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play type description is wide batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.72 innings wickets is 0
pushed a little too far across this time, signalled wide
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.0 innings wickets is 0
shortish, Stokes opens up the face and dabs the ball through backward point and get off the mark
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
angled across from over the wicket, left alone
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.57 innings wickets is 0
shortish, Stokes goes to cut and gets a bottom edge into the ground
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.4 innings wickets is 0
fuller and closer to off stump, 136kph/84mph and Stokes crouches to push into the covers
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.25 innings wickets is 0
pitched up on the stumps, prodded back towards Rajitah in his follow through
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
short and on the hip, 85mph and helped away through backward square leg to take England into double-figures
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.33 innings wickets is 0
length ball, comes across on off and pushes into the covers
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.47 innings wickets is 0
Root edges his first ball, <b>but wide of second slip!</b> He gets a hand to it but they scamper through for a single
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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.3 innings wickets is 0
back of a length on leg stump, tapped down
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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.14 innings wickets is 0
pitched up, 138kph/86mph and Stokes misses flicking across the line, brushes the thigh pad on its way through
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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.0 innings wickets is 0
banged in and defended on the back foot in front of the stumps
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.39 innings wickets is 0
short and pushed wide of the stumps, 86mph and Stokes flaps a cut through the covers for a couple
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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 Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.25 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, too straight this time and Stokes shovels it away through backward square leg for another boundary
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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 Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.08 innings wickets is 0
fired in on the pad, Root deflects the ball to midwicket
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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 Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.92 innings wickets is 0
full, looking for the late-swinging yorker again, Root is equal to it, jams the bat down in defence
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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 Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.77 innings wickets is 0
length ball on off, comes across and shows it a straight bat
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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 Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
in the channel, stays a touch low, Root flails at it in ungainly fashion and is beaten
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.72 innings wickets is 0
fuller, 134kph/82mph and met on the front foot, prodded for one into the covers
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
Stokes comes across on off stump and defends back down the track
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.67 innings wickets is 0
defended on the back foot, dropped towards his toes and they hustle the single
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.75 innings wickets is 0
slingy delivery, on a length outside off, 135kph/83mph and Stokes opens the face for one to third man
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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 Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
fired in straight at 142kph/88mph, Root turns calmly towards midwicket
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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 Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
short outside off, Root hops into position but picks out point with a cut
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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 Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
stays back and attempts to cut again, point charges in to field
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 3 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.83 innings wickets is 0
touch short outside off, Root punches crisply in front of square and they come back for three
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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 Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.72 innings wickets is 0
length ball, Root comes across and taps into the covers
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.78 innings wickets is 0
in the channel, 136kph/84mph and steered through backward point for one
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.69 innings wickets is 0
shortish, Stokes stands on middle stump and tries to glide it for one, ends up nearly tickling 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 Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
fuller, 84mph and now he comes down, drills the ball straight to mid-off
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play type description is leg bye batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 1
thudding into the pads, Rajitha likes it... but Aleem Dar shakes his head! Sri Lanka <b>review</b>, and this looked plumb, <i>unless</i> it pitched outside leg or he got some bat on it. Here we go... no bat involved, but the ball landed outside the line of leg stump! So Stokes continues
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 3 bowler name is Kasun Rajitha batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.0 innings wickets is 0
full and straight, squeezed out through midwicket
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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 Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.9 innings wickets is 0
short of a length, plinked into the off 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 Joe Root over runs is 4 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.81 innings wickets is 0
full, driven in the air, <b>backward point snaps up the catch!</b> They are going to check whether it carried, but the <b>soft signal is out</b>, which could be significant. Yep, taken low by Samarawickrama, but with both hands scooped under the ball. England are four down!
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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 Moeen Ali over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.73 innings wickets is 0
short ball, 137kph/85mph and Moeen drops the hands under it
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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 Moeen Ali over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
banged in at the ribs, Moeen taps it down into the leg side
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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 Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.08 innings wickets is 0
bit of width and Moeen flows his hands through a square drive, that's hot-chocolate batting and he gets off the mark with a four
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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 Moeen Ali over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.0 innings wickets is 0
more chin music, was there any bat on that? No! Bit of a woolly swipe from Moeen, but Palliyaguruge wasn't interested
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.4 innings wickets is 0
pitched up and lashed through the covers, where Chandimal gives chase and puts in a heroic dive before going headfirst into the rope to prevent a boundary. Top stuff from the captain! Ah, looks like he actually touch the marker and the ball at the same time... but still, the effort was there
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.32 innings wickets is 0
back of a length on the stumps, defended back to the bowler
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.23 innings wickets is 0
tight lines, Stokes can't get this away
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.15 innings wickets is 0
skips down, short-of-a-length ball, hits the thigh pad as Stokes flicks to leg
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.07 innings wickets is 0
pitched up, 83mph and invites the drive, slightly uppish but short of midwicket... Stokes it chuntering to himself, scratching around for fluency. Ticking, essentially
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.44 innings wickets is 0
this time he nails one, short ball and it sits up to be carted over midwicket and away for four
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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 Moeen Ali over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.36 innings wickets is 0
Moeen presses forward on off stump and defends square
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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 Moeen Ali over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.28 innings wickets is 0
length ball, Moeen lines it up to block into the covers
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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 Moeen Ali over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.21 innings wickets is 0
short of a length and wide enough for Moeen to cut, but he can't get it past backward point
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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 Moeen Ali over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.13 innings wickets is 0
tries to free the arms but again picks out the infield
