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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.61 innings wickets is 0
cracked off the front foot to cover
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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.58 innings wickets is 0
pressed 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 2 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.6 innings wickets is 0
hoisted over the leg side, lots of intent from Sri Lanka, and with wickets in hand 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 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.6 innings wickets is 0
leg-sided from Stokes, a bit of a rank long-hop, but the slower ball deceives Mendis a touch, who is through his shot too soon for a haul in front of square
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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 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.57 innings wickets is 0
boshed off the back foot with a bit of a calypso flourish
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play type description is wide 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 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.6 innings wickets is 0
wild and woolly, fleeing down the leg side. Buttler does well to intercept
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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 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.68 innings wickets is 0
flicked off the pads, into the gap, and up comes Chandimal's fifty, at more than a run a ball too! The skipper has found a higher gear today
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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 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.67 innings wickets is 0
pinged off the pads again, Stokes is very much targeting the hips in this spell.
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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 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.81 innings wickets is 0
picks the slower ball, and <B>slots it into the stands!</b> Clears the front leg, belts high and mightily over long-on. England are in the soup here!
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 16 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.8 innings wickets is 0
slower ball, looped onto the pads, an easy single with the field set back
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 16 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.8 innings wickets is 0
deflected to the leg 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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 16 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.8 innings wickets is 0
rolls the fingers once more, and pushed off the back foot to cover
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 16 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.92 innings wickets is 0
<B>that is sumptuous!</b> Full-faced launch, high over long-off, timed to perfection, powered over the ropes, and very well swallowed by a member of the groundstaff!
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 16 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.05 innings wickets is 0
<B>walloped up and over the leg-side and Mendis has a 30-ball fifty!</b> He celebrates as if it's a hundred, and little wonder, after scores of 0,0,0, and 5 in recent months
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 16 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.05 innings wickets is 0
pushed into the leg side, much fuller length
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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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.07 innings wickets is 0
wide line, back of a length, slotted past point, who makes a pretty limp attempt at an interception. Denly on the rope, however, does a far better job
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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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 7.04 innings wickets is 0
banged in short, high on the bat, <strong>Plunkett's extra bounce has forced the error at last!</strong> Stokes at deep midwicket steadies himself well and that's a vital moment against a rampant opponent
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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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.03 innings wickets is 0
biffed out to cover, a full swing of the blade
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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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.0 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot, and defended to 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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.97 innings wickets is 0
wider line, squeezed to backward point where Moeen just about intercepts
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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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.97 innings wickets is 0
very full, flicked off the toes to deep midwicket
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.04 innings wickets is 0
on the toes, nudged very fine through backward square. It's not his day so far...
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.06 innings wickets is 0
hacked out to deep midwicket with a miscued pull
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.06 innings wickets is 0
flicked down the ground, into the leg 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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.05 innings wickets is 0
squeezed back past the bowler, in the air for a moment as Curran deceives him with the slower ball
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.12 innings wickets is 0
back of the hand, picked from the hand, and <B>dumped back over the bowler's head!</b> Held his shape well while waiting for the ball to arrive in his slot
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.12 innings wickets is 0
turned off the toes out to deep midwicket. Another over of impressive progress
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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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.19 innings wickets is 0
short, wide, slower ball, <B>slammed through the covers off the back foot!</b> Runs everywhere!
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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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.19 innings wickets is 0
clipped on the up into 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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.3 innings wickets is 0
<b>clouted!</b> Chandimal gives himself room, gets under the extra bounce of a Plunkett length ball, and launches it with a crack of willow high over 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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.27 innings wickets is 0
poked to cover
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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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.24 innings wickets is 0
slower-ball bouncer, hopped over a flailing cut shot
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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 Liam Plunkett batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.24 innings wickets is 0
flicked uppishly, back down the track, wide of the bowler in his followthrough
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.26 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, picks the legbreak and places it expertly into the gap at midwicket
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.25 innings wickets is 0
nudged to the leg side again to bring up the <b>300</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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Dasun Shanaka over runs is 4 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 7.22 innings wickets is 0
<B>there's the breakthrough!</b> Absolutely as the captain ordered, Rashid tossed it up, it dipped invitingly on a good length, Shanaka climbed into a roundhouse mow over the leg side, Roy cleared his team-mates out of harm's way and swallowed the top edge at deep 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.2 innings wickets is 0
leans onto the front foot and pressed 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.19 innings wickets is 0
forward and defended 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 Thisara Perera over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.16 innings wickets is 0
googly, not picked at all. Poked to gully
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.23 innings wickets is 0
wide line, angled into the pads, that's not a good start, deflected very fine and over the ropes!
