Sri Lanka moved within sight of victory in the first Test after restricting Bangladesh to 181 all out on the third day on Thursday.

Muttiah Muralitharan crushed Bangladesh's second innings with a six-wicket haul for 54 runs, giving him nine wickets for the Test and moving him past the 1,000-mark for Test and one-day wickets combined.

Mohammad Rafique (40) top-scored for the hosts in their second innings, with top order batsman Nafees Shahriar adding 38.

Malinga Bandara and Dilhara Fernando captured two wickets for 55 and 10 runs repectively.

Sri Lanka was 25 for no loss at the close of play, trailing Bangladesh by 137 runs.

Opener Michael Vandort and Upul Tharanga were not out for six and 19 respectively.

Scorecard

Sri Lanka (1st innings) (Overnight: 316-6)
M. Vandort c Mashud b Rasel 0
U. Tharanga c Ashraful b Rafique 42
K. Sangakkara c Ashraful b Haque jnr 69
M. Jayawardene c Shahadat Hossain b Rafique 30
T. Samaraweera c Omar b Shahadat Hossain 58
T. Dilshan lbw b Haque jnr 22
F. Maharoof b Shahadat Hossain 72
M. Bandara not out 19
D. Fernando c Nafees b Shahadat Hossain 6
M. Muralitharan c Nafees b Shahadat Hossain 5
L. Malinga run out 0
Extras: (lb-2, nb-11, w-2) 15
Total: (all out, 97.1 overs) 338

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-86, 3-149, 4-149, 5-178, 6-295, 7-316, 8-330, 9-338, 10-338.

Bowling: S. Rasel 18 - 1 - 75 - 1 (w-1) S. Hossain 22 - 3 - 83 - 4 (nb-6 w-1) M. Rafique 29 - 6 - 76 - 2 (nb-1) E. Haque jnr 24.1 - 5 - 76 - 2 (nb-4) A. Kapali 1 - 0 - 6 - 0 M. Ashraful 3 - 0 - 20 - 0 .

Bangladesh (2nd innings):
J. Omar lbw b D. Fernando 31
N. Iqbal c Sangakkara b D. Fernando 6
H. Bashar lbw b Bandara 12
S. Nafees c D. Fernando b Muralitharan 38
M. Ashraful c Tharanga b Muralitharan 1
K. Mashud c Dilshan b Muralitharan 15
Kapali lbw b Muralitharan 9
M. Rafique st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 40
S. Hossain c Malinga b Bandara 0
E. Haque jnr lbw b Muralitharan 1
S. Rasel not out 2.
Extras: (b-13, lb-3, nb-7, w-3) 26.
Total (all out, 58.5 overs) 181

Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-56, 3-68, 4-69, 5-122, 6-131, 7-135, 8-150, 9-168, 10-181.

Bowling: L. Malinga 13 - 2 - 41 - 0 (nb-3) F. Maharoof 2 - 0 - 5 - 0 M. Bandara 20 - 2 - 55 - 2 M. Muralitharan 19.5 - 6 - 54 - 6 (nb-2) D. Fernando 4 - 1 - 10 - 2 (nb-1 w-3).

Sri Lanka (2nd innings): (Target: 163 runs)
M. Vandort not out 6
U. Tharanga not out 19
Extras: 0.
Total: (for no loss, 7.4 overs) 25

To bat: K. Sangakkara, M. Jayawardene, T. Dilshan, T. Samaraweera, F. Maharoof, M. Bandara, M. Muralitharan, D. Fernando, L. Malinga.

Bowling: S. Rasel 4 - 3 - 5 – 0, S. Hossain 3.4 - 0 - 20 – 0.