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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.72 innings wickets is 0
juicy full toss asking to be spanked. Mendis knocks the chicken fajitas out of it wide of Bairstow at wide mid off and away for four
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.72 innings wickets is 0
full outside off, pushed to mid on and they take 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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.71 innings wickets is 0
half an appeal for LBW, but that's turned a country mile to 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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.7 innings wickets is 0
smart take by Foakes as Dickwella looked to sweep. They think of a review but looks like it missed
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.76 innings wickets is 0
nicely played by Mendis. Stokes is trying the rib tickler treatment, but Mendis gets on top of this, past Postman Pat and away for four through backward 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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.75 innings wickets is 0
now batted down to gully with soft hands
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.76 innings wickets is 0
worked off the hips 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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.75 innings wickets is 0
full toss down leg, Dickwella misses
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.73 innings wickets is 0
outside off, Dickwella leaves
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.74 innings wickets is 0
<strong>risky from Dickwella!</strong> Takes on the uppercut and that could have carried. Bairstow is operating at fly slip, but was too deep that 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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.73 innings wickets is 0
reverse swept but straight to the man at point. The groundstaff on the move...
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.72 innings wickets is 0
very full and hits the pads, but it's turning too much
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.71 innings wickets is 0
swept hard but straight to short 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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.7 innings wickets is 0
tossed up outside off, driven to mid off
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.69 innings wickets is 0
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.68 innings wickets is 0
nice turn and a delicate prod by Dickwella. The clouds are building behind the scoreboard...
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.68 innings wickets is 0
slashed hard in the air, but lands comfortably short of Leach at third man. Risky business though
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.67 innings wickets is 0
<strong>strangled down leg! </strong>Dickwella's got to go. Stokes' spell is getting rewarded. Dug in, he looks to tickle it fine, but it's too much of a tickle, and Foakes does the rest
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.66 innings wickets is 0
<strong>brute first up.</strong> Lands in silly point region. Stokes giving this a fully charged whack
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
follows it up with a fuller delivery. Dilruwan defends
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
too much down leg and Dilruwan 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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.63 innings wickets is 0
<strong>just short</strong> of Pat! Dilruwan not at all in control, but he's survived
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.62 innings wickets is 0
edged straight to Stokes. Someone's given Sri Lanka a toboggan and pushed them down Niagra Falls! Lovely turn and that's catching practice for Stokes. Sri Lanka in a mess
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
googly first up and Lakmal just about picks that
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
<strong>what on earth are you doing Suranga you maverick!</strong> Tossed up and he's tried to smash this out of the country
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.6 innings wickets is 0
big turn and Lakmal beaten as this beats him outside off
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
lovely turn once more and beats the edge. Rashid's making the ball sing, talk and serenade
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
googly back of a length, defended to 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
Stokes has another. Sri Lankan rabbits - meet the headlights! Short ball, finds the gloves and Foakes takes another. This is all utter madness
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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 Lakshan Sandakan over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
tucked into the ribs, jabbed down, wide of that man Jennings at short 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 Lakshan Sandakan over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
fizzed down the leg side. Stokes looked utterly spent after that wicket. Wonder how much more he's got in this spell
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Lakshan Sandakan over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
short, and slapped firmly through the covers
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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 Lakshan Sandakan over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is run out dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
good line and length, tapped into the covers, and <B>he's only gone and run himself out!</b> Entirely innocuous, entirely avoidable. A slight misfield from Rashid at mid-off, Sandakan set off as if stung by a bee, and was still two feet short when the direct hit pinged off his bails! Sandakan kan't. And Sri Lanka are a...
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
sliding past the leg stump. That will surely be it for Stokes. He can do no more to get a match moving
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.54 innings wickets is 0
googly first up, loops off the knee-roll over short leg's head
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.53 innings wickets is 0
sharp legbreak to follow, Foakes gathers well
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, big turn, beats a flashy cut
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
big air, dips late, beats another flat-footed thrash
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.57 innings wickets is 0
googly, but overcooked. Down the leg side, too short to be threatening, and pulled behind square
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
beauty! Tight line on middle and leg, rips past the edge. He'll be back for more fun in the second innings on this evidence
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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 Jack Leach batsman name is Suranga Lakmal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
on the toes, clipped firmly 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
beats the outside edge with sharp tweak
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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 Jack Leach batsman name is Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
stretching forward, head over the ball, to defend
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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 Jack Leach batsman name is Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.54 innings wickets is 0
down on one knee for the sweep and <strong>up goes the finger!</strong> This looks utterly plumb, but as the last man standing, he's obliged to roll the dice. But, lo and behold, there's a <B>thin clip of the glove</b>, and Sri Lanka breathe again!
