Summary

  • Second Test, day two, Lord's

  • England close on 25-1 - leading by 256

  • SL dismissed for 196 after England post 427 thanks to Atkinson's century

  • Watch highlights on Today at the Test from 19:00 BST on BBC Two and iPlayer

Live Reporting

by Ffion Wynne

  1. Eng 380-7

    Lahiru Kumara does eventually find a bit of extra bounce to end the over and it beats Matthew Potts outside the off stump. That is the first delivery that has done a bit so far this morning.

    Gus Atkinson - 94 not out - is on strike for the next over.

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    Anonymous: On the train from Copenhagen to Malmo, come on Gus!

  3. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on Test Match Special

    This is now Gus Atkinson's highest first-class score, going past his 91 made for Surrey in 2022.

  4. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    What a way to get into the 90s, he's making his way there breezily.

  5. Eng 379-7

    Lahiru Kumara bangs one in short but it just sits up invitingly for Gus Atkinson, who plays a calm, composed pull away for four to move into the 90s.

    He looks the calmest person in the ground.

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    Stephen, Torpoint: Re the 6.30pm finish, when going over this time to finish the 90 overs, players would forfeit some of their salary to pay for the overtime of ground staff and broadcasters.

    Does that include live texters too? If so I am fully on board.

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

    That nervy good length, he's just poked at it. Gus Atkinson gets away with one.

  8. Eng 375-7

    Steady! A moment of alarm for Gus Atkinson as a leading edge squirts into the air but lands wide of backward point and England run a single.

    Atkinson moves on to 89.

  9. Eng 372-7

    Milan Rathnayake opens at the other end and presents Gus Atkinson with another leg-side delivery that he clips away fine for four.

    Rathnayake also overstepped, so that is another run to the tally.

  10. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Well, that's been an eventful first over.

  11. Eng 367-7

    Atkinson 83, Potts 20

    More nerves as Gus Atkinson nearly chops onto his own stumps, but escapes through for a single.

    There is often a sleepy atmosphere in the crowd in the opening stages of a morning session, but you can feel the tension as they will Atkinson ever closer to a century.

  12. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Tuffers, would you calm down?

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

    Oh! Missing! I'm living this with him.

    I'm so nervous.

  14. Not out

    Ball tracking shows it missing leg by a distance.

    A huge collective sigh of relief from the Lord's crowd.

    Gus Atkinson survives.

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

    I think it might be missing leg.

  16. England review

    It is all happening this morning.

    Lahiru Kumara gets one to jag back in down the slope and cannons into Gus Atkinson's pads.

    The finger goes up - but Atkinson reviews.

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

    That'll settle some nerves!

  18. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Well, he's off and running!

    Lahiru Kumara looks stiff. He struggled in the evening session yesterday.

  19. Eng 366-7

    That is delicious.

    Gus Atkinson has carved the next delivery through the covers to move on to 82.

  20. Eng 362-7

    England's new all-rounder Gus Atkinson delicately clips the first ball of the day from Lahiru Kumara fine and away for four.

    Atkinson moves to 78.