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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 Moeen Ali over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.06 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, 135kph.83mph over the top of off, punched back down the track
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dushmantha Chameera batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.1 innings wickets is 0
short ball, 139kph/87mph at the body, swatted down to fine leg for a single to deny Chameera a maiden
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.13 innings wickets is 0
banged in short, hoisted to square leg
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.16 innings wickets is 0
clipped off the pads out to midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.19 innings wickets is 0
slower ball, outside off, pushed with an open face out to point
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.21 innings wickets is 0
advances down the pitch, flogs a drive to deep cover
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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 Thisara Perera batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.15 innings wickets is 0
leaning onto the front foot to defend
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.18 innings wickets is 0
whipped from outside off to midwicket, another single to the cause
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.11 innings wickets is 0
half-forward on off stump, defended down into the ground to slip
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.14 innings wickets is 0
short this time, and hoicked to the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.17 innings wickets is 0
deflected out to point
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.2 innings wickets is 0
nurdled to the leg side, a whole lot of not a lot from England at the moment
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.14 innings wickets is 0
reverse sweep, well executed but straight to the man
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.08 innings wickets is 0
slides onto the bat from round the wicket, defended once more
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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 Thisara Perera batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.02 innings wickets is 0
wristily rolled into the covers. Tidy strike but England keep hitting the field
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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 Thisara Perera batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.29 innings wickets is 0
short, thumped behind square. Every little helps
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Thisara Perera batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.32 innings wickets is 0
slower ball, outside off, tapped to backward 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 Thisara Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.57 innings wickets is 0
<strong>biffed in front of square! </strong> Fractionally too short, and that's a roundhouse swat through midwicket. No foot movement
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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 Thisara Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.83 innings wickets is 0
<B>smeared hideously over point!</b> Charging down the wicket, forcing a late adjustment, the bowler bangs it in short and Stokes somehow gets enough bat on it to skew it through the fielder
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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 Thisara Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 13 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.76 innings wickets is 0
thumped to the leg side, Stokes is hobbling out there. His knee seems dicey
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.7 innings wickets is 0
looped onto a full length from round the wicket. Defended on the front foot
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.72 innings wickets is 0
opens the face, and glides a drive through the covers
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.74 innings wickets is 0
walloped out to the off side once again
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play type description is six batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.12 innings wickets is 0
<strong>swung lustily over the leg side!</strong> There's still fight in the dog
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.06 innings wickets is 0
forward and defended back down the pitch
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.28 innings wickets is 0
too short again, and Moeen loves it there! Another bottom-handed tonk up and over wide long-on. Twelve runs off the over and England are <strike>brawling</b> still utterly in the soup
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.22 innings wickets is 0
tapped back to the bowler
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.3 innings wickets is 0
chipped in the air, over extra cover
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.31 innings wickets is 0
reverse sweep, well timed but straight to the man on the rope
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.25 innings wickets is 0
lobbed onto a tight line from round the wicket, defended
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.46 innings wickets is 0
<B>swept supremely through square leg!</B> Moeen brings up the fifty stand from 45 balls, and England keep their interest just about in the contest
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.4 innings wickets is 0
flight and bite, well bowled, dipped late and turned sharply. Moeen is beaten
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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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.6 innings wickets is 0
out of the back of the hand, a loose long-hop, pumped over the leg side!
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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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.8 innings wickets is 0
reverse sweep, goes so fine it deflects off the keeper's pads, and away to the rope. Stokes is really hobbling now
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.8 innings wickets is 0
tossed up, dips into the toes, tapped to the leg 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.74 innings wickets is 0
attempted wallop over the leg side, but an under-edge into the crease! Square leg was already sprinting to retrieve that one
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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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.68 innings wickets is 0
tapped into the off side
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 10 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.68 innings wickets is 0
on the pads, tucked to square leg, England keep their momentum ticking, such as it is. It's time for a <b>drink</B>
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.62 innings wickets is 0
opens the face to glide into the cordon
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.63 innings wickets is 0
smashed high out to deep long-on, but<strong> falls short of the incoming Sadeera!</strong> Misjudged it a touch I think
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.57 innings wickets is 0
squared up, an easy run for a mobile batsman, but Stokes can't take on the fielder with his hobbled knee
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.52 innings wickets is 0
reverse sweep, straight to the fielder
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.46 innings wickets is 0
reverse swept again
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.47 innings wickets is 0
makes room for a drive into the covers, settles for the single. That was a fine restrictive over, and we're now just three away from completing this game today, come what may
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 14 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.47 innings wickets is 0
smashed hard to long-off, chasing the wide one. An easy two in ordinary circumstances
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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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 14 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.65 innings wickets is 0
<B>battered high and hard over long-on!</b> Plugs in the outfield, trickles over the rope. Moeen keeps it ticking along
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 14 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.65 innings wickets is 0
wider line, belted on the up over extra cover
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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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 14 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.83 innings wickets is 0
over the wicket, such a wide line, but <B>Stokes has absolutely smoked this!</b> Looked like a toe-end into the covers but it just kept travelling. And he belatedly realises he's reached his fifty too. Too busy worrying about his knee
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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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 14 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 6.0 innings wickets is 0
<B>big turn, but a fat edge eludes slip!</b> Guided past the left hand in the end, with a late adjustment
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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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 14 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.94 innings wickets is 0
pushed to cover to complete the over. Sandakan has leaked 24 runs in two overs.
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 5.88 innings wickets is 0
solidly forward
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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 Akila Dananjaya batsman name is Moeen Ali over runs is 1 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 5.83 innings wickets is 0
<B>a flat-footed swat, toe-ended to short cover</b>. Moeen's battling effort is over, the DLS par score leaps from 190 to 223, and England's faint hopes are even fainter. Chandimal grates his elbows on the used wicket ends with a full-length dive - that's going to hurt - but not as much as it hurts England
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