2 dtopped catches gonna cost
Been trying to change ball all afternoon
Changed it ball going round corners Matthews gone after holding it together.
VAR saves Rathanayake
And again VAR saves him
190-6
Wood pulls up in run up. Goes off after 2 balls.
Root comes on 2nd ball Rathnayaka plays an awful hoick.
Duckett with the catch
Mark Wood out of rest of Test with a leg injury
Sun is shining at OT.
Sri Lanka lead England by 192 runs with 3 wickets remaining
Atkinson got Mendes after the rain break but bowled only 2 overs as was expensive so Potts came on got Jayasuriya
England require 204 runs to win with 10 wickets remaining
Brilliant catch down leg by the substitute keeper to dismiss Duckett
Except he rolls over on it into the deck
Duckett has to walk back to the crease…
Football time
he’s gone now
Duckett c Kusal b A Fernando 11 (Eng 34-1)
England require 166 runs to win with 9 wickets remaining
Pope c De Silva b Jayasuriya 6 (Eng 56-2)
England require 148 runs to win with 8 wickets remaining
Lawrence lbw b Rathnayake 34 (Eng 70-3)
Oh
Tea 82-3 (22.0)
England require 123 runs to win with 7 wickets remaining
England require 100 runs to win with 7 wickets remaining
Good to see Jayasuriyas’ hair transplant worked.
Still looking good with his spinners
119-4
Brooks gone
So glad we dropped a batsman for the extra bowler
1st boundary for an hour
Then 2 in 2 balls from Smith
147-4
58 needed
38 needed