Summary

  • Thirimanne 76* - dropped on 51

  • Highest score since 2013

  • Perera 62, Mendis 15

  • Openers Perera & Thirimanne add 101

  • Sri Lanka trail by 286 on first innings

  • England slip from 372-4 to 421 all out

  • Root 228 - fourth Test double century

  • Lawrence 73, Bairstow 47, Perera 4-109

  • First Test, day three, Galle

  • Two-Test series postponed from March

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Callum Matthews

  1. Has Dilruwan Perera got a wicket?

    It's taken a giant piece out of the pitch on its way through to Jack Leach's pads.

  2. England review

    Jack Leach has been given out!

    LBW this time, but he reviews it...

  3. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    There was a lot of confidence that was out, but there's quite a big difference between the bat and ball.

    That is Sri Lanka's reviews gone.

  4. Eng 397-7

    Not sure Niroshan Dickwella is the best judge of when to use a review...

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

    Dasun Shanaka was very adamant. He went to the skipper straight away.

  6. Not out

    Yep, a flat line on the technology, and Jack Leach survives.

  7. I think he's missed this...

  8. Sri Lanka review

    Oh, Dasun Shanaka likes this!

    He reckons he's got Jack Leach caught behind. Dickwella is confident - not sure I'd trust his word that much, but here we go...

  9. Dasun Shanaka is coming on to bowl.

  10. Get Involved

    Text 81111

    Is Leach wearing the biggest abdomen guard ever made!!? It looks like he's been shoplifting!

    Roo in Oxford

  11. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    That was a good shot by Jack Leach to get off the mark.

  12. Eng 396-7

    Leach 4, Root 216

    Jack Leach is off the mark with a slog sweep for four! What an ICON. He's absolutely clobbered that, and the poor fielder in the deep has got a soggy, mucky shirt to show for his valiant diving effort.

  13. What's acceptable for breakfast at 4am?

    Text 81111

    Scotch eggs for breakfast!

    Stewart from Hampshire

  14. Eng 391-7

    Lead by 256

    Asitha Fernando gets us going after the drinks break with an attempted bouncer, and Joe Root swirls and whirls with ease to send it down to fine leg.

  15. Get Involved

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    Woke up at 5am. Not much going on here! 3 wickets, multiple boundaries and a double century all in 15 mins! Will go back to sleep now!

    Mark H

  16. Drinks break

    Time for a brief break.

  17. Get Involved

    #bbccricket

    Jimmy 'JDawg' Dawson: I’ve missed Jack Leach’s batting.

  18. Eng 384-7

    Some sharp turn for Embuldeniya and Jack Leach watches it spin past him and into the gloves of Dickwella.

  19. From the virtual press box

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  20. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    The big news here is that Jack Leach has been promoted.

    Apart from that innings against Lord's against Ireland I think he's been at 11 throughout.