Off they go.

The umpires think it has got too dark.

The umpires are coming together... This could be bad news.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Ben Duckett has played fantastically here.

To start he was playing shots that were a little bit risky in these conditions but he's got into his groove.

50 for Ben Duckettpublished at 15 overs

15 overs

Ben Duckett thrashes very hard at short ball as he goes to fifty from 48 balls. The fielder gets a hand on it and looks down at his hand, I think just checking to see there isn't a cricket ball-shaped hole in his palm.

The England balcony are beating their hands to applaud the opener.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer at The Oval

Duckett played that guide to third man from the first ball after drinks. It was a fantastic stroke, but could quite easily have bounced, moved and taken an edge. If Sri Lanka get the ball in the right place, the catchers should come into play. Instead, Dhananjaya immediately dropped point back to the boundary. Following the ball is poor captaincy.

There are a couple of raindrops on the camera lens but nothing to half play as yet.

Lahiru Kumara has just bowled the first maiden of the day.

This probably sums up Ben Duckett's mood best...

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

It looks like they'll have a big electricity bill today.

Finally a well-bowled delivery from Sri Lanka's seamers. Ben Duckett nods in approval after playing a missing. It hasn't got any less gloomy. The floodlights are beating down.

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Mike McMahon: First morning of a Test match in these conditions and England ticking along at 5+ an over... will never get used to that!

Slashed for four! Too short and too wide.

Ben Duckett is on the charge.

Straight after drinks Sri Lankan hands are back on heads as Duckett fiddles the ball through a gap in the slips.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

I thought this pitch was going to do all sorts with the clouds and the moisture.

It hasn't done a great deal, there's no pace on the ball and it's bouncing like a tennis ball.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

Ollie Pope looks like he's come in wanting to get something done.

Eng 65-1published at 12 overs

12 overs

'Under pressure', in dark and gloomy conditions, just got to the crease...

Just go and smack your 12th ball for six! A great pull shot from Ollie Pope.

That's drinks and England have had the better start even with that Lawrence dismissal.

David, Edinburgh

It was not a pretty way for Dan Lawrence to go...

Ollie Pope plays another good cut shot but Dhananjaya de Silva has gone all Pat Cummins and put a fielder on that boundary.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport chief cricket writer at The Oval

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You can't help but feel for Dan Lawrence. Yes, you jump at any opportunity to play for England, but he's warming a seat in an unfamiliar position. As soon as that went up, he dropped his head in disappointment, because he knew his fate. He may have played himself off the winter tours.

Ollie Pope gets a wide one and helps himself to four runs on the cut.

A nerve-settler?