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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot, defended on the line of off stump
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
turning down the leg side, slow spin from back of a length, helped on its way
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
inside-out drive into the covers, watching the spin intently
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
tossed up and blocked urgently on the crease line
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
another big legbreak, but back of a length this time
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
squeezed out to point, playing from the crease
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
short and turns sharply but slowly, steered out to deep cover off the back foot
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
leg-sided, a bit of a freebie but de Silva can't lay bat on that one
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
looped onto a better line and length, jabbed in the air for a split-second past short leg
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
right up to the toes, clipped sweetly through wide mid-on. Lovely timing and placement
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
outside off, and through to the keeper
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.71 innings wickets is 0
<strong>flogged on the up and through the covers!</strong> That's beautiful, an inviting length, a big stride, and a fizz of the blade
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 11 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.74 innings wickets is 0
too short, too wide, too easy! Dabbed backward of point, Bairstow gives chase and slides well, just about keeping his foot off the rope as he clambers round to field
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.72 innings wickets is 0
tossed up, and defended into the off side. More sharp spin but de Silva's footwork is equal to it
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.71 innings wickets is 0
firmly blocked back down the line of the ball
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.7 innings wickets is 0
<B>a wild wipe!</b> Rashid serves up a tempter outside off stump, and it keeps low as the swing of the blade finds thin air
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.7 innings wickets is 0
pushed through on a leg-stump line, and tucked off the toes
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.69 innings wickets is 0
lots of air, dipping late as Karunaratne advances. Short leg tidies up
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.68 innings wickets is 0
turning down the leg side this time, but not by much! Just grazes over the bails as Foakes gathers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
full and straight, a sweet drive as de Silva connects well, but straight to short cover
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.67 innings wickets is 0
on the toes, clipped to the vacant midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.68 innings wickets is 0
short and hauled down to backward square leg. Stokes mixing his length up
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.67 innings wickets is 0
driven hard into the off side
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
low full toss, hint of outswing, firmly plinked to cover
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
shuffling into line on the back foot, blocked back down the pitch
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
on the pads, and clipped to the leg side
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot, defended back down the pitch
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
worked off the toes, out to the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
down the pitch, whipped around the corner, out of Jennings' extendable reach under the lid
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
walloped through the leg side as Rashid drags this one down a touch. Moeen in the deep tidies up
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
thumped back up the pitch, very full from Rashid
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
drilled into the covers, very full length
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
shorter, and swished through the leg side with an urgent pull
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
on the hip, cliipped on the up to square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
<B>massive appeal from Stokes, but that's surely sliding down!</B> Very full from Stokes, piercing the defences with a fast skiddy length, but they opt not to review
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
full length once more, and blocked
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
probing length on off stump, angled bat, stabbing the ball to cover
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
reverse sweep, that's beautifully played, as fine leg skids round to save the boundary
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
driven on the up, past the tumbling Rashid and down to wide long-on
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 4 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
<B>flicked to Jennings at short leg!</B> It's that man again, and it's another very sharp piece of work, albeit the easiest snaffle he's had for a while. It came quickly off the face of the bat, as Rashid dipped a full length into the toes, and Jennings plucked the offering in two hands, low to his left
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
very full, blocked back down the pitch
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
<B>big turn!</B> Fizzes past the edge as Mendis does well to keep his bat inside the line
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
stabbed into the covers, pushing with slightly hard hands, but safely so
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play type description is wide batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
short and sharp, Mendis ducks
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
full and aggressive, thumping the pads but not especially adjacent to the stumps
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, stabbed down off the hip to square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
up on the toes, nudged to the off side
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.67 innings wickets is 0
wider on the crease from Stokes, but that's a lovely response, staying leg-sided on the ball as it angled in, and pinging it down through third man
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
pushed back into the crease, short leg gathers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
banged in short, and through to the keeper
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
punched on the up to the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
sharp spin, and how close was that to the diving leg slip! Not very, is the answer, but in the air for a long while, off the face of the bat.
