Triangular Series in Bangladesh in the 2008-09 season

The Triangular Series in Bangladesh in the 2008/09 season was a three-nation tournament that was held from January 10 to 16, 2009 in Bangladesh in one-day cricket . In addition to the host, teams from Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka took part in the tournament, which was part of the 2008/09 international cricket season . In the final, Sri Lanka was able to prevail against Bangladesh with two wickets.

prehistory

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka previously contested a tour in Bangladesh against each other , Zimbabwe a tour against Sri Lanka .

format

In a preliminary round, each team played against each other once. There were four points for a win, two points for a draw or no result. Bonus points were also awarded. The first two of the group qualified for the final and played for the tournament victory.

Stadion

Dhaka

Tour venues

The following stadium was designated as the venue for the tournament and announced on April 7, 2008.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	Dhaka	26,000	Preliminary round & final

Squad lists

Sri Lanka named its roster on December 4, 2008. Bangladesh named its roster on January 7, 2009.

ODI
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka
Mohammad Ashraful ( K ) Enamul Haque Junaid Siddique Mahadmadullah Mahbubul Alam Mashrafe Mortaza Mehrab Hossain Mushfiqur Rahim ( wk ) Naeem Islam Nazmul Hossain Rubles Hossain Shakib Al Hasan Tamim Iqbal	Prosper Utseya ( K ) Elton Chigumbura Graeme Cremer Keith Dabengwa Hamilton Masakadza Stuart Matsikenyeri Chris Mpofu Tawanda Mupariwa Forster Mutizwa Ray Price Ed Rainsford Vusi Sibanda Tatenda Taibu ( wk ) Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	Mahela Jayawardene ( K ) Dilhara Fernando Sanath Jayasuriya Thilina Kandamby Chamara Kapugedera Nuwan Kulasekara Farveez Maharoof Angelo Mathews Ajantha Medis Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan Dammika Prasad Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Upul Tharanga Thilan Thushara

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	+1,279
Bangladesh	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	5	-0.039
Zimbabwe	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4th	-0.920

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

January 10th scorecard	Dhaka	Zimbabwe 205-9 (50)	-	Bangladesh 167 (46.2)
		Zimbabwe wins with 38 runs

January 12th scorecard	Dhaka	Sri Lanka 210-6 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 80 (28.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 130 runs

January 14th scorecard	Dhaka	Sri Lanka 147 (30.1 / 31)	-	Bangladesh 151-5 (23.5 / 31)
		Bangladesh wins with 5 wickets

final

January 16 scorecard	Dhaka	Bangladesh 152 (49.5)	-	Sri Lanka 153-8 (48.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 2 wickets

Web links

• The tournament on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bangladesh Tri-Series 2008/09 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
2. ↑ Bangladesh confirm visits of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. November 18, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
3. ↑ Sa'adi Thawfeeq: Vaas back for Tests, but not ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. December 4, 2008. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
4. ↑ Shahadat and Kayes dropped for ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. January 7, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2016.