Summary

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Ffion Wynne

  1. SL 133-4

    Lead by 11

    Filth.

    Shoaib Bashir drags one down and Kamindu Mendis gratefully pummels it for four.

    Bashir shakes his head in disgust but in fairness, he's rarely bowled a bad ball in this Test.

  2. SL 126-4

    Lead by 4

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    Might be time for Mark Wood to take a rest.

    He's still banging it in short, with three men back on the leg side, but it's mostly ill-directed and the batters rarely have to play a shot.

  3. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    The tips of his gloves were just about level with the stumps. He probably wasn't even aware of it.

  4. Russel Arnold
    Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    It's interesting because Jamie Smith's technique involves him setting himself up and his hands naturally go forward and come back. Every ball could be a no ball!

  5. SL 124-4

    For what it's worth, ball-tracking shows it was umpire's call anyway so England wouldn't have got the wicket.

    Sri Lanka take the lead by two.

  6. Not out

    No BallGetty Images

    Oh!

    It's a no-ball because Jamie Smith's gloves were marginally in front of the stumps.

    Don't see that too often. England don't lose the review because it's a no-ball, but that's the first blemish on Smith's record in this Test.

  7. England review

    Hello!

    Kamindu Mendis gets in a right tangle, skipping down the pitch to Shoaib Bashir.

    The ball evades the stumps but did it hit his pad first? Jamie Smith is very keen, and persuades Ollie Pope to review.

  8. SL 123-4

    Managed to get Jack Duckworth and demure in the live text on the same day.

    Something for everyone.

  9. Can somebody get a message to Jack Duckworth that his pigeons have got out?

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  10. SL 121-4

    Trail by 1

    A maiden from Mark Wood, but a wayward one which Angelo Mathews can easily sway around.

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

    The recent partnership Mathews and Kamindu are putting together is needed for Sri Lanka.

  12. SL 121-4

    Trail by 1

    Shoaib Bashir twirls his way through another probing over, but Angelo Mathews patiently defends.

    Sri Lanka are closing in on a (slender) lead.

  13. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Kamindu went for another big one. He's deliberately hitting it into the air, a bit dangerous.

  14. SL 120-4

    Trail by 2

    Here we go!

    Mark Wood is going to keep going with the short stuff and Kamindu Mendis is going to keep taking it on.

    He gets a little lucky with one that just drops short of Ben Duckett at deep mid-wicket, before ducking the rest. Smart.

  15. SL 118-4

    Trail by 4

    Half an appeal from Shoaib Bashir, only to realise that Mendis had hit the ground instead of the ball and Jamie Smith dropped it anyway.

    Worth a shout, otherwise.

  16. 6 runs

    SL 116-4

    Trail by 6

    That'll do!

    A ripple of applause around Old Trafford as Kamindu Mendis whacks a short ball from Mark Wood into the stands for six.

    Brave, but effective. There is a fielder stationed at deep square but he just watches it sail over his head.

  17. 50 runs

    50 for Angelo Mathews

    SL 109-4

    Immediately into his work.

    Angelo Mathews brings up his 42nd Test fifty with a clip to square leg for two.

  18. Mathews makes his way back to the middle with Kamindu Mendis for company.

    This session is going until 18:30 BST, so grab yourselves a beverage and settle in.

  19. Russel Arnold
    Ex-Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Mathews has worked hard and scored the runs. He just needs some help from the other end.

  20. Angelo Mathews is providing the resistance for Sri Lanka.

    They have batted proactively, in fairness, and kept the game moving particularly after losing those disastrous two wickets at the end of the morning session.