"The wicket on day five wasn't as we expected," Shanto said with Mathews adding that "it was a tough wicket for the bowlers"

Rain has forced an early lunch on the final day of the first cricket test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to frustrate Bangladesh's hopes of pushing for a rare victory away from home.

Shanto, meanwhile, moved towards the three-figure mark, and eventually got there, becoming the first Bangladesh batter to hit hundreds in each innings of a Test twice. He went on a six-hitting spree after that,