The players are out on the ground warmig up. The covers are off. The record shattering duo are back. Lakmal with the new cherry.

15:17 Local Time, 14:17 GMT, 19:47 IST: Oops, looks like we spoke too soon. The drizzle seems to have come down again and the pitch is back under covers. The start is further delayed, 3.40 p.m. local time it is.

15:00 Local Time, 14:00 GMT, 19:30 IST: News just pouring in that the rain has stopped pouring down. The covers are on their way off. The pitch is currently being rolled and the match should resume at 15:25 BST i.e. 20 minutes from now. No overs lost at the moment.

14:45 Local Time, 13:45 GMT, 19:15 IST: Nope, there's definite rain around. Umbrellas are popping up in the crowd and we are in for a delayed resumption, unless they decide to play in the drizzle which is unlikely...

14:35 Local Time, 13:35 GMT, 19:05 IST: There's news that the covers are on at Bristol and that the rain has settled in. Not confirmed yet, maybe it's just a precaution. We'll wait and watch...

So, a very similar story for Sri Lanka albeit on a pitch much slower to allow this score some credibility. Strangled through the innings with an occasional let away, were Sri Lanka. Mathews and Chandimal mounted up another revival, defying hamstrings and England's bowling plans even as lack of sharp singles frustrated. Kusal Mendis's 2nd ODI fifty had laid the platform, Mathews and Chandimal used it but couldn't for long enough to zoom the score into safer spheres. Mathews's dismissal was again ill-timed and the lower order scores constituted an area code in an innings that could have been. Join us back for the chase!

Over: 50	1L 1 1 1 0 2	SL 248/9
Lakmal 3(4)	Pradeep 2(2)	Willey 10-0-55-1

49.6 - Willey to Lakmal, 2 runs, plonked to long-off, looked like a run out but Jordan's poor throw prevents a run out

49.5 - Willey to Lakmal, no run, walks a long way across, exposes the stick to miss his glance and the ball hoops over the off-stump spigot

49.4 - Willey to Pradeep, 1 run, slow full toss. Very slow full toss. Dipping full toss. Slapped to extra cover

49.3 - Willey to Lakmal, 1 run, swings his bat and manages to just golf out a single off this very full delivery to long-on

49.2 - Willey to Pradeep, 1 run, drilled to long-off with some bat speed

49.1 - Willey to Lakmal, leg byes, 1 run, from over the wicket, slow cutter on a length. Lakmal's work into the leg-side is too early and the leading edge is guided with soft hands to point. Wait, no bat. Off the pad suggests the umpire

David Willey [9.0-0-50-1] is back into the attack

Nuwan Pradeep, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Over: 49	2 1L 1 1 W W	SL 242/9
Tharanga 40(33)	Lakmal 0(0)	Woakes 10-1-34-3

48.6 - Woakes to Tharanga, out Bowled!! Bazinga! Makes room by backing away from his stumps to slog this delivery away, misses and Woakes's radar hits the top of middle. Woakes finishes his spell - 10-1-34-3 - and will be on a hat-trick next match. Tharanga b Woakes 40(33) [4s-2 6s-1]

Woakes to Tharanga, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

Suranga Lakmal, right handed bat, comes to the crease

48.5 - Woakes to Maharoof, out Caught by Bairstow!! A short cutter, Maharoof looks to blast it away with a pull. Doesn't make do with the lack of pace, does Maharoof. Also had made too much of room to reach this delivery outside off, ekes out a top edge that carries to deep mid-wicket. Maharoof c Bairstow b Woakes 9(11)

Woakes to Maharoof, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

Almost a tranquilized Mexican wave on show *yawn*

48.4 - Woakes to Tharanga, 1 run, full toss clipped behind sqaure on the leg-side

48.3 - Woakes to Maharoof, 1 run, shortish ball plonked with a wideing feet gap to make up for the bounce. Over mid-wicket

48.2 - Woakes to Tharanga, leg byes, 1 run, cutter down leg and well down leg for Tharanga to turn but's it takes the pad and runs away to allow an extra

48.1 - Woakes to Tharanga, 2 runs, tag-team work between Hales and Roy at deep mid-wicket as this cross-batted whack from Tharanga only fetches two

Over: 48	2 1 1 1 1 1	SL 237/7
Tharanga 37(29)	Maharoof 8(9)	Jordan 10-0-49-1

47.6 - Jordan to Tharanga, 1 run, walks right across his stumps to make room and has to club a full ball to long-on to keep strike

47.5 - Jordan to Maharoof, 1 run, nice straight flow of the bat to drive a single straight down the ground

47.4 - Jordan to Tharanga, 1 run, this has been dispatched to long-on.. along the ground

47.3 - Jordan to Maharoof, 1 run, a rather slow yorker, late swing too to beat Maharoof's whirring clip. Actually an inside edge that defied the HotSpot but RTS picked it up to foil England's appeal and subsequent review for an LBW

A review for LBW. No edge. A formal confirmation from DRS's Rajya Sabha - the RTS. Oh, wait. Upper houses have their days too. Nothing on HotSpot but there was a definite spike on RTS. Decision upheld

47.2 - Jordan to Tharanga, 1 run, helped uppishly over covers for a single

47.1 - Jordan to Tharanga, 2 runs, allow me to. This was a high-ish full toss that been lifted. Looked devoid of timing, looked terminal but Root had much to do. Backpedaled from extra cover, then ran back and almost collided with Woakes as the ball shot over his head

Over: 47	1 0 Wd 0 1 1 2	SL 230/7
Maharoof 6(7)	Tharanga 32(25)	Woakes 9-1-30-1

46.6 - Woakes to Maharoof, 2 runs, a slow full toss patted back. Maharoof delayed his shot nicely there and chose the other side of the stumps to have it out of Woakes's reach. Soft hands meant a two was on and so it was

46.5 - Woakes to Tharanga, 1 run, nicely makes room to free his hands on the drive on this full ball and rockets it straight to extra cover. A shy at the stumps, Woakes helps but Tharanga wasn't jogging there. Bails stayed in their place

46.4 - Woakes to Maharoof, 1 run, back of a length and tapped on the up to deep cover

46.3 - Woakes to Maharoof, no run, now goes fuller, as if to compensate. Late swing and Maharoof's whoosh is fictitious

46.3 - Woakes to Maharoof, wide, uses the short ball to have Maharoof bury his head as he ducked. Too high, too intentful and it's been reprimanded with a wide call

46.2 - Woakes to Maharoof, no run, pushed off the front foot as Woakes bowls it on a wide line

The umpire having a word with Morgan to hurry up.. Time, tides and cricket-killing rains don't wait much, they say

46.1 - Woakes to Tharanga, 1 run, a dipping full toss that Tharanga sanely flicks wide of mid-wicket to accrue one more run

Chris Woakes [8.0-1-24-1] is back into the attack

Over: 46	4 1 0 1 1 2	SL 224/7
Maharoof 3(3)	Tharanga 30(23)	Jordan 9-0-42-1

45.6 - Jordan to Maharoof, 2 runs, reads the short ball very early. So early that he could thwack this with a flat bat wide of mid-off. Wanted to go for the pull perhaps, the replays suggest, but Jordan's deliberate wider line meant that it wasn't middled

45.5 - Jordan to Tharanga, 1 run, shimmies to a short ball and then pokes his hands out to reach out with a slash to deep backward point

"Rain getting steady," says Nasser Hussain on air. There's vehement ball drying on display to suggest that those rain drops are growing

45.4 - Jordan to Maharoof, 1 run, nicely eases this to long-on off the front foot

45.3 - Jordan to Maharoof, no run, blocked to mid-wicket again. Line on middle and leg, should have been more but we just had a run out, no?

