Watch: In a hilarious bit of play, three Bangladeshi slip fielders combined to drop an easy catch of Prabath Jayasuriya on day two of the second BAN vs SL Test in Chattogram today (March 31).
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On the last ball of the 121st over, bowled by Khaled Ahmed, Prabath Jayasuriya, batting on six off eight, edged a full ball outside off as he looked to drive it through covers.
However, he got a thick outside edge that flew at comfortable height to the right of Najmul Hossain Shanto at first slip. Shanto failed to catch the ball on the first two attempts as he grabbed at it. The ball bounced off his hands towards second slip, where Shahadat Hossain, fielding with a helmet on, turned around to grab at it with both hands.
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The ball ricocheted again, bouncing off Shahadat’s hands this time, to lob over and behind his head. This time, Zakir Hasan at third slip, also fielding in a helmet, dived full stretch forward to take the rebound, but it fell just short of his extended right hand.
The fielders had a bit of a laugh about it, as Jayasuriya had a reprieve. He ended up scoring 28 as Sri Lanka finished on 531, the highest Test total to include an individual century.
