09/06Result
3rd Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at London, Jun 9-13 2016
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny BairstowEngland
09/06Result
3rd Investec Test, Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland at London, Jun 9-13 2016
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny BairstowEngland

3.25pm: That wicket is also going to lead to an early tea, after which England will get started with their second innings. Word is that Alastair Cook has still not returned from hospital after going for an X-ray on his bruised knee - so will that mean Nick Compton opening the batting? The clouds are still hanging low over Lord's but England have a fluffy white cushion to sit on - a much bigger advantage than they could reasonably have hoped for this morning - and will hope the weather holds as they look to build an unassailable position.

Here's a tweet from @englandcricket: Clinical from England; nine wickets for 126 runs. Captain Cook is not back from his x-ray so @thecompdog will open.

95.1
W
Woakes to Eranga, OUT, and he does so, first ball again, steered to slip and that is that, SL dismissed for 288 and conceding a 128-run lead

RMS Eranga c Vince b Woakes 1 (34m 13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 7.69

Chris Woakes replaces Broad, looking to wrap up what he started this morning...

END OF OVER:
95 | (wicket maiden) | SL: 288/9

  • Nuwan Pradeep0 (3b)
  • Shaminda Eranga1 (12b)
  • James Anderson23-6-61-2
  • Stuart Broad23-7-79-2

"Hi, How's that supposedly 'suspect' wicketkeeper YJB going in his efforts to take the wicketkeeping record in a three-match Test series?" He's up to 19, I think, Chas Stewart - maybe three shy of the record?

94.6
0
Anderson to Pradeep, no run, this one comes back in but Pradeep manages to survive its attentions
94.5
0
Anderson to Pradeep, no run, oh, that's a jaffa, beautiful seam and then swinging late as the batsman again planted himself on the back foot, this close to hitting the top of off. That ball was like a cougar making eyes at a virgin
94.4
0
Anderson to Pradeep, no run, hanging right back in the crease, jabs a length ball away on off stump

Nuwan Pradeep is in, the last line of defence. Might not take long, this

94.3
W
Anderson to Lakmal, OUT, edged this time, and taken this time... at least, Root is confident it was clean. The on-field umpires send it upstairs to be certain but replays quickly confirm that Root had got both mitts around the ball as he went low to his right. Anderson has another (cheap tail-end) wicket and SL are nine down

RAS Lakmal c Root b Anderson 0 (10m 5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

94.2
0
Anderson to Lakmal, no run, in the channel outside off, no stroke from a non-too-confident Lakmal
94.1
0
Anderson to Lakmal, no run, on the stumps, blocked back to the bowler

END OF OVER:
94 | (maiden) | SL: 288/8

  • Shaminda Eranga1 (12b)
  • Suranga Lakmal0 (2b)
  • Stuart Broad23-7-79-2
  • James Anderson22-5-61-1

"Seven-over spells for Broaderson. Fair to say they're taken advantage of the substitute captain to cheaply increase their wicket tally?" Root would have to pry it out of their hands, I suspect, Balladeer

93.6
0
Broad to Eranga, no run, length ball, shaping back a fraction on off, Eranga stabs it away
93.5
0
Broad to Eranga, no run, shuffles across and dabs down into the off side
93.4
0
Broad to Eranga, no run, attacking the stumps, Eranga gets in behind it
93.3
0
Broad to Eranga, no run, draws the nervy prod, edged but just short of slip! Anderson winces as he dived forward to take it on the bounce, the partnership denied another by a whisker
93.2
0
Broad to Eranga, no run, this one flies through outside off as Eranga thinks about playing
93.1
0
Broad to Eranga, no run, good length and tapped down into the off side

Raj: "Did England take the new ball? If not, why didn't they?" They did, Raj. That's why these two bloodhounds are bowling in tandem again...

END OF OVER:
93 | 1 Run 1 Wkt | SL: 288/8

  • Suranga Lakmal0 (2b)
  • Shaminda Eranga1 (6b)
  • James Anderson22-5-61-1
  • Stuart Broad22-6-79-2

With that wicket, according to a Sky graphic, Anderson and Broad have gone past Waqar and Wasim as the most successful new-ball partnership in Tests

92.6
0
Anderson to Lakmal, no run, whirring through, angling back from slightly wide on the crease, Lakmal shoulders arms
92.5
0
Anderson to Lakmal, no run, stays back in the crease and shadow boxes at a length delivery in the channel

