Murali claims five wickets

Muttiah Muralitharan clai-med his 58th five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka overpowered Bangladesh on the opening day of the first Test

Muttiah Muralitharan clai-med his 58th five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka overpowered Bangladesh on the opening day of the first Test today.

The off-spinner grabbed five wickets for 15 runs as Bangladesh were shot out for their third lowest total of 89.

Sri Lanka were 227-3 at stumps in reply. Jayawardene hit 93 before he retiring hurt while opener Michael Vandort,was unbeaten on 87.

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Bangladesh (1st Innings): J Omar c P. Jayawardena b Vaas 8, S Nafees c P.Jayawardena b Malinga 15, R Saleh lbw Muralitharan 3, H Bashar lbw Fernando 2, Mohd Ashraful c Warnapura b Fernando 7, S Hasan lbw Muralitharan 16, K Mashud not out 12, S Hossain c Muralitharan b Fernando 1, M Morataza st. Jayawardena b Muralitharan 1, Mohd Rafique lbw b Muralitharan 11, A Razzak st. Jayawardene b Muralitharan 4, Extras: (lb2,nb7) 9; Total: (all out, 32.3 overs) 89.

Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-28, 3-32, 4-43, 5-50, 6-61, 7-64, 8-69, 9-85.

Bowling: Vaas 7-3-8-1, Malinga 7-0-31-1, Fernando 11-2-33-3, Muralitharan 7.3-3-15-5.

Sri Lanka (1st Innings): M Vandort batting 87, MWarnapura lbw Hossain 0,K Sangakkara ct Mashud b Hossain 6, M Jayawardene retired hurt 93, C Silva c Morataza b Razzak 1, T Dilshan batting 27; Extras: (b6, w2, nb 5) 13; Total (for 3 wkts) 227. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-14, 3-187.

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Bowling: Morataza 6-0-27-0, Hossain 8-0-53-0, Razzaq 14-1-47-1, Rafique 11-1-46-0, Hasan 5-0-19-0, Ashraful 7-0-29-0.

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