45.2 - Jordan to Tharanga, 1 run, swiped off the pads to mid-wicket for a quick single

45.1 - Jordan to Tharanga, FOUR, pulled. Looked mostly in control as he slotted this over mid-wicket

Farveez Maharoof, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Over: 45	0 1 0 3 0 W	SL 215/7
Dasun Shanaka 2(8)	Tharanga 24(20)	Adil Rashid 10-0-60-0

44.6 - Adil Rashid to Dasun Shanaka, out Dasun Shanaka Run Out!! A failed run abortion. The leisurely turning legbreak allows Shanaka to be drawn across for a dab to short third man. He runs, the quick throw from Root is on the way and he decides mid-pitch to turn back and dive, more because of Tharanga's vocal chords than his own intuition. Very close this and the third umpire took millions of frames to judge this. Dasun Shanaka run out (Root/Buttler) 2(8)

Adil Rashid to Dasun Shanaka, THAT'S OUT!! Run Out!!

A run out appeal and it's closer that you think. Third umpire asks for a split screen to ascertain things. A matter of frames.. OUT

44.5 - Adil Rashid to Dasun Shanaka, no run, shuffles across to get behind the turn and blocks

44.4 - Adil Rashid to Tharanga, 3 runs, underedge on this sweep, short fine leg's throw is wide and the overthrows is effected

44.3 - Adil Rashid to Tharanga, no run, makes room and has to reaah out on this googly. Tamely back to Rashid, this ball

44.2 - Adil Rashid to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, full toss that's been slog-swept to long-on innocently

44.1 - Adil Rashid to Dasun Shanaka, no run, slow turn on this legbreak, Shanaka spindles open with the turn and pats it away defensively

Over: 44	W 1 0 0 0 1	SL 211/6
Dasun Shanaka 1(4)	Tharanga 21(18)	Jordan 8-0-33-1

43.6 - Jordan to Dasun Shanaka, 1 run, skims out a yorker length delivery round the corner and keeps strike

43.5 - Jordan to Dasun Shanaka, no run, gets this cutter to bounce. Shanaka fails to read it too as the ball hoops over the top-edge of bat that's late

43.4 - Jordan to Dasun Shanaka, no run, pacy, fullish and worked into the leg-side as Shanaka's walk across the stumps is all but negated

43.3 - Jordan to Dasun Shanaka, no run, shuffles theatrically across, tries to steer a single to third man and ends up squashing an under edge that rolls to Buttler

43.2 - Jordan to Tharanga, 1 run, now a short ball negotiated safely with a swat to deep mid-wicket

Dasun Shanaka, right handed bat, comes to the crease

43.1 - Jordan to Mathews, out Caught by Buttler!! The death bowling has officially begun, Jordan has a wicket. A slow short ball that forces out a surprise pull, off the top-edge and Buttler runs in an angle behind and pouches it where a leg gully would have been. A big wicket so mistimed that it threatens a mediocre score, again. Mathews c Buttler b Jordan 56(67) [4s-3 6s-1]

Jordan to Mathews, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

Chris Jordan [7.0-0-31-0] is back into the attack

Over: 43	0 1 1 1 1 2	SL 209/5
Tharanga 20(17)	Mathews 56(66)	Adil Rashid 9-0-56-0

42.6 - Adil Rashid to Tharanga, 2 runs, a flatter trajectory from Rashid to which Tharanga shimmies, lifts it nicely over mid-off but not much timing to carry over the ropes.. or carry to the fielder in the deep. No man's land. 2 runs

42.5 - Adil Rashid to Mathews, 1 run, patted to extra cover this time

42.4 - Adil Rashid to Tharanga, 1 run, lifted over mid-wicket as Rashid drops it short but it doesn't carry

42.3 - Adil Rashid to Mathews, 1 run, tickles it fine as Rashid erred in a line too straight. The throw from short fine leg was flat and quick, but it frisked Buttler's gloves on bits way down and shot off the foot for the run out to be impotent. Tharanga makes it in safely

42.2 - Adil Rashid to Tharanga, 1 run, now width on this googly allows a single to deep point. Swished away

42.1 - Adil Rashid to Tharanga, no run, from over the wicket to the left hander, a hint of turn away on this offie (yes) and Tharanga defends it it back. Rashid tumbles across and stops. He's not letting a run go by now..

Rashid comes on to trade his star-crossed figures with some luck

Adil Rashid [8.0-0-50-0] is back into the attack

Over: 42	1 6 1 2 1 1	SL 203/5
Tharanga 16(13)	Mathews 54(64)	Willey 9-0-50-1

41.6 - Willey to Tharanga, 1 run, whips it well but fails to clear Jordan at short fine leg

41.5 - Willey to Mathews, 1 run, a confortable single to long-on with a straighter bat

41.4 - Willey to Mathews, 2 runs, a microcosm of mediocrity, this ball. A back-of-the-hand slower delivery that is horridly a full toss, Mathews is shocked. Lifts it all awkwardly only for the ball to clear a leaping extra cover. Morgan covers his face and smiles slyly

41.3 - Willey to Tharanga, 1 run, opens up quick and pushes one to deep cover with stationary feet

41.2 - Willey to Tharanga, SIX, that's dropped... beyond the ropes! Gets it on a fuller length outside off, aligns his bat swing with the productive run arc of his and bears fruits over mid-wicket

41.1 - Willey to Mathews, 1 run, slightly uppish this tuck is to long-on as Mathews fails to estimate the work that Willey's fingers put on the seam here

Over: 41	1 1 2 1 0 0	SL 191/5
Tharanga 8(10)	Mathews 50(61)	Plunkett 10-0-46-3

40.6 - Plunkett to Tharanga, no run, open-batted push that likes backward point too much

40.5 - Plunkett to Tharanga, no run, short ball, arches back and lookes to tap it over the region that doesn't exist in ODIs perhaps - slips. Fails to connect