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.22 innings wickets is 0
full toss, on the legs, tucked to the sweeper at 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 Mark Wood batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.22 innings wickets is 0
better line to the left-hander, tight to the off stump and pressed into the covers as Wood takes a tumble in his followthrough
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.21 innings wickets is 0
back of a length but a better line, cracked off the back foot to deep extra
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.21 innings wickets is 0
battered down to long-on, long levers to the fore
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.18 innings wickets is 0
crunched on the up, into the covers! Lovely strike but straight to the 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.18 innings wickets is 0
looped onto the toes, comfortably nudged to long-on for the single
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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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.24 innings wickets is 0
a curious ball from Rashid, seemed not to follow through in his action, and Chandimal picked the lack of action on the ball to batter it viciously underneath the umpire's leaping feet!
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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 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.24 innings wickets is 0
worked to the leg side, more bite in this ball
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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 Thisara Perera over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.21 innings wickets is 0
googly, flat and fast, clipped back to the bowler
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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 Thisara Perera over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.32 innings wickets is 0
<B>tossed up and walloped!</b> Picks the legbreak, hits with the spin, and despite two men back on the rope, that clears them by a distance!
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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 Thisara Perera over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.29 innings wickets is 0
googly to finish, a good riposte, but Sri Lanka have had the better of the leggie today
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.29 innings wickets is 0
guided to third man, opens the face
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.26 innings wickets is 0
short and sharp, well directed as Perera ducks
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.25 innings wickets is 0
<strong>short and that's hurried him!</strong> Climbs into the pull and top-edges into no-man's land at backward square. Close, but no cigar
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.23 innings wickets is 0
wide yorker, that's a good nut with a split field. Chandimal can't make contact
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.24 innings wickets is 0
tighter line for the slower ball, tapped to midwicket and that's fine running as Stokes' shy comes in from the deep
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play type description is wide batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.27 innings wickets is 0
hits the tram-lines, and that's a very tight wide!
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play type description is wide batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.29 innings wickets is 0
another swish, but this one is definitely out of Chandimal's reach
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.26 innings wickets is 0
low full toss, crunched to backward point. Gets away with it
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.23 innings wickets is 0
short and through to the keeper, another cunning slower ball hopping past an ambitious pull
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.23 innings wickets is 0
crashed on the up into the leg side
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 7.2 innings wickets is 0
another slower ball, well played from Curran, nailed his length, lured Chandimal into a biff through the leg side, but there was no pace to play with and Roy steadied himself well
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Thisara Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 7.18 innings wickets is 0
flogged out to deep midwicket and <strong>Curran's on a hat-trick!</strong> Hard to quibble with the intent, but the timing of that wicket is terrible for Sri Lanka's prospects. Curran holds his nerve with the slower ball once again, tempting the cross-batted mow and getting his rewards from 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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.15 innings wickets is 0
forced onto the back foot by a fuller length. No hat-trick, but three dots in a row are every bit as welcome
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.15 innings wickets is 0
rolls the fingers once more, outside off, nudged to third man. Two runs off that over. Tremendous work
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.12 innings wickets is 0
pushed to 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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.12 innings wickets is 0
pulled off a full length, to 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 Mark Wood batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.11 innings wickets is 0
dabbed into the off side, this has been a good little spell from England, clawing back some control
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.11 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, clobbered down to wide long-off
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.11 innings wickets is 0
pushed to 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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.1 innings wickets is 0
wide line, drilled out to deep cover
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.16 innings wickets is 0
slower ball, cleverly dabbed down through third man, and big brother is a bit narked with little brother for failing to dive for that 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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.16 innings wickets is 0
