Angelo Mathews amassed 141, Dinesh Chandimal struck a 15th Test century, and together the pair put on 232 for the fourth wicket, as Sri Lanka surged to a 212-run lead on a flat SSC surface.

A thoroughly inexperienced Afghanistan attack were doughty through parts of the day, picking up six wickets, but were up against batters intent on driving home Sri Lanka’s advantage.

Brief scores:
Sri Lanka 410 for 6 in 101.2 overs  (Nishan Madushka 37, Dimuth Karunarathne 77, Angelo Mathews 141, Dinesh Chandimal 107, Sadeera Samarawickrema 21*; Naveed  Zadran 2-80, Qais Ahmed 2-93) lead Afghanistan 198 in 62.4 (Rahmat Shah 91; Vishwa Fernando 4-51) overs by 212 runs

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