Summary

  1. Postpublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 7 September

    Hodgson and McDonald. A new detective series coming soon.

    Maybe.

    CrowdImage source, PA Media
  2. England on top in Stormontpublished at 20 overs

    Ireland 88-3

    Everywhere you turn there are England debutants.

    Hannah Baker has her first international wicket, with Amy Hunter falling when looking well set. Mady Villiers has also had her first trundle in an England ODI shirt. She got an encouraging amount of turn in her first six balls.

    Orla Prendergast is key to this game. If she bats long, Ireland will likely make an imposing total. Get her soon, though, and England could run through the hosts.

    Hannah BakerImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Hannah Baker celebrates her maiden international wicket

  3. drinks break

    Eng 288-4published at 59 overs

    The coaches in the Sri Lanka dressing room do not look happy. Whether it is because of that review in the last over or just general frustration that the tourists have not been able to take more wickets.

    Jamie Smith moves England that bit closer to 300 by steering the ball wide of the slips for four before a thick edge goes through a vacant gully region for a single.

    Time for drinks after an eventful first hour or so in south London.

  4. Postpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 7 September

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    When Ollie Pope went upstairs for the review, I think he want just hoping.

    The umpire just giggled when he saw the replay.

  5. Eng 283-4published at 58 overs

    I have got no idea how Ollie Pope has survived this time!

    He tries to whip a ball from the left-handed Vishwa Fernando from off stump through mid-wicket.

    The inside edge is found and the ball misses leg stump by millimetres. So unlucky for Sri Lanka but four more runs to Pope.

  6. Postpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 7 September

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Ollie Pope has gotten away with it fractionally.

    He somehow still survives.

  7. Not outpublished at 57.2 overs

    Eng 277-4

    Pitching just outside leg stump - Ollie Pope survives.

    That was very close. It needed to be pitching outside leg because there was no bat involved and looked certain to be hitting the stumps.

  8. Postpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 7 September

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    FernandoImage source, Getty Images

    Finally the finger goes up for Ollie Pope.

    It looked a good shout from here.

  9. England reviewpublished at 57.2 overs

    Ollie Pope has been trapped in front by Vishwa Fernando's second ball of the day.

    It looks good and up goes the umpire's finger.

    Pope reviews but he doesn't look entirely sure.

  10. Postpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 7 September

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka are just going through the motions, they know they wasted an opportunity yesterday.

  11. Postpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 7 September

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    What a frantic morning this has been.

    There's been some amazingly weird shots being played.

  12. Eng 276-4published at 57 overs

    Smith 8, Pope 139

    Jamie Smith starts the over with a boundary, albeit an unconvincing one as an inside edge whistles just past the stumps and beats the dive of Dinesh Chandimal.

    A single follows before Ollie Pope's mistimed back-foot punch gets past the cover fielder for two.

  13. England break Ireland's resistancepublished at 16.3 overs

    Hunter c Kemp b Baker 37 (Ireland 74-3)

    Hannah Baker has deserved that. She floats one up to tempt Amy Hunter, and the batter goes for the big heave. The ball goes high but travels no real distance. Freya Kemp takes a simple catch on the edge of the circle.

    A maiden international wicket for Baker. That is a moment she will never forget.

  14. Eng 269-4published at 56 overs

    Three dot balls to end the Milan Rathnayake over.

    He has probably been the pick of the Sri Lanka seamers this morning - and has taken the only wicket so far on day two.

    Good control combined with plenty of movement to keep the England batters honest.

  15. Eng 269-4published at 55.3 overs

    Width from Milan Rathnayake and a bit of extra bounce.

    Ollie Pope throws his bat at it with a cut shot and the ball flies off a thick outside edge, over the slips for four.

    It's a good job the England skipper went as hard at that as he did.

  16. Ireland steady themselves...published at 15 overs

    Ireland 64-2

    Orla Prendergast looks a star in the making. She's made her way to 22 very attractive runs - remember she made an unbeaten 122 on this ground against Sri Lanka less than a month ago.

    For England, Hannah Baker has already found some turn from this Stormont pitch, while fellow debutant Ryana MacDonald-Gay is also into the attack. The latter is just settling into her rhythm.

  17. Eng 264-4published at 55 overs

    After plugging away on a good line and length for five balls, Lahiru Kumara digs the last one in short.

    It's headed down the leg side and Jamie Smith happily pulls it down to fine leg for the only run of the over.

  18. Postpublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 7 September

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Sounds

    There's so much batting talent coming through for England.

  19. Eng 263-4published at 54 overs

    Good over from Asitha Fernando but it's bookended by singles, one each for the two Surrey batters now at the crease on their home ground.

    Meanwhile, the camera pans to Queen legend Brian May and his unmistakable mane in the crowd.

  20. Postpublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 7 September

    Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    BrookImage source, Getty Images

    Harry Brook is developing a slight weakness against those wider deliveries. He's been dismissed five times by wide deliveries from the quicks in Test cricket, averaging (a still pretty healthy) 42 against them. That's far lower than his average against balls in the channel (78), an area where you expect batters to struggle more typically.