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Sri Lanka takes Test series

Tigers succumb to record loss

Bishwaiit Roy in chimgong
Bangladesh's sordid record book was rewritten when they suffered their biggest margin of defeat by runs on the fourth day of the second and final Test at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium yesterday.
Tillakaratne Dilshan fashioned the massive 465-run victory, the fifth highest margin of victory ever in Test cricket, as Sri Lanka clinched the series 2-0 after their 107-run win in the first Test in Dhaka.
As the fourth Sri Lankan, the right-handed Dilshan smashed hundreds in each innings (162 and 143) and claimed four wickets in the final session of the fourth day with his effective spin to make sure that Bangladesh swallow their heaviest defeat ever.
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The Tigers put on a toothless batting display in their second innings to be bowled out inside two sessions for 158 runs in chase of an improbable 624 to rewrite the record as their previous worst 329-run defeat was against England, also in Chittagong, in 2003. They had a previous record of 288-run defeat against the Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2002.
There was nothing left in the match for Bangladesh rather than offering some fight after Sri Lanka put up an unachievable target when they batted the entire first session before declaring their second innings on 447 for seven thanks to Dilshan's 143 that sawfourteen boundaries and a six during his 175-ball essay.
The main focus was on whether Bangladesh batsmen could survive the two sessions to take the match into the fifth day but it evaporated when they lost five wickets for 62 runs before tea by showing another pathetic top-order batting.
The fear was with champion off-spinner Muttiah Muralidaran and new sensation Ajantha Mendis but believe it or not the former went wicketless while the mystery spinner did the initial damage with three wickets and then the late-order surrendered to Dilshan.
On a spinning track Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim showed some resistance with counterattacks against the spinners but their 92-run sixth wicket stand hardly made any difference to the match.
It was just a matter of time for the Sri Lankans to wrap up the innings when Shakib was stumped to become the first victim of Dilshan after
making 46 off 49 deliveries that featured seven boundaries while Mushfiqur was the last man to fall victim of a run out for 43 runs that came from 93 balls.
Bangladesh's chance to fight was all but over when Mohammad Ashraful misjudged a googly from Mendis to manage an edge to wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene for seven runs after the other top-order showed senseless batting.
Earlier in the morning there was however curiosity on when Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene would declare the innings and he took too much time to make sure that his batsmen got enough batting opportunity.
Shakib however brought an early breakthrough when Sri Lanka resumed the day on 296 for 4 by removing Thilan Samaraweera, who added only six runs to his overnight score of 71, but Thilan made maximum.
Resuming the day on 81, Dilshan completed his seventh hundred and rarely missed an opportunity to make 150 runs in both innings after former Australian skipper Alan Border as the righthander being bowled by leftarm spinner Enamul Haque for 143 runs.
Chamara Kapugedara was the other notable scorer with an unbeaten 59 off 92 deliveries that contained one four and three big sixes.
The teams will now be involved in a triangular one-day series which also involves Zimbabwe. The tri-series will start with the match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe on January 10 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.