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Cricket-Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by innings and 248 runs in Dhaka

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by an innings and 248 runs in the first test in Dhaka on Thursday to go 1-0 up in the two-test series. Score: Bangladesh 232 (Mushfiqur Rahim 61, Shakib Al Hasan 55; Shaminda Eranga 4-49, Suranga Lakmal 3-66) & 250 (Mominul Haque 50; Dilruwan Perera 5-109, Suranga Lakmal 3-39) v Sri Lanka 730-6 dec (Mahela Jayawardene 203 not out, Kaushal Silva 139, Kithuruwan Vithanage 103 not out, Angelo Mathews 86, Kumar Sangakkara 75, Dimuth Karunaratne 53; Shakib Al Hasan 3-159) (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)