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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, tossed up and straightening... <b>Dilruwan goes up for lbw,</b> but Gaffaney shakes his head! That looked mighty close to me, but SL have no reviews left. Was a touch leg side, maybe height the question?
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
floated up and clipped into the leg side coming 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.54 innings wickets is 0
pushed through from over the wicket, swipe and a miss from YJB
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
tighter line, rolls his arm over on off, Bairstow is forward 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.5 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and straightening a touch, forward block from YJB
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.49 innings wickets is 0
gives it a tweak, full and smothered again
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
drops short and that is battered like a piece of cod from Whitby Bay, cut powerfully through point 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
floated up full, YJB gets out to defend this time
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and tickled down the ground, using his feet to get to the pitch
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
stays round the wicket, Bairstow flicks through 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
flattish and clipped off the 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
pushed through and YJB stays in the crease to defend
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
another big lbw shout, <b>Bairstow hit on the pads sweeping aggressively</b>... not given! Again Gaffaney shakes his head, again it looked close; again SL can't go to the DRS
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
flat trajectory on the stumps and Bairstow jabs it 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.53 innings wickets is 0
poked back towards the bowler
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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 Joe Root over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
lobs up the stock ball, spinning in but it's a touch short again and Root this time hammer-of-Thors a cut 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
worked away 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 2 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and Root is low to dab a reverse-sweep fine for a couple 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
floated up on off, pushed to 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on the stumps and worked into a gap
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and defended
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
still round the wicket to the right-handers, Root props forward in defence
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
flighted, bit of room for him to stretch out and stroke a single through cover - <b>bringing up the hundred stand for <del>Yorkshire</del> England</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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
on the stumps, worked 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
pushed through and again YJB stays back to tap it 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
floated up and tapped softly to the on sided
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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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 1 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
oh dear, that wasn't part of the script... <b>Root's top-edged a slog-sweep to midwicket!</b> Wicket for Sandakan and it's the big one, England's captain and tone-setter; he's played that shot regularly and well, but this time loses his shape and perishes to what looked an ungainly hoick
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
slips in the googly but it's short and leg side and Bairstow raps a pull into the deep 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
stays over the wicket to the lefty Stokes, flighted outside off, tapped 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.54 innings wickets is 0
HUGE appeal, Stokes playing across the line and hit in front of off stump! <b>No reviews and S Ravi shakes his head!</b> Might have been <i>just</i> spinning too much
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
presses out and taps 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and Stokes punches into the covers off the back foot
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.49 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on the stumps, tapped away
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.5 innings wickets is 0
flighted, worked away off the back foot through 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.49 innings wickets is 0
extra bounce, skidding on outside off as Stokes cuts hard and misses
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.47 innings wickets is 0
straighter line, Stokes goes back and hacks to mid-on
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.46 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and straightening on the stumps as Stokes defends
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.45 innings wickets is 0
presses forward and smothers the ball
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.46 innings wickets is 0
swept fine from outside off, a single to short fine 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.44 innings wickets is 0
fuller around off, comes forward and blocks, bat-pad close
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.43 innings wickets is 0
short of length and spinning away, Stokes was looking to cut it away, extra bounce beats him
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.41 innings wickets is 0
pitched up on middle and leg this time, comes forward and blocks
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
fuller, just around off, blocked on the front foot once again
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.39 innings wickets is 0
pitched up further, Stokes stays in the crease and defends
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.37 innings wickets is 0
length ball, in middle and leg, blocked
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.41 innings wickets is 0
a touch fuller on the stumps, driven towards long-off for a couple
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
short of length, on the pads, flicked away towards square 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
length ball, Stokes was playing back and gets beaten by the turn, a huge appeal for lbw but might have been going over 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 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.41 innings wickets is 0
fuller on the pads, flicked away 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.4 innings wickets is 0
length ball, goes back and tucks it away towards square leg
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.48 innings wickets is 0
short and down the leg side, Stokes goes back and pulls it hard, four to backward square 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.47 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, spins it away and Stokes leaves it alone
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.48 innings wickets is 0
fuller and outside off, pings it towards extra 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.46 innings wickets is 0
down the leg side and spinning further away, Bairstow shows no interest 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.45 innings wickets is 0
much better, tossed up outside off, defended on the front foot
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.44 innings wickets is 0
<strong>left alone but that wasn't too far away from the off stump</strong>. It was a touch fuller outside off but Bairstow lets it go, he covered his stumps though
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.42 innings wickets is 0
length ball, on the stumps, goes back and punches it towards short 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.43 innings wickets is 0
use of feet this time to drive it down the ground for a single
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
short and wide from around the stumps, Bairstow goes back and cuts it in front of covers 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.5 innings wickets is 0
length ball, coming back in and cramping the batsman on this occasion, chopped on 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.49 innings wickets is 0
length ball, around middle and leg, stays in the crease and blocks
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.47 innings wickets is 0
a touch fuller this time, comes forward and blocks
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.46 innings wickets is 0
a touch fuller around off, Stokes comes forward and blocks
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.47 innings wickets is 0
fuller on off, turned away towards mid-on for a quick single
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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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.5 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, goes back and cuts it late, gets a couple to deep 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
goes for the sweep this time and gets a single to backward square 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.5 innings wickets is 0
full down the leg side, goes for the sweep but misses
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
drops short this time and Stokes is up to it, rocks back and pulls it towards deep 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
fuller on the stumps, uses his feet to work it down the ground
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
fuller on the pads, clipped away towards midwicket for a brace
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
fuller around off, driven towards the right of the bowler who makes a diving stop
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
pitched up again, driven towards extra cover on this occasion, straight to the fielder
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
nudges it towards covers this time and sneaks in 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
up and on the stumps, pushed back towards the bowler
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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
goes for the reverse sweep this time and beats the man at short 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
fuller outside off, pushed towards 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
<strong>edge but falls short</strong> of de Silva at first slip. Was a length ball and Stokes was again playing back, pushes at it and gets an outside edge, all safe in the end though
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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
works it towards deep midwicket for a 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
too full this time but doesn't that doesn't stop Bairstow from sweeping it towards 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
googly this time, goes back and punches it towards deep 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
another reverse sweep but a good stop there but short third man, prevents a 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
fuller on the stumps, hits it firmly back towards 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 1 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, comes forward and pushes it on the off side for a quick 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
down the track but the bowler shortens his length, Stokes adjusts to push it towards extra 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
fuller this time, comes forward and turns it on 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
dropped short, Stokes goes back pulls it... on to his own shoe
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, defended on the front foot
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
tossed up outside off, Bairstow looks to drive, <strong>gets an edge but falls short</strong> once again
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, punched back towards the bowler off the back foot
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, comes forward and smothers
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
fuller around off, driven but straight back
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
slower in the air, pitching on a length around off, defended with soft hands
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.53 innings wickets is 0
length around off, comes forward and defends
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
swept and swept well, was full around off and Stokes hits it towards the vacant deep midwicket region
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
length around off, goes back and defends
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
struck on the full this time as he looks to sweep square, a big appeal from the bowler and the keeper. Denied again and the Sri Lanka players are not very pleased, that looked close
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
length ball, on the stumps, clips it towards 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
short of length outside off, goes back and punches it towards deep extra 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
uses his feet but the bowler shortens his length, pads it away in the end
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
down the track once again, works it towards long-on
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