England v Sri Lanka 2021 Tour

2nd Test Galle Day 3 Lunch
SL 381 Mathews 110 Dickwella 92 Anderson 6-40
Eng 181-4 (55 overs) Root 105 no Buttler 30 no Bairstow28 Embuldeniya 4-72
England trail Sri lanka by 200 runs with 6 wickets remaining

Eng 252-6 (82 overs) Root 137 Embuldeniya 5-99 no Tea
Eng Trail by 129 runs

The wicket of Curran just before the break has put this match firmly in Sri Lanka's control. The 2nd new ball was taken & Embuldeniya used it to good effect as Curran edged the ball to slip to give him his 5th wicket. Buttler played well for his half-century & was dismissed as he edged the ball onto his foot with the catch taken. Root's scoring rate dropped during the session, & it will be interesting to see if he looks to increase his tempo again, with not much more batting to come after Bess.

Root becomes England's fifth highest run scorer on the all - time England scoring list overaking the likes of David Gower and Kevin Pietersen and Alistair Cook remarked there is no reason if Root keeps himxself fit and healthy he could overtaker his total in a few years

2nd Test Galle Day 3 Close
SL 381 Mathews 110 Anderson 6-40
Eng 339-9 (114.2 overs) Root 186 Embuldeniya 7-132
England trail Sri Lanka by 42 runs

Root is run out in the last over of the day.

A valuable partnership of 81 for 7th wicket between Root & Bess who survived for over 2 hours for his 32.

2nd Test Galle Day 4
SL 381Mathews 110 Anderson 6-40
Eng 344 (116.1 overs) Root 186 Embuldeniya 7-147
Sri Lanka lead England by 37 runs

England lasted 11 balls, adding 5 runs, as Leach was out lbw to Dilruwan Perera. Anderson managed to score .a boundary with his trademark reverse-sweep.

Great start for England with an early wicket for Leach, who gained an lbw decision against the dangerous Kusal Perera (14) SL 19-1 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka 37-4, 2 wickets apiece from Leach & Bess, with both openers, in form Thiramanne & first innings centurion Mathews all back in the pavilion. Lead 74

Sri Lanka 60-5 as Leach dismisses captain Chandimal with a great spiraling high catch from Anderson. Lead 97