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Sri Lanka win series as 2nd Test ends in draw
Feb 08, 201403:35 PM
The second and final Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh ended in a draw in Chittagong after a defiant batting display on the fifth day on Saturday as Sri Lanka claimed the series 1-0.
The hosts, who needed to bat out their second innings after being set an improbable target of 467, were 271-3 at the end of the final session at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium.
The visitors claimed the two-match series after winning the first Test by an innings and 248 runs in Dhaka.
Bangladesh, who began the day at 12-0, lost two wickets in a tense morning session to go to lunch at 91-2.
Tamim Iqbal and Shamsur Rahman put on 71 for the first wicket, before both openers fell in the space of 10 runs.
