Summary

  • Root bats all day for 186 - run out from last ball

  • Root now fourth on all-time England Test runs list after passing Pietersen & Gower

  • Buttler (55) and Bess (32) offer stoic support to Root

  • Sri Lanka spinner Embuldeniya takes seven wickets

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

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Matthew Henry

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

    You feared for England when Dan Lawrence was dismissed but these two have settled things down and it feels like normal Test cricket again. They've showed their experience.

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  2. Eng 178-4

    Trail by 203

    Oops! Turn for Embuldeniya and Jos Buttler's outside edge is beaten all ends up. Will we squeeze one more over in before lunch?

  3. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's not been quite the same approach from Root today - yesterday was a series of merciless sweeps. I think the Sri Lankans have changed their line of attack ever so slightly.

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    Jenifer Moore: That was a nervous moment!

  5. Eng 175-4

    A lengthy over comes to an end.

  6. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    The umpires have managed to confuse us quite a lot there. Apparently he gave Buttler out lbw first of all.

  7. Oh, apparently the third umpire thought that was been given out lbw, rather than for the caught at short leg?

    The right decision has been come to, albeit in slightly odd fashion...

  8. Not out

    Overturned!

    Jos Buttler survives.

  9. Although, from this angle, I think Buttler has actually edged the ball into the ground, which has then popped up onto the boot and flown off to short leg.

  10. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    This could be a key moment in the Test match.

  11. Oh, is that an under-edge straight onto the boot?!

  12. England review

    Jos Buttler's been given!

    Has he edged a reverse sweep? He reviews...

  13. I regret to inform you that Mickey Arthur has opted for shorts again today.

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    Mark Puttick: Joe Root is now joint-second on the list of Yorkies who've scored the most Test tons for England's men: 22: G Boycott 19: L Hutton, J Root*.

  15. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Jos Buttler is playing totally correct cricket shots here.

  16. Eng 173-4

    Buttler 26, Root 102

    Jos Buttler picks up back-to-back boundaries off Asitha Fernando, firstly with an absolutely stonking cover drive that deserves to be framed and put in the Louvre, before leaning back and cutting past point for another four.

  17. M'colleague Matthew Henry has just informed me that Joe Root will surpass Kevin Pietersen's Test run tally if he scores 131. Pietersen scored 8181 runs for England.

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

    If England can get to Sri Lanka's score, all of the pressure will be on Sri Lanka.

  19. Eng 164-4

    Trail by 217

    A nice cover drive from Jos Buttler is set upon by two fielders, and England manage to run three in the intervening time.

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    Matt Dawson: It's been really good to see Root rediscover his batting form this series. Just spectacular!

    Tom Huffinley: ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT. Back to back 100s for the skip. Hopefully the start of a fantastic Ashes year for him.

    Jenifer Moore: Another ton for the magnificent Root. Calmly smiling away building up the total whilst everything around him is shaking.

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