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Image source, ReutersIan Bradley: Usual nonsense about caught on leg side being unlucky, you hit the ball to a fielder, next.
Summary
Silva 79*, Karunaratne 50, Mendis 25*
Eng: Bairstow 167*, Cook 85, Woakes 66
Herath 4-81, Lakmal 3-90
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England lead three-Test series 2-0
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Image source, ReutersSL 109-1published at 17:13 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
New batsman Kusal Mendis blocks out his first couple of deliveries from Moeen Ali.
How's stat?!published at 17:10 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician"Karunaratne is the first man dismissed for Sri Lanka in each of their five innings in this series."
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, AFP"Relief all round - for Bairstow, who dropped him, and for Steven Finn, who has been straining to find a wicket. You always think it's a bit lucky to get one down the leg side, but Karunaratne does get a long way over to the off side."
WICKETpublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Karunaratne c Bairstow b Finn 50 (SL 108-1)
Steven Finn - he just has that knack of taking wickets, doesn't he? Down the leg side, Karunaratne can't resist trying to nudge it off his legs, but he doesn't get it wide enough and a diving Jonny Bairstow takes a good catch.
SL 108-0published at 17:06 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Kaushal Silva, by the way, is only the second visiting batsman to record three consecutive fifties in his first three innings at Lord's - West Indies' Roy Fredericks being the first. He moves to 51 with a single off Finn.
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Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special"This is some response. Right from the first couple of overs, they were very positive - they looked like they were enjoying batting out there. Both have played almost impishly - periods of quiet with the odd flurry of boundaries."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special"You can see the confidence is up - they're fancying the England bowling."
50 for Silvapublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
SL 107-0
And there's a half-century for Kaushal Silva too. He gets there with a push into the covers. Now Sri Lanka will want at least one of this pair to get a century...
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Roshan Abeysinghe
BBC Test Match Special"It's an important innings. Sri Lanka have a lot of work to do but it's the type of start they want."
50 for Karunaratnepublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
SL 104-0
Not so long ago Dimuth Karuraratne was 14 runs behind Kaushal Silva but he's beaten his old mucker to 50. A tap to mid-on gets him to the landmark...
SL 101-0 (Finn 4-0-13-0)published at 16:59 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Finn back into the attack. Karunaratne nudges a single off his pads.
How's stat?!published at 16:56 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician"This is Sri Lanka's first hundred opening partnership since January 2014."
SL 100-0published at 16:54 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Silva punches Moeen Ali through the covers to bring up the three figures for Sri Lanka. England toiling...
Postpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special"Anderson bowled it beautifully and drew him wide. Karunaratne could have left it but he couldn't resist. It went more third or fourth slip."
SL 96-0published at 16:52 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Wake up! Karunaratne smashes an Anderson slower ball over the off-side field for four, then edges one through the gap between second slip and gully for a second boundary. And another! With England setting a 8-1 off-side field, the leg side is exposed and Karu takes full advantage with the sweep.
SL 84-0published at 16:47 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Karunaratne nudges a single off Moeen. It's all gone rather flat out there...
Postpublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special"Jimmy Anderson has been the best bowler - he has hit the deck and bowled the lines - but the ball is doing nothing. And these batsmen have played superbly."
SL 83-0 (Karunaratne 31, Silva 45)published at 16:44 British Summer Time 10 June 2016
Dear oh dear, there's not much going on out there for the bowlers. An Anderson delivery dies utterly on its way through to Bairstow. A maiden.
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