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50 for Bairstowpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 19 May 2016

15:33 BST 19 May 2016

Eng 163-5

Bairstow glides Mathews down to the third-man boundary, and that's his half-century. He's played very nicely, reversing the momentum of this innings with some attacking strokeplay - basically the job that Ben Stokes tried to do, done a bit more sensibly.

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Lisa Pickard: I keep hearing the @englandcricket, external cheers from my office! Can't wait to be there tomorrow.

Now Bairstow misses with an attempted sweep and the ball eludes everybody and trickles away for four leg byes. Everything running England's way now.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special

"Missing leg stump again - by about the same amount as last time. Sri Lanka lose a review."

He's inside the line, but once again the ball is sliding down the leg side - it didn't grip enough. In truth, that looked like a review born of desperation rather than any real conviction.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Is he going to be just outside the line?"

But hang on! Sri Lanka reckon they might have got Bairstow. Hit in front by Herath, initial verdict is not out, but we're having a second look...

Eng 154-5published at 15:25 British Summer Time 19 May 2016

15:25 BST 19 May 2016

Thus reprieved, Bairstow immediately applies a hefty dose of sodium chloride to the wound by lofting Herath over the top for six!

Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

"What Bairstow knew, that we didn't, was that he had advanced down the pitch. He has moved his guard out of the crease and sashayed forward."

No! The ball is shown to be sliding down the leg side, and Bairstow survives. What a sickener that is for Sri Lanka.

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

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"I don't feel as if he's hit it. I don't think the omens are great for Bairstow."

Now then, now then! Angelo Mathews brings himself into the attack and raps Bairstow on the front pad. Up goes the finger. Has he done the trick?

The brollies are going up and the ponchos are coming on. I wonder if this might be the last over before the weather gods intervene. Ooh, dicy from Hales, nearly overbalancing to Herath and giving Chandimal a stumping chance, but he just squeezes his big toe back into the crease in the nick of time.

Robert: I'm 15 minutes drive from Headingley and its raining! And I've taken the day off work!

These two are looking to push the pedal now - hard running brings a three where there really shouldn't have been. Hales plays a high-elbowed push into the off side to bring up 60, equalling his best Test score. For those wondering, I agreed to the ear-singeing in the spirit of 'try anything once'. The barber got out a big dangly cotton bud, dipped it in something highly flammable, set it alight and proceeded to wave it about my ear-holes. It was both terrifying and oddly life-affirming.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Headingley

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"Nothing to lift a Yorkshire crowd like one of their own flaying an opposition attack around Headingley. Jonny Bairstow has been in rare form for the county this season, and he's taking some of that sweet timing into the start of his Test summer."

Rangana Herath, the oldest member of this Sri Lanka side by just the nine years, is called into the attack. Bairstow brings up the 50 partnership with a single to mid-off.

David Knowles: The first time that happened I let out a squeak any mouse would be proud of #earsingeing, external

Benjamin Copp: Yes, and my barber asked if he could trim my eyebrows, and I'm by no means near Liam Gallagher territory!