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. Sri Lanka's last man is Asitha Fernando. Averages two but is off strike for now.

    Dom Bess is going to toss it into the rough. All nine wickets have gone to quick bowlers so far...

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

    Well bowled, Mark Wood. He trapped him on the crease with a full delivery first and then followed it up with a good line and length. Wood could be sniffing a little four-for here, which he will be delighted with.

  3. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Wood let out a primeval roar at that wicket.

  4. wicket

    WICKET

    Embuldeniya c Root b Wood 7 (SL 364-9)

    Finally. Mark Wood lets out a huge roar after Lasith Embuldeniya prods and edges to Joe Root at slip. That probably tells you England were getting frustrated by that partnership.

    Embuldeniya hung around for almost an hour.

    Wood has a much deserved third wicket.

  5. SL 364-8

    Who would be your ideal Moon XI? Need some dashers at the top. Don't want to run out of oxygen. Can a scientist reading this tell me if it'd spin?

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    The debate about whether Anderson will be effective in Australia is surely over. This lad could bowl on the Moon and still be unplayable.

    Mike, Cornwall

  7. SL 363-8

    I'm going to go with yes. It'd be a good effort - Anderson probably won't play all four Tests - but he could do it.

    Bess starts with a maiden.

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    Can Anderson go past Kumble in India?

    Rob in Bromley

    He's currently on 606 wickets, 14 shy of surpassing Anil Kumble's tally of 619. Then it's just Shane Warne (708) and Muttiah Muralitharan (800) ahead of him.

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  9. SL 363-8

    Dom Bess returns to the attack and begins with a full toss.

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    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    This is Dilruwan Perera's seventh half-century in Test cricket and his first since October 2017, which was 21 Tests ago.

  11. SL 363-8

    D Perera 50, Embuldeniya 7

    We shouldn't underestimate how well Dilruwan Perera is playing. Wood is charging in.

    Perera deals with a well-aimed bouncer impressively, taking a hand off the bat and keeping it down.

  12. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    These are really annoying runs for England and splendid runs for Sri Lanka. Dilruwan Perera has shown great skill and courage, as he has been peppered at times.

  13. 50 runs

    50 for Dilruwan Perera

    This has been a really impressive and important knock.

    Perera flicks Wood off his pads to go to his seventh Test fifty.

  14. SL 359-8

    Embuldeniya looks far more comfortable against Leach's spin. He drives him down the ground calmly for one. Sri Lanka tick along with three from the over in total.

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    Australia. No country for old men they say! Tell that to Anderson (and Broad)!

    Tristan, Oxon

  16. We haven't seen Dom Bess since lunch. Jack Leach continues.

  17. Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It looks flat but the Sri Lankan spinners will give the ball more of a rip. They will offer more of a threat than what we've seen.

  18. It looks like that ball has just crunched into Embuldeniya's upper arm and then deflected onto the helmet. That's going to bruise.

    He couldn't get out of the way of Wood's bouncer.

  19. ouch!

    SL 356-8

    What has this hit? Embuldeniya takes a blow somewhere on the body. Was there any glove? The ball falls safely anyway.

    On comes the physio...

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    Nathan: Jimmy will deservedly get the plaudits for his six-for but both he and Broad's extraordinary economy is irreplaceable. Looking to the future, let's hope Jofra et al can step up and fill some of the chasm left when these two behemoths retire to the stands. Unbelievable.