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Questions aplenty

Al Musabbir Sadi from Colombo
Success is like cement because it holds everything together. But when a team fails, all the cracks begin to open up.
And likewise, people here are questioning how a team that had done so well in the trying conditions of England could bat so meekly in the first two games and then does the exact opposite and perform hara-kiri in the last in conditions more familiar to that of home.
After Bangladesh's pathetic batting in the third and final one-dayer on Sunday one of the theories on why they had fielded first after winning tosses in the first two games was that they did not want to face Chaminda Vaas and Co in the morning.
The wicket at Sinhalese Sports Club ground usually favours fast bowling in the early hours while the Premadasa Stadium pitch for the second ODI, a bit slower, had enough juice leftfrom overnight rain.
Those were perhaps the fear factors but that did not stop the experienced Sri Lankans from posting huge totals, 269-9 and 295-5.
When Bangladesh were put in by
Mahela Jayawardene after the groundsmen managed to dry up the wet ground following sporadic rain for over 24 hours, it seemed that the stand-in Lankan skipper has given Bangladesh what they wanted especially with no Vaas around.
Javed Omar and Shahriar Nafees found life easy against the second string attack also without Muttiah Muralitharan. However as soon as Javed was trapped lbw in Dilhara Fernando's first over sheer madness followed.
From 47 without loss, the Tigers crashed to 54-6 in no time as first-change Fernando and Farveez Maharoof shared six wickets in the span of seven runs and 27 deliveries.
Ironically the good start proved there was no ghost in the Premadasa pitch and it also proved something more worrying; Bangladesh were back to their old destructive habits after a rather nice run in ODIs since December.
Having won at least one match in the previous three series', against India and Zimbabwe at home and the tri-series in England where world champions Australia were also involved, everybody expected Bangladesh to be at least competitive. But like the embarrassingly onesided 11 matches between the two sides prior to this series, Sri Lanka once again had all the answers to Bangladesh's ploys.
Promoted to number three, Mohammad Rafique failed to provide any fireworks and skied Maharoof while trying to slog just after the quickest team 50 in the series came in 8.5 overs.
Shahriar Nafess, who was Bangladesh's top scorer in all three games (39, 51 and 21), drove a rising delivery by Maharoof to midwicket two balls later and Mohammad Ashraful, completed a miserable series when he was trapped in front for a three-ball duck while trying to work a fuller one from Fernando on the leg side.
Bangladesh had recognised batsmen even at number nine but the men who really mattered, did not contribute. Aftab Ahmed paid the price for playing from the crease while Bashar sliced the ball to wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara. Both made one.
Bangladesh were staring at a below three-figure total when Upul Chandana in his first over successfully trapped Khaled Mashud. After three deliveries, the leg-spinner called for a slip and Mashud responded with an edge to Samaraweera who palmed a sharp low catch.
Tushar Imran, Manjarul Islam and last man Tapash Baisya managed to reach the double figures to make sure Bangladesh did not fall behind the hundred-mark for the ninth time in their ODI history. Still, the 108 all out was their second lowest total against Sri Lanka. Bangladesh's previous lowest total against Sri Lanka, 76, is also their overall lowest.