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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Sadeera Samarawickrama over runs is 6 dismissal is True dismissal type is bowled dismissal text is 7.14 innings wickets is 0
what's occurring here then? The umpires are taking another look at this... The off bail has been removed, but England aren't entirely sure how. Let's see, turn for Moeen, beats the bat as Samarawickrama goes back and plays across the line, <b>clips the top of off stump</b> and then rebounds off Buttler's gloves into th...
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.13 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and worked away for a single from his first ball
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.12 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, goes for the reverse-swat and picks up one through point
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.11 innings wickets is 0
flat outside off stump, Chandimal drops deep and guides a single through backward point
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.1 innings wickets is 0
lobbed up on middle and leg, swept without much timing but they take a single as short fine leg as to run around
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.15 innings wickets is 0
floated up full and drilled down the round, long-on cuts it off but they come back for two
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.09 innings wickets is 0
spin, down the leg side as Dickwella reverse-sweeps, Buttler whips off the bails... Dickwella just about managed to keep his back foot behind the line, as he collapsed to his knees. Not sure why that wasn't a wide
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.03 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on the stumps
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.02 innings wickets is 0
goes back and steers one through the off side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.01 innings wickets is 0
floated up full on off stump, Chandimal steps across and strokes one more through extra cover
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.0 innings wickets is 0
flighted, gets a sweep away for one
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.95 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on off, driven towards cover point
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.89 innings wickets is 0
floats the ball up on off, this time Dickwella finds point with his reverse-sweep
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.84 innings wickets is 0
steps out and punches the ball to mid-off
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.88 innings wickets is 0
angled in with the arm, wristily flicked into the leg side and there's a big gap, with the fielders back, they hurry through for two
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.87 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and swept hard for a single through backward square
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.87 innings wickets is 0
Chandimal gets down on one knee and paddles the ball from over the wicket to fine leg for one
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.86 innings wickets is 0
full on the stumps, poked into the midwicket area again, just a single
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.81 innings wickets is 0
grip and bounce, hits the front pad and balloons up - Buttler takes the catch coming around in front of the stumps, and umpire Palliyaguruge gives it! However, Dickwella <b>reviews</b> straight away, knowing he didn't get any glove on the delivery; yes, sure enough, Paul Reiffel says this should be overturned, after ch...
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.76 innings wickets is 0
another legbreak straightening on the pads, turned to leg
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play type description is bye batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.88 innings wickets is 0
googly from Rashid, Dickwella whirls his hands through a reverse sweep... and fails to connect, but that foxes Buttler, who misses it entirely and the ball runs away to the rope!
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.92 innings wickets is 0
more byes, this time through Buttler's legs! The ball stayed low, under Dickwella's attempted sweep, but nutmegged the keeper, too
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.87 innings wickets is 0
pushed through outside off, tapped square
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.86 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and he finally manages to lay bat on it with a reverse-sweep for one towards point
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.82 innings wickets is 0
pushed in from round the wicket, defended to the off side
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.94 innings wickets is 0
Dickwella on the charge, waltzes out and batters a drive through mid-on, there's no one back and that's four more!
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.93 innings wickets is 0
concerted appeal for lbw as Dickwella sweeps, it looked to be heading into his front pad... but a bit of glove, spotted by Aleem Dar, took it around the corner for one
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.88 innings wickets is 0
on the stumps, tucked to leg
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.88 innings wickets is 0
<b>dropped!</b> An ugly hoick from Chandimal, goes almost straight up - but <b>Curran makes a hash of it at wide mid-on</b> and the captain survives! Complete misjudgement, hit the fingers as he set himself, down into the turf
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.87 innings wickets is 0
punches one to long-off
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.82 innings wickets is 0
over the wicket, pitched back of a length
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.78 innings wickets is 0
pushed across the bows and tapped towards backward point
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.73 innings wickets is 0
shortish and a touch leg side, worked towards midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.68 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, 136kph/84mph and rising sharply in the channel as Dickwella cuts at it and misses
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.64 innings wickets is 0
flicked in the air, <b>just short of midwicket!</b> Eoin Morgan is on as a sub fielder and is <i>this</i> close to getting his hands under a sharp chance diving forwards!
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.64 innings wickets is 0
worked square past the fielder for a single - just one off Stokes' first over
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.59 innings wickets is 0
driven back to the bowler and Moeen throws himself to his left to stop the ball
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.59 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and swept, gets it away for one through square leg
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.58 innings wickets is 0
<b>dropped!</b> Wood at backward square leg! Chandimal telegraphed a reverse-heave, sent it hard and flat but straight to the fielder, who dived forwards <b>but couldn't quite get his hands under the ball!</b>
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 4 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 6.54 innings wickets is 0
gottim, a misbegotten hack and <b>the top edge loops gently to backward point!</b> Dickwella goes, and that's the wicket England will have wanted. Falls five short of a hundred, and he has to trudge disconsolately off the field
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.54 innings wickets is 0
comes forward, tickled down the ground
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.53 innings wickets is 0
length ball, spinning in sharply but jabbed into a gap for one
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.49 innings wickets is 0
floats up the legbreak on off stump, comes across to defend
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.45 innings wickets is 0
slips in the googler, past the inside edge and into the front pad... but heading down the leg side
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.41 innings wickets is 0
tossed up on the stumps, patted back to the bowler
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.45 innings wickets is 0
touch short and spinning away and this is slapped through cover point, reaching for the shot but they come back for two
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.4 innings wickets is 0
slow loopy legbreak, tapped into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.37 innings wickets is 0
uppish from Chandimal, shouts of 'catch!' from behind the stumps, gets away with it having been beaten in the flight
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.36 innings wickets is 0
driven down the ground to long-on
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.32 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on the stumps, Chandimal defends
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.29 innings wickets is 0
floated on middle stump, clipped to midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.25 innings wickets is 0
tight lines, can't get it away once more
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.35 innings wickets is 0
Chandimal turns his whole body around, opens up what would be the off side, and <b>clobbers a reverse-sweep away through backward point/square leg</b> for a welcome boundary!
