BAN v SL: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test Match Statistics, Mar 20, 2013

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Published on: Mar 19, 2013

Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka 2013, 2nd Test Live Score: BAN 240 & 265; SL 346 & 160/3;Sri Lanka Win the match by 7 Wickets and Win the Series 1-0; Herath is the Man of Match for his 12/157. Sangakkara is the Man of Series for his 441 runs.

Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka 2013, 2nd Test Live Score: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Colombo, Mar 16-20, 2013.

Series: Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka 2013

Points:Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka 2013 points table

Teams: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka

Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Match Type: Test match - (5-day match)

Time: 10:00 local time | 04:30 GMT | 10:00 IST

Toss: Sri Lanka Won the Toss and choose to field first

BAN 240 & 265

SL 346 & 160/3

Rangana-Herath-gets-his-200th-wicketSri Lanka Win the match by 7 Wickets and Win the Series 1-0

Herath is the Man of Match for his 12/157.

Sangakkara is the Man of Series for his 441 runs.

Full Scorecard

Rangana Herath became the third Sri Lankan bowler to reach the 200-wicket mark. In 47 Tests, Herath has picked up 200 wickets at an average of 29.52 with 16 five-fors.

Herath is now joint-ninth on the list of spinners with the most five-fors and level fourth among subcontinent spinners with the most five-wicket hauls.

Herath's 7 for 89 is his best-ever innings bowling performance in Tests surpassing his 7 for 157 against Australia at the SSC in 2011. It is also Herath's finestmatch bowling performance and the seventh-best by a Sri Lankan bowler.

Sri Lanka's win is their 13th in 14 matches against Bangladesh. Since 2001, the highest number of matches Sri Lanka have won against any other team is six (West Indies).

Kumar Sangakkara's tally of 441 runs in the series is the fifth-highest overall and the second-highest by a Sri Lankan batsman after Mahela Jayawardene's 474 runs against England in 2007 (max four innings).

Angelo Mathews today became the youngest Sri Lankan captain at 25y-290d to win a Test series.

Since Muttiah Muralitharan's retirement in 2010, Sri Lanka had won only four Tests. Rangana Herath's figures in those are: 9 for 128, 12 for 171, 5 for 121 and 11 for 108.

Rangana Herath' match figure 12/157 is his best bowling in a Test match, his previous best were 12/171 against England at Galle 2012.

Rangana Herath gets his 200th wicket in his 47th Test. Level with Kumble, Holding, Trueman and Kaneria. Rangana Herath became only the third Sri Lankan to take 200 Test wickets

Best match figures against Bang in Tests: Muralitharan 12/82, D Kaneria 12/94, Herath 12/157, Vettori 12/170, Irfan Pathan 11/96.

This is Rangana Herath' 15th 5wkt haul in Tests, his first v Bangladesh. He has five-for against all Team he has played except WI.

Sangakkara's aggregate of 10486 runs is the highest for any batsman after 200 Test innings. Brian Lara had got 10470 runs.

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