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Tue, 17 Jun '25
1st Test • Galle, June 17 - 21, 2025, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

Wed, 25 Jun '25
2nd Test • Colombo (SSC), June 25 - 29, 2025, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

Wed, 02 Jul '25
1st ODI (D/N) • Colombo (RPS), Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

Sat, 05 Jul '25
2nd ODI (D/N) • Colombo (RPS), Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

Tue, 08 Jul '25
3rd ODI (D/N) • Pallekele, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

Thu, 10 Jul '25
1st T20I (N) • Pallekele, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

Sun, 13 Jul '25
2nd T20I (N) • Dambulla, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

Wed, 16 Jul '25
3rd T20I (N) • Colombo (RPS), Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh

Bangladesh 182-3 at tea on day one of the first test

Shanto and Rahim hit centuries.

Bangladesh 495 all out

Rahim 163
Shanto 148
Das 90

Asitha 4-86
Milan 3-39
Tharindu 3-196

Sri Lanka 485 all out

Nissanka 187
Kamindu 87
Chandimal 54

Nayeem 5-121
Mahmud 3-74

Essentially a one innings test match now then....jayasuria nearly has one early...Bangladesh effectively 12-0

Jayasuria gets anamul 24-1

Tharindu is another ambidextrous Sri Lanka spinner.

Shanto playing a captains innings.

Bangladesh 285-6 declared

Shanto 125
Shadman 76
Rahim 49

Tharindu 3-102

Target 296

Sri Lanka 72-4

Nissanka 24

Taijul 3-23

Match drawn.

Bangladesh struggling on 143-5 approaching tea

During a rain delay, the Sri Lanka groundstaff covered the entire field in a couple of minutes!

Bangladesh 247 all out

Shadman 46

Dinusha 3-22
Asitha 3-51

Sri Lanka going well in reply...138-1 50 partnership between nissanaka and chandimal

Is it just me or do Sri Lanka give a debut to a new spinner every home test match? Every time I've seen them play recently in a home test there is a new spinner...would love to know how many spinners have been blooded in past 5-10 years!