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. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Bairstow and Lawrence have just steadied the ship.

  2. Bad light stops play

    Scratch that, the umpire has just taken the bails off...

  3. There are five overs left in the day - the light doesn't look amazing.

    A change of bowler, with Wanindu Hasaranga on to bowl some leggies.

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    Finlay Johnson: Call me a mad, deluded optimist but I think Lawrence and Barstow are going to be alright here Trying to play positive.

  5. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    An absolute bonus for England from a grenade. It absolutely flew off the pitch.

  6. Eng 38-3

    Four byes!

    Dan Lawrence knew nothing about that and I can't blame him. It has spun a mile, rising and going past the bat and Dickwella's gloves and away for four. It all counts.

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    Jack Beecroft: My smart watch heart rate monitor is asking if I'm doing my morning workout. Nope just listening to England bat.

  8. Well, that's not bad company to be in. And look how that Test ended up...

  9. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Embuldeniya is the first bowler to dismiss both England openers in both innings of a Test since Shane Warne in the Oval Ashes Test of 2005.

  10. Eng 31-3

    No-one does anything silly for a whole over, and England are rewarded with two runs.

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    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Dom Sibley has been out against left-arm four times in his Test career for 79 runs. He averages 19 against left-arm spin, 34 against right-arm and just under 40 pace bowling.

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    Sally: Just for a few hours forgotten the pandemic! This is nerve-wrackingly brilliant.

  13. Eng 29-3

    A single. 45 to win.

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    Cian Davies: Every run feels like a celebration in itself.

  15. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Lawrence is smiling and is loving it. That face says it all.

  16. Eng 26-3

    Target 74

    A misfield gifts Bairstow a single, before Dan Lawrence tries a fruitless charge down the pitch.

    Eight overs left...

  17. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That has turned and spun a mile and bounced over Bairstow's shoulder.

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

    Embuldeniya has been the stand-out spinner all game. The control and variations has made the game much more interesting.

  19. Eng 25-3

    Jonny Bairstow reverse sweeps, misses, and gets four byes over his shoulder.

    I do not understand why you're trying to play that shot at 21-3 with it spinning all over the show, but that's just me.

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    Come on England fans, let's not pretend we're not all enjoying this a little bit...

    Charlie in Barnet