Here's Suranga Lakmal

92.4
W
Anderson to Perera, OUT, another short ball, Kusal gives it the charging-cross-batted-swipe - and nicks behind! Bairstow avoids drama in holding on to give Anderson his first wicket and end a spirited knock from young Master Perera. Seemed a bit shaken up by that blow to the hand, obviously didn't trust Eranga to hang around for long, and fell on his sword

MDKJ Perera c †Bairstow b Anderson 42 (107m 73b 7x4 0x6) SR: 57.53

92.3
0
Anderson to Perera, no run, banged in again, this time Perera sways out of the way

Kusal's going to need a bit of treatment for his boo-boo

92.2
0
Anderson to Perera, no run, nasty lifter from Anderson, takes the gloves and loops towards second slip... where Joe Hart Root tips it over the bar! Amazing one-handed effort, to be fair, hanging in the air as it ballooned to his left, just got the fingertips to it but no chance of holding on
92.1
1
Anderson to Eranga, 1 run, angled in with the arm, Eranga pokes at it and gets an inside edge into a gap and off strike

So Anderson will get a crack at Eranga

Sri Lanka are fighting back, but from a pretty low base in today's play. Here's some snaps of the day so far.

END OF OVER:
92 | 6 Runs | SL: 287/7

  • Kusal Perera42 (70b)
  • Shaminda Eranga0 (5b)
  • Stuart Broad22-6-79-2
  • James Anderson21-5-60-0
91.6
0
Broad to Perera, no run, on a length, tapped down towards gently midwicket

Shilpa: "@Gardner: I'm afraid not and i pity your assumptions.. I woke up just now and tuned in to the live telecast and saw that Root was calling the shots and Cook was not in the field so sent some feedback here to find out what has happened to Cook! " Why didn't you say so? He's gone for an X-ray on his knee

91.5
4
Broad to Perera, FOUR, swatted through backward square leg, another shot of rubber-wristed impunity from Kusal, hoicking a length ball from off stump past the man protecting the midwicket boundary
91.4
0
Broad to Perera, no run, comes across and defends on off stump this time

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Draws galore

5

Consecutive drawn Tests between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's - in 2002, 2006, 2011, 2014 and 2016

Tough for SL

2

Instances of teams scoring more than 310 in the 4th innings of a Lord's Test in the last 30 years: by Australia (406 in 2009) and India (397 in 2002)

Unfamiliar for Anderson

2009

The last time before today that Anderson didn't bowl the first over of an innings; he bowled first change v West Indies at Lord's in May 2009

A rare six

79

Test innings between sixes for Cook; his last one before today was in December 2012, v India, when he made 190 in Kolkata

Stranger at No. 7

0

Instances in Tests that Cook had batted below No. 3 before today. He had opened the batting 218 times, and batted at No. 3 12 times

Hales in form

3

80+ scores for Hales in 5 innings in this series; in 8 Test innings in South Africa, his highest was 60

Long time ago

2002

Last time two right-handed batsmen opened the innings for Eng in Tests - Key & Vaughan v Ind, Leeds, 2002. Compton & Hales opened in 2nd inns today.

Anderson ends drought

409

No. of balls bowled by Anderson without a wicket at Lord's, before dismissing Perera. In the last Lord's match, he didn't take any wicket conceding 137 runs in 33 overs.

Sri Lanka involved again

2011

Last time both teams had 50+ stands for the 7th wicket in their first innings of a Lord's Test - Eng & SL. The same teams have featured in this Test as well.

Recovery yet again

116

Runs added by SL's 7th wicket in the 2nd inns of the last Test by Chandimal & Herath. K Perera and Herath have added 50+ runs for the same wicket in this Test.

Session of wickets

56/5

Sri Lanka's batting efforts in the first session of Day 3; reduced from 162/1 to 218/6. Anyways, they have managed to avoid follow-on for the first time this series.

Chandimal races to 2000

3

No. of SL batsmen, out of 15, who completed 2000 Test runs in fewer inns than Chandimal (49 inns) - Sangakkara (46), Jayasuriya (47) & Jayawardene (48).

Quick wickets

3

Wickets lost by Sri Lanka within the first ten overs of the third day. They were 162 for 1 at the end of Day 2.

Silva's love for Lord's

3

Fifty-plus scores for Kaushal Silva in three Test innings at Lord's - 63, 57, 79*. Among Sri Lankans, only Mahela Jayawardene has more 50+ Test scores here (4)

SL batsmen find form

2

Century stands for Sri Lanka in this series - 116 between Chandimal and Herath in Durham, and 108 between Karunaratne and Silva in this Test

Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland 2016

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