Rain stops playpublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 2 July 2016

11:03 BST 2 July 2016

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Great. More rain. The covers are quickly on as the players depart. Hopefully, it is just another quick shower.

While the novice Bandara proves expensive, the experienced Lakmal is proving more economical. He goes for a couple of singles.

He also threatens a Mankading against Vince as he backs up. Maharoof tried that a couple of times in the last ODI. I'm not a fan, especially when the batsman is clearly not doing anything wrong.

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It's one of those mornings as an opening batter, you've got to be watchful. If the ball's there to be hit give it a whack. If not just get yourself in, let the zip go out of the surface."

Mark in Hove

I've never noticed them before but the England shirts have patches on the elbows, making them look a bit like sporting geography teachers. I'm assuming they're padded. That's what you get as an international sportsman - protection from a scabby graze that lasts all summer.

Meanwhile, Vince is warming up to this. He takes the erratic Bandara for a couple of driven boundaries through cover. There is nothing finer than a well-executed off-drive, especially when the batsman holds it for a second or two as if to say 'Did you see that? Did you? Eh?'

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"Vince is one of those fellows you give a chance to. He'll be thinking to himself, 'If I can get a hundred here...' He just looks a good cricketer to me."

Jon Nelson: Recalling my record cricket score of 748 round the back of the garages with @joelontheground, external bowling, I'd stop every 50 to bowl.

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A solid, steady start from England. All proper and correct with no fireworks just yet. Roy looks like he was born with a bat in his hand, while Vince is easing himself in to the task ahead.

Andy Zaltzman
Comedian & BBC Test Match Special statistician

"The last match Bandara played at top level cricket was in March, and he took 9-68 in a first-class match in Sri Lanka."

Debutant Chaminda Bandara is thrown the new ball. Get in there son, show us what you can do. He is edged by Vince to get the opener off the mark and then worries Roy with an inswinger that just catches the inside edge.

Roy isn't ruffled, though. Next ball is hammered through extra cover for four. 

Andy Zaltzman
Comedian & BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Only one player has ever scored three centuries in a bilateral series for England. That was Kevin Pietersen in 2004-05 in South Africa."

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"It looks like a green, fruity pitch - apple. It should do a bit as that first ball showed."

Yep, that pitch really is green. Like mouldy cheese. Jason Roy looks a bit tentative for the first couple of Suranga Lakmal balls before launching into an off drive that sends the ball flying to the rope. As you were.

Geoff Williams: It's going to be some party today I think in Cardiff. Massive congrats from a still angry England supporter.

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The stands are steadily filling, Jerusalem is being pumped out over the public address system (as Alan Partridge would point out, Tannoy is a brand name) and the players are out. Here we go...

England: Jason Roy, James Vince, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (capt), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, David Willey, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett.

Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Upul Tharanga, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Angelo Mathews (capt), Dasun Shanaka, Seekkuge Prasanna, Nuwan Pradeep, Chaminda Bandara, Suranga Lakmal.

Umpires: Michael Gough, Paul Reiffel

TV umpire: Bruce Oxenford; Match referee: David Boon

Vic Marks
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"They'll enhance the specialist bit if they can, have six or seven specialist players - non-Test players. It's tricky if you're Joe Root, Moeen Ali or Alex Hales. You might not burn out, but you might get a bit tired in the head. Then you lose that spark."

Graeme Swann
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

"I've got no problem with the schedule. When you're playing for England, you don't play as much cricket as you would in county cricket. I don't see people getting tired playing at home. If any batsman says he's tired playing at home I'm sorry I'll fight him in the car park."

BBC weather's Ben Rich: "There is a chance of showers - they could be heavy and with thunder. But it will be dry for the majority of the time and there will be a decent amount of sunshine. In the latter part of the afternoon the showers should fade away completely.”

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