| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
 | AJ Strauss* | lbw b Welegedara | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 2.6 133.9 kph, Welegedara has struck, he's removed the England captain, a short of length ball that nipped in, Strauss was coming across the stumps and looking to whip the ball to the leg side, he misses and is struck just above the knee roll, pitching outside off and hit him in front of middle, replays show that was going on to hit the top of middle and leg, Strauss ponders asking for the referral, but then decides against it, and Sri Lanka have made an early breakthrough 5/1 |
| AN Cook | c Maharoof b Fernando | 96 | 281 | 164 | 15 | 0 | 58.53 |
| 61.2 136.5 kph, and there's the wicket, the inevitable Cook century is not to be, it was a shortish ball, Cook went for an adventurous pull, top-edges it towards mid-on where Maharoof takes the catch, he is a dejected man, at least no one can argue that he was playing for the milestone 201/5 |
| IJL Trott | lbw b Lakmal | 2 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| 5.4 138.3 kph, is it an early end for the run-machine? we have a referral, yup, Trott's gone, that was pitching just short of a length around off stump, no great movement, Trott looks to clip it to the leg side, he misses and is struck just below the knee roll in front of middle, replays show it was going on to hit leg, Dilshan will be delighted after all the questioning over the decision to bowl 18/2 |
| KP Pietersen | c Dilshan b Lakmal | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| 7.5 138.9 kph, England are three down, Pietersen is gone to an athletic catch from Dilshan at gully, length ball outside off, moves away a touch and Pietersen was reaching for that one, gets the outside edge which flies towards Dilshan, who flings himself to his right to pouch that 22/3 |
| IR Bell | c Paranavitana b Welegedara | 52 | 148 | 106 | 8 | 0 | 49.05 |
| 39.5 132.9 kph, edged! Straight to Paranavitana at first slip. Finally the edge carries off Bell's bat. Once again, Welegedara got the ball to leave the batsman off the pitch, and the line was such that he had to play at this one. Good bowling, and Bell's stay is cut short at 52. That'll lift Sri Lanka 130/4 |
| EJG Morgan | lbw b Lakmal | 79 | 167 | 128 | 10 | 2 | 61.71 |
| 81.1 133.2 kph, appeal first ball! Morgan is struck on the pad, Lakmal is convinced, but the umpire says no ... hang on, they're going to review this. That's taking leg stump out of the ground, and Morgan is out! It pitched in line, moved enough to beat the bat but not enough to take it down the leg side. 302/6 |
| MJ Prior† | b Herath | 126 | 195 | 131 | 19 | 0 | 96.18 |
| 104.3 finally, Sri Lanka have removed Prior. He swipes across the line at a straight one from Herath, a real slog sweep, but misses it completely and the ball clatters into off stump. Prior exits to standing applause, he's done really well to guide England past 450 452/9 |
| SCJ Broad | lbw b Welegedara | 54 | 73 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 105.88 |
| 96.1 128.7 kph, gone! Finally a breakthrough. Broad plays across a straight ball and that's stone dead. Much like Strauss yesterday he fell across the shot slightly. He asked Prior about using a review but was told how out it was. 410/7 |
| GP Swann | c Paranavitana b Welegedara | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 96.6 127.1 kph, gone! Sri Lanka take a catch at slip although the keeper almost messed it up. Well bowled by Welegedara from round the wicket, Swann pushed hard outside off and Paranavitana held on despite the keeper diving in front of him. 414/8 |
| CT Tremlett | not out | 24 | 68 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 58.53 |
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| ST Finn | b Herath | 19 | 29 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 59.37 |
| 112.5 and that's that! Finn was having a go before lunch, and though he played some good shots it was only a matter of time before this happened. He swings, head high, right across the line and is clean bowled. Herath has his second, and England are all out for 486 486/10 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 7, w 4, nb 10) | 24 | | | | | |
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| Total | (all out; 112.5 overs; 509 mins) | 486 | (4.30 runs per over) |
