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Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special
It is exhausting watching this.
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
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Eng 21-3published at 11 overs
Target 74
Oh! How has that missed the bat?!
Brilliant from Lasith Embuldeniya. Dan Lawrence has a wry smile on his face. He survives.
Postpublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match SpecialDan Lawrence will never have experienced anything like this in his life.
Eng 21-3published at 10.3 overs
Lasith Embuldeniya rips one past Dan Lawrence's outside edge, before another ball spits up and cracks Lawrence on the glove.
He's played that so well but it just rose off the pitch like nobody's business.
Postpublished at 11:52 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021
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Harry Panton: Perhaps the day 5 rain will save England?
Eng 21-3published at 10 overs
Need 53 to win
I highly recommend you go to Kate Cross' Twitter feed, by the way, and watch Dickwella accidentally high-fiving his teammate in the face when they celebrated a wicket. Superb.
Jonny Bairstow goes to cut and is beaten by Perera. Just block it, lads.
Postpublished at 11:50 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match SpecialIsn't this incredible?
Eng 21-3published at 9.1 overs
Dan Lawrence goes for a sweep and is struck on the pad, but it's trailing down leg and he - wisely - responds to the call for a single by Bairstow.
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Anthony Gale: Of course this has to be completely nerve shredding.
Matt R: Test cricket you magnificent beast. How I've missed you.
Eng 20-3published at 9 overs
Target 74
Jonny Bairstow goes for a big drive, for reasons best known to himself, and sends it on the bounce to the fielder at point.
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England did get bowled out for 72 against Pakistan in the UAE, didn't they?
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Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialJonny Bairstow will be thinking he better get England over the line. He has run the player who got a double hundred out.
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England get through an over without incident.
Postpublished at 11:43 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021
A normal day, England. Just one.
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Olivia Rae: I was going to go out for a cycle I’m not moving!!!! Dramatic stuff.
Rob Meech: Suddenly 74 to win feels like 400.
Postpublished at 11:42 Greenwich Mean Time 17 January 2021
Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on BBC Test Match SpecialIt just goes to show what a tricky passage of play can do. The ball is really spitting.
Eng 17-3published at 7 overs
Having watched the replay of the run out, the collision wasn't a huge one, or on purpose - Root had to get around the bowler from the non striker's end. I do think Bairstow has done him with the call. Cracking direct hit from Dickwella, too.