Sri Lanka 531 (Kusal 93, Kamindu 92*, Karunaratne 86, Shakib 3-110) and 157 for 7 dec (Mathews 56, Mahmud 4-65) beat Bangladesh 178 (Zakir 54, Asitha 4-34) and 318 (Mehidy 81*, Mominul 50, Kumara 4-50, Kamindu 3-32) by 192 runs

The visitors went about wrapping up this game much like they had approached the rest of the series – by sticking to their plans. While conditions were still pretty good for batting, the odd ball spitting off the surface along with the uneven bounce on offer meant it was just a matter of being patient. So while Mehidy showed glimpses of enterprising strokeplay mixed with resolute defence, Sri Lanka were always in the hunt at the other end.

Mehidy was stranded at the other end on 81 off 110, wondering what might have been had the rest of Bangladesh’s batters offered a similar fight.

For Sri Lanka, Kumara ended with figures of 4 for 50. Kamindu, meanwhile, finished with a career-best 3 for 32 to go along with his unbeaten 92 in the first innings, which saw him take home both Player-of-the-Match and Player-of-the-Series awards. As for Sri Lanka’s seamers, they ended the series having taken 33 of the 40 available opposition wickets.