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

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    Bowser: Any lead over 100 and England are well in with a shout of collapsing.

  2. SL 343-8

    Lead by 57

    Mark Wood's next delivery is a bouncer but Perera can duck under it with ease.

    It's much the same with the next one, the ball trailing down the leg side, but the final ball is well-directed and just grazes Perera's shoulder.

  3. SL 343-8

    Dilruwan Perera is done like a kipper by Mark Wood as he whips a ball past the batsman's inside edge.

    Wood looks appalled and then rearranges his field in a manner that suggests Perera is going to have some short stuff to negotiate...

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

    You have to give credit to Mathews. He hasn't played any outrageous shots. He has gone deep in his crease and played with the spin.

    His innings has been pretty good.

  5. SL 343-8

    A maiden from Jack Leach!

    Perera will have to face Mark Wood again.

  6. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Perera has a best score of 92. 92 here would really put a cat amongst the pigeons - or egrets.

  7. SL 343-8

    Lead by 57

    A cut from Perera is cut off by a diving Dom Bess, and Mark Wood keeps him quiet for the rest of the over.

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

    A bit of pace on the ball might help Sri Lanka...

  9. SL 343-8

    Shot!

    Dilruwan Perea plonks Mark Wood's first delivery straight back past him for four.

  10. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    I like this move.

  11. Hello. Mark Wood will replace Dom Bess.

  12. SL 339-8

    Lead by 53

    Jack Leach beats Angelo Mathews on the outside edge with another biting, spinning delivery, before Dilruwan Perera jabs his bat down on a full delivery and squeezes it away for four.

    Joe Root actually appealed for lbw for that which, er, would be fine had he not got a huge chunk of bat on it.

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

    It did keep a bit low. What is very, very difficult is Mathews has gone over the top of the ball so the wicketkeeper doesn't get a clear look at the ball. It is a tough chance.

  14. SL 333-8

    Lead by 47

    Angelo Mathews survives.

  15. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That is the first mistake Buttler has made.

  16. Missed stumping

    Oh!

    This was a hard chance for Jos Buttler but it goes down as a miss. Angelo Mathews came darting forward, missed the ball completely, and it went through low, scuttling through Buttler's legs as he grasped with his hands. Buttler has been terrific today and that was a tough one.

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

    These two have decided they have got to play shots. Runs are the key.

  18. SL 328-8

    Lead by 42

    I like Perera. He hammers Jack Leach to the cover boundary, getting forward and throwing everything into the shot.

    Leach responds with a delivery that spits up, and Jos Buttler ends up taking the ball at nose height.

  19. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    The lead has gone up quickly. It was 16 at tea.

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

    Good use of the feet from Perera. He got to the pitch of it. England still won't mind seeing that.