Summary

  • England win by nine wickets; clinch series

  • Alastair Cook passes 10,000 Test runs

  • Eng 498-9; SL 101 & 475 (Chandimal 126)

  • Anderson (5-58) passes 450 Test wickets

  1. Postpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Chandimal was the one you feel - had he gone then - that's 25 minutes wrapped up, shaking hands, doing presentations and jumping on the M1."

  2. SL 330-6 (trail by 67)published at 11:35 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Geez, thanks for the support, Graeme. Herath gets off the mark with a single to long leg.

  3. Postpublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Graeme Swann
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "That's a bad miss for Jonny, it's an absolute howler."

  4. Postpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "Definite dropped chance. It jagged back from Jimmy Anderson. Having got there, with two big paws, Bairstow has got to grab onto that. He'll be disappointed."

  5. dropped catch

    Dropped catchpublished at 11:31 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    SL 329-6

    Ooh, that's a bad one from Jonny Bairstow. An inside edge from Chandimal, JB didn't have that far to go, he got both hands to it but can't cling on. Chanders capitalises on his good fortune with a delicious cover drive.

  6. Postpublished at 11:28 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "He really gave that the kitchen sink. It was slightly full, might have even been a slightly slower ball or an off-cutter perhaps. He's absolutely pinned his ears back and given that the Full Monty." 

  7. SL 325-6 (Chandimal 65, Herath 0)published at 11:27 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Chandimal's not going to hang about now. He absolutely smites Broad through the covers for four.

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:24 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    #bbccricket

    Laiba Ali: SL won't be able to sustain after the fall of first wicket this morning. Just a feeling from my sixth cricketing sense.

    (This tweet was sent before the Siriwardana wicket!)

  9. SL 314-6 (trail by 81)published at 11:23 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Rangana Herath is the new man. He can hang around, but he's probably batting one place too high at eight.

  10. Postpublished at 11:22 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "You just noticed it in Anderson's delivery that it was starting to lift and bounce a bit which lured Siriwardana into that false shot outside off stump. It just left him, he fended it really."

  11. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 11:20 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Siriwardana c Hales b Anderson 35 (SL 314-6)

    Yeah, about that century Dinesh. You may want to get a wriggle on. Siriwardana is gone without adding to his overnight score, chasing one from Anderson outside the off stump and sending a thick edge into the paws of Alex Hales at third slip. England are into the tail...

  12. Postpublished at 11:19 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC Test Match Special

    "The ball hasn't really gone past the bat this morning."

  13. SL 313-5published at 11:17 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Chandimal, meanwhile, is scenting a sixth Test hundred, although relying on this Sri Lankan tail to guide you through to a century is a bit like relying on a flatpack deckchair to hold your weight while you change that lightbulb. He steers a single off Broad.

  14. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    #bbccricket

    Scott Lennon: Sri Lanka will set England a target of three to win and Cook will come out, whip a four off his pads and finish the game on 9,999 runs.

    LancsLad: So Sri Lanka score another 100, and Cook knocks off the five runs he needs, England win.  

  15. SL 312-5 (Chandimal 56, Siriwardana 35)published at 11:12 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Siriwardana has only got a couple of fifties to his name in Tests - he'll be desperate to chisel out an extra 15 runs here. It's not going to be easy though - three slips and a man catching at short mid-off, Anderson bowling a probing line and length. It's another maiden.

  16. How's stat?!published at 11:08 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Sri Lanka have got a proud record to defend. It's 15 years since they last lost consecutive Test matches by an innings. In 2001, they lost two in a row by an innings to South Africa."

  17. SL 312-5 (trail by 85)published at 11:08 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    An intriguing battle developing between Broad and Chandimal - Chandimal trying to shuffle across his stumps and work into the leg side, Broad trying to run the ball in at him. A maiden over results.

  18. How's stat?!published at 11:05 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    "Sri Lanka have now scored more runs than in their previous three innings this series combined."

  19. Postpublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    "One of the first things you're told as a batsman if you're out of form is to drop and run. You feel like your busy, you feel like you're in the game. That's the platform you need. Sri Lanka did that very well yesterday."

  20. SL 312-5published at 11:04 British Summer Time 30 May 2016

    Chandimal gets up and running with a push into the off side. They scamper a leg bye, and then Chanders gets another single with a nudge off his legs. This partnership is now worth 90...