Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 1st Test, Galle, 4th day
A salvo of reverse sweeps
Sri Lanka began the day 182 ahead. Dimuth Karunaratne and Upul Tharanga quickly consolidated with a half-century stand•AFP
Bangladesh had a poor day on the field, handing out reprieves to Karunaratne, Dilruwan Perera and Dinesh Chandimal•AFP
Bangladesh's bowlers shared the wickets around, but young Mehedi Hasan was impressive with 2 for 77•AFP
Tharanga raised his maiden Test century at home as the lead swelled considerably•AFP
Tharanga fell trying to force the pace even as the lead touched 400•AFP
Soumya Sarkar's 44-ball fifty took Bangladesh to 67 for no loss, before bad light ended play with Bangladesh 390 runs behind•AFP
Reverse sweeps were frequent towards the end as Sri Lanka declared on 274 for 6 after Chandimal's fifty•AFP