Opening batter Pathum Nissanka has scored more than 150 runs in consecutive test matches as Sri Lanka strengthened its hold on the second cricket test, taking a 151-run first innings lead at lunch on the third day.

Sri Lanka was closing in on an innings victory over Bangladesh and clinching their test series after three days of the second test on Friday.

Spinners Dhananjaya de Silva and Prabath Jayasurya rounded off another dominant day for Sri Lanka on Friday, taking two wickets each to leave them on the brink of a crushing innings victory over Bangladesh in the second test.