Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"He always looks a friendly chap, Herath. I've never had the pleasure of meeting him, but he looks like he could be a village postmaster."

This is a thankless task for Mashrafe Mortaza, who comes in to join Sabbir at the crease. Sabbir takes responsibility by getting inside a short ball and pulling for four before guiding one down to third man for two. It's all going to be in vain, though.

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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"We've increasingly seen some of the better teams take their powerplays earlier, when they're in good positions, so the opposition have to burn up their good bowlers and they've got nowhere to go later on. I rather like that."

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Mushfiqur slices Lakmal's first ball for four but the bowler gets immediate revenge with a slower ball that totally outfoxes the batsman and sets the stumps flashing red and the Sri Lankan fans to their feet.

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Bangladesh 204-6 (40 overs)

Not out batsmen: Mushfiqur Rahim 32, Sabbir Rahman 29

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Tamim 0), 40-2 (Sarkar 25), 41-3 (Mominul Haque 1), 84-4 (Anamul Haque 29), 100-5 (Mahmudullah 28), 164-6 (Shakib Al Hasan 46)

Bowling figures: Malinga 8-0-29-1, Lakmal 7-0-38-1, Mathews 4-0-29-1, Herath 9-0-42-0, Perera 6-0-29-1, Dilshan 6-0-28-1

Sri Lanka 332-1 (50 overs): Dilshan 161*, Sangakkara 105*

Sri Lanka won toss

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Mushfiqur knocks one to leg for a single that brings up 200 for Bangladesh from Malinga's third ball, before Sabbir finally records a powerplay boundary by guiding one down through third man. 10 overs remain, 129 runs to score.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"They're doing a montage on the big screen of all today's fielding mishaps. All it needs is the Benny Hill music to go with it."

We've now had four overs of the batting powerplay and we've not had a boundary. If Bangladesh were to pull this off, this was their window to try and do it in. Lakmal's seventh over, which goes for just two singles, is another nail in their coffin.

Both of these batsmen are set now and should be primed to accelerate. Easier said than done against Malinga, who pounds in and delivers at pace to give Sabbir nothing to swing at. The Bangladesh batsman steers another ball down to third man for two and flicks one to leg for a single to retain strike. Bangladesh creep toward 200 but remain well short of their target.

Lakmal is back and rattles through his sixth over for the concession of seven runs thanks mainly to a Sabbir pull to mid-wicket and a steer to third man by the same batsman, both of which brought a couple of runs apiece.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I was on tour once with England in India with Samit Patel, who was quite a portly chap but somehow thought he was Usain Bolt. He said he'd race anyone for money, so we put him up against Ravi Bopara, who really was quick. We set up a 100-yard dash in Indore, Samit lost by about 42 yards and couldn't really understand it."

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Malinga is back for the powerplay and tries one of his slower, dipping yorkers, which beats Sabbir but is a few inches wide of off stump. It is the closest he gets to a wicket as the Bangladesh pair claim four singles from the over. That doesn't help either side in their immediate goal.

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Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"The Bangladeshis have a lot to do. We're about to enter a powerplay, but it isn't looking like it's their day."

Herath pins Bangladesh down again until Sabbir takes a stride down the track and powerfully drives one through cover that beats the diving Chandimal near the rope. They are going to need a few more of those in the next few overs to resurrect their challenge. They've got 151 runs to get and 15 overs to get them in. My basic maths ability tells me that is just a smidge over 10 an over.

We're back in single territory as Mushfiqur and Sabbir work the ball around the circle to claim three of them, with Dilshan helping them out by angling a ball down the leg side for a wide. However, the required run-rate is now very close to 10 an over.

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Mathews return is short-lived as Herath come back for some more spin. Sabbir looks to keep up the momentum established by Shakib with a sweep for four off the last ball of the over.

Bryce McGain
Ex-Australia leg-spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Long-off and long-on had gone back, Shakib went to chip it dead straight and didn't get it as precise as he wanted to. Maybe his bat's too good - it came off the middle and it went straight to long-on. They need maybe 10 an over, but it's not as daunting now they play so much T20. But the boundaries here at the MCG are more vast then maybe they're used to."

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Dilshan removes the danger man to further boost his man of the match credentials. The new man is Sabbir Rahman, who gets off the mark with push to cover for one.

Malinga makes no mistake this time as he steadies himself to successfully claim a catch offered by Shakib's chip to mid-on off Dilshan. Briefly, Bangladesh had hopes of pulling off a miracle, but that is surely now a line drawn under such lofty optimistic aspirations.

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Bryce McGain
Ex-Australia leg-spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Malinga sent the Bangladesh supporters behind him into a frenzy after he dropped the ball over the boundary. He's now moved himself to mid-off!"