Summary

  • Leach bowls Kaushal with superb delivery as SL end day one on 26-1

  • Curran stars with bat for England - hits six sixes in stand of 60 for 10th wicket with Anderson

  • All-rounder dropped on 7 & 53 by sloppy Sri Lanka as England post 285

  • Buttler hits run-a-ball 63 on turning track; 10 of 11 wickets to fall on day one taken by spin

  • England - 1-0 up in three-game series - won toss

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse

  1. SL 5-0

    Quick from James Anderson, up at around 86mph, but it's down the leg side and Dimuth Karunaratne can ignore it.

    Nine overs left in the day.

  2. SL 4-0

    Jimmy's been saying for years that he's wasted at 11.

    A speculative appeal from Ben Foakes as Karunaratne has a late fiddle at an Anderson delivery, but the bat has flicked pad, rather than ball.

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    Fenners: A word for Rashid and Jimmy who have dug in and allowed Curran to score and England to get near par. Why not play Jimmy as a number three bat? He can block all day!

    AndersonAFP

  4. SL 4-0

    Trail by 281 runs

    Sam Curran sneaks a delivery between Karunaratne's bat and pad, which leaves Joe Root aghast in the slip cordon.

    Karunarante walks down the wicket to push a single away, and that's a tidy over from Curran.

  5. Unsurprisingly, Sam Curran will share the new ball with James Anderson.

  6. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on The Cricket Social

    Every time we see Sam Curran I forget how young he is - that's the biggest compliment I can give him. He's just a kid really, but he makes the right calls and plays maturely in terms of the situation.

    When Rashid came out and played shots, Sam Curran just hung in there as he didn't need to be aggressive, but as soon as Anderson came out, he exploded into life. He's a high-class player now but he can get better and better. England have got a really good cricketer on their hands.

  7. SL 3-0

    A superb take from Ben Foakes, diving to his right to collect the ball as James Anderson strays down the leg side.

    And again from Anderson, searching for inswing. Karunaratne pushes a straight delivery away to get Sri Lanka's innings under way.

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    Dan Bridgeman: Sam Curran's batting average was just under 38 prior to today’s innings. Bowling average under 24. Seemingly always bats with England under huge pressure, and unselfish batting with the tail. So batting average could be even higher. Is he England's best all-rounder?

  9. SL 0-0

    Dimuth Karunaratne shoulders arms to his first delivery from Anderson.

  10. Right. Here we go.

    James Anderson, fresh from his seven not out, will open the bowling.

  11. Adam Mountford
    Radio 5 live in Pallekele

    The only use for an umbrella hat today in Pallekele is to protect yourself from the sun.

    It’s actually a perfect temperature for watching cricket at the ground now.

    A light breeze just taking the edge off the heat and the 6,000-plus England fans gathered here loved that batting by Sam Curran.

    Pallekele

  12. Right, Sri Lanka have roughly 12 overs to survive.

    I wouldn't be surprised if they were a couple down by the close. It was a weary-looking side that trudged off the pitch.

  13. Daniel Norcross
    The Cricket Social

    Extraordinary stuff from Sam Curran, who was given noble support from Anderson.

    Anderson CurranReuters

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    Leon Lewis: Buttler, Curran, Foakes at 5, 6, 7. My word that's some future...

  15. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Pallekele

    That was a terrific innings. Very special from Sam Curran.

  16. England were 225-9 when James Anderson walked out to join Sam Curran.

    They've ended their innings on 285, thanks to Curran's counter-attacking. He went from 16 off 65 balls to 64 from 119. It's just clever, aggressive, thrilling batting.

  17. wicket

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    Curran c Karunaratne b Dilruwan 64 (Eng 285)

    Booo.

    A brilliant innings from Sam Curran finally comes to an end as he darts down the pitch and slaps a simple catch to Dimuth Karunaratne on the boundary. What a performance from SCurran.

  18. Not out

    It's bounced!

    From the first angle they showed, that looked out. Chris Gaffney asked for a better picture and it showed, clearly, that it bounced in front of Angelo Mathews. Curran survives.

  19. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on The Cricket Social

    I think that's out.

  20. Hello, the third umpire has found a sharper picture...