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

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Callum Matthews

  1. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    This game could go on for two days, or it could all be over in an hour.

  2. SL 266-5

    Trail by 20

    Angelo Mathews doesn't look completely comfortable against Dom Bess as he sends a thick inside edge into his pads.

    Bess has been solid since lunch. He's 1-22 from seven in this spell.

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

    When you have a day like Sri Lanka did on Thursday, it does sting you. You can make excuses all you like but you know that you must do better - and they have done.

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    Tattz: England missing Stokes here. He has been our ‘make it happen’ bowler for some time now.

  5. SL 265-5

    Trail by 21

    Mark Wood starts with a maiden.

    He was up to 90mph in that over.

  6. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    There are 57 overs left in the day. That is a lot of cricket.

  7. Mark Wood is going to replace Stuart Broad.

    Wood has been OK without reward so far.

  8. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That is an incredible misfield from Dom Sibley. It was a dribbler and he's just missed it.

  9. SL 265-5

    Trail by 21

    That's poor from Dom Sibley at short cover. England have done a good job of building pressure in this session, but a sloppy piece of fielding allows Niroshan Dickwella to pick up a single.

    The TV coverage is doing a lot of close-ups of the bowlers shoes all of a sudden. I think it may be to show the dust when they land, but impactful it was not.

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

    I was listening to Jack Leach last night and he was saying he was just searching for rhythm a bit, needing some game time. England have options - there's Matt Parkinson and Amar Virdi on the tour.

  11. SL 261-5

    Trail by 25

    The double teapot is out from Stuart Broad again as Niroshan Dickwella lets one go by again.

    Broad has a polite word and chuckle with Angelo Mathews as he trudges back to his mark.

    In this five-over spell Broad has only conceded a single off the bat, and a leg bye. Superb control.

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  13. Stuart Broad is digging deep for a fifth over.

  14. SL 260-5

    Trail by 26

    That's, ermmm, interesting from Angelo Mathews. He's been well restrained so far, a steady head if you will, but he decides to bring out the reverse sweep and makes an absolute hash of it.

    Fortunately for him the ball doesn't spin enough to hit the stumps, but that was an almost unnecessary risk from Mathews.

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    I think this is a good thing for England. Had Sri Lanka collapsed again we would have had some false confidence when actually the spinners have been average at best, we're still dropping routing catches and actually only 3 or 4 batsmen actually got a decent total. Best to have this happen now rather than against India!

    Tom in Redditch

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    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Stuart Broad did not concede a run in this spell until his 19th delivery.

  17. SL 259-5

    Trail by 27

    Stuart Broad has been absolutely excellent in this spell - he has given Sri Lanka absolutely nothing.

    Every time Angelo Mathews leaves, Broad is staring him down.

    There's a strangled appeal, as Mathews, offering no shot, is flicked on the pad, but it wasn't doing enough.

    Can Broad dig deep and bowl one more? He's bowled four overs now and that has tended to be his lot so far.

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

    Dom Bess is bowling a little bit better - a more consistent line and length and trying to drag the batsmen forward.

  19. SL 258-5

    Trail by 28

    Dom Bess has been much better after lunch.

    He gets one to grip and turn past Niroshan Dickwella, before getting one to turn into the pads of Angelo Mathews.

    The experienced man was outside the line though, and the appeal is short lived.

    Encouraging.

  20. Australia keep lead over India

    Play has finished on day three of the decisive final Test at the Gabba, with Australia leading India by 54 runs.

    India had looked down and out at 186-6 before a 123-run stand between Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur put Australia on the back foot.

    The visitors were eventually bowled out for 336, with Josh Hazlewood taking 5-57.

    David Warner was unbeaten on 20 as Australia reached 21-0 at the close. You can hear analysis from ABC Grandstand over here.

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