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.35 innings wickets is 0
nurdled into a gap for one
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play type description is six batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.53 innings wickets is 0
well, Chandimal is sticking it to the critics here, <b>a mighty reverse-slog and he gets it all the way over deep backward point!</b> First six of the innings
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.52 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on the stumps, worked into a gap
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.49 innings wickets is 0
defended back down the track
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.48 innings wickets is 0
flighted, spinning away outside off, Mendis leans on a dab into the covers for one
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.45 innings wickets is 0
flattish, goes back outside off to cut, mistimed into the covers
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.44 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and this time he gets on to the front foot and cushions one into a gap
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.44 innings wickets is 0
flighted, some turn but Chandi works with it, nudged into the leg side and they scamper through
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.54 innings wickets is 0
boundary for Mendis, that'll help his confidence... not overly short from Moeen but he was back swiftly and rocketed a pull to the deep midwicket fence
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.5 innings wickets is 0
comes across and covers his stumps
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.5 innings wickets is 0
flat outside off, goes back and dabs the ball behind point
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.5 innings wickets is 0
tossed up straighter, again Chandimal plays with the spin through the leg side
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play type description is six batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.66 innings wickets is 0
full and juicy, Mendis plants the front foot, <b>thumps a slog-sweep clear of the boundary rider at deep midwicket!</b> What did I say about confidence...? Cleanly struck but he knew it had to be, sails several yards beyond the rope
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.62 innings wickets is 0
short outside off, Chandimal swings and misses off the back foot
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.59 innings wickets is 0
bit of width, cut hard but picks out backward point, who makes a smart stop
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.59 innings wickets is 0
fired in straighter and clipped through mid-on for one
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.55 innings wickets is 0
bouncer, climbing through on off stump as Mendis attempts to ramp it over the keeper, fails to connect
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.51 innings wickets is 0
full on off, maybe a slower ball, tapped into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.48 innings wickets is 0
short again, Mendis misses out with another attempted uppercut
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.44 innings wickets is 0
full in the channel, a cutter to start with from Curran, swing and a miss
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.41 innings wickets is 0
length ball, aiming for the top of off, chopped into the covers
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.41 innings wickets is 0
shortish outside off, cut away through backward point
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.37 innings wickets is 0
hits a length on off stump, 127kph/79mph, defended watchfully
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.37 innings wickets is 0
wide in the channel, Mendis goes back and angles one to third man
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.37 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, chopped into the leg side via an inside edge
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.34 innings wickets is 0
pitched up and driven, can't get it through the off-side ring
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.43 innings wickets is 0
bouncer, out the side of the hand, Chandimal swings across the line and <b>gets a top edge wide of Buttler</b> that runs away for four to fine leg!
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.4 innings wickets is 0
stays back and shuffles into line
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.39 innings wickets is 0
short of a length, 136kph/85mph, punched back down the ground
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play type description is six batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.54 innings wickets is 0
full toss, Mendis latches on, <b>humps it well back over long-on!</b> Another attempted slower ball from Stokes, but it came out wrong and he knew it... Mendis did the biz, pounding it gleefully down the ground
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.51 innings wickets is 0
shorter, zips through outside off as he throws the hands
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.6 innings wickets is 0
banged in short, far too short, and a wild thrashing uppercut through the gap at backward point. Under pressure straightaway ...
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.63 innings wickets is 0
curls onto the pads, nudged through midwicket, easy pickings
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.62 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, a looping slower ball, slammed violently into the covers and Root intercepts well with one hand, but seems to be <B>jogging off for treatment</b>. That's a bad sign ...
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.59 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, angled into the right-hander from round the wicket. Blocked on the back foot
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.59 innings wickets is 0
very full length, met with a compact push into space at long-on
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.58 innings wickets is 0
tapped back down the pitch, another confident over from Sri Lanka
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.58 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, punched with an open face to point, and they <B>steal a single</b> as the ball ricochets off the non-strikers' stumps. Well directed shy from Roy, but pointless too...
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.58 innings wickets is 0
opens the face to guide a deflection down to third man
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.6 innings wickets is 0
flogged on the up through the covers! Wide line from Stokes, and gathered in the deep by Wood, who gives away an extra run with his lack of urgency. Stokes is grumpy
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.57 innings wickets is 0
fenced into the off side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.57 innings wickets is 0
forced onto the back foot, and <B>trouble here!</b> Mendis was ball-watching, the two batsmen had time to shake hands in the middle as they prevaricate, but England's shy is well wide of Buttler's gloves. Stokes once again loses his rag with his fielders
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.57 innings wickets is 0
another single, another show of frustration from Stokes who beats short midwicket to the ball and flings it away in fury. The schoolkids in the ground emit a collective 'oooh!'
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.54 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, defended to the off side
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play type description is six batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.67 innings wickets is 0
<strong>swivel-pull over midwicket!</strong> This is old-school Sri Lanka galloping! Free-flowing, runs everywhere, too short from Curran and too little pace to trouble the batsman
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.64 innings wickets is 0
fenced into the off side, back of a length
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Sam Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.61 innings wickets is 0
steered to short third man and a very urgent shout of 'no!' as Rashid swoops and shies in one motion. Just misses the timbers
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