Mehedi, Mominul put BD A on top

After an impressive display on the opening day, it was once again all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz, who shone with the ball before skipper Mominul Haque's century put Bangladesh A on top of their Sri Lankan counterparts on the Day 2 of their second and final four-day match at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota yesterday.

Starting the day on 223 for five, Sri Lanka could only manage to add 45 more runs as they were bundled out for 268 in 90.2 overs. Mehedi, who had scalped three wickets on the previous day, took four of the five wickets that fell yesterday as he finished with the figures of seven for 84 in 37 overs with 14 maidens. After Mehedi removed overnight batsman Lahiru Udara, ending a 43-run sixth-wicket stand between Lahiru and Charith Asalanka in the 88th over, Sri Lanka soon faltered and lost rest of their wickets within a span of just 19 deliveries.

Bangladesh however lost two wickets of Jahurul Islam and Nazmul Hossain inside six overs with just 22 runs on the board before Shadman Islam and Mominul Haque added a 154-run third-wicket stand. Shadman was dismissed after scoring a 104-ball 77 run knock but Mominul's impressive 190-ball 117 helped Bangladesh mange a score of 283 for six in 67 overs at the stumps.