Melinda Farrell
BBC Test Match Special

"One of the words cricketers use a lot is adaptability. What Hales has done is shown application to be able to adapt to a criticism of his game. He's shown he's been able to rein all that stuff in. It's been a really good series for him to prove it to himself."

Right then, Stephan Shemilt here for the afternoon session. How are we all doing? How's you bank holiday been? I was on a stag do yesterday. Footgolf - harder than it looks. Picking a winner at the races - impossible. Thanks to the hen do next door for providing me with a duvet - you can't trust your mates when it comes to linen. Moeen to Herath.

Dean Wilson, cricket correspondent for the Mirror, on TMS: "Hales is not a blaster like Virender Sehwag or David Warner. He likes to get himself in and then accelerate. I think once he gets that first Test century, we'll see him play a more expansive game and he has the potential to be a really good international cricketer."

John Etheridge, cricket correspondent for The Sun, on TMS: "Finding an opening partner for Alastair Cook is the longest-running problem in this England side. Carberry and Compton both did OK, but maybe Hales is the man to finally nail down that spot."

Dean Wilson, cricket correspondent for the Mirror, on TMS: "It's quite plain that we're never going to see the best gloveman in the country keep wicket for England. Matt Prior worked so hard on his keeping that we hardly mentioned it for the latter part of his career. If we can get to that stage with Jonny Bairstow, then great. He's got the ability to be a very competent gloveman."

John Etheridge, cricket correspondent for The Sun, on TMS: "He wants to play as a wicketkeeper-batsman and he wants to keep the gloves. He doesn't want Jos Buttler to take the gloves off him."

Melinda Farrell
BBC Test Match Special

"This winds me up so much. The whole bidding process seems so utterly stupid. In Australia it's very much about making sure there's enough cricket in the various states so people can actually get to it. Cricket is really popular up here - why is it left for counties to scrap over things? The horse has bolted from the Durham stable..."

Dean Wilson, cricket correspondent for the Mirror, on TMS: "The fundamental point is that there are nine Test match ground who have spent a lot of money on their facilities and they all need to be given a fair crack at hosting decent matches and some of the less plumb matches. It's up to the ECB to take the whole system in-house."

John Etheridge, cricket correspondent for The Sun, on TMS: "Compton will play at Lord's. Clearly he's under pressure, he admits that himself. He needs big runs. Nothing other than a fifty or a hundred will do. There aren't people queuing up to bat at three."

Dean Wilson, cricket correspondent for the Mirror, on TMS: "It's frustrating because my view on Compton was that he was discarded too quickly first time around. He shouldn't be battling a second time around. They should have stuck with him originally and then they really would know whether he should be here or not. To still be slightly undecided feels a bit frustrating."

Melinda Farrell
BBC Test Match Special

"I think people are more impatient with bowlers than they are with batsmen. Finn can be so destructive when everything does click. My memories are full of those wonderful spells in the Ashes and against South Africa. You can't have every single bowler clicking all the time. I'd like to see the selectors show faith in Finn and stick with him."

Dean Wilson, cricket correspondent for the Mirror: "Finn's been through so many highs and lows and he's shown a strength of character to come through those periods and he's got more than enough to deal with this and to show what he's got further on in the summer." 

Melinda Farrell
BBC Test Match Special

"Chandimal turned around a 193-run deficit against England at Galle. He and Herath will believe they can win this. After watching the World T20, I'm loving this. It's like enjoying a roast dinner after being force-fed loads of sweets."

Image source, BBC Sport

It's time for the journalists' panel on TMS. Mulling things over today are the Sun's John Etheridge, the Mirror's Dean Wilson, and Cricinfo's Melinda Farrell.

Chandimal's superb hundred featured one of the great celebrations. Leap in the air, primal scream, helmet raised aloft towards the balcony like Simba in the opening scene of The Lion King. Enjoy it again in all its majesty.

Sri Lanka 403-6 (following on, 112 overs) - lead by 6

Batsmen: Chandimal 108*, Herath 37*

Fall of wickets: 38-1 (Karunaratne 26), 79-2 (Mendis 26),100-3 (Thirimanne 13), 182-4 (Silva 60), 222-5 (Mathews 80), 314-6 (Siriwardana 35)

Bowling: Anderson 21-5-51-3, Broad 22-6-59-0, Woakes 23-8-85-1, Finn 19-0-78-1, Moeen 24-5-106-1, Vince 1-1-0-0, Root 2-0-13-0.

Sri Lanka first innings 101 (Broad 4-40, Woakes 3-9, Anderson 3-36)

England 498-9 dec (Moeen 155*, Hales 83, Root 80, Pradeep 4-107)

England won toss

Full scorecard

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

"They've come out and played with a real positivity. I think the running between the wickets has been the key. The captain led from the front being a bit more aggressive than we've seen. Moving Chandimal from six to four has released him to play with more freedom. A wonderful partnership this."

Herath pulls to deep midwicket. They trot a single, the scores are level, and England will bat again! Wellity wellity well. Chanders hammers the final ball before lunch through the covers for four, and that has been an absolutely terrific session for Sri Lanka. Well played lads.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"This is Chandimal's sixth Test century, his first against England and his first outside of Asia. He averages 35 when he's played just as a batsman with one hundred. As a wicket keeper he's averaged 51 with five hundreds." 

I'm not sure mere words can do justice to the expression on Jimmy Anderson's face. The thought of bowling again after lunch has prompted him to adopt a look of absolutely exquisite misery, like a man who's just schlepped through the desert for weeks and then been asked if he wouldn't mind popping down to the local supermarket for a pint of milk. Forget Ben Stokes's 200, this is the kind of thing that free-to-air cricket fans are really missing out on. Chandimal hammers an awful full toss from Moeen into Nick Compton's foot.