Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06

Sri Lankans in Bangladesh in 2005-06
	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh
Dates	20 February – 12 March 2006
Captains	Mahela Jayawardene	Habibul Bashar
Test series
Result	Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Upul Tharanga (297)	Habibul Bashar (183)
Most wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan (16)	Shahadat Hossain (9)
Player of the series	Muttiah Muralitharan
One Day International series
Results	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (181)	Mohammad Ashraful (119)
Most wickets	Ruchira Perera (4) Sanath Jayasuriya (4) Dilhara Fernando, (4) Farveez Maharoof (4)	Mohammad Rafique (7)
Player of the series	Kumar Sangakkara

The Sri Lankan cricket team toured Bangladesh for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. The Sri Lankans rested many senior players on this tour, like Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan (Muttiah was only left out of the ODI squad) and the captain Marvan Attapatu. The role of the captain for this series was taken over by Mahela Jayawardene. The first match of the ODI series was the last game for veteran fast bowler Khaled Mahmud.

Squads[]

ODI matches[]

1st match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 20 February[]

20 February 2006 Scorecard

Bangladesh  118 (35.5 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 119/5 (24.1 overs)
Khaled Mahmud 36 (62) Ruchira Perera 3/23 (7 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 50 (62) Mohammad Rafique 2/10 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (IND) & Mahbubur Rahman (BAN) Player of the match: Ruchira Perera

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Khaled Mahmud played his last international match

2nd match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 22 February[]

22 February 2006 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  212 (49 overs)	v	Bangladesh 213/6 (47 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 96 (110) Syed Rasel 2/28 (10 overs)		Mohammad Ashraful 51 (71) Dilhara Fernando 2/48 (8 overs)

Bangladesh won by 4 wickets Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (IND) & Mahbubur Rahman (BAN) Player of the match: Aftab Ahmed

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

3rd match: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka, 25 February[]

25 February 2006 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  309/7 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 231/9 (50 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 109 (125) Mohammad Rafique 3/61 (10 overs)		Mohammad Ashraful 64 (67) Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/14 (5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 78 runs Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: AFM Akhtaruddin (BAN) & Krishna Hariharan (IND) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

Test series[]

First test: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (28 February-3 March)[]

14–18 December 2012 Scorecard

Bangladesh	v	Sri Lanka
319 (91.5 overs) Mohammad Ashraful 136 (184) Lasith Malinga 4/57 (16.5 overs)		338 (97.1 overs) Farveez Maharoof 72 (133) Shahadat Hossain 4/83 (22 overs)
181 (58.5 overs) Mohammad Rafique 40 (49) Muttiah Muralitharan 6/54 (19.5 overs)		163/2 (37 overs) Michael Vandort 64* (105) Syed Rasel 1/18 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Steve Bucknor (WIN) Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat

Second test: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (8–11 March)[]

14–18 December 2012 Scorecard

Bangladesh	v	Sri Lanka
234 (76.5 overs) Habibul Bashar 69 (120) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/79 (30.5 overs)		316 (103.3 overs) Upul Tharanga 165 (304) Shahadat Hossain 5/86 (21.3 overs)
201 (56.1 overs) Habibul Bashar 73 (104) Lasith Malinga 3/51 (14.1 overs) Dilhara Fernando 3/51 (19 overs)		120/0 (28 overs) Upul Tharanga 71* (87)

Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Krishna Hariharan (IND) Player of the match: Upul Tharanga

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat