Pace at the other end from Kasun Rajitha.

Hales steps back and lofts his fourth ball over mid-off for a one-bounce four and England's first boundary of the innings.

James Culverhouse: Cannot find a way to listen to the cricket in Ljubljana (Slovenia), feverishly refreshing the live text updates.

Stuart Clark
Former Australia bowler on Test Match Special

You get the feeling with Alex Hales, it's sink or swim. He'll look to go after the bowling quite early. He tried to on the back foot to Maheesh Theekshana's final ball and that was a very risky shot.

Maheesh Theekshana was out with the final ball of the Sri Lankan innings and he returns to open the bowling with some off-breaks. Pace off straight away for Sri Lanka - England's first five overs were all seam.

England get off the mark with some runs into the leg-side. Some danger for Hales off the final ball of the over as he almost clips behind.

Stuart Clark
Former Australia bowler on Test Match Special

I'm backing England here if I'm being objective. 140 odd is not enough on this wicket. Sri Lanka had a great start but England, to their credit, fought back. England have the momentum and we know Alex Hales and Jos Buttler could take it down to a run a ball.

The Sri Lanka team make their way back onto the field at the SCG. And here's Alex Hales and Jos Buttler - we're just about ready to restart.

ZS-NVB: We ought to be able to chase this down without any issues. I hope...

John Caffeine: Dunno if we've ever failed to chase 142 but not today please.

Mark Sowton: Can England top the group on Run Rate chasing 142?

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the SCG

The news from the England camp is Dawid Malan has tweaked a groin. He is likely to be pushed down the order and certainly won't bat at number three.

Sri Lanka's innings may have ended poorly, but it was a fantastic start from Pathum Nissanka. Why not enjoy the best of his innings during the interval?

England bowler Adil Rashid: "I thought we bowled exceptionally well. They came out aggressive and got a good start but we stuck to our strengths and came out strong at the end so we are happy with that.

"They started well but that's T20 cricket. We knew a couple of good overs and a couple of wickets would change the momentum.

"The pitch is a bit slow, so we will have to adapt to that. But I feel happy with how I have bowled, sometimes in T20 you bowl well and don't take wickets, it happens. I'm not too fussed about that as long as I am doing my job for the team.

"It's a huge second innings for us here but I am confident if we stick to our strengths we will get there."

Mind you, a word of caution for England - all five matches at the SCG in this tournament have been won by the team batting first.

Sri Lanka will still fancy their chances with their rank of slow bowlers on a pitch on its third match. And Dawid Malan, one of England's best players of spin, went off the field injured and may not be able to bat.

Sri Lanka scored just 52 off the last eight overs. After Pathum Nissanka and the top order set such an excellent platform early in the innings, they couldn't get England away at the close, missing out the score of 160-170 that they really should have made.

England's slow bowlers stalled the Sri Lankan innings before Sam Curran and Mark Wood returned to offer some redemption for the pace bowlers.

Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

They should have got at least 170. They had a great platform of about 100-2, but just couldn't make the most of it.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

I've got to be honest, 40 minutes or so ago, I was worried.

Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

Since the ball got a bit older, Sri Lanka really struggled. It's hard to tell whether it's the pitch or good bowling but they have been throwing the bat at everything and not connecting.

Run out appeal at the bowler's end! We'll go upstairs!

New batter Chamika Karunaratne scurries a single after Wood's ball thuds into his gut.