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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 1.56 innings wickets is 0
<B>ripper!</b> Bairstow played for spin, but that one not only skidded on but actually went the other way! Kisses past the edge by a whisker
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play type description is leg bye batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.64 innings wickets is 1
a hopeful appeal as Bairstow sweeps from outside off, hit outside the line
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.61 innings wickets is 0
blocked 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 Rory Burns over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.58 innings wickets is 0
solidly onto the front foot, ignoring the attentions of the close catchers
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.77 innings wickets is 0
swept again, and effectively so, down to fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.74 innings wickets is 0
firmly driven to mid-off, Lakmal is persevering, but there's no lateral movement to speak of
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.71 innings wickets is 0
wider line, back of a length, thumped to 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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.68 innings wickets is 0
full length, tight line, Bairstow drives once more. He's seeing it well enough against the quick
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play type description is wide batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.78 innings wickets is 0
aggression from Lakmal, but that's a shocking call from the umpire. Bounces over Bairstow's head, but we're not playing one-day cricket!
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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 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.75 innings wickets is 0
thumped firmly into the covers once more, and straight to the man. If this was the nets, he'd be 30 not out by now
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.83 innings wickets is 0
a one-handed drive, squirts out to deep cover
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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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.03 innings wickets is 0
squeezed into the covers off 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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.0 innings wickets is 0
back and across from Bairstow, blocking the line on off stump. Solid once more
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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 Rory Burns over runs is 5 dismissal is True dismissal type is leg before wicket dismissal text is 1.96 innings wickets is 0
<B>drifting in, thumped on the shin, another lbw!</B> Almost a carbon copy of the Jennings dismissal, Perera's skiddy lines give little margin for error when he comes round the wicket to the left-hander. Burns is guilty of planting the front foot as he plays across the line, and he too opts not to review
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.03 innings wickets is 0
wide line, back of a length, chopped through backward point
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.09 innings wickets is 0
reverse swept, that was very adjacent to the stumps so would have been a tangle if he'd missed. But he didn't
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.15 innings wickets is 0
tip and run. Excellent running, as Root dips the ball into the off side and hurtles through 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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.21 innings wickets is 0
down on one knee to sweep, flies quickly out to deep backward square
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.27 innings wickets is 0
eased down the ground to 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.32 innings wickets is 0
on the pads, tucked square, Root slips at the non-striker's end which ruins his hopes of 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.29 innings wickets is 0
solidly forward, onto the front foot to smother the spin
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.6 innings wickets is 0
<B>clipped supremely through midwicket!</B> The shot of the morning so far, timed to perfection as he got right to the pitch outside off, and whipped with intent against the spin
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.65 innings wickets is 0
pressed 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 Joe Root over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.7 innings wickets is 0
eased 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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.75 innings wickets is 0
pumped into the covers, it looks a different game already, as the singles start to flow
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
tapped into the vacant point, another easy single. There are gaps everywhere in Sri Lanka's field
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, a bottom-handed thump, hitting with the turn to long-on. Yep, another single
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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 Jonny Bairstow over runs is 3 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
<B>gottim!</b> That's a Jennings-worthy grab at short leg from Kaushal Silva, the sub. It was turned fiercely off the face of the bat by Bairstow, and thudded into his chest at a rate of knots. He stood his ground, rode the ricochet, and clutched it to his chest to leave England in a further spot of bother!
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
onto the front foot, drifting in and threatening Stokes as he stretches forward a touch uneasily
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
pushed with a full face into the covers 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
skidding on as Root plays back and across 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.73 innings wickets is 0
stretching forward to meet the line from round the wicket
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.7 innings wickets is 0
flipped off the pads to short midwicket
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.74 innings wickets is 0
firmly forward, scuffs off the outside edge, down to third man
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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 Joe Root over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
nurdled to the leg side, another single
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
<B>swept in the air, and inches short of deep midwicket!</B> Mathews hurtled in as Stokes top-edged his shot, but he ended up parrying it as he arrived late on the scene!
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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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Joe Root over runs is 3 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
<B>no mistake here! A leading edge and a fine return snaffle!</B> Root joins the collapse, he's fallen yet again to a left-arm spinner, and how vital is that first-innings lead looking now? Looking to work across the line, Pushpakumara saw the chance zipping towards him early, and dived low to his left to grasp it in b...
