“We are going to Bangladesh with an open mind.” With these words, Mahela Jayawardene signalled that his team would guard against any sort of complacency when facing the weakest Test nation, and with good reason. Leading teams usually expect a cakewalk each time they set foot in Bangladesh but, only a couple of months ago, New Zealand were made to scrap for every run and wicket against a Bangladesh side reeling from the desertions to the ICL. Their slow bowlers thrived on pitches suited to them and the trend is likely to continue against Sri Lanka as well.

1st Test match between Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka (Ban v SR) will start from 26th December, 2008 at Mirpur from 9:30 local time (0330GMT). Watch free online streaming on Live-Cricket-Match.com and Sports.Hasan-Online.com.