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Mahela pleased as punch

Bishwajit Roy
It was not die dme to watch a cricket match the day before the parliamentary elections, but still a few fans turned up at the Mirpur big bowl on the third day of the first Test match at the Sher-c-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.
The obvious topic all around was what is going to happen tomorrow', the first rest day in a Test since 2001.
But wasn't there anything for the small crowd on the green surface? If someone wants to take something from the home side then it was the bowling of pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza who showed an exciting display of swing and seam bowling to claim two wickets.
In the end it was however the unbeaten hundred of Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene which was the highlight of the day as the visitors tightened their noose on the Tigers by taking an overall lead of406 runs with six wickets in hand.
Before bad light stopped the day's play, Sri Lanka scored 291-4 in their second essay thanks to a well-composed 129 by Jayawardene and half-centuries from Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera and when the proceedings resume tomorrow the main curiosity would be the declaration with the fact that bad weather has been playing a big role in the match.
Mashrafe along with his new-ball partner Mahbubul Alam gave a perfect start by removing the two openers for 18 runs and the home team had a chance to double the pressure like the first innings but Mohammad Ashraful's throw from rnid-off missed the stumps at the bowlers' end by a whisker.
Sri Lanka captain would have been out by a yard but he survived and what was done later could be a good lesson for Ashraful's men how one batsman can build his innings by showing respect to the bowlers. He did exactly what was required for him to stop the whispering which became loud after his failure in Zimbabwe.
"You have to grind out from the situation. We made a few mistakes in the first innings but bowlers brought us back in the match. We lost two early wickets in the second innings and we were required to do the job," said Jayawardene who put on 135 for the third wicket stand along with his deputy Sangakkara to take his side away from the early difficulty.
Jayawardene praised the Bangladesh bowling effort by saying that the bowlers did well particularly Mashrafe as they bowled in the right areas and created opportunities' but without any doubt the intensity like the first day was missing after the first session. And most importantly Shakib Al Hasan went wicketless as Jayawardene in particular worked him around.
It was fantastic to watch the way the right-hander moved up with his knock.
He avoided all the risks although pacer Shahadat Hossain and Mashrafe tried to tempted him with the short deliveries several times. Jayawardene initially negotiated the challenge coming from the seamers and waited for the spinners to come out from the shell.
The Lankan skipper looked solid although he did offer a couple of half chances as well as surviving close shouts from the fielders but he continued to focus on his job and didn't get bogged down at any stage.
Jayawardene as usual was strong square of the wicket on the offside, executing some eye-catching boundaries against Shahadat and Mahbubul against whom he smashed three consecutive boundaries through the off-side.
The 27-year-old batsman swept Shakib to the fine leg boundary to bring up his fifty and flicked Mahbubul to the midwicket boundary to complete his 24th Test hundred.
Soon after the completion of the hundred Jayawardene was lucky to stay at the middle as a spectacular diving catch from wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim was turned down because the bowler Mahbubul Alam had overstepped the mark.
"Every century no matter against whom is always pleasing for me." was the response of the smiling Sri Lanka skipper who admitted that he didn't hear the no-ball call and that's why he started to walk towards the dressing room.
It was however not only about the performance but he had to say something about the election but he has very little knowledge about the facts.
"What I know is that two women are running in the polls. Actually I'm not a huge follower of politics," said Jayawardene.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday:
SRI LANKA: First innings 293 (Samarweera 90. Shakib 5-70) BANGLADESH: First innings (overnight 177-9)
Tamim cWarnapura
bMuralidaran 17
Imrul c P Jayawardene
bVaas 33
Zunaed b Muralidaran 29
Ashraful c Dilshan bVaas 12
Rokibul b Prasad 11
Mehrab c M Jayawardene b Herath 29
Shakib c M Jayawardene b Muralidaran 26
Mushfiqurnotout 12
Mashrafe lbw b Muralidaran 0 Shahadat st P Jayawardene b Muralidaran 5
Mahbubul cWarnapura b Muralidaran 0
Extras: (b-4) 4
Total: (All out in 60 overs) 178 Fall of wickets: 1-44. 2-68, 3-90,4-95.5-117,6-158,7-162,8-162,9-176.
Bowler O M R W
Vaas 11 4 33 2
Prasad 13 0 61 1
Dilshan 2 0 2 0
Muralidaran 22 8 49 6
Herath 12 1 29 1
SRI LANKA: Second innings Vandort b Mashrafe 6
Warnapura lbw b Mahbubul 8 Sangakkara c Mushfiqur b Mehrab 67
M Jayawardene not out 129 Samaraweera b Mashrafe 62 Extras: (b-6, lb - 5, nb-6, w-2) 19 Total: (For four wkts in
85 overs) 291
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-18, 3-153,4-291.
To bat: Dilshan, Jayawardene, Vaas, Prasad, Herath. Muralidaran.
Bowler O M R W
Mashrafe 14 4 24 2
Mahbubul 14 1 47 1
Shakib 31 9 88 0
Shahadat 14 1 66 0
Mehrab 6 0 29 1
Rokibul 10 2 0
Ashraful 5 0 24 0