Debutant Ben Foakes makes assured unbeaten 87
Foakes shares partnerships of 61 with Buttler, 88 with Sam Curran & 54 with Rashid
Rashid edges to slip for 35 off 38 balls three overs before close - gives Perera his fourth wicket
Curran makes 48; Buttler (38) only wicket to fall in afternoon session
Stokes (7), Jennings (46), Root (35), Moeen (0) & Burns (9) out before lunch
First Test in three-match series v Sri Lanka
Moeen b Lakmal 0 (Eng 10-2)
And out goes Moeen Ali! First ball!
What a belter that is from Suranga Lakmal, steaming in round the wicket and shaping it in a treat. Beats the outside edge and crashes into off stump.
England two down already.
Burns c Dickwella b Lakmal 9 (Eng 10-1)
Gone! Rory Burns' Test match debut lasts 12 minutes or thereabouts. After edging short of first slip, he is gone next ball, nicking down the leg side.
There's no good way to get out, but that's particularly disappointing, I would wager.
In comes Moeen Ali.
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Adam Davies: I get dropping Broad but not playing Curran. Is he playing because he bats a bit? We have struggled in games because we have no pace. Curran has less than Broad surely? Stone would be the obvious choice?
Rory Burns has been knocking, banging on the door of this England Test team for quite some time but even so I'm sure he was nervous this morning. And there's a chance!
Feathered edge off the bowling of Suranga Lakmal, didn't carry to first slip. Breathe...
Burns 9
Opening a Test match with a spinner doesn't feel right to me, like cheating on Brian Lara on the Megadrive.
Lovely shot again from Rory Burns as Perera drifts onto his pads, the retiring Rangana Herath not the most athletic in the field, going down in installments and failing to cut that one out.
The second opening bowler for Sri Lanka is Dilruwan Perera, a touch of off spin from the off.
Shoddy stuff from keeper Niroshan Dickwella gives England a bye and puts Keaton Jennings on strike at the end of the opening over.
Straight bat, back.
Rory Burns' pre-stroke routine is fairly remarkable, as busy as it gets in the crease. I can hear strains of 'Jerusalem' from the travelling fans, amazing effort.
And Rory Burns is off the mark! Lovely clip off the pads. To the fence.
Adam Mountford
Radio 5 live in Galle
It’s been a testing time for the England fans who’ve made the trip to the iconic stadium in Galle.
Heavy rain, accommodation issues and problems with tickets.
But thousands are here now and have been rewarded with dry weather and against all the odds a start on time.
Here we go then, Suranga Lakmal to open the bowling for the hosts. Rory Burns facing up first ball...
Sri Lanka form a guard of honour for the retiring Rangana Herath. The 40-year-old is bowing out after this game of course.
Sri Lanka v England
Here come the sides. A reminder of who's playing...
Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal (capt), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper), Dhananjaya de Silva, Dilruwan Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Suranga Lakmal, Rangana Herath
England: Keaton Jennings, Rory Burns, Moeen Ali, Joe Root (capt), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Ben Foakes (wicketkeeper), Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Jack Leach, James Anderson
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZL), Marais Erasmus (RSA) TV umpire: Sundaram Ravi (IND) Match referee: Andy Pycroft (Zim)
Sri Lanka v England
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Sri Lanka v England
This is the first Test match that Stuart Broad has not played in when fit and available for selection since the third Test against South Africa in 2008.
He has been rested in the past, but never dropped. Even if we are not saying he's been dropped.
Who will England turn to in the not too distant future when Broad and Sir James Anderson have hung up their boots?
Sri Lanka v England
Just the 430 Test wickets for Herath Mudiyanselage Rangana Keerthi Bandara Herath.
Don't worry, he'll get a game at Wembley in a few years.
Sri Lanka v England
Image source, ReutersRetiring Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath: "It's an emotional day, this is my last Test.
"I realised before the South African tour that I have not played three consecutive tests for 18 months because of injuries, it was high time to retire.
"It's my knees, my back and my grey hair..."
Sri Lanka v England
A reminder that England have gone with Moeen at three again. He's been up and down the order in the last few years!
There are three spinners, one out and out seamer and a couple of all-rounders. Jacks of all trades all over the shop.
Sri Lanka v England
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent
The first three, as a whole, is totally up in the air. No-one is really sure who is coming in behind them.
Joe Root has never wanted to bat at three - he's always wanted to bat at four. It doesn't suit England to have Root batting at three if he doesn't want to - and he came in at four in England's final Test innings of the home summer, with Moeen Ali at three.
The top three is where teams get good starts or find themselves in a lot of trouble early, with the opposition all over them. Whoever it is who ends up batting one, two and three has got a major responsibility.
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Short but sweet analysis.
Joe Denly should have been picked over Foakes
Ahmed, Bristol
Sri Lanka v England
So just 20 minutes until Rory Burns trots out to open the batting on his Test debut. Dream-maker stuff.