Summary

  • Bad light ends play as SL follow on

  • Anderson 5-16, Broad 4-21

  • Five catches for Bairstow

  • Bairstow 140, Hales 86; Shanaka 3-46

  • First Test of three-match series

  1. SL 87-7 (need 12 to avoid the follow-on)published at 17:53

    Anderson, by the way, has 3-0 in three overs. Surely there's no doubt over whether England would enforce the follow-on, especially when rain is forecast for tomorrow. Lahiru Thirimanne might have something to say about that - he drives the returning Stuart Broad through the vacant cover area for four.

  2. How's stat?published at 17:51 British Summer Time 20 May 2016

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "This is the first time that James Anderson has taken four wickets in an innings at Headingley."

  3. SL 83-7 (need 16 to avoid follow-on)published at 17:50

    Play that! Anderson turns Chameera inside-out, one that starts middle and eventually swings to miss off. Looking again, the Herath wicket was angle into the left-hander, only to move away and be too good for a man batting at number eight. Anderson has 4-15.

  4. Postpublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 20 May 2016

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "If England do have the opportunity to enforce the follow-on, they've got to take it. They're under lights and the ball's swinging round corners."

  5. SL 83-7published at 17:49

    I say England will bat again tonight. Sri Lanka still need 16 to avoid the follow-on and they have lost three for six. Dushmantha Chameera, come on down....

  6. Postpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 20 May 2016

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "It's been a wonderful spell from Anderson, just angling in from around the stumps, and they're almost going like off-breaks. It was a wonderful catch from Stokes, that went quickly. Sri Lanka need 16 runs to avoid the follow-on and that looks a long way off."

  7. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 17:46

    Herath c Stokes b Anderson 1 (SL 83-7)

    Did anyone think that Rangana Herath was going to get through this over? The hippos were waiting to be fed and James Anderson duly obliged. Round the wicket to the left-hander, arc away, bat hung out, edge high to third grabber Ben Stokes. England three balls away from batting again tonight.  

  8. SL 83-6published at 17:44

    Drinks done, James Anderson all smiles. It might have brightened up in Leeds, too. Herath in the firing line...

  9. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 17:41

    SL 83-6

    England are in the hen house here. Rangana Herath can bat a little, but he's definitely the start of the tail. The home side could well be batting before the end of the day. Finn to Herath, the batsman surrounded by catchers, more popular that a man handing out £5 notes. He gets away with a single, but that means another inspection from Anderson. At least he's got drinks to think about it.

  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 20 May 2016

    Tweet #bbccricket

    Paul Lewis: What's the record for the most ducks in a Test match? This game must be getting close if we carry on like this.

    It's 11, which was equalled the last time England played Sri Lanka at Headingley in 2014.

  11. SL 81-6 (Anderson 8-4-15-3)published at 17:37

    Looking again, I don't know how Shanaka could have played that. Anderson is swinging it round corners and back to himself here, all over the show. Dark sky, floodlights, a master of his craft hooping the ball in and out at will. Batsmen are an endangered species, runs being sold for thousands on the black market. 

  12. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 20 May 2016

    Tweet #bbccricket

    Rob Zabrocky: I bought Sunday tickets. It'll definitely play until Sunday, I thought. Best start finding new plans.

  13. Hat-trick ballpublished at 17:35

    SL 81-6

    ...crowd roar, Anderson round the wicket to Rangana Herath, who somehow keeps a snorter from short leg. Brilliant stuff. Every ball an event, wicket-filled danger for the tourists.

  14. How's stat?!published at 17:34 British Summer Time 20 May 2016

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "There have now been six first-innings ducks. The most in a Test match is seven."

  15. Postpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 20 May 2016

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "Bowling from the Football Stand End has certainly helped Jimmy Anderson to bowl that full length. Darren Gough used to have a lot of success from that end - up the slope, just kissing the surface."

  16. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 17:31

    Shanaka c Bairstow b Anderson 0 (SL 81-6)

    James Anderson celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    Welcome to Test cricket, Dasun Shanaka. Play that if you can. You can't? In that case, you have a golden blob on debut. It's wonderful from James Anderson, almost unfair on the callow youth. Angle in, late nip away, thinnest of feathers through to Jonny Bairstow. Sri Lanka drowning, Anderson on a hat-trick...   

  17. SL 81-5 (trail by 217)published at 17:31

    Oh, hello. That's hit Mathews outside the line. If he'd reviewed that, he'd have got away with it. It wasn't even a little bit outside the line, but full-on, green-light not hitting in line. There was nip back, but that's pretty irrelevant. Mathews was playing a shot so shouldn't have been given. Bad call, skipper. Debutant Dasun Shanaka is the new man, watching as Thirimanne hooks Finn for four.

  18. Postpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 20 May 2016

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    "That looked nice and straight. Mathews just got planted on that front foot, and he couldn't get out of the way as it nipped back. I'm surprised Sri Lanka didn't review - it's worth a gamble, he's such an important player."

  19. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 17:25

    Mathews lbw Anderson 34 (SL 77-5)

    Gone! In these conditions James Anderson could swing an orange round corners, let alone red leather into the pads of Angelo Mathews. The Sri Lanka skipper had been solid in defence, but he's played all round this one. He waits, thinks about a review, then heads off. It's not beyond the realms of possibility for Sri Lanka to be bowled out tonight.  

  20. T20 Blast is up and runningpublished at 17:23

    Lancashire celebrate winning the T20 Blast in 2015Image source, Getty Images

    As Sri Lanka's batsmen dig in against England on a green seamer in murky conditions in Leeds, the razzmttazz of the T20 Blast is about to get under way around the country.

    You can follow live text commentary here - and listen to ball-by-ball commentary on every game if you so fancy.