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ICC Champions Trophy 2006
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Mini World Cup in India 
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, Mohali
Upul Tharanga's century instrumental in Srilanka's victory over Bangladesh
Oct 7, 2006
In the first qualifying match for the Champions Cup in Mohali, Srilanka pulled off an easy victory against Bangladesh, thanks to a century by Upul Tharanga. In response to Sri Lanka's score of 302 runs at the loss of 8 wickets, Bangladesh could come up with only 265 runs in 50 overs and just one wicket in hand.
Tharanga anchored himself at the crease to hit 105 runs off 129 balls and was instrumental in the Srilankan victory. The rest of the top order batsmen all contributed to the score by forming lasting partnerships with Tharanga to help Srilanka get to a comfortable total of 302. Bangladesh fought back by taking 4 wickets in quick succession towards the end, but Srilanka still managaed to get their score past the 300 mark as Muralitharan and Tillakaratne amassed 28 runs in the last two overs.
Though Bangladesh suffered some early setbacks when their turn came to bat, they did put up a fight. The efforts worth mentioning include Saqibul Hasan's unbeaten 67 runs which included his first 50 in ODIs, Aftab Ahmed's 33 off 31 balls with 5 boundaries and a six.
But in the end, Srilanka turned out to be the better team, beating Bangladesh by 37 runs to win this first qualifying match for the ICC Champions Trophy.
The next match will be between Australia and Zimbabwe on Sunday in Ahmedabad.
Champions Trophy qualifying round, Mohali: Sri Lanka 302-8 (50 overs) bt Bangladesh 265-9 (50 overs) by 37 runs
Bangladesh face Sri Lanka in opener today
Oct 7, 2006
The first match of the Champions Trophy will be played at Mohali on Saturday between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The 1996 World Cup champions and the joint winners of the 2002 Champions Trophy Sri Lanka begin as overwhelming favourites in this encounter which kicks off the qualifying stage. The Sri Lankans have been in pretty good form of late including a 5-0 whitewash of England in England. Bangladesh on the other hand were beaten by a young Zimbabwe team 3-2 in a five match series recently and will be keen to cause an upset although they have beaten Sri Lanka just once in 17 matches. Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody said his team would treat Bangladesh with the respect they deserve. But he said his players would tread cautiously against the improving minnows, who have beaten Australia, India and Sri Lanka in recent times. Visiting Sri Lanka whitewashed England 5-0 in a One-Day series in July. Moody said the qualifiers would help his team prepare for the Champions Trophy main rounds which start on October 15. Sri Lanka failed to clinch one of the automatic main-round berths as only the top six teams in the One-Day rankings on April 1 made the cut. Sri Lanka Team (from): Mahela Jayawardene (Captain), Marvan Atapattu, Malinga Bandara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya, Chamara Kapugedera, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ruchira Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Upul Tharanga, Chaminda Vaas.
Bangladesh Team (from): Habibul Bashar (Captain), Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful, Saqibul Hasan, Mehrab Hossain, Shahadat Hossain, Khaled Mashud, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahriar Nafees, Mohammad Rafique, Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak, Farhad Reza, Rajin Saleh.
Champions Trophy Qulifying round: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, Mohali
Scores
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 37 runs
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field
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302 for 8 (50.0 overs)
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265 for 9 (50.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| W U Tharanga | b Mashrafe Mortaza | 105 |
129 | 11 | 1 | |
| S T Jayasuriya | lbw | b Syed Rasel | 31 |
46 | 5 | 0 |
| D P M D Jayawardene | c Aftab Ahmed | b Abdur Razzak | 35 |
24 | 6 | 1 |
| K C Sangakkara | c Mashrafe Mortaza | b Mohammad Rafique | 22 |
23 | 1 | 0 |
| M S Atapattu | c Farhad Reza | b Syed Rasel | 40 |
42 | 7 | 0 |
| T M Dilshan | not out | 26 |
22 | 2 | 0 | |
| M F Maharoof | run out | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| W P U J C Vaas | c Farhad Reza | b Abdur Razzak | 4 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | run out | 11 |
4 | 1 | 1 | |
| S L Malinga | not out | 7 |
2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extras | 16w 1b 4lb | 21 | ||||
| Total | for 8 | 302 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Shahriar Nafees | c K C Sangakkara | b W P U J C Vaas | 5 |
22 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Ashraful | c K C Sangakkara | b C R D Fernando | 18 |
43 | 2 | 0 |
| Aftab Ahmed | c K C Sangakkara | b M F Maharoof | 33 |
31 | 5 | 1 |
| Saqibul Hasan | not out | 67 |
108 | 7 | 0 | |
| Habibul Bashar | c D P M D Jayawardene | b M F Maharoof | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Farhad Reza | st K C Sangakkara | b M Muralitharan | 34 |
30 | 4 | 1 |
| Khaled Mashud | run out | 8 |
8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mohammad Rafique | c W P U J C Vaas | b S T Jayasuriya | 12 |
18 | 0 | 0 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | b W P U J C Vaas | 30 |
24 | 3 | 1 | |
| Abdur Razzak | b M F Maharoof | 21 |
18 | 2 | 0 | |
| Syed Rasel | not out | 1 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 6nb 21w 4b 5lb | 36 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 265 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: S A Bucknor, D J Harper
