Bangladesh plunge to new one-day low

Sri Lanka handed Bangladesh their worst one-day defeat on Monday, reaching a victory target of 77 from just 15.4 overs while losing two wickets.

Bangladesh were dismissed in 30.1 overs, with no batsman managing more than 15, and extras top-scoring with 20 in a total of 76 all out. Their previous lowest one-day total was 87 against Pakistan.

Former captain Naimur Rahman, flown in just for the one-day matches, and Khaled Mahmud were out for ducks with only three players reaching double figures.

Habibul Bashar and Tushar Imran each made 10 and captain Khaled Mashud reached 15, before he was the last man out, caught off leg-break bowler Upul Chandana.

Sri Lanka strolled to victory with Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene unbeaten on 31 and 27 respectively.

Wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara was out for just four runs, caught by Tapash Baisya off Mohammad Rafique, and captain Sanath Jayasuriya struck 14 before he was caught out off pace bowler Tapash Baisya.

Despite not being given much of a challenge, Jayasuriya was positive about his team's performance.

"Everybody bowled well and fielded well, much better than yesterday," he said.

The third one-day and final match of the tour will be played in Colombo on Wednesday. Sri Lanka won the first match on Sunday by five wickets.

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Mail Cricket Editor