Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2002
# Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2002

Bangladesh made its first Test tour of Sri Lanka in July–August 2002, playing 2 Tests and 3 One Day Internationals (ODIs). Sri Lanka won all five matches to whitewash Bangladesh in both the Test and the ODI series. Sri Lanka was captained by Sanath Jayasuriya and Bangladesh was captained by Khaled Mashud in both the formats.

## Test series

### 1st Test

* 21–23 July 2002 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by an innings and 196 runs Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd Test

* 28–31 July 2002 Scorecard
* Sri Lanka won by 288 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Michael Vandort
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Sri Lanka won the 2-match series 2-0

## ODI series

### 1st ODI

* 4 August (scorecard)

| Bangladesh 226/8 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 228/5 (44.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Tushar Imran 61 (85) Dilhara Fernando 2/33 (10 overs) | | Marvan Atapattu 83 (101) Khaled Mahmud 2/41 (10 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 32 balls remaining) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) & Asoka de Silva (SRI) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 5 August (scorecard)

| Bangladesh 76 (30.1 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 77/2 (15.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Khaled Mashud 15 (46) Upul Chandana 3/2 (3.1 overs) | | Marvan Atapattu 31 (40) Mohammad Rafique 1/16 (3 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 206 balls remaining) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) & Tyron Wijewardene (SRI) Player of the match: Dilhara Fernando
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Bangladesh's score of 76 was their lowest ODI score ever.

### 3rd ODI

* 7 August (scorecard)

| Sri Lanka 258/6 (50 overs) | v | Bangladesh 200 (47.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Russel Arnold 62 (64) Khaled Mahmud 3/51 (10 overs) | | Habibul Bashar 52 (98) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/24 (10 overs) |

* Sri Lanka won by 58 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) & Peter Manuel (SRI) Player of the match: Russel Arnold
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Sri Lanka won the 3-match ODI series 3-0.
