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Draw likely after SL A's strong reply
Sri Lanka A replied responded well with the bat as the home side rode on Sangeeth Cooray’s hundred to end the third day on 204 for two, 156 runs behind Bangladesh A's first innings total of 360 in Hambantota yesterday.
After a washout on the first day reduced the four-day game to a three-day affair, the strong batting from both sides meant that the game was heading for a likely draw.
Resuming the third day on 270 for six, apart from Mehedi Hasan Miraz's 57 none of the Bangladesh batsman were able to make an impact. Soumya Sarkar scored 24 as the visitors were eventually bundled out after adding 90 runs to their overnight total.
Ramesh Mendis and Asitha Fernando bagged three wickets each for the bowling side. In reply, Sri Lanka A lost their first wicket early when pacer Ebadot Hossain removed Pathum Nissanka for 14 but Sangeeth, along with Kamindu Mendis, added 165 runs for the second wicket.
Sangeeth was dismissed by Mehedi after scoring 104 off 151 balls, which included 15 fours, while Mendis remained unbeaten on 79.
--Sports Reporter
Shakib's Tridents in playoffs
Shakib Al Hasan's Barbados Tridents ensured a spot in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) playoffs with a 24-run win over St Lucia Zouks at the Kensington Oval in Barbados yesterday.
Shakib, playing his second match for the Tridents this season, contributed with both bat and ball.
Electing to bat, Tridents lost Alex Hales in the very first over before Shakib came to the crease and notched a 62-run second-wicket partnership with Johnson Charles. The 32-year-old scored a 21-ball 22 before departing in the ninth over. However, Charles's 36-ball 47 and an unbeaten 28-balI 27 from Justin Greaves helped the Tridents post 141 for six.
After the exchange, a team high of 17-ball 25 came from Colin Ingram as Zouks were bundled out for 117 in 18.4 overs. Shakib returned economical figures of one for 20 while Hayden Walsh was the pick of the bowlers for
the Tridents, returning figures of four for 26.
-Sports Reporter
India Women's A team to arrive tomorrow
India Women's A team will arrive in Bangladesh tomorrow to take part in a three-match one-day and three-match T20 series. All three one-dayers will take place at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chatrtogram, with the first game scheduled for October 4, followed by the second and third matches on October 6 and 8 respectively. The T20 series will be played at the Sheikh Kamal Internationa) Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar from October 11.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced a 15-member Bangladesh A team. Shaila Sharmin will lead the hosts, with the selectors including quite a few players from the national side.
SQUAD: Shaila Sharmin (Captain), Nuzhat Tumpa, Sanjida Islam, Sharmin Akter, Ritu Moni, Murshida Khatun, Rumana Ahmed, Nigar Sultana, Fahima Khatun, Nahida Akhter, Khadiza-Tul-Kubra, Suraya Azim, Puja Chakraborty, Sobhana Mostary, Fargana Hoque -Sports Reporter
Asia Cup In Pakistan
BCCI must decide byJune 2020
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has set a lune 2020 deadline for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to confirm its participation in the Asia Cup scheduled for September 2020.
"We need to see if India agrees to come to Pakistan for the Asia Cup. There is still some time till next year's September but by lune, we have to know where we are going with this and if it can't be hosted here because of a lack of involvement of India," PCB CEO Wasim Khan said.
However the final decision to shift the tournament will be Asian Cricket Council's prerogative. "But that is a decision for the Asian Cricket Council and ICC to make. We are ready to have India in the Asia Cup," Khan said.
—Agencies