40.4 - Plunkett to Mathews, 1 run, Mathews has a half-century. Mathews is reviving Sri Lanka. Again. Swats this to long-on and runs for the milestone and underwhelming celebrations

40.3 - Plunkett to Mathews, 2 runs, veering into the pads and piped to fine leg

40.2 - Plunkett to Tharanga, 1 run, short ball not getting up much. Tharanga wasn't in the mood to play that, then spots that it's (s)low and swipes it into the pitch

40.1 - Plunkett to Mathews, 1 run, nicely on top of this back of a length delivery is Mathews to work it round the corner for a run. He's been running well to be fair today. Will he bowl? Don't know

Last 10 overs to go. A bit of rain and a bit of Mathews out there too

Over: 40	0 0 Wd 1 4 1 1	SL 186/5
Mathews 46(58)	Tharanga 7(7)	Willey 8-0-38-1

39.6 - Willey to Mathews, 1 run, keeps strike to short mid-wicket

39.5 - Willey to Tharanga, 1 run, dabbed off the front foot to mid-off for a quick single

39.4 - Willey to Tharanga, FOUR, "slightly agricultural," it's called on air. Tharanga uses the angle on this fuller delivery to cross-bat this through a vacant mid-on region. Off the middle mostly for it to scoot away

39.3 - Willey to Mathews, 1 run, puts in much more wrists into this clip wide of mid-on as Willey has looted this ball of all pace

Raining a little harder now..

39.3 - Willey to Mathews, wide, looked like an off-pace delivery but the radar is down leg. Wide given

39.2 - Willey to Mathews, no run, now he prunes the length on this cutter, and Mathews has to wait before blocking it back to Willey.. who stops it with his boot? Yes

39.1 - Willey to Mathews, no run, starts from over the wicket, starts with a fuller length on the pads and starts with a dot.. as Mathews pushes it back tamely

Willey now for Woakes

David Willey [7.0-0-30-1] is back into the attack

Over: 39	1 0 2 1 0 0	SL 178/5
Tharanga 2(5)	Mathews 44(54)	Plunkett 9-0-41-3

38.6 - Plunkett to Tharanga, no run, short of length delivery directed at him from round the wicket but not as well as Plunkett would have liked. Tharanga could hop himself open and pat that aaway

38.5 - Plunkett to Tharanga, no run, hops in his crease and gets behind this angled-in delivery to block basically

38.4 - Plunkett to Mathews, 1 run, works it off the pads to fine leg. Went full round to get it so finer

38.3 - Plunkett to Mathews, 2 runs, lovely from Plunkett. Sees Plunkett coming, shortens the length and angles it right into the batsman. Mathews is smarter. Somehow uses his wrist and takes the bottom hand off to chip it over mid-wicket

38.2 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, short ball that was angled down leg. Mathews looked to be in the mood to play, then saw that it's a little quick anf lifted his right leg to mimic the ball's trajectory as he ducked

38.1 - Plunkett to Tharanga, 1 run, waits on the front foot and pushes this fullish length down to the sweeper

Spots of rain, I hear (fear)

Over: 38	1 0 1 0 0 0	SL 174/5
Mathews 41(51)	Tharanga 1(2)	Woakes 8-1-24-1

37.6 - Woakes to Mathews, no run, shortish delivery, gets up the pitch nicely and Mathews has to punctuate his pull that's mostly defensively played to mid-wicket as a stopgap

37.5 - Woakes to Mathews, no run, a mistimed shot this. Root does well to cut a single at mid-on. Full delivery and Mathews's closed bat had turned further to rob any intent in this shot

37.4 - Woakes to Mathews, no run, now over the wicket to Mathews who goes right in seeing that the bounce is underwhelming and safely negotiates it into the pitch

37.3 - Woakes to Tharanga, 1 run, flicked off the inside-edge. Fetches it from outside off and squirts it to fine leg for a single

37.2 - Woakes to Tharanga, no run, goes wide from round the wicket, angles it in and the trim off the pitch beats Tharanga's attempted guide to third man. Also stays low for Buttler to collect it with a crouch

All down to Mathews. Again.

37.1 - Woakes to Mathews, 1 run, allows this full ball to slide right in and then clips it to mid-wicket

Over: 37	0 0 0 Wd 2 W 1	SL 172/5
Mathews 40(47)	Tharanga 0(0)	Plunkett 8-0-37-3

36.6 - Plunkett to Mathews, 1 run, awkward bounce on this back of a length delivery is tamed with a one-handed fend down to fine leg

Upul Tharanga, left handed bat, comes to the crease

36.5 - Plunkett to S Prasanna, out Caught by Bairstow!! Now, guess what, after some nine lives in one over, Prasanna perishes to a shot. A shot that looked good but found the fielder. Cross-seamer from Plunkett, hit the seam and coiled up slow, I reckon. Prasanna was early into the flick and placed it straight to deep mid-wicket. What's with Plunkett today? S Prasanna c Bairstow b Plunkett 2(5)

Plunkett to S Prasanna, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

36.4 - Plunkett to S Prasanna, 2 runs, no, no. third time is not lucky. Third ugly pull of the over, this time Prasanna connects and the top-edge falls safely behind square on the leg-side. Oh, a chance

36.4 - Plunkett to S Prasanna, wide, only fair that another short ball was on. But it's down leg, Prasanna goes full swivel to pull and misses

36.3 - Plunkett to S Prasanna, no run, jabbed out with an open bat but fails to clear the infield

36.2 - Plunkett to S Prasanna, no run, short ball. Pacy as Prasanna is into his swivel to pull but can't connect down the leg-side

36.1 - Plunkett to S Prasanna, no run, works this full ball into the leg-side and is too good with the scavenger hunt. Finds the fielder

In all fairness, not a bad time for Prasanna to come. But we still have one hammy on first aid that's on the pitch, although it's admittedly better than Chandimal's

Over: 36	1 0 1 1 W 0	SL 168/4
Mathews 39(46)	S Prasanna 0(0)	Woakes 7-1-22-1

35.6 - Woakes to Mathews, no run, fullish delivery staying low and Mathews slides back, crouches and bunts it into the pitch

Seekkuge Prasanna, right handed bat, comes to the crease

35.5 - Woakes to Chandimal, out Caught by Jordan!! Sometimes, efforts and results are out of sync. Horribly. Like here. A full ball lured Chandimal into a brutal hoick aimed over square leg, instead gets a leading edge. A vicious, traveling leading edge that pops up nicely all the way to third man. What a time to end this stand.. Chandimal c Jordan b Woakes 62(77) [4s-5]

Woakes to Chandimal, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

35.4 - Woakes to Mathews, 1 run, hops and helps this straighter line to mid-wicket

35.3 - Woakes to Chandimal, 1 run, now this is full and the line on the stumps allows a full fledged heave down to deep mid-wicket

35.2 - Woakes to Chandimal, no run, steps out again, only for Woakes to shorten the length and force an inside edge onto the pad.. as Chandimal's bat goes all full swing

35.1 - Woakes to Mathews, 1 run, he's making room while shimmying as the length ball arrives, and forces it away to deep backward point for a single

Replays show that JB was almost there with his head-first dive but the ball bounds away off his extended right palm

Drinks are on the field now..

Over: 35	1 1 4 0 0 2	SL 165/3
Chandimal 61(74)	Mathews 37(43)	Plunkett 7-0-33-2

34.6 - Plunkett to Chandimal, 2 runs, oh! Bairstow runs in from deep square leg, slides in front but fails to latch onto this mistimed pull from Chandimal! Top effort. Chandimal was late on the pull, managed to just hold his bat above and steer it away, all half in control, only to get a lifeline. JB sees it early but is too deep. Sprints but comes short. Not again Sri Lanka, not again

34.5 - Plunkett to Chandimal, no run, full ball, Chandimal is fidgety and wafts this to mid-on. Wanted at least four more runs off that shot

34.4 - Plunkett to Chandimal, no run, stays his ground and allows the length ball to arrive before dabbing it open-battedly

34.3 - Plunkett to Chandimal, FOUR, that was an attempted yorker but it was down leg and not too full. Easy tickle through fine leg

34.2 - Plunkett to Mathews, 1 run, recoiling off the pitch from back of a length and fended to backward square leg with a wrist roll

34.1 - Plunkett to Chandimal, 1 run, a short ball but not much room down leg, Chandimal goes one-legged on this short arm pull to fine leg

Liam Plunkett [6.0-0-25-2] is back into the attack

Over: 34	2 1 0 0 0 0	SL 157/3
Mathews 36(42)	Chandimal 54(69)	Woakes 6-1-19-0

33.6 - Woakes to Mathews, no run, hits that back of a length again and is able to subdue Mathews into a defensive block

33.5 - Woakes to Mathews, no run, on middle and leg, Mathews once again clips it straight to short mid-wicket

33.4 - Woakes to Mathews, no run, nudged with the angle towards short mid-wicket

33.3 - Woakes to Mathews, no run, holds its line slightly with Mathews playing off the back foot, squares him up a touch

33.2 - Woakes to Chandimal, 1 run, back of a length outside off, steered behind backward point

33.1 - Woakes to Chandimal, 2 runs, glanced away past Rashid at short fine with Woakes bowling a little too straight, the leggie gives an honest chase and flicks it back in just inside the boundary ropes

Chris Woakes [5.0-1-16-0] is back into the attack

Vital, vital phase of the game for Sri Lanka. Their position is quite similar to the last match with this pair holding fort. But from here, there was a flurry of wickets. They would be hoping for a different outcome this time...

Over: 33	2 1 1 1 0 1	SL 154/3
Chandimal 51(67)	Mathews 36(38)	Jordan 7-0-31-0

32.6 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, has to reach out for a low full toss as Jordan has taken the pace off the ball, the bottom hand comes off but he pushes it for a single in front of mid-on

32.5 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, zippy short of length delivery outside off, Chandimal glides it straight to backward point

32.4 - Jordan to Mathews, 1 run, short of length at the stumps, Mathews hops across and tucks it behind square

32.3 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, picked off middle and leg and clipped behind square for a single A single which takes Chandimal to a half-century

32.2 - Jordan to Mathews, 1 run, Mathews swings, not in any control and the length ball is sliced away in front of deep cover. Falls in front of the fielder. Watch out, the intent is clear from the Lankan skipper

32.1 - Jordan to Mathews, 2 runs, good use of the crease to glance it fine, Rashid springs to life at fine leg, sprints to his right and puts in the dive to cut it off

Over: 32	0 0 1 0 1 0	SL 148/3
Chandimal 49(64)	Mathews 32(35)	Willey 7-0-30-1

31.6 - Willey to Chandimal, no run, nudged to short mid-wicket

31.5 - Willey to Mathews, 1 run, down the track he comes while making room and flat-bats the back of a length delivery all along the turf down to long-off

31.4 - Willey to Mathews, no run, Mathews is a little squared up here with the left-armer's angle. The ball is leaving him from a back of a length and he squirts it off a thick edge towards backward point while poking at it with nothing feet

31.3 - Willey to Chandimal, 1 run, gets forward and across and pushes it to the left of mid-off who is, again, too deep

31.2 - Willey to Chandimal, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, chopped into the turf and straight to backward point

31.1 - Willey to Chandimal, no run, length ball on middle, Chandimal turns it to short mid-wicket

Over: 31	0 0 Wd 0 0 1 1	SL 146/3
Chandimal 48(60)	Mathews 31(33)	Jordan 6-0-25-0

30.6 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, hustle, hustle, hustle.. and Chandi makes his ground. Picked his fielder at mid-off and decided to take Plunkett on. Plunkett wades forward, collects and throw in one motion but it's a weak under-arm allowing enough time for Chandimal to make it in

30.5 - Jordan to Mathews, 1 run, jumps back in the crease to a short of length delivery and guides it with a soft bottom hand in front of backward point before scampering away

30.4 - Jordan to Mathews, no run, four dots. The field is up and Mathews is unable to nudge it in the gap again, finding cover

30.3 - Jordan to Mathews, no run, clipped to mid-on as this back of a length delivery comes on nicely to the bat

30.3 - Jordan to Mathews, wide, splays it down the leg-side, Mathews fails to put bat on ball

30.2 - Jordan to Mathews, no run, back of a length just outside off, Mathews punches it to the left of Jordan who is agile in his followthrough

30.1 - Jordan to Mathews, no run, right into the blockhole, one of his positive traits. Mathews digs it out

Rashid taken off, Jordan brought back..

Chris Jordan [5.0-0-22-0] is back into the attack

Over: 30	1 1 4 1 0 1	SL 143/3
Mathews 30(28)	Chandimal 47(59)	Willey 6-0-28-1

29.6 - Willey to Mathews, 1 run, middle and leg line, Mathews turns it to mid-wicket who is fairly deep

29.5 - Willey to Mathews, no run, a little bit of wobble in the air as Willey presents an upright seam, cuts back a touch as Mathews presses forward and he chops it off a thick inside edge onto pad

29.4 - Willey to Chandimal, 1 run, flashes a drive to a length ball slanting away from him and skews it off a thick edge down to third man

29.3 - Willey to Chandimal, FOUR, so the boundaries are beginning to come for Sri Lanka. Willey misdirects his off-cutter, bowls it on a back of a length on middle and leg and is whipped away fine, beating short fine leg

29.2 - Willey to Mathews, 1 run, swivels slightly and clips it off the thigh through square leg

29.1 - Willey to Chandimal, 1 run, good length off-cutter drifting away outside off, Chandimal guides it off the front foot through point

Over: 29	4 1 0 4 0 1	SL 135/3
Chandimal 41(56)	Mathews 28(25)	Adil Rashid 8-0-50-0

28.6 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, steered with the turn wide of the man at backward point

28.5 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, quicker, back of a length on middle and leg, kept out

28.4 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, FOUR, good this from the Lankan batsmen. They haven't allowed Rashid to bowl to them today. Chandimal goes down on one knee, quite premeditatedly to be honest, it's a googly which is very full on middle and leg and he brooms it away behind square

28.3 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, flatter leg-break outside off, Chandimal flat-bats the drive to cover

28.2 - Adil Rashid to Mathews, 1 run, shortish outside off, Mathews scythes it through the point region, he is keen on the second but has to settle at the non-striker's end

28.1 - Adil Rashid to Mathews, FOUR, Mathews is opened up by the turn, the edge is found but again .. it's so slow this pitch. It goes to ground straightaway and sneaks through the fingers of the slip fielder, running away into the third man fence

Over: 28	1 0 2 0 0 1	SL 125/3
Mathews 23(23)	Chandimal 36(52)	Willey 5-0-20-1

27.6 - Willey to Mathews, 1 run, now he gets the run, and will keep strike. A little too straight from Willey and he is picked off through square leg

27.5 - Willey to Mathews, no run, no single there. Mathews softly nudged it into the on-side but short mid-wicket was quick to anticipate

27.4 - Willey to Mathews, no run, length ball around middle and leg, Mathews plonks forward and defends

27.3 - Willey to Mathews, 2 runs, a little sloppy from Plunkett at mid-off, concedes an extra run. Patted in front of mid-off, Plunkett charges in but is a little reluctant to bend, deflects it off his fingertips towards long-on

27.2 - Willey to Mathews, no run, hops a little to a short of length delivery and blocks it to short mid-wicket

27.1 - Willey to Chandimal, 1 run, glanced off the hips wide of short fine leg

David Willey [4.0-0-16-1] is back into the attack

Over: 27	2 0 4 0 0 1	SL 121/3
Chandimal 35(51)	Mathews 20(18)	Adil Rashid 7-0-40-0

26.6 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, flatter outside off, punched through the covers

26.5 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, Chandimal goes down to sweep, there is a little extra bounce though and it takes a soft top-edge. Lucky that the ball rebounded into the body rather than looping up in the air

26.4 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, flighted leg-break outside off, pushed with the turn to cover

26.3 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, FOUR, clears the front leg upon seeing the ball tossed up generously and has a mighty heave. The ball was full enough to negate much risk of playing against the turn and Chandi gets a good chunk of it. On the bounce and into the wide long-on fence

26.2 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, flatter on middle, nudged into the on-side

26.1 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 2 runs, clipped off the pads behind square, and more good running. Both these players have had hamstring trouble so it's a commendable effort to hustle back for the second

Over: 26	0 6 0 1 2 1	SL 114/3
Chandimal 28(45)	Mathews 20(18)	Plunkett 6-0-25-2

25.6 - Plunkett to Chandimal, 1 run, mid-off is deep at the edge of the circle and the duo take full advantage

25.5 - Plunkett to Chandimal, 2 runs, flicked off the pads through the mid-wicket region, the fielder in the deep is a little too square and they get back for a couple

25.4 - Plunkett to Mathews, 1 run, saw him coming perhaps! Dug it short into the pitch and followed Mathews in his charge down the ground, the Lankan skipper ushers in a modified pull - almost as a source of evasive action - and coughs it into the on-side

25.3 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, good reply. Pulls the length back and puts in much more effort to find a little bit of nip. Beats the outside edge as Mathews is stuck to the crease

25.2 - Plunkett to Mathews, SIX, full, in his half and Mathews has another swipe..All the way. Mid-on was up so he only had to clear him. The bat even turned in his hands but Mathews struck it with enough power to swat a flat six

25.1 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, short of length delivery outside off, Mathews mistimes the punch towards cover

Over: 25	1 4 0 2 1 0	SL 104/3
Chandimal 25(43)	Mathews 13(14)	Adil Rashid 6-0-33-0

24.6 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, shimmies down and blocks

24.5 - Adil Rashid to Mathews, 1 run, back of a length, flat and turning away, punched to long-off

24.4 - Adil Rashid to Mathews, 2 runs, this time there is some purchase. Invites Mathews forward with the flight before getting it to dip on him, the turn catches the outside edge but the pitch is too slow. Also, Mathews has softened the grip so it rolls away past slip

24.3 - Adil Rashid to Mathews, no run, good indrift, bending back in towards middle and leg but not much purchase, blocked

24.2 - Adil Rashid to Mathews, FOUR, more runs off Rashid's bowling. Just hasn't been able to find much rhythm today. Again slips down the leg-side and Mathews manages a little tickle off the inside edge for the ball to run away fine, beating Plunkett at short fine leg

24.1 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, drifting in with the arm, landing down the leg-side, tucked away behind square

Over: 24	4 0 1 1L 0 0	SL 96/3
Mathews 6(10)	Chandimal 24(41)	Plunkett 5-0-15-2

23.6 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, length ball, fairly adjacent to the stumps, turned to short mid-wicket

23.5 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, oh a goodie! Good fizz from a back of a length, straightens off the pitch and skirts past the half-hearted poke of the Lankan captain

23.4 - Plunkett to Chandimal, leg byes, 1 run, might have been a cutter as it looked like happening in slow motion, glancing off the thigh pad into the leg-side

23.3 - Plunkett to Mathews, 1 run, back of a length on the hips, clipped through mid-wicket

23.2 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, stays back to a fairly full ball, gets his bat across in time to protect the pads. Would have been trouble if he hadn't

23.1 - Plunkett to Mathews, FOUR, a punt by Mathews early in his innings, taking on the mid-off fielder. Gives the charge but he's nowhere near the ball, goes through with the loft and gets enough on it to clear the infield

Over: 23	0 0 0 1 1 0	SL 90/3
Chandimal 24(40)	Mathews 1(5)	Adil Rashid 5-0-25-0

22.6 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, lots of flight, overpitched just outside off, squashed back down the pitch

22.5 - Adil Rashid to Mathews, 1 run, opts to stay back to a delivery which is bereft of much flight, drives it down to long-off

22.4 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, sitting up outside off, slapped through the covers

22.3 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, shimmies out and nudges it to short mid-wicket

22.2 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, looped up on off, defended back down the pitch

22.1 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, short again from Rashid, there's width too but Chandimal misses out. Chops it off a thick underedge

