Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent in Galle

Sam Curran’s come in and played very sensibly and I’ve been really impressed with Ben Foakes

He’s batted properly, it's as simple as that, playing every ball as it should be played. He’s looked very calm, assured and totally at home even though he came in with England in trouble.

But the debate will continue about this positive style of play England wanted to adopt for this series. I think it is up to the openers and top order batsman to get their heads down and get through the first session. Imagine Geoffrey Boycott watching this morning, he’d be frothing at the mouth.

Stokes, Foakes, Woakes and...?

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Nobody has taken more Test wickets than Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan, and the great one has been speaking to BBC Sinhala's Azzam Ameen.

He says that Sri Lanka will miss the retiring Rangana Herath but admits that he doesn't watch the team.

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"See, unfortunately, in the last three to four years I don't watch cricket. I was so disappointed with our cricket administration and the board, the way they run cricket, so my interest is also gone off.

"I don't know some of the player's names also."

As we've mentioned a few times already, 40-year-old Rangana Herath is bowing out after this match.

He's Test cricket's last link with the 20th Century, having made his debut against Australia in September 1999. Here he is dropping Michael Slater in that match. Sorry, Rangana.

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And to emphasise how he comes from another generation, check out the respective XIs from that match - which ended in a draw:

Sri Lanka:

Jayasuriya

Atapattu

Arnold

De Silva

Jayawardene

Ranatunga

Kaluwitharana

Vaas

Herath

Zoysa

Muralitharan

Australia:

Slater

Blewett

Langer

M Waugh

S Waugh

Healy

Ponting

Warne

Fleming

Miller

McGrath

Thanks Matt.

Sessions: Rostance 1-1 Henry

Wickets: Rostance 5-1 Henry

England are going to be all out soon, aren't they?

I'm off for some cereal.

Here's Tom Rostance, back to take you through the final session.

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on The Cricket Social

The biggest culprit is the captain. He's too good. When he plays in that fashion, frantic, it sends a signal to the rest of the team that this is how to play. He hasn't sent the right message to his team.

He doesn't need to take so many risks. Just sit in a bunker and play your shots when you can.

Joe Root is so good that he should calm down, bat for a long time. Look at how Ben Foakes has batted, he hasn't danced down the pitch he has manouvered the ball into spaces. High-class Test match batting.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan is a lot happier at tea.

After England lost five wickets in the opening session he said their risky approach was like playing against Barcelona with now centre-halves.

Foakes has batted calmly. He has put away the bad balls, worked one and twos and blocked well.

And that is indeed tea.

That's a decent session for England. They have added 86 runs for the loss of one wicket.

Ben Foakes has shown the way on debut.

The view from the free seats...

The game slows down as Sri Lanka rearrange the field. This could be the last over before tea.

This could be Ben Foakes' best shot so far. Suranga Lakmal drifts a little wide and Foakes plays it late and guides the ball between point and gully for four.

That makes the debutant England's top scorer today. He's two away from a fifty on debut.

Curran really does look like he's been swimming in the sea behind the stand which is currently at extra cover. He now looks like he has a plan to defend against Akila. Curran blocks five deliveries and then kicks away another.

We have five minutes to go until tea.

I have no idea who would miss out when Bairstow returns if Foakes earns himself a place in this innings. Are we then back to the problem of wanting Joe Root at three, Bairstow four, Stokes five, Buttler six and Foakes seven? Let me know what you think.

Lakmal is continuing but doesn't look as threatening as he did earlier. There wasn't much swing this morning but just a little bit of nip.

Alec Stewart
Ex-England captain on The Cricket Social

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If there is one criticism of Ben Foakes. it's that we would want him to score more hundreds once he is set. He is well placed now.

When you play three spinners on a pitch that spins more and more you want your best keeper behind the stumps and that is Ben Foakes. He's got an opportunity and now he has to show what he is about.

The selectors will have a real problem once Jonny Bairstow is fit again. There is room for all three - Foakes, Bairstow and Jos Buttler.

England are so lucky to have so many all-rounders.