opens the face for a glide 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 Tom Curran batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.15 innings wickets is 0
opens the face and glides another single to third man
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.13 innings wickets is 0
another slower ball, tapped to the leg side, <B>confusion from the batsmen</b> but Curran can't gather as they scamper back to their respective creases
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.12 innings wickets is 0
slightly too full and pumped down the ground
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play type description is leg bye batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Tom Curran batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.12 innings wickets is 1
nurdled off the pads
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.12 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, very tight line, dabbed with a cross-bat, 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 1 bowler name is Mark Wood batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.11 innings wickets is 0
swung lustily into the leg side, but not quite there for the shot
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.17 innings wickets is 0
<strong>flogged through the covers!</strong> A length ball, allowing Dananjaya time to retreat to leg and belt it through the gap. Valuable runs
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.17 innings wickets is 0
on the pads, and whipped to deep 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 Mark Wood batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.16 innings wickets is 0
swung into the leg side, a fumble at square leg to gift the 350
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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 Mark Wood batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.16 innings wickets is 0
keeps it tight on the pads, worked to the on side. One over to go as Sri Lanka target something formidable
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.15 innings wickets is 0
slower ball, bowled into the deck, and pulled uneasily to wide 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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.13 innings wickets is 0
dancing at the crease, Curran bowls it very wide outside off stump, and gets away with it because of the batsman's manoeuvres. Curran hurts his finger as he retrieves the ball, but he's fine
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.13 innings wickets is 0
open-faced drive out to deep cover, more cunning variations to disrupt the batsman's flow
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.22 innings wickets is 0
slower ball again, hits it very high on the bat ... the fielders circle at deep midwicket, but the <b>ball plops over their heads for six!</b> Top tonking
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.22 innings wickets is 0
short, wide, slapped, <B>dropped!</b> Moeen Ali at cover, and that's a shocker! Toe-ended, and should have been swallowed. England have been lax in the field
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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 Tom Curran batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 15 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 7.32 innings wickets is 0
<B>and that's an appropriate way to finish a fine Sri Lanka performance!</b> Flogs the length ball high over long-on, and de Silva strides off with his first job very much done
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
ooh, that's a jaffa to begin with, straightening to zip past Roy's outside edge and then practically shave off stump on its way through to the keeper!
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
good length, steered square on the off side
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
tight lines, this is tapped down in front of point
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
too straight this time, though, and Roy gets England up and running with a business-like clip off his pads
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.8 innings wickets is 0
fired in, big appeal for lbw as Roy is beaten playing across the line... High and a touch leg side?
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play type description is out batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Jason Roy over runs is 4 dismissal is True dismissal type is bowled dismissal text is 4.0 innings wickets is 0
cleaned him up! <b>Rajitha yorks Roy</b>, the ball smacking into off stump... The new ball just wobbled a touch, Roy brought his bat down on the wrong line, and it skipped past to clatter the timber
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Alex Hales over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
shortish outside off, chopped into the ground towards point
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play type description is out batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Alex Hales over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.0 innings wickets is 0
gottim, finds the outside edge, <b>superb diving catch at slip!</b> The Sri Lanka players are running around going crazy! Chameera now strikes with his second ball, excellent line and a touch of away movement, Hales is caught on the crease and then caught by first slip, Mendis leaping to his left
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.66 innings wickets is 0
length ball, straight line and worked into the leg side
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play type description is out batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.4 innings wickets is 0
ANOTHER!! Buttler walks down... <b>and steers an outside edge to the keeper!</b> Chameera dragged his length down as the batsman advanced, again there was some nip away and Buttler walked into the trap, feathering through to Dickwella. This could get messy
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.18 innings wickets is 0
length in the channel, threatens to come back but Stokes watches it through
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