Over: 22	1 W 0 0 0 0	SL 88/3
Mathews 0(4)	Chandimal 23(35)	Plunkett 4-0-10-2

21.6 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, prods forward and keeps it out. Successful over from Plunkett who continues to make inroads

21.5 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, hits the good length mark, peppering that region of the pitch, defended

21.4 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, back of a length, steaming off the pitch and punched to short cover

21.3 - Plunkett to Mathews, no run, length ball, keeping it there in the channel outside off, Mathews tentatively blocks to cover

Angelo Mathews, right handed bat, comes to the crease

21.2 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, out Caught by Hales!! Pulled straight into the lap of deep square leg. It's a short ball, a loosener really by Plunkett's standards - just about nudging 80mph and Mendis has failed to keep it down. It might have been deliberate actually to hit it in the air, just like he did with Jordan, but fails to clear the fence. Another Lankan batsman failing to kick on after a fifty in this series. Kusal Mendis c Hales b Plunkett 53(66) [4s-5 6s-1]

Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

21.1 - Plunkett to Chandimal, 1 run, driven on the up, past a diving extra-cover to the left of mid-off

Liam Plunkett [3.0-0-9-1] is back into the attack

Over: 21	1 1 0 1 1 1	SL 87/2
Chandimal 22(34)	Kusal Mendis 53(65)	Adil Rashid 4-0-23-0

20.6 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, tossed up just outside off, Chandimal pushes it with the turn to long-off

20.5 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, another sweep, this time it's Mendis and he times it nicely. On a few bounces to deep mid-wicket

20.4 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, shuffles across to move outside the line of the leg-break which drifts in on leg, exposes his leg-stump riskily but gets the sweep away to fine leg

20.3 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, pushed through the air again, Chandimal stays put in the crease and punches it down the pitch

20.2 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, pulls, high on the bat and flaps it just wide of Morgan at short mid-wicket. Darted quicker from Rashid but the length is a little too full to be pulling. Lucky

20.1 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, plants his front foot a long way outside off to fetch the widish leg-break, sweeps it down to long leg

Over: 20	1 1 0 0 1 0	SL 82/2
Kusal Mendis 51(63)	Chandimal 19(30)	Jordan 5-0-22-0

19.6 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, no run, slower ball, took the pace right off, Mendis waits for the ball to arrive and jabs it to mid-on

19.5 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, floaty back of a length delivery, tapped into the off-side

19.4 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, oooh, a windy waft to a ball which jags back in profusely. Chandimal is attempting to hit on the up but the late movement rips through his inside edge

19.3 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, ducking in from a back of a length, blocked into the off-side

19.2 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, goes flashing at some width outside off and squirts it off the toe-end to third man

19.1 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, a gentle back of a length delivery just outside off, Chandimal knocks it flat-footedly in front of cover-point, not afraid to put his hammy to the sword with some aggressive running

Over: 19	0 1 0 0 1 1	SL 79/2
Chandimal 17(26)	Kusal Mendis 50(61)	Adil Rashid 3-0-18-0

18.6 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, punched off the back foot, softly, between cover and point for a single

18.5 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, a handy fifty for Mendis. Loopy leg-break on middle and off, Mendis sticks his bat ahead, takes it on the full and sweeps it to deep mid-wicket. Now to kick on...

18.4 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, no run, still no run. Slid off the front of the palm, back of a length and skidding on towards middle, defended from the crease

18.3 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, no run, been a bit guilty of dropping it on the shortish side today, has Rashid. Nowhere near the control exhibited in the previous two games. Gets away this time as Mendis slaps it straight to cover

18.2 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, uses the spin on the ball to his advantage and works it in front of backward point

18.1 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, shimmies down and pushes it back to the bowler

Over: 18	1 0 0 0 4 6	SL 76/2
Kusal Mendis 49(58)	Chandimal 15(23)	Jordan 4-0-19-0

17.6 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, SIX, shorter and it goes further, into the mid-wicket crowd. Mendis is into position very early, gets a good meat on it with a pull and it sails away to glory

17.5 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, pulled, off the front foot, and over wide mid-on. Not all that short from Jordan but this is a slow pitch and the ball sits up for Mendis to belt it away

17.4 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, no run, Jordan rages in appeal, but it doesn't have much going for it. Whirring in from a back of a length to rush Mendis, knacks him on the thighs. Too high, and maybe going down leg too

17.3 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, no run, slanted into middle and leg, kissing that back of a length once more, turned to short mid-wicket

17.2 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, no run, back of a length, just outside off, guided to backward point

17.1 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, good run from Chandimal pushing that hamstring of his to the limit, a soft nudge in front of mid-on and setting off. Now wait a minute, replays say otherwise. Chandi would have been a dead man with a direct-hit

Looks like it is time for a drink. The English would be mighty pleased with their grip on the game so far. Jordan to continue...

Over: 17	1 1 0 4 1 0	SL 65/2
Kusal Mendis 39(53)	Chandimal 14(22)	Adil Rashid 2-0-15-0

16.6 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, no run, on the stumps, Kusal Mendis gets across and defends it to the on-side

16.5 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, floated up delivery again, Chandimal pushes it with soft hands to cover and shoots across for a quick single

16.4 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, FOUR, almost another one down! Chandimal goes down on one knee and slog sweeps it just past a flying mid-on. He'll get a boundary

16.3 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, floated up by Adil Rashid, Chandimal comes down the ground and gets to the pitch of the ball, pushed back to the bowler

16.2 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, tossed up from Adil Rashid, swept to fine leg for a single

16.1 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, flighted delivery on the pads, Chandimal whips it to mid wicket

Over: 16	1 1 0 0 1 0	SL 58/2
Kusal Mendis 38(51)	Chandimal 8(18)	Jordan 3-0-8-0

15.6 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, no run, bang on middle-stump, Kusal Mendis gets in line and pushes it to the man at mid-on

15.5 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, slants onto the hips, Chandimal is quick to shuffle across and tuck it to fine leg

15.4 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, very straight on the stumps this time, pushed to mid-on

15.3 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, a touch short again outside off, Chandimal cuts it but can't beat the man at point

15.2 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, back of a length delivery, Kusal Mendis gets on his toes and cuts it away to deep backward point

15.1 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, full and swinging into Chandimal, puhed to mid-on. Almost an overthrow off the throw back to the keeper's gloves

Over: 15	1 0 1 1 1 4	SL 55/2
Kusal Mendis 37(49)	Chandimal 6(14)	Adil Rashid 1-0-8-0

14.6 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, too short again from Adil Rashid and this time Kusal Mendis finds some timing to deposit this into the deep mid-wicket fence

14.5 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, tossed up on the stumps, drilled down the ground to long off

14.4 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, short again, Kusal Mendis rocks onto the back foot and pulls it to deep mid wicket

14.3 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, 1 run, a touch short from Adil Rashid, Chandimal gets on the back foot and punches it to deep extra cover

