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10.24am A tame end to England's innings. They were looking to get on with things this morning, but all three wickets fell to poor shot selection. As a result, Sri Lanka will feel they can get stuck into a day's batting and haul things back. Sandakan has his second five-wicket haul in Tests, and Sri Lanka will feel that they are well and truly in this game.

92.5
W
Perera to Leach, OUT, oh hello matron! What on earth was Leach doing?! I did not expect that! Dances down the track looking to go over long off. Miscues it and that's a terrific catch from Mathews. Running South East, he keeps his eyes on the ball and takes a great catch

MJ Leach c Mathews b Perera 2 (7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 28.57

92.4
4b
Perera to Leach, 4 byes, misses everything! Fired outside leg, Leach tries to Mr Tickle this round the corner, beats everyone and awy for four byes
92.3
0
Perera to Leach, no run, dances down and defends back. Leach keen to settle in to a long blockathon spell
92.2
0
Perera to Leach, no run, outside off, no turn this time and Leach defends
92.1
0
Perera to Leach, no run, turn baby turn, disco inferno! Leach beaten as he pushes forward

END OF OVER:
92 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 332/9

  • Adil Rashid21 (31b)
  • Jack Leach2 (2b)
  • Lakshan Sandakan22-0-95-5
  • Dilruwan Perera32-1-113-2

John: "Moeen Ali will be criticised for that shot but isn't that how Sam Curran played and he was praised. He appeared to want to hit that straighter but it came off the outside half and didn't get the distance. If it had gone for six over the bowler's head we'd have been praising Mo as well." I think many England players bat the same way. Was just an odd shot from Moeen, as he didn't fully go through with it. Had he decided to tonk the gubbins out of that, that would have been six.

91.6
0
Sandakan to Rashid, no run, Rashid much calmer in defence, as he pushes this to point
91.5
1
Sandakan to Leach, 1 run, another thick inside edge, squirmed down to fine leg and away for a single. No leg slip...
91.4
1
Sandakan to Rashid, 1 run, back of a length, worked through the covers and it's an easy single

Sri Lanka 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15FDM KarunaratneMD Gunathilaka
2nd9FDM KarunaratneDM de Silva
3rd10FDM KarunaratneBKG Mendis
4th18AD MathewsBKG Mendis
5th30PADLR SandakanBKG Mendis
6th102ARS SilvaBKG Mendis
7th30ARS SilvaN Dickwella
8th11MDK PereraARS Silva
9th1RAS LakmalARS Silva
10th58PM PushpakumaraRAS Lakmal