After the magic of Enamul Haque Jr., another slow left arm bowler Mosharraf Hossain took 5 wickets in the Sri Lanka A second innings to revive Bangladesh A in the second test match at Colts Cricket ground in Colombo.
Bangladesh A need 325 runs on the final day of the test to square the series. Bangladesh A captain Tushar Imran showed optimism to finish the uphill task and end the series on a high.
Earlier, Bangladesh could only add 38 more runs to their overnight score of 201-7 and conceded a massive 156 run deficit. Sri Lankan test cap Rangana Herath grabbed 5 wickets for 45 runs.
Sri Lanka A declared their second innings on 184-6 setting 341 as the victory target for Bangladesh. Kanchana Gunawardene and Jehan Mubarak scored 51 runs each amid wicket feast of Mosharraf. He effectively slowed Sri Lanka A charge and bagged 5 wickets for 69 runs.
Bangladesh A opener Jahurul Islam (7) and Mehrab Hossain (6) negotiated the 7 oevrs left in the day. Bangladesh finished the day on 16-0 and still require 325 runs to win the test and level the series.
Sri Lanka A: 395 (Michael Vandort 114, Jehan Mubarak 55, Kaushal Silva 75 ; Enamul Haque 6-106, Mohammad Sharif 2-36) and 184-6 dec (Jehan Mubarak 51, Kanchana Gunawardene 51; Mosharraf Hossain 5-69)
Bangladesh A: 239 (Mehrab Hossain 51, Tushar Imran 38, Mahmudullah 37*; Rangana Herath 5-45, Sujeewa Silva 2-44) and 16-0 (Jahurul Islam 7* and Mehrab Hossain 6*)
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