14.2 - Adil Rashid to Chandimal, no run, spinning away outside off, pushed to cover

14.1 - Adil Rashid to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, looks much easier for the batsman now, clipped/pulled off the pads to deep mid wicket

Adil Rashid, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

Over: 14	0 0 0 Wd 1 0 1	SL 47/2
Kusal Mendis 31(46)	Chandimal 4(11)	Jordan 2-0-5-0

13.6 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, Jordan keeps it on the stumps, Kusal Mendis shuffles across and swings it to deep mid wicket

13.5 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, no run, width outside off, but cut straight to the man at point

13.4 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, once again Chandimal finds it difficult to time the ball. The ball just sticks on the pitch a tad and Chandimal is early into his shot, ends up chipping it to mid on

13.4 - Jordan to Chandimal, wide, sprays it down the leg side. Wided

13.3 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, on the fourth stump line, Chandimal plonks his front foot forward and pushes it to the on-side off the inner half of the bat

13.2 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, still searching for his timing. Jordan gets it fuller outside off, drilled sans much timing to mid-off

13.1 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, nips away from outside off-stump, Chandimal covers his sticks and drives it to mid-on

Over: 13	1 0 1 0 0 2	SL 44/2
Kusal Mendis 30(44)	Chandimal 3(7)	Plunkett 3-0-9-1

12.6 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, 2 runs, in the air but safe, Plunkett draws Kusal Mendis into the drive and he ends up checking his shot at the last moment, chips it in the air to extra cover

12.5 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, fullish delivery angling into the stumps, Kusal Mendis pushes it to mid-off

12.4 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, in that corridor outside off, Kusal Mendis pushes it to cover off the back foot

12.3 - Plunkett to Chandimal, 1 run, keeps it in that fourth stump line, Chandimal comes forward and looks to drive it through the off-side, gets it to backward square leg off the inner half of the bat

12.2 - Plunkett to Chandimal, no run, Chandimal walks across his stumps considerably and pushes this length delivery back to the bowler

12.1 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, good length delivery outside off, guided down to third man

Over: 12	1 0 0 1 0 0	SL 40/2
Chandimal 2(5)	Kusal Mendis 27(40)	Jordan 1-0-2-0

11.6 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, a touch wider from Jordan, cut straight to the man at point

11.5 - Jordan to Chandimal, no run, in that corridor of uncertainty, Chandimal presses forward and presents the orthodox front foot defence

11.4 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, too straight from Jordan, Kusal Mendis shuffles across once again and clips it to deep mid wicket for a single

11.3 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, no run, this one rises sharply after pitching on a good length, Kusal Mendis fends it with soft hands to the on-side

11.2 - Jordan to Kusal Mendis, no run, a touch wide outside off, Kusal Mendis looks to cut it but is beaten for the lack of pace and bounce

11.1 - Jordan to Chandimal, 1 run, good length delivery nipping back into the batsman, clipped to backward square leg

Chris Jordan, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

Over: 11	0 0 0 0 4 0	SL 38/2
Kusal Mendis 26(37)	Chandimal 1(2)	Plunkett 2-0-5-1

10.6 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, slower delivery, gets back to that nagging line outside off and draws Kusal Mendis into a poke, beaten

10.5 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, short again and this time Kusal Mendis connects. Pulled crisply horizontally between midwicket and long on and the ball beats Bairstow's valiant dive

10.4 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, excellent short one again, bangs it half way down the track and Kusal Mendis is drwan into the pull again, doesn't connect

10.3 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, on the top of off, Kusal Mendis covers his sticks and pushes it to mid-on

10.2 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, gets back to that nagging line outside off, Kusal Mendis plonks forward and pushes it back to Plunkett

10.1 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, sharp short one to Kusal Mendis, looks to pull it and is beaten by a long way

Over: 10	0 1 0 0 0 1	SL 34/2
Kusal Mendis 22(31)	Chandimal 1(2)	Woakes 5-1-16-0

9.6 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, to third man, good length delivery outside off, Kusal Mendis opens his blade and steers it to third-man. Just a single

9.5 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, no run, fullish on the stumps again, Kusal Mendis shuffles across his stumps and pushes it to mid-on

9.4 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, no run, fullish on the stumps, Kusal Mendis walks across and pushes it to mid-off. Good fielding and some poor decision making between the batsmen denies the single

9.3 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, no run, a touch fuller from Woakes, punched to cover

9.2 - Woakes to Chandimal, 1 run, short and wide, Chandimal cuts and the ball flies just past Roy at point. Surprising he went with his right hand for the catch to his left

9.1 - Woakes to Chandimal, no run, good length delivery just outside off, Chandimal presses forward and pushes it to cover

Over: 9	1 W 0 0 0 0	SL 32/2
Kusal Mendis 21(27)	Chandimal 0(0)	Plunkett 1-0-1-1

8.6 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, back of a length delivery but absolutely no width, Kusal Mendis gets on top of the bounce and bunts it away to the on-side

8.5 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, good length delivery angling into Kusal Mendis who pushes it to mid-on and wants the single. Sent back by the man with a dodgy hammy

8.4 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, on the stumps again, pushed to point off the outer half of the bat

8.3 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, no run, nagging delivery on the stumps, Kusal Mendis comes forward and defends

Dinesh Chandimal, right handed bat, comes to the crease

8.2 - Plunkett to K Perera, out Caught by Buttler!! The frustration comes out finally and puts an end to a troubled innings. Looks for a wild heave to this length delivery on the stumps and ends up getting the top-edge that kisses the clouds and drops safely into Jos Buttler's gloves. Poor shot selection must confess, but Plunkett strikes first over. K Perera c Buttler b Plunkett 9(25)

Plunkett to K Perera, THAT'S OUT!! Caught!!

8.1 - Plunkett to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, Plunkett starts off with getting it to angle into Kusal Mendis after pitching and squares him up as he looks to defend, gets a thick edge to third man

Liam Plunkett, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

Over: 8	2 0 0 0 0 0	SL 31/1
K Perera 9(24)	Kusal Mendis 20(22)	Woakes 4-1-14-0

7.6 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, short of length delivery outside off, fended off the back foot

7.5 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, shortish again but wide, cut crisply to point but for no run

7.4 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, dropped, would be unfair to call it that but a chance gone down. K Perera slaps this fuller one hard to the left of Woakes who actually did well to get his hands to the ball. Slips out at the last moment

7.3 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, once again angles it away from Perera, pushed to mid-on

7.2 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, good length delivery on the stumps and nipping away a touch, Perera gets behind the line of the ball and dead bats it

7.1 - Woakes to K Perera, 2 runs, good short delivery from Woakes, cramps Perera for room and he pulls it off the top-edge to backward square leg

