Summary

  • 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

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Callum Matthews

  1. Eng 142-3

    Lead by 7

    Incidentally, for fans of batsmen playing awful shots to get dismissed, do search out Matt Wade's dismissal. Hideous.

  2. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That's a lovely shot from Dan Lawrence. It was a gift but he's got hold of it.

  3. Eng 138-3

    Shot!

    A gift of a delivery from Dilruwan Perera and a very obliging Dan Lawrence thumps a full toss for four. And that takes England into the lead!

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

    It's a good start for Sri Lanka - it is what they needed because the partnership was starting to look dangerous.

    The pitch might have just quickened up a bit.

  5. Eng 134-3

    Trail by 1

    Dan Lawrence is off the mark to his first delivery, dancing back into his crease and driving a handsome single away off the back foot.

    Joe Root cloths an ugly pull for a couple of runs to end the over.

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

    It's a tricky start for Dan Lawrence - the ball is spinning and there's a few people around the bat.

  7. Dan Lawrence, on debut, strides to the crease...

  8. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's a great catch! A super catch.

    That is quite a skill - it's the hardest thing to do.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Bairstow c K Mendis b Embuldeniya 47 (Eng 131-3)

    Jonny Bairstow heads off without adding to his overnight score.

    He stretched forward and the ball spun, took the outside edge and flew to silly point, who got forward to get both hands under the ball as it seemed to be heading to the floor. Excellent fielding, and an early breakthrough for Sri Lanka!

  10. That's a cracking catch!

  11. Soft signal is out...

  12. Oh, gone! Jonny Bairstow, caught at silly point!

    We're sending it upstairs to check. It went low, and Bairstow has stood his ground.

  13. Eng 131-2

    Here's Lasith Embuldeniya to bowl to Jonny Bairstow.

    And his first ball turns, and sharply!

  14. Oh, Matt Wade is out now.

  15. Labuschagne century leads Australia

    News from Australia, where Marnus Labuschagne has reached a century for Australia in the decisive final Test against India.

    Dropped on 37 and 48, he has helped the hosts recover from 17-2 and 87-3 to reach 198-3 in the final session at the Gabba.

    Matthew Wade is alongside him on 43 not out, a potentially match-shaping partnership is currently worth 111 and, to make matters worse for an already injury-ravaged India, seamer Navdeep Saini pulled up in his eighth over with a leg problem.

    The series, let's not forget, is level at 1-1.

    Listen to live commentary.

    Marnus LabuschagneGett

  16. Eng 131-2

    Trail by 4

    Mickey Arthur looked absolutely delighted with the result of that review, as you'd expect.

    Meanwhile Joe Root celebrates his reprieve with a glorious push through long-off for four.

  17. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka will retain their review because a small shaving of the ball was in line with the stump.

  18. Not out

    Well!

    It's going to hit the stumps line but it was umpire's call for impact, meaning Joe Root survives.

  19. Oh, tell a lie - the bat hit the ground, rather than the ball, as Joe Root lunged out of his crease.

    To ball tracking we go.

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

    He's outside the line for me, he got done by the length.

    It's a bad review in my book.