Summary

  • 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

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse

  1. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    It might have pitched outside leg.

  2. Joe Root is so deep in his crease...

  3. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Tuffers thought he definitely should review.

  4. It's hit Joe Root high on the back pad as he plays across the ball...

  5. England review

    Hello! Joe Root's been given out!

    Not sure this looks quite right, and Root reviews...

  6. It does. But it also gives us an excuse to eat cake for breakfast which, let's face it, is the dream when you're a kid.

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    If you are remote does that mean you have to supply your own cake?

    Neil, London

  8. Eng 50-2

    Singles, singles and more singles...

  9. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    If England can just get a platform they will give Jos Buttler and Sam Curran the licence to attack and really put the pressure on.

  10. Eng 47-2

    Joe Root clonks a nice looking drive from the last delivery of Hasaranga's over and calls Jonny Bairstow through for a nice, sharp single. They've run really well together.

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  12. Eng 41-2

    Trail by 94

    Joe Root is playing this variety of spin from so deep in his crease that he could probably sit down and have a little rest on the stumps.

    There's 23 overs remaining in the day or, more realistically, about another hour's worth of play.

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    Daniel Owens: On the bright side it doesn’t look like I’ll be getting up early on Monday... or Sunday at this rate!

  14. Eng 41-2

    I'm so hungry but I have absolutely no idea what sort of meal I should be eating. Do I have my tea at 11:30 in the morning?

  15. Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    It is one of those pitches where if you open up an end it will be difficult for batsmen to start their innings. England have got to be vigilant.

  16. Eng 38-2

    Dilruwan Perera strikes Jonny Bairstow on the pad but it's drifting down leg at best, I think, and that's a maiden.

    Meanwhile, up in the England dressing room, Dom Sibley is having a chat with Jacques Kallis. Not a bad brain to pick, is it?

  17. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    This is a good contest. It feels like the game is back on after Sri Lanka's poor batting earlier.

  18. Eng 38-2

    Trail by 97

    Four!

    Joe Root gets down low and absolutely nails a sweep shot all along the floor and into the boundary rope.

  19. Eng 31-2

    I like the way Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root bat together. Both quick between the wickets, plenty of dropping and running to keep things ticking along.

  20. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    This is only the second innings in which England have had an all-right-handed top six since 1994. Against Sri Lanka at Lord's in 2016, Alastair Cook had been injured in the field and batted at seven.