Sri Lankan national cricket team in Bangladesh in the 2008-09 season

The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team to Bangladesh in the 2008-09 season took place from December 23, 2008 to January 14, 2009. The international cricket tour was part of the 2008/09 international cricket season and included only two test matches , both won by Sri Lanka.

prehistory

Bangladesh previously played a tour against South Africa and Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2007 season in Sri Lanka . Immediately afterwards, both teams will hold a three-country tournament together with Zimbabwe .

Stages

Chittagong Dhaka

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on November 18, 2008.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Chittagong Divisional Stadium	Chittagong	20,000	2nd test
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	Dhaka	26,000	1st test

Squad

Sri Lanka named its roster on December 4, 2008. Bangladesh named its roster on December 18, 2008.

test
Bangladesh	Sri Lanka
Mohammad Ashraful ( K ) Mashrafe Mortaza ( UK ) Mahbubul Alam Shakib Al Hasan Enamul Haque Raqibul Hasan Mehrab Hossain Shahadat Hossain Tamim Iqbal Sajedul Islam Imrul Kayes Mushfiqur Rahim ( wk ) Rajin Saleh Junaid Siddique	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Rangana Herath Prasanna Jayawardene ( wk ) Chamara Kapugedera Farveez Maharoof Ajantha Mendis Muttiah Muralitharan Dhammika Prasad Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara Thilan Thushara Chaminda Vaas Michael Vandort Malinda Warnapura

Tour match

December 21-23 Scorecard	Sabhar	Bangladesh Cricket Board XI 88 (34.1)	-	Sri Lankans 316 (95.3)
		draw

Test matches

First test in Dhaka

December 26th - 31st scorecard	Dhaka	Sri Lanka 293 (89.4) & 405-6d (108)	-	Bangladesh 178 (60) & 413 (126.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 107 runs

Second test in Chittagong

January 3-6 scorecard	Chittagong	Sri Lanka 384 (94) & 447-6d (127)	-	Bangladesh 208 (76.2) & 158 (49.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 465 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2	4th	366	91.50	162	2	0
Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	2	4th	248	62.00	90	0	3
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2	4th	202	50.50	166	1	0
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2	4th	169	42.25	67	0	2
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2	4th	168	42.00	96	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2	100.2	13	21.69	6/49	1	1
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2	118.4	11	35.63	5/70	1	0
Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	1	43	7th	18.28	4/71	0	0
Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	2	76	7th	33.85	3/58	0	0
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2	54	6th	24.00	2/21	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Tillakaratne Dilshan

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Shakib Al Hasan
2nd test	Tillakaratne Dilshan

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bangladesh confirm visits of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. November 18, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
2. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Vaas back for Tests, but not ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. December 4, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
3. ↑ Bangladesh recall Haque and Saleh for SL Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. December 18, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test Series, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 23, 2016.