Over: 7	1 1 1 1 1 4	SL 29/1
Kusal Mendis 20(22)	K Perera 7(18)	Willey 4-0-16-1

6.6 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, and finally! Just their second boundary off this innings. Short and ample width provided, Kusal Mendis cuts it hard through point en route to the fence

6.5 - Willey to K Perera, 1 run, very straight from Willey again, clipped to deep square leg for an easy single

6.4 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, fullish from Willey and Kusal Mendis is quick to realize that mid off is pretty deep as he pushes the ball with soft hands and scoots across

6.3 - Willey to K Perera, 1 run, back of a length delivery on the stumps, Perera shuffles across and tucks it off his hips to backward square leg

6.2 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, once again Kusal Mendis looks to slog it out of the ground, doesn't time it to deep mid wicket, all along the ground though

6.1 - Willey to K Perera, 1 run, back of a length short of length angling into Perera's body, he dishes out the short arm jab to deep mid wicket for a single

Over: 6	0 0 1 1 0 2	SL 20/1
Kusal Mendis 14(19)	K Perera 4(15)	Woakes 3-1-12-0

5.6 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, 2 runs, the pressure shot! Looks to slog this fullish delivery through the leg-side and ends up getting it square of the wicket off the thickish edge. Just over the man at point. Streaky!

5.5 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, no run, pulls back the length a tad, Kusal Mendis waits for the ball to come to him and pushes it to point. Can't beat the man

5.4 - Woakes to K Perera, 1 run, too straight again from Woakes, K Perera shuffles across and clips it to backward square leg

5.3 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, slants onto the pads on this occasion, tucked away to mid wicket for a single

5.2 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, no run, good length delivery outside off, pushed firmly to point

5.1 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, no run, full and on the stumps to start off with, Kusal Mendis pushes it back to the bowler

Over: 5	0 0 0 0 0 1	SL 16/1
Kusal Mendis 11(14)	K Perera 3(14)	Willey 3-0-7-1

4.6 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, goes full and strays onto the pads, Kusal Mendis clips it to mid wicket. Just the single off this eventful over

4.5 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, no run, back of a length delivery on the stumps, Kusal Mendis defends it off the back foot

4.4 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, no run, tight lines from Willey, Kusal Mendis pushes it to cover

4.3 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, no run, jaffa, just passes the blade as Kusal Mendis pokes tentatively to an away swinging delivery

4.2 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, no run, good length delivery slanting away, pushed to Hales again at cover

4.1 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, no run, ahh almost a run-out. Kusal Mendis punches it crisply to covers and both batsmen anticipate the ball breaching the infield and take off for a single. Hales makes a stunning stop and just misses the throw at the striker's end

Over: 4	0 0 0 0 0 0	SL 15/1
K Perera 3(14)	Kusal Mendis 10(8)	Woakes 2-1-8-0

3.6 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, almost a yorker outside off, well dug out by Perera

3.5 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, good length delivery angling away, punched back and Woakes' half-stop in his followthrough ricochets to cover

3.4 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, a pretty firm appeal..well for an LBW and a caught at slip. Woakes comes over the wicket and gets it to rap the outer pad and the ball balloons to the lone slip as well. Pitched outside the line of the stumps

3.3 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, length ball on the stumps, pushed back to the bowler

3.2 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, good length delivery angling away rom the left hander, pushed to cover

3.1 - Woakes to K Perera, no run, snorter from Woakes, angles it perfectly into the back of the helmet, Perera jumps and fends it off awkwardly to the on-side

Over: 3	0 1 1 0 0 1	SL 15/1
K Perera 3(8)	Kusal Mendis 10(8)	Willey 2-0-6-1

2.6 - Willey to K Perera, 1 run, good length delivery just outside off, firmly pushed to extra cover

2.5 - Willey to K Perera, no run, similar delivery again from Willey and a very similar result. Perera looks to tuck it off his hips and ends up wearing it on the pads

2.4 - Willey to K Perera, no run, angles it back onto the pads and Perera misses the tuck

2.3 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, back of a length again from Willey, Mendis gets on the back foot and pushes it with soft hands to short mid wicket to scamper across

2.2 - Willey to K Perera, 1 run, a touch short from Willey and Perera jabs it to to deep mid wicket for a single

2.1 - Willey to K Perera, no run, ohh, this one swings away just a touch after pitching on that perfect length, Perera hangs his bat and the ball just whizzes past the edge to Buttler

Over: 2	0 0 2 2 4 0	SL 12/1
Kusal Mendis 9(7)	K Perera 1(3)	Woakes 1-0-8-0

1.6 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, no run, good length delivery angling away from the right hander, Kusal Mendis pushes it to point

1.5 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, FOUR, back of a length and provides just that hint of width, Kusal Mendis pounces on it cutting it square of the wicket for a boundary. Top shot

1.4 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, 2 runs, full and swinging into the pads, Kusal Mendis flicks it firmly to deep mid wicket, Willey puts in the dive to keep it down to a brace

1.3 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, 2 runs, on the stumps off a back of a length, Kusal Mendis gets on the backfoot and pushes it with soft hands to deep backward point

1.2 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, no run, good pace, 84 mph, continues with the line on off-stump, Kusal Mendis defends

1.1 - Woakes to Kusal Mendis, no run, good length delivery on the top of off-stump, Kusal Mendis gets in line and pushes it back to Woakes off the back foot

Chris Woakes, right-arm medium, comes into the attack

Chris Woakes to grab the other new white cherry

Over: 1	1L 1 0 1 W 1	SL 4/1
Kusal Mendis 1(1)	K Perera 1(3)	Willey 1-0-3-1

0.6 - Willey to Kusal Mendis, 1 run, almost squares him up, Willey gets this to angle away fom Kusal Mendis off a good length as he looks to defend, gets a thick edge to third man for a single

Kusal Mendis, right handed bat, comes to the crease

0.5 - Willey to Gunathilaka, out Bowled!! plays it on!! Willey pushes it full and swings it away for the first time in the morning and Gunathilaka decides to leave it at the very last moment. Ends up getting an inside-edge onto his stumps. Late judgement resulting in his downfall. Just not the start that the Lankans would have hoped for. Willey strikes first over. Gunathilaka b Willey 1(2)

Willey to Gunathilaka, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

0.4 - Willey to K Perera, 1 run, too straight from Willey, angles it into Perera, tucked off the hips to mid wicket

0.3 - Willey to K Perera, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, Perera covers his sticks and defends

0.2 - Willey to Gunathilaka, 1 run, gets a thick inside edge to short mid wicket as he looks to defend it off the back foot

0.1 - Willey to K Perera, leg byes, 1 run, starts off with a straight one on the stumps, Perera walks across to counter the swing, gets it off the thigh pad to the leg side

K Perera and Gunathilaka are at the crease. K Perera is on strike. Willey will open the attack