Eng 33-0published at 5 overs

5 overs

Target 205

Ooooh!

Dan Lawrence fancies some of the spinner, too. Lofted down the ground for six!

Might be over before tea at this rate.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

Duckett hit that cleanly, a phenomenal stroke.

Dhananjaya de Silva turns to spin early with Prabath Jayasuriya.

Now, with Ben Duckett out there, this could bring plentiful boundaries.

And, on cue, a reverse sweep for four second ball!

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

The pitch is good enough for this score to be chased down to a degree of comfort.

No boundaries, but Sri Lanka's defensive field placings mean that the runs are still coming too easily.

Should they risk conceding boundaries, but increase their chance of wickets? Surely, the only way they're winning this game is by taking 10 wickets so they might as well.

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

16 of those runs have come off Vishwa Fernando. He is the more senior bowler with a lot more experience. Dhananjaya de Silva needs him to just be boring and not give anything away.

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Edged, and through the slips for four.

Frustration for Sri Lanka and the bowler Vishwa Fernando. Might've dropped short anyway but it's a shocking shot from Dan Lawrence.

That was very wide, he's lucky.

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

The glove was facing upwards. He had it in his glove but he did slide ever so slightly.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent

That's such a shame, what an incredible catch that would have been.

Ah! The ball touches the ground as Kusal Mendis slides.

He may not have felt it because it was all in one movement, so no blame on him for the celebration.

Duckett survives.

What a grab! Or is it?

Ben Duckett walks, having tickled one down the leg side where Kusal Mendis takes a screamer, leaping to his right.

But the umpires want a second look to see if it's taken cleanly.

The sweepers are out, with Sri Lanka wanting to nullify England's love of hitting boundaries, but the result is that there's absolutely no pressure.

They tick the singles, and with the five wides, it's a costly start from Vishwa Fernando.

Vic Marks
Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Duckett's reputation ensures there's always three men on the boundary. There are bound to be gaps.

Ben Jones
CricViz analyst

Ben Duckett has been excellent since returning to Test cricket, and that continues through to the end of the match - his batting average in fourth innings, 55.60, is his highest for any innings.

My word, what happened there?

Vishwa Fernando with the wildest of wides, that sails past the keeper and through the slips for four.

Five bonus runs for England. So sloppy.

An easy dink into the off side for one, and Ben Duckett gets England under way.

One thing's for certain.

England will not hang around in their pursuit of these 205 runs.

Sri Lanka threw their wickets away, it wasn't from the pitch or the ball misbehaving drastically.

But, a word for Kamindu Mendis before we get into England's innings. A fantastic knock.

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

Sri Lanka will have to produce something out of the ordinary early to get England's nerves tingling.

Kamindu Mendis was brilliant for his epic 113, as was Dinesh Chandimal for his 79, but that was a very soft display from the lower order.

Tasked with simply hanging in there for Chandimal's sake, they crumbled.

The last four wickets fell for just 19 runs.

Vic Marks
Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

This pitch is still behaving pretty well. If England don't win today, they might struggle tomorrow. The signs aren't good weathe- wise.