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Sri Lanka v Bangladesh @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
6, 7, 8 September 2001 (five-day match)
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, Mian Mohammad Aslam
Third Umpire: Riazuddin
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and 137 runs
1st Innings
Bangladesh
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Javed Omar | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 16 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 2. Mehrab Hossain | run out (Marvan Atapattu > > ) | 23 | 70 | 107 | 3 | - |
| 3. Habibul Bashar | b Chaminda Vaas | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 4. Aminul Islam | c Kumar Sangakkara b Ruchira Perera | 6 | 6 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 5. Al Sahariar | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 16 | 31 | 43 | 1 | - |
| *6. Naimur Rahman | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 9 | 15 | - | - |
| 7. Mohammad Ashraful | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Muttiah Muralitharan | 26 | 53 | 53 | 4 | - |
| +8. Khaled Mashud | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Hasibul Hossain | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 10. Mohammad Sharif | c Michael Vandort b Chaminda Vaas | 1 | 8 | 11 | - | - |
| 11. Manjural Islam | not out | 3 | 16 | 25 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Javed Omar), 2-16 (Habibul Bashar), 3-29 (Aminul Islam), 4-57 (Al Sahariar), 5-58 (Mehrab Hossain), 6-61 (Naimur Rahman), 7-61 (Khaled Mashud), 8-67 (Hasibul Hossain), 9-72 (Mohammad Sharif), 90 (Mohammad Ashraful). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 2 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 36.4 ovs, 161 mins) 90 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 14 | 2 | 47 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ruchira Perera | 5 | 1 | 17 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 9.4 | 4 | 13 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | retired out b | 201 | 259 | 320 | 27 | - |
| *2. Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b Naimur Rahman | 89 | 56 | 85 | 11 | 4 |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Aminul Islam b Hasibul Hossain | 54 | 114 | 127 | 6 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | retired out b | 150 | 115 | 180 | 26 | 1 |
| 5. Michael Vandort | c Manjural Islam b Naimur Rahman | 36 | 65 | 95 | 4 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 10 | 20 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 7. Thilan Samaraweera | ||||||
| 8. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 9. Ravindra Pushpakumara | ||||||
| 10. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 11. Ruchira Perera |
| FOW | 1-144 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-269 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-440 (Marvan Atapattu), 4-530 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-555 (Michael Vandort). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 2w, 8nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 103.3 ovs, 416 mins) 555 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Manjural Islam | 18 | 1 | 94 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohammad Sharif | 17 | 0 | 120 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Hasibul Hossain | 23 | 6 | 122 | 1 | (1w,6nb) |
| Naimur Rahman | 30.3 | 8 | 117 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohammad Ashraful | 10 | 0 | 63 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Habibul Bashar | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Bangladesh
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Javed Omar | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 40 | 66 | 78 | 8 | - |
| 2. Mehrab Hossain | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 4 | 35 | 58 | - | - |
| 3. Al Sahariar | lbw b Thilan Samaraweera | 7 | 11 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 4. Aminul Islam | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 56 | 152 | 184 | 7 | - |
| 5. Habibul Bashar | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 19 | 36 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 6. Mohammad Ashraful | c & b Ruchira Perera | 114 | 212 | 248 | 16 | - |
| *7. Naimur Rahman | c Marvan Atapattu b Ruchira Perera | 48 | 71 | 92 | 9 | - |
| +8. Khaled Mashud | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 3 | 9 | 16 | - | - |
| 9. Hasibul Hossain | c Kumar Sangakkara b Ruchira Perera | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Mohammad Sharif | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 19 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| 11. Manjural Islam | not out | 1 | 10 | 13 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-31 (Mehrab Hossain), 2-54 (Javed Omar), 3-54 (Al Sahariar), 4-81 (Habibul Bashar), 5-207 (Aminul Islam), 6-303 (Naimur Rahman), 7-308 (Mohammad Ashraful), 8-308 (Khaled Mashud), 9-314 (Hasibul Hossain), 328 (Mohammad Sharif). |
| Extras | 5b, 5lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 101.3 ovs, 390 mins) 328 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 16 | 2 | 71 | 0 | (0w,3nb) |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 8 | 5 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 35.3 | 6 | 98 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ruchira Perera | 13 | 3 | 40 | 3 | (0w,4nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 13 | 2 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 16 | 2 | 52 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Thilan Samaraweera, Hashan Tillakaratne, Michael Vandort, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Chaminda Vaas, Ruchira Perera