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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
swept firmly this time, behind square for four but a bit of hobble as he set off for the run
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
length ball, defended 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
a touch fuller this time, leans into it and buries it 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, surprised Bairstow with some extra bounce there, who withdraws his shot at the last 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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
length ball, just around off, comes forward and defends
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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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
length ball, on the pads, flicks it away behind 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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
length ball on middle and leg, clipped towards short fine 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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
a low full toss, pushed towards long-on to bring up <b>the 50-run stand</b>
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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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
short of length outside off, goes back and punches it towards long-off
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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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
tossed up outside off, comes forward and looks to defend but the ball beats the inside edge, Bairstow got a big stride forward, impact too might have been just outside
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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 3.58 innings wickets is 0
almost squaring Stokes off there, length ball, Stokes was stuck in the crease as he looks to defend, the ball spins away and hits the outer half
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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 3.57 innings wickets is 0
fuller outside off and driven 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, defended on 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
pitched up, driven towards long-on for a walking 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
fuller outside off, Bairstow looks to sweep but misses, he's not feeling comfortable, hobbles away after the ball, might be some cramps
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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 3.54 innings wickets is 0
down the leg side, Bairstow looks to flick but misses, a big appeal for caught-behind but the umpire is not interested. <b>UltraEdge shows a bit of spike</b> as the ball goes past the 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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.53 innings wickets is 0
length ball, defended from the crease
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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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
length again and another block
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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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
keeps coming in with the angle and beats the bat to hit Stokes on the pads, was going down
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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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
fuller on the pads, flicks it 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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
length around middle and leg, 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 Danushka Gunathilaka batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
short of length, goes back and punches it towards long-on
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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
length ball, on the pads, flicked away towards deep 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
length ball, just around off, stays in his 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 Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.5 innings wickets is 0
length again, pushed towards mid-off on this occasion
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
uses his feet this time and lofts it over the bowler's head, all the way for a six, just an extension of arms and off it goes
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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
length outside off, defended very watchfully from the crease
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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 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
fuller on the stumps, pushed back towards 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, tossed up on off and punched back to the bowler stepping across
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
tight line, flighted and straightening a touch, YJB blocks
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
gets on the front foot and steers a couple through 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and poked into the covers 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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
defended down the track
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
flattish delivery outside off, YJB is back in the crease and chopped towards 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.54 innings wickets is 0
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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
Stokes goes back this time, worked through the leg side, <b>raises the England 200</b>
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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 3.55 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and nudged into the gap at 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 Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.54 innings wickets is 0
stays in the crease and flicks 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and Stokes pokes into a gap for one more
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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 3.56 innings wickets is 0
over the wicket, pushed through and worked off the legs behind 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
flighted, gets him pushing forwards, thick-edged into his front pad
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and cushioned into a gap in the covers coming across
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.54 innings wickets is 0
over the wicket to Stokes, spinning in to hit the pad as he plays back... heading down 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.53 innings wickets is 0
floated up full, Stokes reverse-sweeps, slip takes the catch - bump ball, though. He'd <i>nearly</i> set straight off looking 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
flat delivery, punched back down the track
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
flighted, worked away with the turn
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
floated up full on the stumps and Bairstow sweeps, looks to be hobbling his way up the other end... maybe just a bit stiff, after a long day out in this heat
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and prodded back to the bowler
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
full and in the slot, <b>Stokes carves himself a big slice of pumpkin pie!</b> The full thanksgiving over midwicket for six!
