Summary

  • England slip to 14-3 - target 74

  • Bairstow 11*, Lawrence 7*

  • Sibley 2, Crawley 8, Root run out 1

  • Bairstow survives run-out chance

  • Two wickets for Embuldeniya

  • Sri Lanka 359: Thirimanne 111

  • First hundred since 2013

  • Mathews 71, K Perera 62

  • Leach 5-122, Bess 3-100

  • First Test, day four, Galle

  • Two-Test series postponed from March

  1. Teapublished at 120 overs

    SL 302-7; lead by 16

    That review means that is the last over before lunch.

    Before we went upstairs Angelo Mathews popped one round the corner, that would have been a simple catch for leg slip. He then hurtled off for a single, and had to dive back in to make his ground.

    A slightly chaotic final over before tea.

  2. Postpublished at 09:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's going down by miles!

  3. Not outpublished at 09:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Not even close really. It's missing leg stump by a good few inches.

    England have one review left.

  4. Postpublished at 09:24 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    I'm not convinced by this.

  5. Postpublished at 09:24 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I think its hit just in line but, with the angle, it might be missing leg stump.

  6. Postpublished at 09:24 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    There's definitely no bat.

  7. England reviewpublished at 09:24 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Have England got Angelo Mathews lbw here?

    I'm not entirely convinced. But Dom Bess was begging.

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 09:22 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Text 81111

    You can thank me for those quick wickets - I went for a shower.

    Sue in Henley on Thames

  9. How's stat?!published at 09:22 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Mathews' fifty came from 164 balls, which is his second slowest Test half-century.

  10. SL 299-7published at 119 overs

    Lead by 13

    Jack Leach has got a bit of his mojo back in this spell. The ball before Angelo Mathews reached his landmark one spat past the outside edge.

    Five minutes till tea. Probably time for two overs with the spinners on.

  11. Postpublished at 09:20 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    Angelo Mathews has really toughed it out.

  12. 50 runs

    50 for Mathewspublished at 09:19 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    And there it is.

    A dogged, gritty half-century for Angelo Mathews.

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 09:18 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Text 81111

    If Bess gets two more wickets, will this be the lowest quality 10-wicket match for a bowler in history?

    Geoff, Edinburgh

  14. SL 297-7published at 118 overs

    Lead by 11

    Angelo Mathews has moved to within one of 46th 50-plus score in Test cricket.

    The groundstaff are no longer all stood by the sheets ready to move. They are now congregated in a group on the boundary. The immediate threat may have gone.

  15. Postpublished at 09:16 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    The only thing you feel could save Sri Lanka now is the weather and some remarkable resistance.

  16. SL 296-7published at 117 overs

    Lead by 10

    Close! Wanindu Hasaranga almost pops one up straight away, to Zak Crawley at silly point, but it falls just short.

    The rain is holding off for now. England would absolutely love another wicket before tea in 10 minutes.

  17. Postpublished at 09:13 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Angelo Mathews has a decision to make - does he carry on? Or does he go Headingley 2014 and burst into life?

  18. Postpublished at 09:13 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Wanindu Hasaranga, who played some shots in the first innings, is the new batter.

  19. Postpublished at 09:12 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Inside two overs, the game has completely turned.

  20. Postpublished at 09:12 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    He's yorked him!