test against Bangladesh on Wednesday. Mathews remained unbeaten on 58 after de Silva went out with the same score to take Sri Lanka to 282-5 at stumps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":78344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n