SL VS BAN - 2nd ODI, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2017

20:43 Local Time: Unfortunate news, folks, the match has been officially called off. Thanks a lot for your patience, but the rain has refused to relent in Dambulla. It's been raining consistently for almost an hour and a half or so and even if it were to stop now, there's been enough damage done to prevent the game from starting before the cut-off time. So Bangladesh lead 1-0, and the series will be decided in the final game in Colombo on April 1st. Hopefully the rain stays away then. It must be disappointing for the hosts as it has to end this way here. Thanks for tuning in, and see you again soon. Cheers.

20:41 Local Time: More rain in Dambulla. It had stopped for a while but has picked up pace again. Remember it'll also take a while for the ground to dry up once the rain stops. Looks like we're in for a long delay. Bummer.

20:11 Local Time: Nothing much to update, rain is only intensifying. Hearing 10pm is the cut-off time, fingers crossed!

19:40 Local Time: It's still bad news folks. The rain has got heavier and the covers are firmly in place.

19:01 Local Time: Welcome back.. Yikes! I have an update for you folks. As we know how cricket likes to tick boxes with this sort of thing, It is currently raining in Dambulla. Not heavy though but the entire ground is under cover for precautionary measures. So, we have a delay for sure. Stay tuned, we'll be back with more news..

The hat-trick in the end from Taskin Ahmed might not have evened out things as Sri Lanka with 311 have advantage with themselves. The dew which really didn't hamper proceedings in the last game. Will it show up tonight? Bangladesh on the other hand in the field were up against Tharanga's 65 and Mendis's 102. They did well towards the end to restrict Sri lanka to below 330. But 312 as a target is still a daunting task. And as we go away for a 20 minute break, how many of them have picked up hat-tricks in a losing cause? Dwell on that in the meanwhile.

Taskin Ahmed to Pradeep, out Bowled!! He has done it! Seals the deal with a perfect yorker. The batsman trying to flay it away, missed it easily. The young man takes off. He won't be tracked down by anyone. A hat-trick for Taskin. He becomes the 5th Bangladeshi to claim a hat-trick in ODIs. Perhaps the silver lining that Bangladesh were looking forward to. Pradeep b Taskin Ahmed 0(1)

Taskin Ahmed to Pradeep, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Nuwan Pradeep, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Hat-trick ball now..

Taskin Ahmed to Lakmal, out Caught by Mustafizur!! That was full-toss and the batsman has slammed it straight to the man at mid-wicket. The Fizz dives to his right and takes it with both hands. Taskin Ahmed is on a hat-trick now. That was a nothing delivery. It might well have slipped out of his hands but that is the nature of this game. Lakmal c Mustafizur b Taskin Ahmed 0(1)

Taskin Ahmed to Lakmal, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Suranga Lakmal, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Taskin Ahmed to Gunaratne, out Caught by Soumya Sarkar!! Slaps the full ball and fails to lift it over the man at mid-off. The length was there but the batsman failed to really get under it and could not any elevation on it. This will hurt Lanka. Gunaratne c Soumya Sarkar b Taskin Ahmed 39(28) [4s-4 6s-1]

Taskin Ahmed to Gunaratne, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

We have an intruder - a Canine. Mehedi and him play hide and seek and then he disappears out of the ground.

Taskin Ahmed to Gunaratne, FOUR, low full-toss on the pads and the batsman has mowed it past the man at deep backward square leg

Taskin Ahmed to Kulasekara, 1 run, drives the ball straight to cover and they take a single. They had to get Gunaratne back on strike

Mustafizur to Gunaratne, no run, short, angled across and the batsman trying to cut it away. Misses

He will look for a single.