Chittagong: Sri Lanka lead by 189. The story of the day was undoubtedly the 63 run stand between Mortaza and Shahadat which thwarted Sri Lanka's hopes of enforcing the follow on. Sri Lanka are still very much in command but will have to be careful not to collapse like they did this morning.

Spinners Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan shared seven wickets to bowl out the hosts for 208 in their first innings in reply to Sri Lanka's strong 384.

It was Mortaza who spared Bangladesh the ignominy of following on, adding 63 for the last wicket with Shahadat Hossain (five not out) after they were reeling at 145-9.

In morning Bangladesh bowloers dismissed the visitors after they had added just 13 runs in 4 overs to their overnight total of 371-6. Shakib picked three of the four remaining wickets to finish with 4-109. Left-arm spinner Shakib triggered the collapse, trapping Chamara Kapugedera lbw in the sixth ball of the day after the batsman added only three runs to his overnight 93.

Reports by session
1st Session: Runs 64, Wkt 7, Ovr 24
2nd Session: Runs 80, Wkt 4, Ovr 31
3rd Session: Runs 90, Wkt 3, Ovr 30.2

Brief Score: Sri Lanka 384 (Dilshan 162, Kapugedera 96, Warnapura 63, Shakib 4-109) and 13/0 lead Bangladesh 208 (Mortaza 63, Mendis 4-71) by 189 runs.
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