Nuwan Pradeep to Moeen Ali. Early start, a full minute before the clock ticks to 11. Three catchers.

Rob Chacksfield: Game is not in the balance at all, as some are saying, England will bat only once in this Test match.

Warm applause for the Sri Lanka players as they are led on to the field by a smiling Angelo Mathews. We talked lots about the empty seats in C-l-S yesterday, so it's right to mention that the ground is at least three-quarters full. Nice atmosphere.

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It's not going to be a square turner here, it never is, but it offers a little help to the spinners. The tail won't be frightened of the Sri Lanka attack, I'd be looking for a hundred if I was walking out. They'll get 400-450 - or they won't now I've said that. Moeen will chip in, but it'll be Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad, and if it swings it could be all over by the time Vaughany's on the helicopter. And they're saying Chris Woakes is the fastest bowler in the nets now."

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BBC Weather's Susan Powell: "It doesn't look too bad at all, there's quite a lot of cloud around this morning but it's breaking up and there should be a few decent spells of sunshine this afternoon. Once the sun comes out, temperature should be in the mid-teens. Tomorrow doesn't look too bad either - same as today but maybe a touch warmer. However, the weather will start to deteriorate on Monday when we'll be looking at some heavy and thundery rain."

Roshan Abeysinghe
BBC Test Match Special

"Sri Lanka made up for some average bowling at times with some excellent fielding yesterday. They took four brilliant catches. We did come here with five fast bowlers and we've lost two of our best to injury in Chameera and Prasad. I wouldn't say the attack is weak, but it's inexperienced."

England all-rounder Chris Woakes on TMS: "I've put a bit of pace on in the last couple of years and I've come into this Test in a bit of form with bat and ball. I obviously bat a bit higher up the order for Warwickshire, it's not going to be easy but hopefully Moeen and I can build a partnership and get us up to 400."

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Roshan Abeysinghe
BBC Test Match Special

"There was steep bounce and movement at Leeds, but the low bounce here should favour Sri Lanka's batsmen more. But it's so important that they compete in the first innings so we have a game on our hands."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"There's no express pace, mystery spin or mystery balls out there - I thought England should have bowled yesterday morning but I now think batting was the right decision. Their seam bowlers should get more out of the pitch than Sri Lanka's did."

Roshan Abeysinghe
BBC Test Match Special

"Sri Lanka need to get England out for 350, they can't allow the tail to wag, and they must start to build from there."

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Sri Lanka still look like they've got a lot of hard work to do. All the England tail-enders have been in the nets this morning, and England might feel they might get another 100 this morning with what's to come."

BBC Test Match Special

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England 310-6 (90 overs, won toss)

Batsmen: Moeen 28*, Woakes 8*

Fall of wickets: 39-1 (Cook 15), 64-2 (Compton 9), 160-3 (Hales 83), 219-4 (Root 80), 227-5 (Vince 35), 297-6 (Bairstow 48)

Bowling: Eranga 19-2-67-0, Lakmal 18-3-58-1, Pradeep 19-3-69-3, Herath 24-1-74-0, Mathews 2-1-3-0, Siriwardena 8-0-35-2.

Full scorecard

Still, with the sun (sort of) shining in Durham, the tourists probably couldn't have wished for better batting conditions at Test cricket's most northerly venue.

Wrap up this England innings, then bat long? Angelo Mathews' men will be hoping for a big first hour. 

And, by the end of it all, England had probably just shaded the honours at Chester-le-Street, reaching 310-6 after telling Sri Lanka to bowl first.

Still, Sri Lanka probably slept reasonably satisfied on a score that is about par.

Having that said, given the way Sri Lanka batted in the first Test, do England already have enough?