Sri Lanka rout Bangladesh
(03-19 19:07)
Rangana Herath returned career-best match figures of 12 wickets for 157 to propel Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket win against Bangladesh on the fourth day of the second cricket test and 1-0 series victory today in Colombo.
Chasing 160 to win , Sri Lanka reached the target losing three wickets in the final session, led by Tillakaratne Dilshan (57) and Kumar Sangakkara (55).
Seamer Robiul Islam took two wickets for the tourists.
Herath earlier returned 7 for 89 to help dismiss Bangladesh for 265 in its second innings. Bangladesh scored 240 in its first innings and Sri Lanka made 346.
The first test ended in a high-scoring draw in southern Galle last week.
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