Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 1984-85

Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 1984-85

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series_name = Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Bangladesh in 1984-85
team1_

team1_name = Sri Lanka
team2_
| team2_name = Bangladesh
from_date = 15 March
to_date = 17 March 1985
team1_captain = Duleep Mendis
team2_captain = Gazi Ashraf

The Sri-Lankan team on their way back home from Australia visited Dhaka in March 1985. It was a very short tour, there was just one 3 Day fixture, played under sheering March heat. Nevertheless, for the local side specially, this match produced some important achievements.

Overview

cores in Brief

Batting first, Bangladesh scored 139 in the first innings. The newly appointed skiper Gazi Ashraf Lipu and Munir both scored 39. (Tariquzzaman Munir was at that time at the top of his form. Just days earlier he had scored the highest individual score in domestic cricket, 308 for Dhaka University in the Semi Final of the National Cricket Championship against Dhaka District. There he had shared a partnership of 447 with Athar Ali Khan). . [ [http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/05/02/sports.htm] : Rafiqul Ameer."Looking Back: Bangladesh Cricket in the 80's". Retrieved on 2007-12-18.]

Unfortunately for Bangladesh the tail collapsed against the left arm spin of the veteran Somachandra de Silva who took 4/28.

In reply, the Lankan innings strated disastraously as Amal Silva and Sidath Wettimuny both fell cheaply to medium pacer Jahangir Shah. The middle order however, repaired the damage and Sri Lanka eventually declared at 429/9. Ranjan Madugalle narrowly missed his hundred (95), Ravi Ratnayeke, better known as a fast bowler, blasted 79*. Jahangir Shah finished with 4/89.

Bangladesh batted with great deremination in their 2nd innings and saved the match by scoring 152/6. Skipper Gazi Ashraf again led from the front, scoring a gritty 45, and the veteran Raquibul Hasan proved his worth to the side with 32. [ Hasan Babli. "Antorjartik Crickete Bangladesh". Khelar Bhuban Prakashani, Novermeber, 1994. ]

Importance of the Match

As stated earlier, this game is significant in Bangladesh's cricket history for a number of reasons. First, the draw achieved was highly crediatable. Specially, the memory of the disaster that Bangladesh had faced against Sri Lanka during the 77-78 season was partly erased. Second, this was the first time Gazi Ashraf captained the national side. He was to remain captain until 1990. During this period Bangladesh Cricket went through its most important changes. [ [http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/05/02/sports.htm] : Rafiqul Ameer."Looking Back: Bangladesh Cricket in the 80's". Retrieved on 2007-12-18.]

Finally, three youngseters, Minhajul Abedin, Athar Ali Khan and Gholam Nousher Prince, played for Bangladesh in this match. Although all of them failed to impress, they all went on to play vital roles in later years.

References

External links

* [http://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/05/02/sports.htm Daily Star]


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