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Sri Lanka had it all their own way on day one, bowling Bangladesh out for 89, and scoring 227-3.

Only 36 overs were possible on the third and final day of Bangladesh’s tour match against Sri Lanka A.

Another test 5-for from Monty Panesar did most of the work for England on day 5, they secured a seven wicket victory over West Indies.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dwayne Bravo led West Indies to 132-4 after losing several early wickets to the English swing bowling.

A blistering 130 from Shaun Pollock was not enough for Africa XI, who lost the first match of the Afro-Asian Cup by 34 runs.

Jerome Taylor took 5-43 for West Indies against an MCC XI, but they were troubled by more injury concerns.

Marlon Samuels has been called up by the West Indies to replace their injured skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan.

England are being made to wait for their chance to finish off the West Indies, day three was a washout.

Sri Lanka won the final match of their series with Pakistan in Abu Dhabi, to finish the series with a 2-1 loss.

A total of 313 was more than enough for Pakistan to overcome Sri Lanka today, then won by 98 runs.