Summary

  • Embuldeniya removes both England openers cheaply

  • Six-wicket haul for Anderson - becomes oldest paceman to get five wickets in Asia

  • Dickwella hits his highest Test score (92); Number eight Perera adds unbeaten 67

  • Mathews falls early, caught behind for 110

  • Second Test, day two, Galle, England 1-0 up in two-match series

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse

  1. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    There's nothing here for Anderson at all; it's a fast bowler's graveyard at Galle. He'll be dining out on this performance for a while.

  2. SL 344-8

    Perera goes for a big swipe and nails the ball sending it to the boundary for four. It's a different game when the spinners are bowling.

  3. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    He couldn't get an eight-for, could he?

  4. SL 340-8

    Anderson 28-13-6-39

    No joy for Anderson despite an unwise swish from Embuldeniya. There was a hint of swing there too.

    Not bad for a lad who can only do it on green seamers.

  5. SL 340-8

    Anderson hits Embuldeniya in the upper thigh. Short leg is coming in...

  6. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    James Anderson is the oldest seam bowler to take a five-wicket haul in Asia, beating the record of a 37-year-old Sir Richard Hadlee, and he is only the seventh paceman to take a six-wicket haul in Sri Lanka.

  7. SL 340-8

    Perera takes a single so now Anderson has three balls at Embuldeniya.

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    Tom Sweeney: Jimmy Anderson is a cheat code... this is outrageous...!

  9. SL 339-8

    D Perera 33, Embuldeniya 0

    Anderson's best figures are 7-42, by the way. He currently has 6-38. It's on. Anderson has also become the oldest fast bowler to get a five-fer in Asia.

    Embuldeniya is the new batsman. He averages five but Perera keeps the strike.

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    Alex Thomas: What a bowler Jimmy is... not just on a cloudy day in Manchester either!

  11. 6 runs

    SL 338-8

    Meanwhile, Dilruwan Perera has played a quite incredible shot to hit Jack Leach for six.

  12. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    It is not out of the realms of possibility that Jimmy Anderson could end up with his best Test match figures - in Galle.

  13. 6-38 in 27 overs. In Galle. On this pitch.

    James AndersonSri Lanka Cricket

  14. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Suddenly, England are running through Sri Lanka. Jimmy Anderson is just the most extraordinary cricketer.

  15. wicket

    WICKET

    Lakmal c Crawley b Anderson 0 (SL 332-8)

    Make that six.

    I have run out of words to describe this man. James Anderson. Sensational.

    He gets Suranga Lakmal second ball with the tailender edging to Zak Crawley in the gully.

  16. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    This is one of James Anderson's best five-fors.

  17. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Dickwella will be kicking himself. He could have played out Anderson and he was milking Leach at the other end.

  18. That's Anderson's 30th five-wicket haul in Tests.

    He has 5-38 in 26.5 overs.

  19. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    All day, England have been toying with that plan, hanging the ball out there to encourage that shot. It's paid off. It's a good catch, too, with the ball going to Jack Leach's wrong hand.

  20. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That is the first injudicious shot Dickwella has played.