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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 Jack Leach batsman name is Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
flogged through the covers, proper tailend walloping. 'Ave 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
forward and defended to gully
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, biffed to mid-on
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
tossed up outside leg, and swept firmly behind square. Lots of holes in the field with England pressing for that final wicket. A chance to mitigate the damage
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
slow-turning legbreak, back of a length, chopped to the off side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Suranga Lakmal over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.65 innings wickets is 0
<B>honked high into the covers!</B> A dirty tail-end hack out of the rough at the R&A ... and it plugs safe
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara over runs is 7 dismissal is True dismissal type is leg before wicket dismissal text is 3.64 innings wickets is 0
<strong>pinned on the pad, that's lbw again!</strong> Another <strong>review </strong>... what will this reveal? Looked tight to the line of leg stump, but would have been smashing the timbers ... did it pitch on? <I>Indeed it did!</i> Rashid has five wickets!
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
outside off, no stroke offered
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
leaning forward and defended into the off side
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.0 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot, crunched into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Keaton Jennings over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.5 innings wickets is 0
<B>close!</B> The new ball skids on as Jennings plays for turn, and just eludes the 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Keaton Jennings over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.2 innings wickets is 0
solidly forward 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 Keaton Jennings over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.0 innings wickets is 0
a crease-bound poke out to 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 Rory Burns over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.85 innings wickets is 0
forward and defended
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.5 innings wickets is 0
chopped into the covers to pick off another 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Keaton Jennings over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.33 innings wickets is 0
solid 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Keaton Jennings over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.8 innings wickets is 0
chopped backward of point, another single to the cause. Lots of skid, not much spin so far with the new 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.63 innings wickets is 0
tossed right up, Burns leans forward with a dead 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 Rory Burns over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.5 innings wickets is 0
driven with intent, as Burns wanders down the pitch, but can't beat short 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 Keaton Jennings over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.38 innings wickets is 0
sliding on from round the wicket, defended on 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 Keaton Jennings over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.28 innings wickets is 0
firmly forward, smothering the threat of spin
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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 Keaton Jennings over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.2 innings wickets is 0
blotted into 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Keaton Jennings over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.12 innings wickets is 0
leg-sided this time, firm defence in the direction of 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 Keaton Jennings over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.05 innings wickets is 0
big stride, meeting the pitch, head over 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Keaton Jennings over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.0 innings wickets is 0
firmly blocked back down the track. None Shall Pass
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.94 innings wickets is 0
forward in defence, into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.9 innings wickets is 0
stout block, bat and pad together
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.85 innings wickets is 0
slightly back of a length, Burns' heel does a little 'hello sailor' skip as he comes forward 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.81 innings wickets is 0
more solidly onto the front foot this time. No way through, as the groundstaff loiter
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.78 innings wickets is 0
solid in defence on the front foot. Very linear from the new-ball attack
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.75 innings wickets is 0
a yelped appeal as Burns' toe gets close to the line of off stump. But to no avail
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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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Keaton Jennings over runs is 1 dismissal is True dismissal type is leg before wicket dismissal text is 0.72 innings wickets is 0
<strong>huge appeal and gone first ball!</strong> Well, that's one way to redress the balance of play. Round the wicket, and skidded low into Jennings' shin as he planted his front foot. The angle might have been taking it down, but that looked to be at least clipping leg stump, and Jennings reckons there's no point in...
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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 0.69 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, deflected off the pad, to short 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 0.66 innings wickets is 0
clunked to midwicket, as Bairstow clips uppishly from deep in 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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.64 innings wickets is 0
solid block, foot pressed down the line of 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.82 innings wickets is 0
on the pads once more, a calm nurdle to deep midwicket to open his account for the day
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.8 innings wickets is 0
hint of turn away from the bat as Burns props forward for the first time this morning
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 3 bowler name is Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.35 innings wickets is 0
tight line, hint of shape into the bat, and nudged down through the gully, all along 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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.31 innings wickets is 0
outside off, not a lot of carry as Burns leaves well alone
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.27 innings wickets is 0
nice shape across the left-hander, but safe enough as Burns shoulders arms
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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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.23 innings wickets is 0
better carry this time as Lakmal ploughs a furrow 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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.2 innings wickets is 0
attacking off stump this time as Burns squares up in defence and pushes into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.16 innings wickets is 0
blocked 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.13 innings wickets is 0
sliding down the leg side, there's a leg slip in place for the strangle, but nothing doing there
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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 1.26 innings wickets is 0
on the pads, tucked 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 Rory Burns over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.23 innings wickets is 0
stretching forward, silly point is so close to his eyeline, and pounces instantly
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.35 innings wickets is 0
just a touch shorter, and spanked gratefully off the back foot to deep cover
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.31 innings wickets is 0
sharper turn this time, Bairstow was lining up the drive but had to adjust late on the back foot
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play type description is bye batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 3 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.71 innings wickets is 0
big turn down the leg side, and that misses everything, keeper included as they sprint through 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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.67 innings wickets is 0
tight line to the right-hander, angling in and demanding a respectful block back up the pitch 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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.63 innings wickets is 0
fully forward, head over the ball, into 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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.6 innings wickets is 0
high-elbowed defence, pressing into 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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.56 innings wickets is 0
thumping drive, quickly onto the front foot, but mid-off gathers
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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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.53 innings wickets is 0
outside off, well left alone with a flourish
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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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.5 innings wickets is 0
crunched into the covers, 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 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.59 innings wickets is 0
stabbed to midwicket with a closed-face block. Another single
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