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
flatter, presses forward in defence this time
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
goes back and jabs the ball 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 Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
chipped back, <b>in the air but Dilruwan can't quite get there</b>... he had to dive in front of Bairstow, a very sharp chance and he couldn't quite get a hand on 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
angled in from over the wicket, tapped back
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
Stokes on the charge, launches the ball flat down the ground, just a single to long-on in the end
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, pushed through and turned 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
on the stumps, YJB 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
flatter outside off, Bairstow drops back and stabs 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
floated up nice and slow, chopped off the back foot
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
floated up and paddled away fine on the leg side for a couple
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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 3.58 innings wickets is 0
half a shout for lbw as Bairstow presses forward, think there might been an edge into his front pad
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
flat delivery outside off, goes back and opens the face on it 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
flighted, spinning a touch as Stokes gets across and steers square on 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 2 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
on the stumps, worked away through the leg side, they'll come hustling back for two... <b>that's a half-century for Stokes</b>, grafting hard after a difficult start
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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 3.59 innings wickets is 0
tossed up on middle and off, leans out 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
angled in flat with the arm, Bairstow works the ball through 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and nudged for one more
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
flighted, skipping on outside off, YJB dabs a back-foot shot for one through 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
pushed through and driven hard into the ground, Pushpakumara does well to grab it on the bounce leaping above his head
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
floated up and steered away 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
tucked away to the on 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
floated up on off stump, Stokes strokes it down the ground 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
slows his pace up outside off, spinning in and glanced towards backward square leg from the crease
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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 3.58 innings wickets is 0
drops back and defends outside off
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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 3.57 innings wickets is 0
oooh, <b>leg slip nearly in business</b>... Tickled off the pads, a bit like Keaton Jennings earlier today, but bounces short of Dhananjaya
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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 3.59 innings wickets is 0
flighted, goes for the sweep this time, <b>loops up and over the head of leg slip for a couple!</b> Maybe came off the forearm, but the runs go next to his name in t'book
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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 3.6 innings wickets is 0
punched down the ground, YJB moves ever closer to that redemptive hundred
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
tossed up on leg stump, poked 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
bowling round the wicket, Bairstow goes for an aggressive sweep but doesn't get hold of it
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
pushed through and Bairstow flicks it off the front foot, into a gap square on the leg side and they hurtle back for two - <b>YJB moves on to 98 </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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
flat and tucked away, can't get this through
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
lobbed up and turned off the pads into a gap, <b>just one run away now</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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
floated up and 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
floated up, straightening on the stumps, Bairstow sweeps behind square - <b>that's his hundred, greeted with a throaty roar!</b> Off comes the helmet, a ruddy grimace in celebration as he looks to the stands! A century on his comeback, England's first at No. 3 for two years
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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 3.65 innings wickets is 0
drops short and Stokes collars him, muscled away through 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 3.64 innings wickets is 0
tossed up on off, 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
Stokes gets forward to the stock ball, smothers it
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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 Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
draws him out, flighty wristspinner and it grips, slides off the edge - <b>gobbled up at slip!</b> Stokes swishes his bat in frustration, it wasn't a fluent knock but he ground them out. Second wicket for Sandakan, gave this plenty of air and then the turned suckered him as he pushed out at the ball
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
ripping break from off stump towards leg, Buttler struck on the knee roll! <b>Must have been heading down leg</b>, umpire Ravi unconvinced
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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
Bairstow defends on off stump
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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 3.59 innings wickets is 0
goes back and across, 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 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
floated up and 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 3.57 innings wickets is 0
angled in flat with the arm and YJB turns it 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 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
given plenty of air, Bairstow 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 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
tossed up outside off, tapped square from the crease
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
Sandakan lobs the ball up nice and high, Buttler defends
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
pitched full but around leg stump and he can clip it square with the turn to 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 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
flighted, nice bit of drift and dup, then spins back sharply from outside off, just past the timbers as Bairstow leaves, a little uncertainly
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
chopped into a gap at deep backward point and they put pressure on the fielder, coming back for two
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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 3.56 innings wickets is 0
tossed up full and YJB sweeps, <b>skids into the front pad</b>, SL go up for lbw again... Umpire Ravi demurs! Maybe outside the line of off? Bairstow looks like man who's just fallen off a treadmill, heaves himself up off his haunches
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
floated up on the stumps and this is swept for one
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