Dropped catchpublished at 11 overs

11 overs

SL 67-4 (105 needed from 54 balls)

The fifty partnership arrives from as many balls before a dropped catch, Morgan at full stretch to his left at extra cover and he can only tip it around the post.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"I don't think England supporters will sleep easy or rest easy until Mathews is out - he's dangerous, he's big and strong and he's got a good eye."

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A scything stroke from Mathews brings him four into the leg-side, fetching a short one from Stokes from well wide of the off-stump.

59-4 (113 needed from 60 balls)published at 10 overs

10 overs

Mammoth from Mathews, down the ground and into the hospitality boxes. Somehow they have measured the speed of the ball off the bat and it was 152kph.

We have spin now in the form of Adil Rashid, The fifty comes up but the crowd is distinctly muted, they want a closer game clearly.

Andy Bentley: Keep it tight now and they'll get themselves out! C'mon England.

PL: Listening to #ENGvSL, external on #TMS, external and painting a portrait in my mother-in-law's kitchen. Come on England.

Cristian Evans: England bowling wider than the Grand Canyon.

Football Fragmento: England not bowled a spinner yet. They might only get 4 overs between them today. 

Both these batsmen average over 20 in T20s, Mathews making three half centuries with a best of 83, but Kapugedera's current best is an unbeaten 48. Stokes offers them nothing straightforward with another testing over at good pace.

Stokes sends down the sixth wide of the innings, this one called for height, the ball ballooning over Kapugedera into Buttler's gloves.

Kapugedera comes down the track and lofts Plunkett over cover for only the third four of the innings.

Jay: This is how international pitches should be. Difficult for average batsmen/bowlers but with something in it for the good ones.

Elliot GC: England are bound to pluck defeat from the jaws of victory. Don't get too excited!

Conor Daly: Need cricket wrapped up quickly so I can get back to full MSc exams revision capacity, sub-20% productivity with this going on.

Plunkett's radar goes awry and that is a big wide down the leg-side. The Sri Lankans only bowled three in the entire 20 overs. But they are the ones who have lost four cheap wickets.

A wide from Stokes but he is getting some pace and there is no hint of a boundary. Messrs Bayliss and Farbrace look in jovial mood in the England dugout.

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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"We'll see Mooen shortly, I fancy. Or Adil Rashid."

James Gosling: What a first 4 overs. Watching on @BBCCRICKET, external site and giddy with excitement. What a start.

Totum: England are doing what Germany do in the footy world cup - start off wobbly, get going just in time, peak for the semi and final.

Theo Bowyer: Hang on... Does this kamikaze start by Sri Lanka mean we can enjoy a rare stress free England match? Surely not. 

The bristling Stokes into the attack, his reddening face glistening with perspiration. Mathews can only turn him for a single in the first half of the over with the field well spread.

So England took wickets after the third, eighth, 16th and 18th deliveries. 

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And you can also watch the very best shots from Jos Buttler's magnificent 66 not out.