England recover from 17-2
Root 66*, Bairstow 47*
Embuleniya removes Sibley & Crawley
Sri Lanka 135: Bess 5-30, Broad 3-20
Succession of poor strokes
Lawrence makes England debut
Anderson left out
First Test, Galle; Sri Lanka won toss
Two-Test series postponed from March
Dom Bess 8-1-30-2
England have bowled well today, but there's still improvement to be found, particularly from the spinners.
Dom Bess in particular has struggled to be consistent with his length and line. He goes too full and Wanindu Hasaranga crunches him through the covers, before he mistimes a drive over mid-on.
Hasaranga's strike-rate in those two Tests is over 90, so he's probably going to take the attack to England here.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
The groundstaff are poised...
Ermmm... there's some rain in the air and the groundstaff are hovering by the boundary edge.
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Wanindu Hasaranga is in alongside Dasun Shanaka now.
He averages 30.5 and has a top score of 59 from his two Tests and Sri Lanka could really do with him getting at least that today.
Just three from Jack Leach's latest over.
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
That was a better ball from Bess - there was some snap in that one and some turn.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special
The batting from Sri Lanka today has been absolutely diabolical. You go through the dismissals and England won't be able to believe their luck. Very, very poor from Sri Lanka.
The worrying news for Sri Lanka is it is their batting that is meant to be experienced and therefore, in theory, more reliable. That doesn't bode well because this batting display has been abysmal.
We've criticised England many a time for not understanding the art of Test match batting and I think it's pretty fair to direct those word at Sri Lanka today.
There's almost another wicket as Dasun Shanaka flicks one just wide of leg slip.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special
You're being unfair on club cricketers, Simon...
Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
That is absolutely remarkable! I'm afraid that is a club cricket dismissal. An absolute shocker.
Dickwella c Sibley b Bess 12 (SL 105-6)
That is a filthy dismissal!
It's an absolute drag down from Dom Bess, we're talking half way down the pitch bad, and Niroshan Dickwella just slaps it to Dom Sibley at point.
Sibley doesn't pick it up initially and he's grateful it sort of just lands in his hands.
Sri Lanka have been woeful to be honest.
Dom Bess is going to replace Mark Wood after the drinks break.
I'd say it's up there, Lee, but how many balls did you face? If you were hidden at the non-striker's end it's not even close.
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Lee, Barrow
That'll be drinks after Sri Lanka take three off Jack Leach's latest over.
England will be happy with that hour - they've taken two wickets. And we've managed to get 14 overs in, which is a positive compared to the issues we had this morning with delays left, right and centre.
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Shanaka 12, Dickwella 9
Niroshan Dickwella has looked pretty good so far and he picks up three more with a nice push through the covers.
Mark Wood is slightly down on pace from the morning, but he's still up at 90mph, as Dasun Shanaka initially looks set to play a pull shot but does well to sway out the way in the end. That was a well-directed bouncer by Wood.
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Has anybody got six in a row?
This is the first time I've watched Dasun Shanaka play and I'll be honest, it's easy to see why he only averages 14.
It's all a bit ugly as he gets on one knee and heaves a slog-sweep away. He left a lot of his stumps exposed there, and if the ball does anything, literally anything, he is in big trouble.
Sri Lanka needed both Dimesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews to go on and build on their starts.
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