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Update: 2014-01-29 23:31:16
BAN232 & 78/3 in 19-ov on Day-4

DHAKA: Bangladesh lost two wickets of Marshall Ayub (18) and Shamsur Rahman (9) in early hours on the fourth day of the first test match in Mirpur.

After losing at total of three wickets, the host scored 78 runs from the hefty 498-run lead that Sri Lanka accumulated over the last two days.

Shakib Al Hasan and Mominul Haque    are on the crease with 10 and 20 respectively.

On Wednesday, the visiting Sri Lanka declared after piling on a whopping 730 for 6, after Mahela Jayawardene reached his seventh double-century and Kithuruwan Vithanage scored his maiden century in only his second Test.

Shakib Al Hasan begged three wickets and Sohag Gazi took two wickets while Al-Amin Hossain picked-up one wicket.    

Brief scores:
Sri Lanka 730 (Karunaratne 53, JK Silva 139, Sangakkara 75, Jayawardene 203, AD Mathews 86 and Vithanage 103)

Bangladesh 232 (Shakib Al Hasan 55, Mushfiqur Rahim 61, Sohag Gazi 42)

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Shamsur Rahman, Marshall Ayub, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Robiul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Al Amin Hossain.

Sri Lanka: 1 Kaushal Silva, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne, 3 Kumar Sangakkara, 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Kithuruwan Vithanage, 6 Angelo Mathews (capt), 7 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 8 Dilruwan Perera, 9 Shaminda Eranga, 10 Rangana Herath, 11 Suranga Lakmal.

BDST: 1026 HRS, JAN 30, 2014

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