Summary
Last wkt: Bairstow (48) - Eng 297-6
Hales 83, Root 80, Bairstow 48
Alastair Cook (15) stuck on 9,995 Test runs
Eng: Woakes replaces injured Stokes
Second Test, Chester-le-Street - Eng lead series 1-0
Postpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Postpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special"The first session was even stevens, second session undoubtedly England's. Alastair Cook will be very happy with his side's score, Nick Compton will be devastated, and Alex Hales will be frustrated at missing a hundred again."
get involved Cricket game showspublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
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Richard in Leeds: "Holding Hands" A dating show hosted by the laconic former West Indies pace man.
Slowbear: Booniversity Challenge. David Boon quizzes the UK's brightest students
Rob Davies: Telly Caddicks: A quiz where contestants answer questions based on clips on Andrew Caddick’s career presented by the man himself.
Tea scorecardpublished at 15:44 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
England 200-3 (61 overs, won toss)
Batsmen: Root 69*, Vince 22*
Fall of wickets: 39-1 (Cook 15), 64-2 (Compton 9), 160-3 (Hales 83)
Bowling: Eranga 15-2-49-0, Lakmal 13-3-37-1, Pradeep 12-3-38-1, Herath 17-0-55-0, Mathews 2-1-3-0, Siriwardena 2-0-16-1.
Tea intervalpublished at 15:42 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Eng 200-3
Eranga has toiled today, but he very nearly gets his first breakthrough when he gets one to shape away and just defeat the outside edge of James Vince. That will be tea - another good session for England, with Joe Root looking very assured and James Vince making a promising start.
Postpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special"Root's looking busy, trying to pinch singles and put the fielders under pressure."
Eng 199-3published at 15:39 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Herath hasn't really posed a threat today. Root milks him through square leg for a single.
Eng 198-3published at 15:36 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Some people have all the luck. Vince, just like Compton, is surprised by a short ball and gets a top edge to a pull, but unlike Compton, there's no fielder there and he gets a four.
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Michael Blighe: Wagon-Wheel of Fortune maybe? Was tempted to say we have a ready-made one with Can't Cook, Won't Cook.
Nick Harper: Antiques Broadshow, an aged Notts all rounder evaluates your prized double teapots.
Samuel Mason: A Mark Nicholas pinata, with players whacking it with a bat for it to squark platitudes such as "That is the shot of the day!"
Eng 193-3published at 15:32 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Lovely shot from Vince, pinging Herath all along the carpet for four. Vince is looking to keep his score ticking over and I think that's the right approach, though conditions are a bit more benign than they were in the morning when poor old Compo was batting.
Eng 188-3published at 15:27 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Image source, Getty ImagesJoe Root only had 23 runs in five international innings at Chester-le-Street before today. He's nearly trebled that. Ooh, Vince has a heart-in-mouth moment when Eranga gets one to drift in and he gets an outside edge that falls just short of slip.
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Joseph Venable: Supermarket Sweep, in which aspiring batsmen hit cross-batted shots through narrow aisles at pyramids of tinned goods.
TK: Fifteen For One instead of Fifteen To One, Players answer questions to get to 15 runs and can't get more than 1 question wrong.
Eng 184-3published at 15:22 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Phewf. He's OK. It was a lovely delivery from Herath, it was drift that did for Root, but he had the presence of mind to slide his toes back into the crease just in time.
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Roshan Abeysinghe
BBC Test Match Special"The wicketkeeper doesn't look confident."
Third umpirepublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Now then, has Joe Root overbalanced here? Herath thinks he might have got him stumped, and the umpires want a look at it. Herath is on 299 Test wickets...
get involved Cricket game showspublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
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Nick Smith: Hit Me For Six hosted by Chris Gayle. Asked increasingly hard questions until you're wrong and are launched out of the studio.
Lord Andrew Dennett: "Corridor of Uncertainty" hosted by Boycott - assault course style with hidden traps! Prize is Twenty20 Finals Day tickets.
Jed Court: Timed Out: a race against the clock, presented by Geoffrey Boycott and Katy Perry.
Eng 181-3published at 15:20 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Eranga to Root. Maiden. Move along folks, nothing to see here.
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Jake Goodwill: Shame Hales has fallen short of a ton again but this was a much better innings than at Headingley. Very promising.
Rob Zabrocky: Poor Alex Hales. He's really earned that ton that won't come.
Luc Carter: What a catch that is, gutted for Hales though.
Eng 181-3published at 15:16 British Summer Time 27 May 2016
Vince drills Lakmal through the covers for two. Keep those suggestions for cricket-themed quiz shows coming - the best ones will be published on this page and/or forwarded to BBC TV for consideration.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special"If you were 12th man and Jack Russell was playing you had to get everything right with his cup of tea, the exact amount of time for the bag in the cup. I got it wrong and he knew straight away. I blamed Anthony McGrath."
Is that why McGrath only played four Tests?