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
nudged into the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
tossed up, dipping late, clipped off the toes
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
big turn once more, really held back in the flight, and biting hard off the deck, past the edge
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
head over the ball, right onto the front foot
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
banged in short, lollipops through to Foakes
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
<B>ouch! Pinned in the ribs!</B> That's taken the wind out of Dimuth's sails. Short and sharp from Stokes, rearing nastily from just back of a length, and thumping him right in the ribcage. The physio is out. He'll have a nice welt there by the end of the day
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
short again, but that's well played by Karunaratne, anticipating the bouncer, staying on top of his pull, rolling the wrists to fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
dead-batted defence to midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
short again, ducked
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
firmly behind the line of the ball to see off the session
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
plenty of slow, low turn, worked to fine leg from outside leg stump
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
nicely pushed through the covers as Kusal reads the turn
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, worked through mid-wicket. Easy singles on offer
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
pitched up by Rashid, driven confidently through wide mid off for a single
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
plenty of flight, solid as a rock from Karunaratne
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 4 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
<strong>Rashid the wizard strikes after tea.</strong> The easiest catch Jennings has had for a while at short leg. Nice turn on offer, it kisses the inside edge, on to the pad and lollipops up for the jolly green giant of short leg
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket back of a length, and a bit of an awkward jab through point by Mendis
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
angled in to the body, defended on leg side
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
watchfully defended into the off side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
just evades short leg as Stokes continues to bang it in. Jennings in the game continuously, regardless of bowler type
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.7 innings wickets is 0
<strong>kerplunk!</strong> Too much outside leg from Stokes and Mathews pulls emphatically. Races away for four
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.69 innings wickets is 0
over the wicket, fuller length and almost a strangle down leg
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play type description is leg bye batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 3 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.74 innings wickets is 3
<strong>cobra like turn!</strong> It spits, it turns, but has it done too much? May have also pitched outside leg. No review taken. Comfortably outside leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.73 innings wickets is 0
watchful defence into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.71 innings wickets is 0
and again. Mathews looking to build himself a trench here
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.7 innings wickets is 0
too full, but dug out back to Rashid
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.71 innings wickets is 0
shorter of a length, defended back through the leg side but they trot through for a single to bring up the Sri Lanka 200
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.7 innings wickets is 0
again turn on offer and played very late by Mendis. Encouraging signs for the Rashmeister 3000
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.69 innings wickets is 0
has that carried to Foakes? A superb catch if he's got that. Mathews isn't moving, as he awkwardly attempts a pull. They're going upstairs. Soft signal is out. Front foot is fine, now to spin vision. It's off the toe end of the bat.<strong> That's a blinding catch by Foakes</strong>. Wonderful foot movement and dives f...
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Roshen Silva over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.68 innings wickets is 0
played inside the line as Stokes greets him round the wicket
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Roshen Silva over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
full this time and hello! What's this I see? Is it reverse swing? <strong>You better believe it!</strong> Dug out by Mendis
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Roshen Silva over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
banged in short from over the wicket, but way too wide for Roshen to think about going near it
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Roshen Silva over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
that's a snorter, angling back in, but Roshen leaves
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Roshen Silva over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
full tailing in, dug out by Roshen
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
tossed up tantalisingly, squirmed out to deep cover. Rashid's got his James Brown funk on
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Roshen Silva over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
again flighted, not much turn that time and Roshen defends
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Roshen Silva over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
bit of width and Roshen guides it down to third man. Broad saunters after it
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Roshen Silva over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
tossed up very full on middle. Plinked into the off side and they take a single
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.67 innings wickets is 0
a touch too short and an easy single out to deep cover
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play type description is out batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Roshen Silva over runs is 5 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
Jennings is the jolly green giant of short leg! More fantastic work.<strong> Oh that is epic! What a catch.</strong> Reacts like a ninja as Roshen pushes the googly to his left. It's almost past him, and he sticks out a hand and clings on. He's a magician and England are on a roll
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
nearly a drag on! Short ball from Stokes round the wicket and that has hurt Mendis. Pings him on the wrist. Nearly drags back on to the sumps. Mendis looks to be in severe discomfort. The physio runs out.
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
length ball outside off, left alone
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
worked off the rib cage past short leg for a single
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
slides the yorker down leg and that's hurt Foakes, who couldn't collect it cleanly on the bounce. Another break in play
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
full and on the pads, clipped through square leg for a single
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
nurdled to short mid-wicket and no prospect of a run
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
a slo mo pre-meditated reverse sweep! Dragged through cover. All very Chariots of Fire music moment
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, cut down to third man, single walked
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