Postpublished at 07:39 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January 2021
The electric heater is off. Wish me luck.
Root 168*, Buttler 7*
Root's first Test hundred since 2019
Lawrence 73 on debut
Root & Lawrence add 173
Bairstow 47 - falls in second over
Three wickets for Embuldeniya
Rain wipes out evening session
First Test, day two, Galle
Two-Test series postponed from March
Amy Lofthouse and Callum Matthews
The electric heater is off. Wish me luck.
All of the session times have been tweaked slightly after the morning rain. It does mean we're going to have extended sessions this afternoon and evening - weather and light permitting.
Here are the new playing times:
We can in theory also add on half an hour at the end of the day in an attempt to get the allotted 88 overs in, but the nights draw in in Galle so that may be an ask.
The pitch has spun a lot more today - but Joe Root and Dan Lawrence had handled it pretty well so far.
Will Sri Lanka be able to play Dom Bess and Jack Leach better at the second time of asking? That's the question.
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Alain Taylor: Many people moan about wickets being prepared as a road and it’s a no contest. However, having a wicket spin this much on day two of a Test isn’t a good advert either.
Fancy a challenge during the lunch break?
With Dan Lawrence making his debut in this game, he becomes the 123rd player to play Test cricket for England this century.
Can you name the other 122? Have a go.
I've just looked outside for the first time today and it's frosty and foggy.
It's also a lot colder than yesterday. I'm going to have to turn my electric heater off when play starts so I can hear the TV commentary. I can't have both going without disrupting the rest of the house.
The glamour.
As I'm sure you know by now, Dan Lawrence is making his England debut in this game. He's up to 40 lunch and has played a couple of cracking drives, before taking aim over the mid-wicket fence.
Earlier in the week Stephan Shemilt caught up with him, and his dad Mark, to discover how he got into cricket and how his journey has led him to a place in England's middle order.
We're into the final few overs on day one of the decisive final Test between Australia and India in Brisbane.
Australia are currently 251-5 after Marnus Labuschagne's 108.
All-rounder Cameron Green and captain Tim Paine are currently 20 and 23 not out respectively.
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Ben Oliver: I know it’s very early days, but with Lawrence looking promising, and a potential return to form from Bairstow, are we about to enter an era of English cricket where we have too many top 5 batsmen?! What a turnaround that would be!
Just waking up? Here's what has happened on day two in Galle so far:
In that session England have added 79 runs for the loss of one wicket.
Thanks Amy.
Remember when England couldn't find any batsman and we were playing wicketkeepers galore?
I don't want to curse Dan Lawrence but we may have just found another one.
Right, I'm off in search of coffee.
Callum Matthews will take you to tea.
England lost Jonny Bairstow to the second over of the day after a rain delay, but Dan Lawrence picked up the mantle admirably on his debut.
A very entertaining morning.
Lead by 79
Joe Root will have 40 minutes to ponder that one run over his lunch.
He walks off with 99 to his name, with Dan Lawrence on 40.
Ooft! The ball just floats past Dan Lawrence's outside edge.
The keeper dropped it, but I don't think he nicked it...
Dan Lawrence pads two balls away.
Joe Root sweeps through deep mid-wicket, a fielder comes chashing round and dives...
Has he pulled it back in before the rope? He has! Root has to wait at the non striker's end on 99.
Lasith Embuldeniya will bowl the final over before lunch.
Joe Root takes his time before shaping up.
I think we'll squeeze another over in - and Joe Root is on 96.
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Rachel T: Set up perfectly for Lawrence - all the time in the world & batting with the captain in fine form.