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Live Reporting

by Matthew Henry & Sam Dalling

  1. The umpires are still out there having a chat and a smile. It's not their fault. They're enforcing the regulations.

  2. Stuart Broad has just said on the TV the conditions seem "absolutely fine".

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    Ollie Davies: Shambles. Absolute shambles.

  4. We have only had 44.1 overs and I can't see how the players are going to get back on now. This cloud hasn't budged all day and it's only going to get darker as the sun sets.

    It has been a good day for England. Sri Lanka have been very average.

  5. Ollie PopeGetty Images

    Under pressure, apparently...

  6. Ben Jones
    CricViz analyst

    Ollie Pope is the first England No.3 to score three tons in a calendar year since Gary Ballance back in 2014. Only eight England batters have ever managed the feat.

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    Root's centuries have been lauded as masterclasses in batting - dreams to watch. Atkinson knocking a maiden Test century and taking a 5-wicket haul in the same match gave England fans much to cheer about. But surely nothing gives as much unalloyed pleasure as watching a player, under much pressure and undeserved criticism, showing his class and proving his detractors wrong. Well played, Ollie!

    Andrew, Purley

  8. Ollie Pope gets another big ovation as he walks off before slaps on the back from his team-mates in the dressing room.

    He got to his hundred from 102 balls. Speedy.

  9. Bad light stops play - Eng 221-3

    And almost as if they were letting Ollie Pope get to his century, the umpires take the players off for bad light.

    There are boos from the crowd.

  10. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Fair play Ollie Pope, brilliant character.

    It has been a tough two games with the bat and he's fought through it.

  11. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    PopePA Media

    What a beautiful shot, what a wonderful stroke to reach a hundred.

    Ollie Pope's been under the pump, people talking about his future. There's one happy man.

  12. 100 runs

    100 to Ollie Pope

    A punch of the air. A look to the grey skies. Ben Stokes applauds like a proud dad.

    Ollie Pope has a Test century - his seventh overall - to quieten the doubters.

  13. Eng 217-3

    The crowd rises as Ollie Pope pierces a gap but he only manages two. Ollie Pope has a smirk on his face. I think he thought that was it too.

    Two balls still remain in the over.

  14. Eng 215-3

    A single to Harry Brook brings Ollie Pope back onto strike. The crowd waits nervously...

  15. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Statistician on Test Match Special

    Ollie Pope has never had two centuries in the same season.

  16. Eng 214-3

    Pope 97, Brook 7

    Ouch.

    Ollie Pope takes the next ball on his arm. That has hurt. He waves to the physio to say he's fine.

  17. Eng 213-3

    Driven for four by Ollie Pope! That's one of his best shots of the day.

    97...

  18. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's been a tough day for Sri Lanka.

  19. Eng 209-3

    Dinesh Chandimal may have just wanted a review to see a replay of his one-handed catch on the big screen. It was a good one in fairness.

    Ollie Pope moves into the nineties by swinging his next ball for four.

  20. Not out

    There's not even a hint of a spike.

    Ollie Pope survives.