Shakib, Mosaddek put Bangladesh on top

Shakib Al Hasan struck his fifth Test century and Mosaddek Hossain scored a fifty on his debut to put Bangladesh in control of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo Friday. The visitors were all out for 467 runs to establish a 129-run lead in the first innings over their Sri Lankan hosts, who were bowled out for 338 on the previous day at the P. Sara Oval.
Sri Lanka reached 54-0 at stumps on the third day with both openers Dimuth Karunaratne and Upul Tharanga unbeaten on 25 to reduce the gap to 75 overnight. Shakib made 116 and received strong support from Mosaddek (75) and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim, who scored 52 as Bangladesh put in one of their most impressive batting performances in their 100th Test match.
The Bangladeshi lead looked like it was going to be even bigger at one stage before Sri Lankan skipper Rangana Herath polished up the last three wickets for 13 runs and finished with 4-82. Herath - Test cricket's most successful left-arm spinner - in the process became only the second Sri Lankan after Muttiah Muralitharan to claim 1,000 first-class wickets.
Left-arm spinner Lakshan Sandakan also impressed among the Sri Lankan bowlers, finishing with figures of 4-140. It was Sandakan who ended Shakib's 131-run seventh wicket stand with Mosaddek when the Bangladesh talisman lofted a catch to Dinesh Chandimal at midwicket. Skipper Mushfiqur earlier shared a 92-run sixth wicket partnership with Shakib to help revive the tourists' innings after a shaky end to their run chase on day two.
SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka 1st innings 338 (D. Chandimal 138, Mehedi Hasan 3-90)

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Bangladesh 1st innings (overnight 214-5)
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T. Iqbal lbw b Herath                 49
S. Sarkar b Sandakan                  61
I. Kayes lbw b Sandakan               34
S. Rahman c de Silva b Lakmal         42
T. Islam lbw b Sandakan                0
S. Al Hasan c Chandimal b Sandakan   116
M. Rahim b Lakmal                     52
M. Hossain st Dickwella b Herath      75
M. Hasan lbw b Herath                 24
M. Rahman lbw b Herath                 0
S. Roy not out                         0
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Extras: (b4, lb8, w2)                 14
Total: (all out; 134.1 overs)        467
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Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Tamim), 2-130 (Soumya), 3-192 (Imrul), 4-192 (Taijul), 5-198 (Sabbir), 6-290 (Mushfiqur), 7-421 (Shakib) , 8-454 (Mehedi), 9-454 ( Mustafizur), 10-467 (Mosaddek)
Bowling: Lakmal 25-3-90-2 (w1), Perera 33-5-100-0, Herath 34.1-6-82-4, Gunaratne 7-0-38-0 (w1), Sandakan 33-2-140-4, de Silva 2-0-5-0.

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Sri Lanka 2nd inning
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D. Karunaratne not out                25
U. Tharanga not out                   25
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Extras: (b4)                           4
Total: (0 wkts; 13 overs)             54
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