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. Tea - Eng 212-7

    Curran 12, Rashid 29

    Akila Dananjaya to bowl the final over before the interval.

    Sam Curran and Adil Rashid exchange singles before the former misses out on a leg-break full toss.

    Akila bowls an offie next up and bites just past Curran's outside edge, with the England all-rounder playing back.

    He rocks back to a very short one last up and cuts away for a single.

    And that is indeed time for tea.

  2. Get Involved - Sliding Doors moments

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  3. Eng 209-7

    Curran 10, Rashid 28

    Captain Lakmal continues and Rashid just blocks out or leaves all six balls. A maiden.

    There should be just one more over before tea.

  4. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Pallekele

    The delivery that got Moeen was just a bit quicker and flatter. The three innings Moeen has played so far on this tour, you have to scratch your head and wonder if he's alright.

    Two poor dismissals at Galle and then he's played a wifty-wafty, nothing dismissal here.

  5. Eng 209-7

    Just a single from the over as Curran and Rashid cover up with the tea break imminent.

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

    If England get to 250, that's a good score on this pitch.

  7. What you've missed

    Welcome to those just joining us. Here's what's happened...

    • England won the toss and elected to bat
    • Keaton Jennings' issues against pace returned - the opener prodding uncertainly at Suranga Lakmal to be caught behind for one
    • Ben Stokes played well in his new number three position before he missed a sharp turner to be out lbw on review
    • Joe Root defended loosely, leaving a gap between bat and pad to be bowled by slow left-armer Malinda Pushpakumara
    • Rory Burns hit a Test-best 43 before he nicked Akila Dananjaya to slip
    • Jos Buttler counter-attacked brilliantly, sweeping and reverse-sweeping with aplomb to bring up a 50 off as many balls, before he fell reverse-sweeping for 63.
    • Elsewhere, Moeen Ali played a loose shot to fall lbw and Ben Foakes was given out off a bottom edge but replays suggest he didn't hit it. He didn't review it though.

  8. Eng 208-7

    Curran 10, Rashid 27

    I mean, he's defending very well, but Sam Curran is surely not a Test match number three.

    I'd love to watch Adil Rashid bat a three though.

  9. Ryan Sidebottom
    Ex-England international on The Cricket Social

    Get Curran in at number three...

  10. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    The Cricket Social statistician

    Nine players have batted at three since Jonathan Trott had that position at Adelaide 2013. Can you name them all? There's one nightwatchman...

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  12. Eng 207-7

    ...and Adil Rashid welcomes Lakmal back by clattering a cut shot away for four. Lovely strike.

  13. Eng 203-7

    There should be two or three overs until tea.

    A change of pace for Sri Lanka - captain Suranga Lakmal is back into the attack...

  14. dropped catch

    Curran dropped on seven

    Sam Curran pushes at one from round the wicket from Akila Dananjaya and it catches a thick edge.

    But Angelo Mathews can't get a hand to it at first slip as the ball flies past him, allowing Curran to scamper three and bring up the 200 for England.

    A very sharp chance.

  15. Eng 199-7

    More singles for Curran and Rashid, creeping the score up towards 200.

  16. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent in Pallekele

    It's horrible scrutiny to be under when you know people are talking about your action, but Akila Dananjaya has bowled very well.

    250 seems a long way away for England, still. Curran is keeping his head down, and Rashid is playing his shots.

  17. Steven Mullaney
    Nottinghamshire captain on The Cricket Social

    They'll be batting Adil Rashid at three in the next Test...

  18. Eng 197-7

    Curran 6, Rashid 20

    Adil Rashid gets to the pitch of a full delivery from Akila Dananjaya and strokes it through the covers for four.

    Wahey! Akila drops the ball as he starts his wind up.

  19. Get Involved - Sliding Doors moments

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    Dave Langrish‏: Sliding doors for Dave Fulton and Mark Butcher in 2001 Ashes. Fulton averaging 90 for Kent, a certain pick for the Headingley Test. Butcher gets the nod and scores match-winning hundred to reclaim his place. Fulton goes on to suffer career-changing eye injury in nets.

  20. Daniel Norcross
    The Cricket Social

    The Sri Lankan security guys and groundstaff have been absolutely brilliant in the field. They've taken some blinding catches.