England have called for the heavy roller. I've not seen any obvious signs of sharp turn today but Bashir didn't bowl particularly well and was used relatively sparingly. Wonder if Sri Lanka will go to Jayasuriya early in the chase... occasional low-bounce with the new ball has been a feature of this match. Back shortly for the fourth and final innings.

Mark: "There shouldn't be too many complaints this time about how quickly England removed 9, 10"

Gautam: "Whatever happens, SL have shown they are an excellent team. That said, I feel this is the time to step up even more and make it count. They currently have a nice mix of strong seniors and exciting young talents, but Mathews, Chandi and Dimuth won't be around forever. I hope the two home losses against Pakistan don't come back to bite them badly."

2.32pm: Potts finishes with 3 for 47 after an expensive first innings. Three for Woakes, two for Atkinson, one each for Root and Wood. Kamindu Mendis the star with his third Test hundred in only his fourth appearance, plus half-centuries for Mathews and Chandimal. Duckett and Lawrence jog off to get padded up for the chase. Should be an interesting one... you'd think this will probably be all over tonight one way or the other.

Matthew: "Oh dear. All that hard work being quickly undone."

Chandan: "Horrible Shot from Jayasuriya regarding the situation..." -- Agree with that... just needed to hang in there and support Chandimal.

Nilanga: "Kamindu will definitely get some wickets. England will face a huge battle to survive against spin in the 4th inning. By the way it's raining. Not Manchester but Colombo."

Fernando at No. 10. How will Chandimal approach this?

Potts replaces Atkinson.