"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

Off-spinner Nayeem Hasan spun a fine web around the Sri Lankan lower order to finish with a five-wicket haul as Bangladesh eked out a slender first innings lead of 10 runs on Day 4 of the series-openi