Summary

  • Day three, second Test, Lord's

  • Sri Lanka close on 53-2, still needing 430 to win, after bad light ends play early

  • Root catches Madushka and Nissanka to move to 200 Test catches

  • Root brings up record 34th Test century for England

  • Watch highlights on Today at the Test from 19:25 BST on BBC Two and iPlayer

Live Reporting

by Ffion Wynne & Tom Mallows

  1. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Ollie Pope has had three low scores, he's not been at his best. England are well on top but Test match runs are never easy to come by. It is cloudy, there is a breeze so it is probably a better day for bowling today.

  2. Rangana Herath, legendary Sri Lanka spinner, is ringing the five-minute bell this morning.

    He gets a decent round of applause from the admiring Lord's crowd, and the Sri Lanka team start their huddle. They're hoping for a miracle.

  3. Dan Lawrence was the only England wicket to fall last night and he was pretty miffed with the decision after Sri Lanka's review. The makeshift opener has had a difficult time in the series with scores of nine and seven in this Test.

    Ben Duckett is 15 not out and Ollie Pope has two.

    England's stand-in skipper could also do with a score and today presents a great, pressure-free opportunity for him.

  4. Marc Higginson
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Touring the Lord's museum, I felt a tinge of sadness seeing the autographed jacket and bat of Graham Thorpe, one of my heroes growing up. That Tetley Bitter jacket evokes so many memories for fans of cricket in the early 1990s.

    ThorpeBBC Sport

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  6. Weather

    Yesterday was a stunning day at the Home of Cricket and while today looks like it's going to be a bit more cloudy, we should still be in for another full day's play.

    BBC London weather forecast

  7. Marc Higginson
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Ian BellBBC Sport

    It felt slightly surreal seeing Ian Bell putting the Sri Lanka batters through their paces this morning. Will he be in the England dugout one day?

  8. Atkinson 'not surprised' by first Test century

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer at Lord's

    Gus Atkinson said he was not surprised by his maiden century in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord’s.

    Atkinson, 26, stroked a sublime 118 to become the first England number eight to make a Test ton in 11 years.

    It was also the Surrey pace bowler’s maiden first-class hundred, beating his previous best score of 91, and his first century in any sort of cricket since 108 not out in a second XI game against Worcestershire in 2018.

    “I’ve been frustrated with my batting this year,” said Atkinson. “I know how good a player I can be and I feel like I’ve got so much natural ability with the bat.

    “I felt like I was moving really well and hitting the ball really cleanly. It was one of those days where it comes off.”

    Atkinson helped England to 427 all out in their first innings, then chipped in with two wickets as Sri Lanka were rolled over for 196.

    Read more here.

  9. If you missed any of yesterday's action, which was headlined by Gus Atkinson's sublime century, here's some quick highlights for you to catch up with.

  10. Welcome

    Good morning!

    Welcome to day three - England have a healthy lead of 256 and nine wickets remaining, which suggests we could be in for plenty of fun this morning.

    It'll then be up to Sri Lanka to show much more fight with the bat if they are to avoid a three-day defeat. Stay tuned as we build up to the first ball in half an hour's time.