3.12pm Right, the batsmen are out in the middle, let's play some cricket. Lakmal to get first dibs

3.02pm Right, that's the prologue out of the way. Now the real Test begins. Sri Lanka's spinners will surely not be as toothless as England's proved to be, and England's openers had an uncomfortable first outing in Galle last week. Will Lasith Embuldeniya be handed a burst with the new ball? I'd be tempted if I was Chandimal.

As Mike Selvey points out on Twitter, there are potential shades of England's 2012 visit to Galle in this Test, where Anderson claimed a hard-fought five-for in the first innings, but England's batsmen were turned over inside two sessions in reply. Whatever they do, they need to allow their bowlers time to rest their weary limbs.

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2.52pm That's tea. All ten wickets to the seamers. And fittingly it is Anderson who leads the visitors off the field, drawing warm applause from the backroom staff. Perera has done his job, too, for Sri Lanka, his stubborn half-century dragging them closer to 400. We will be back in about 20 minutes for England's reply.

Peter Morley: "I hope for Mark Wood's sake that England bat for a long time. Poor lad needs a rest."

Ammar: "Just realised all three changes from the first test got out for ducks, Fernando, Mendis, and Lakmal "

Fergie: "Where would England be without Jimmy? SL would end up about 1000/3 without him."

With SL nine down, the post-lunch session has been extended