Match Thread: BD-A vs SL-A, 1st Unofficial Test, 19-22 Mar 07, at Colombo

[TheWatcher]

Time: Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (05:00 GMT)

Venue: Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo

Weather: Scattered Clouds. High: 84° F. / 29°. Mild Wind. (Forcast for Colombo)

Bangladesh A-team (from):

Mehrab Hossain Jr
Jahurul Islam
Nazimuddin
Tushar Imran (Cpt)
Nadif Chowdhury
Saghir Hossain
Mahmudullah
Khaled Mashud (WK)
Nazmul Hossain
Enamul Haque Jr
Talha Jubair

Sri Lanka A-team (from):

MG Vandort
ML Udawatte
BSM Warnapura

TT Samaraweera (Cpt) CK Kapugedera J Mubarak JK Silva (WK) UDU Chandana MKDI AmerasingheWCA Ganegama WRS de Silva

Score Updates:
Cricinfo | TigerCricket

[kalpurush]

Time to raise your voice...

[sadi]

Wow... totally forgot about this one. Its been a crazy week.

[Farhad]

Completely escaped my memory...Lets hope for a good showing, to send a msg to the SL national team

[TheWatcher]

Bangladesh A-team management consists of Shaun Williams (Head Coach), Golam Nowsher Prince (Team Manager), and Dipu Roy Chowdhury (Assistant coach).

- Source

I am surprised to find Dipu Roy's name here. How old is he ? Also, how fast was he in his time as a bowler ?

[Farhad]

Looks like Cricinfo's gonna be providing us with regular updates. At least its on the "live scores" section. Even if they dont, at least theyve given the thought. Something they didnt do for the England A series. Has the India "upset" prompted the world to sit up and take notice?

[TheWatcher]

So, what's the hold up ? Why cricinfo coverage has not started yet ?

CI does such a good job in providing ball-by-ball commentary for Lankan domestic matches, they should not have any difficulty doing so for this match.

[cricman]

come on Cricinfo, maybe tech difficulties and TC hasn't done anything either

[cricman]

yeah there doing ball by ball

[cricman]

outtt, Nazmul picks up a wicket SL 7/1

[Farhad]

7/1 off 2.3 overs

[Navarene]

Gone!! One down.

Yesss...display some good bowling to inspire the tigers for March 21!

[cricman]

25/2 Nazmul gets another and Nadif is bowling again so thats even better to see

[Navarene]

two down

way to go...juniors!

[cricman]

Sri Lanka A 151/2 (44.0 ov)

[cricman]

This either the Best batting surface in the world or we have the worst bowling attack possible.

Sri Lanka A 264/2 (71.0 ov) Bangladesh A Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat first Day 1 Sri Lanka A RR 3.71 Min overs remaining 19.0 Full scorecard

Hours of play: 10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-1.10pm, Tea 3.10-3.30pm, Close 5.30pm Current time: 16:24 local, 10:54 GMT

Refresh scorecard Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR *BSM Warnapura (lhb) 142 238 18 1 59.66 striker TT Samaraweera (rhb) 94 171 8 0 54.97 non-striker

[istiak]

335/2 at the end of the day!! 313 runs partnership.....Not a very good bowling performance from BD A team.

[TheWatcher]

They should have picked a third pacer (Dollar or Sharif) in expense of one of those two keepers (Pilot or Pavel). The ground is too small for the spinners to set up an attacking field, they can be easily blown out.

[shovon13]

which may explain enamul jr's lack of wickets. i'm still concerned though. surely he should've picked up atleast one.

[allrounder]

what is happening to the A team?

[BanCricFan]

our boys are getting a hell of a beating! they will prolly declare on 500+...lets see how our KIDS bat in their first innings...a draw from here would be outstanding!

[TheWatcher]

This match should end in a draw. Like ours, Lankan bowling side is not that strong either, all that our boys have to do is to bat sensibly.

[shovon13]

Originally Posted by BanCricFan
our boys are getting a hell of a beating! they will prolly declare on 500+...lets see how our KIDS bat in their first innings...a draw from here would be outstanding!

a draw is expected. a win would be outstanding.

[TheWatcher]

Day 1 report from a Lankan Daily-

Thilan, Malinda crack unbeaten centuries for Sri Lanka 'A'

Chris Dhambarage

Skipper Thilan Samaraweera and Malinda Warnapura scored two brilliant unbeaten centuries to put Sri Lanka 'A' in a strong position on the opening day of their first four day unofficial test match against the touring Bangladesh 'A' team which commenced at the Colts CC grounds in Havelock Park yesterday.

The Sri Lanka 'A' team batting first after having won the toss finished the day with a huge 335 for the loss of just two wickets. Left hander Warnapura had completed a trail blazing 177 not out while his captain Samaraweera remained unbeaten on 129. Their unfinished third wicket partnership is worth a massive 313 runs.

The pair came together at a difficult stage of the innings after Sri Lanka 'A' had lost both openers Michael van Dort and Mahela Udawatte quite cheaply. But Warnapura and Samaraweera steadied the innings beautifully and consolidated their position through some intelligent batting.

Sri Lanka 'A' managed to score just 65 runs during the first session as they experienced some anxious moments following the early setback. But once Warnapura and Samaraweera got their eye in runs began to flow quite smoothly as they added a further 135 runs between lunch and tea.

Warnapura made good use of some untidy fielding from the opposition to reach his century from 191 balls and 236 minutes with the help of one six and a dozen of boundaries. In contrast Samaraweera batted more cautiously and reached the three figure mark with the aid of just nine fours having occupied the crease for 287 minutes.

This pair completely dominated the final session as they brought up the three hundred run partnership for the third wicket in 330 minutes of batting time. Bangladesh 'A' team decided to take the new ball immediately after 81 overs but they just could not find a way of breaking this partnership.

Warnapura have so far occupied the crease for a marathon 366 minutes and his unbeaten 177 was studded with one six and 21 hits to the ropes. He also bettered his previous highest first class score of 149 not out. Skipper Samaraweera finished the day on 129 not out from 346 minutes having struck ten boundaries.

Meanwhile Sri Lanka 'A' team coach Chandika Hathurusinghe praised the two centurions Warnapura and Samaraweera for their magnificent performances with the bat. He said that both batted well according to the situation and the manner in which they build up their innings was really outstanding.

Hathurusinghe the former Sri Lanka opening batsman said that his team will be looking for a total of exceeding four hundred runs in an attempt to pressurize the opposition on the second and the third days. He said that the wicket is expected to take some spin on the final day and did not want to bat for a second time.

[Farhad]

Day 2 about to start in a couple mins time....