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. SL 241-4published at 90 overs

    Trail by 45

    Sri Lanka continue chipping their way through the deficit, with Dinesh Chandimal sending a cut just past the hands of a soaring fielder at gully.

  2. How's stat?!published at 06:25 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Angelo Mathews averages 51 against left-arm spin and 51 against off-spin in Tests.

  3. SL 239-4published at 89 overs

    A better over from Jack Leach, and it's a maiden to boot.

    It's about nine minutes until the lunch/breakfast/second breakfast break.

  4. Postpublished at 06:19 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    A change of ends for Jack Leach, it seems.

  5. Postpublished at 06:18 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    The spinners have bowled too straight to the left-handers and their lengths have been a little too short.

    Russel Arnold was saying last night that you've got to get people forward in Sri Lanka.

  6. SL 239-4published at 88 overs

    Trail by 47

    Wallop! Dinesh Chandimal has a big swing of the bat and cracks Mark Wood away through cover for four. Well, if you're gonna swing, swing hard.

  7. Postpublished at 06:13 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    One over and out for Jack Leach, with Mark Wood returning.

  8. Postpublished at 06:13 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    It's such an obvious indicator or how well you are bowling.

  9. Postpublished at 06:13 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    The biggest stat that worries me is that maidens column. Broad has bowled seven out of his 12 overs - he stands out. But the spinners should be churning them out.

  10. Postpublished at 06:13 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Are these worrying signs for England?

  11. SL 234-4published at 87 overs

    Trail by 52

    At the Gabba, Matt Wade has just convinced Tim Paine to go for a review that... well, to call it optimistic would be insulting to optimists. My word.

    And in Galle, Sam Curran gets Angelo Mathews turned around but an outside edge runs away for a couple of runs.

  12. SL 231-4published at 86 overs

    Another mixed bag from Jack Leach, some on the money, some too short.

  13. Postpublished at 06:04 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    It feels like the intensity has ramped up with this harder, new ball. But we haven't really seen any uneveness of bounce.

  14. Postpublished at 06:04 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    A change of bowler before lunch, with Jack Leach replacing Mark Wood.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 06:03 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

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  16. SL 226-4published at 85 overs

    Trail by 60

    A tasty delivery from Sam Curran, finding a bit of extra bounce on this pitch and the ball just about avoids Dinesh Chandimal's gloves as he reaches.

    Now that is a thick edge - and it'll go for four! There's no one at third slip, and if there had been, that would have been straight to them. Instead, it's gone racing into the boundary rope.

  17. Postpublished at 05:58 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Phil Tufnell
    Former England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Curran just seems to have that knack. There's not a lot of sideways movement, but he delivers - he breaks partnerships. He's a bit of a golden arm.

  18. SL 219-4published at 84 overs

    Trail by 67

    Four! Dinesh Chandimal cuts and cuts furiously, hoicking Mark Wood well over the top of gully and down to third man. That's an over of 90mph deliveries from the England bowler

  19. What have you missed?published at 05:54 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021

    Well, things have suddenly just got a lot better for England. But in case you were on a 6am alarm, here's what you've missed this morning.

    England got rid of nightwatchman Lasith Embuldeniya in the second over of the day as he looped a simple catch to Dom Sibley at short cover off spinner Dom Bess.

    Opener Lahiru Thirimanne, 76 overnight, moved to his second Test century - 2,871 days after his first.

    However, Sam Curran has just had him caught by Jos Buttler via an inside edge - just three overs after England took the new ball. That breakthrough ended a 52-run partnership with Angelo Mathews.

    Stand-in captain Dinesh Chandimal is now in alongside Mathews, with Sri Lanka whittling down England's first-innings advantage of 286.

    Sri Lanka opener Lahiru Thirimanne celebrates his centuryImage source, Sri Lanka Cricket