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. Not out

    The decision is overturned.

    It's one of those, isn't it? You see it live, it looks fine. You zoom in and out several times, and with the dreaded foreshortening, it looks more obvious.

  2. I hate these ones, but I think that's hit the ground...

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

    I think the soft signal is quite important for this one actually.

  4. Pushed, edged, it goes very, very low...

  5. The soft signal is out.

  6. Umpire review

    Hello, is this a clean catch?

    If this catch at gully is good, then Dom Bess is on his way, and Embuldeniya has his sixth wicket.

  7. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    In terms of this pitch a lead of 50 may be worth a lead of 80 in normal circumstances.

  8. Eng 332-6

    Trail by 49

    Ramesh Mendis drops to his knees as he watches Dom Bess tickle a delivery past both keeper and slip to pick up four runs.

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    For all Root's brilliance this year, it's hard to imagine he's only just scored more runs than Lara scored in ONE innings in Antigua. Phenomenal.

    Joe, Surrey.

  10. Eng 325-6

    England only trail by 56 runs which, given the start they made, is astonishing. All hail Joe Root.

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    Rob Meech: This is a phenomenal effort from Joe Root. There aren’t enough superlatives to do this innings justice. A masterclass in focus, stamina, decision-making, strokeplay and talent. He’s showing just why he’s one of the very best batsmen in the world.

  12. Eng 325-6

    Joe Root contents himself with patting the ball here and there and taking the singles when they're on offer. What a day he has had.

  13. Dom Bess is chasing an egret!

    They're having a bit of a stare off, which the egret is fully winning.

  14. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Joe Root is smiling. He didn't quite snap into the position or play it wholeheartedly, and he's lucky with that.

  15. dropped catch

    Close!

    Eng 323-6

    Close once again!

    Joe Root goes for a sweep but mistimes it for the first time, and a top edge goes high, high, high over the head of first slip and drops just short as the fielder chases after it in desperation.

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  17. Eng 320-6

    15 overs left in the day - or, if we're being realistic, 40 minutes.

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    Robert Clark: Watching Joe Root this morning has been a total pleasure. So sad that fans are not there to witness in person, but what a performance. Focus, control, technique, patience.

  19. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    That would have been a brilliant catch.

  20. dropped catch

    Chance!

    Eng 320-6

    That would have been a stunner!

    Lasith Embuldeniya finds the outside edge of Joe Root's bat at long, long last, but the ball is dying as it goes towards first slip, who sticks out a despairing hand. It brushes the fingertips but that would have taken something spectacular. Big turn though...