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.75 innings wickets is 0
back and across to defend 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 Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.72 innings wickets is 0
two slips in place as Perera threatens to turn the ball away from the left-hander. Nudged down 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 Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.75 innings wickets is 0
on the toes, flicked eagerly out to deep 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 Jos Buttler over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.72 innings wickets is 0
propping forward 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 Jos Buttler over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.69 innings wickets is 0
flicked to wide mid-on
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
outside off, eased on the up 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
loopy fuller ball on leg stump, clipped to midwicket
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.73 innings wickets is 0
slanted across off this time, Stokes puts his head down and defends
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.7 innings wickets is 0
fuller around middle and off, defended to short 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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.74 innings wickets is 0
length ball on leg stump, stays back and tucks to midwicket for a single
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
good length, spinning away outside off, gets an outside edge towards the gully region as he presses forward to 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 Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.75 innings wickets is 0
sees it sliding into him and gets down to paddle a single to 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
advances down the ground and whips this length ball with the turn to deep 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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.75 innings wickets is 0
full, sliding in towards middle, defended off the inside of the bat down the pitch
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.72 innings wickets is 0
lovely flight and drift, curving in towards off and spinning past the outside edge as he bends forward 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
short and a bit of width, leans back and cuts it out to deep 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.73 innings wickets is 0
length ball, no turn outside off, shuffles across and keeps it out from within the crease
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
now he comes down the ground to the pitch and forces it out to square leg 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 Jos Buttler over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.73 innings wickets is 0
defended on the front foot to extra cover
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
full outside off, leans forward into a drive to cover
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.68 innings wickets is 0
stays back to a length ball and carves out a punch to cover
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
comes down the ground to meet a full toss and whips it out to deep midwicket for one
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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 2.74 innings wickets is 0
back of a length outside off, punched off the backfoot to 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 2 bowler name is Malinda Pushpakumara batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
advances down the ground and clips it to the right of deep midwicket, the gap allows them to pinch a quick second
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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 2.86 innings wickets is 0
full, spins away outside off, gets forward and pushes it out through point for a single
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play type description is leg bye batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.89 innings wickets is 1
fired in towards middle from around the wicket, comes down to smother it and wears it on the 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 Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.91 innings wickets is 0
short, turning and bouncing outside off, leans back and cuts to deep point
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.94 innings wickets is 0
short of good length, slid across outside off, backs away and carves a punch away through backward of point
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play type description is four batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.13 innings wickets is 0
Stokes breaks the shackles with a big slog, in the slot too, a harmless length ball that turns minimally and comes with loads of room outside 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 Ben Stokes over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.1 innings wickets is 0
spins away outside off, leans back and punches to 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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.13 innings wickets is 0
lots of flight on leg stump, clipped off the toes to deep midwicket for one
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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 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.31 innings wickets is 0
very poor delivery, that's not helpful at all, just a gift of a fuller ball, sprayed down leg, allowing Stokes to get down and help a sweep along to fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.28 innings wickets is 0
that's much better! On a length, inviting the batsman forward and getting it to <b>rip past the outside edge!</b>
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play type description is leg bye batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.3 innings wickets is 1
unfurls a reverse sweep, but it isn't as full as he would've liked and lobs up over the short third man region, <b>off the glove or forearm</b>
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.47 innings wickets is 0
advances down the ground to a full toss and punches it wide of long-off
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 12 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
turns this one away to deep 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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.52 innings wickets is 0
gets forward and defends to the left of the bowler
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.54 innings wickets is 0
full outside off, eases into a drive to 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.51 innings wickets is 0
comes down the track to smother the turn but the ball lobs up off the pad and drops short of the bowler diving to his front
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.53 innings wickets is 0
comes down to the pitch and clips a single behind 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 Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.55 innings wickets is 0
full on off, pinches a single down to long-off
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.61 innings wickets is 0
shifts back as this one drifts across and turns back in but manages to tickle it away fine
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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 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.59 innings wickets is 0
pitched up on middle and leg, defended back
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.56 innings wickets is 0
full outside off, leans in and pushes to cover
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.58 innings wickets is 0
drags a sweep from well outside off, nowhere off the middle as he gets it through to deep midwicket
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.73 innings wickets is 0
uses the feet well again as he susses out the flight early and meets the full toss with a wristy whip through midwicket
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.89 innings wickets is 0
<b>another full toss</b>, really needs to control his flight here. Buttler's been good with the feet today, another charge and whipped away wide of long-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 Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.86 innings wickets is 0
slid across off, Buttler reads it well as he steps down and moves across close to the pitch before pushing it 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.87 innings wickets is 0
length ball, tucked away from outside off to deep 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.85 innings wickets is 0
<b>that's plumb in front!</b> Or so it seems. <b>Buttler reviews.</b> Beautiful angle from de Silva, slid right across. Buttler's unsuspectingly prodding forward but the ball straightens prodigiously to beat the inside edge and pin him in front of middle. But hang on! That's going well over. <b>Wickets missing; Buttler...
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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 Jos Buttler over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.86 innings wickets is 0
waits and tucks this leg side length ball past backward 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 Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.83 innings wickets is 0
full on off, defended back
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.81 innings wickets is 0
fuller on off, driven out to cover
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.78 innings wickets is 0
full, curving in sharper this time as it comes on around middle, Stokes quietly keeps it out
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.79 innings wickets is 0
comes down the ground to a fuller one and drives out to long-off
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.81 innings wickets is 0
short of good length, shifts back and whips against the turn to the right of deep midwicket.. <b>raises the fifty of the stand!</b> A much-needed period of consolidation
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.82 innings wickets is 0
full toss, worked away to fine leg
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play type description is no ball batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.87 innings wickets is 0
<b>slashed straight to cover.</b> Oh boy, that's a bit reckless! Hold that.. <b>it's a no-ball.. a massive one!</b> Sandakan's had a rough morning but this is worse than any of the full tosses. Stepping out by that big a margin. Stokes really gifted this wicket to him by going hard at a drive even with cover right in p...
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play type description is run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.88 innings wickets is 0
short and wide, flays it to sweeper cover for one
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Lakshan Sandakan batsman name is Jos Buttler over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.86 innings wickets is 0
takes a step down the ground and pushes it back down the pitch
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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 3.83 innings wickets is 0
slanted well across his off-stump, not bothered with
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.8 innings wickets is 0
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dhananjaya de Silva batsman name is Ben Stokes over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.78 innings wickets is 0
gets forward and pushes towards mid-off
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