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. Most catches in Tests

    By non-wicketkeepers

    1. Rahul Dravid (Ind/ICC) - 210
    2. Mahela Jayawardene (SL) - 205
    3. Jacques Kallis (SA/ICC) - 200
    4. Joe Root (Eng) - 199
    5. Ricky Ponting (Aus) - 196

  2. As if he hasn't done enough in this Test match, Joe Root took the catch for the first wicket and now he has the ball in hand.

  3. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's all well and good bowling spin for a bit, but these Dukes balls this year give you 40 overs of help and then 40 overs where it does little. If it is not doing enough, I'd be tempted to bring the pace bowlers back and therefore come off.

  4. SL 26-1

    It looks like England have been told to stick to the spinners for now.

    Shoaib Bashir twirls through his first over with just two from it, and Joe Root is also warming up.

  5. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    The Sri Lanka batters will be in the ears of the umpires.

  6. SL 24-1

    Target 483

    Every over survived without a wicket falling feels like a success for Sri Lanka at the moment. It's gloomy, and here comes the light meter...

  7. It's always nice when Test cricketers make us feel a little better about the mistakes that we see every single week in our club games.

  8. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I don't think we've got too long left.

  9. SL 21-1

    Target 483

    Dimuth Karunaratne, one of Sri Lanka's most experienced players, has got to take responsibility and steer his side through this tricky passage of play.

    And, on cue, he nearly runs out Pathum Nissanka.

  10. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    That was a very comfortable catch and a challenging innings for Madushka. He poked at a ball he should have left but it is hard to leave at the Pavilion End.

  11. wicket

    WICKET

    Madushka c Root b Atkinson 13 (SL 19-1)

    That felt inevitable.

    The umpires were just discussing the light, but chose to play on, and that won't please Nishan Madushka.

    Gus Atkinson is rewarded for England's disciplined opening spell with Madushka edging a good length ball straight to Joe Root at first slip.

    Sri Lanka's opening partnership continues to struggle.

  12. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's not easy for the Sri Lanka batsmen. They probably think, why does it cloud over when we come to bat? But they had their chance at the toss and chose not to. Maybe the cricketing gods are punishing them for it.

  13. SL 19-0

    Target 483

    I don't think Sri Lanka would be too opposed to a bad light call at this stage.

    Another edge from Dimuth Karunaratne falls just short of Joe Root at first slip.

  14. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    If they go off, I doubt they'll get back on.

  15. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    I don't think we'll be out there much longer, but they might give England the option of bowling a spinner. The ball is only six overs' old though and they won't want to lose the shine off it.

  16. SL 17-0

    Target 483

    Yep, it's not easy.

    Nishan Madushka almost chops on as he is hurried for pace by Gus Atkinson, before a big lbw appeal that is turned down and England opt against the review.

    Rightly so - it nipped sharply and was missing leg stump by some distance.

  17. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Karunaratne is not using his feet, he looks trapped on his feet and is always jabbing down on it.

  18. SL 15-0

    Target 483

    Lovely from Chris Woakes, causing plenty of problems with his unwavering peppering of the off stump.

    Sri Lanka's openers are under immense pressure both from the quality of the bowling, and their monumental target.

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  20. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Oh no, Pottsy! He did all the hard work and then threw it over the boundary.