Dammika Prasad struck two decisive blows before Muttiah Muralitharan [Images] completed a 10-wicket haul to kill off Bangladesh's hopes of an unlikely record run chase as Sri Lanka [Images] won the first Test by 107 runs on Wednesday.

Set a world record 521-run victory target, the hosts were all out for 413 in their second innings a little over an hour after the lunch break on the fifth and final day.

They home side were on course for a stunning victory when they went to lunch on 373-6 needing a further 148 runs with Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim set fair at the crease on 82 and 40 respectively.

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However, Prasad ended their 111-run seventh wicket stand when Shakib dragged a short and wide delivery onto his stumps just four short of a maiden Test century.

His Test-best score and six-wicket haul were enough to earn him the man of the match award but he would have readily swapped the honour in favour of a Bangladesh victory.

Shakib was dismissed with the score on 403-7, already the home side's best fourth innings total and easily surpassing the 285-5 they accumulated against Zimbabwe in 2005.

LAST MAN

Prasad soon forced Mashrafe Mortaza [Images] to edge a catch behind for two before Muralitharan ended the resistance of Rahim, caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan [Images] at midwicket for 61, to take his match tally to 10 wickets for a record 22nd time.

Mahbubul Alam was the last man to depart, his run out for two completing a dismal collapse for the hosts, who lost their last four wickets for the addition of just 10 runs.

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Bangladesh's brave but ultimately futile tilt at victory means the highest fourth innings run chase remains the 418-7 scored set by the West Indies [Images] in their three-wicket defeat of Australia [Images] at St. John's in 2003.

Earlier in the morning, skipper Mohammad Ashraful [Images] gave Bangladesh a very good platform with his fifth Test century after resuming on 70

Ashraful batted elegantly, reaching his fourth century against Sri Lanka by driving Chaminda Vaas [Images] exquisitely over long on for a boundary shortly before he was trapped lbw for 101 by the same bowler.

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The dismissal brought to an end his 112-run sixth wicket stand with Shakib.

Bangladesh added 119 runs in 34 overs in the session after starting the day on 254-5.

The hosts were dismissed for 178 runs in the first innings in response to Sri Lanka's 293. Sri Lanka declared their second innings on 405-6.

The two-Test series moves on to Chittagong, where the second match will start on Saturday.