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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.73 innings wickets is 0
nudged to the leg side once more, Stokes keeping the batsman busy with his shape back into the bat
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.72 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, slanted into the batsman, 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
overcooked this one, on the pads, but Dickwella can't get it away
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
opens the face for a glide into the covers. Point gathers
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.72 innings wickets is 0
swept, very nicely played, but backward square scuttles round to gather
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
driven with intent, but straight to the cover fielder
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.7 innings wickets is 0
tight line, full length, Moeen gathers in his followthrough
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
dangled outside off, and <B>so nearly an edge to slip!</b> An utter non-shot from Dickwella, lining it up as if it was a one-day ramp, but it was so slow off the pitch and just lolloped into the cordon
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.7 innings wickets is 0
faster, fuller, tighter to the stumps. Through to the keeper
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
tapped to cover, Perera becomes the quickest Sri Lankan to the 100 wickets/1000 runs mark, in just 32 Tests. Nice one
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
short, <B>and clipped over the keeper's head!</b> That's what he was aiming for earlier in the over, but this time the ball has enough pace to do his bidding. Cheeky!
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
outside off, dabbed to third man. He's determined to put bat on ball, come what may
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
on the hips, tapped 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
crumped on the up, to long-on
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
nice drift from Moeen, met with a calm push 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
defended into 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.87 innings wickets is 0
in the slot, <B>tonked over the top!</b> Not entirely sure he was right to the pitch of that one, and hitting against the spin too. But he planted it over long-off, so who's complaining?
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.86 innings wickets is 0
head over the ball, smothering the spin
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 7 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.87 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, sliding on as Perera goes deep in the crease 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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.86 innings wickets is 0
on the leg stump and straightening, clipped 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
fully forward, head over 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
squeezed to midwicket, looped onto a good 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 2 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.87 innings wickets is 0
fractionally shorter, whipped out to deep 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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.86 innings wickets is 0
fully forward, blocked 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
no way through there, a very tidy return to the fray as Leach plops it on a sixpence again
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.86 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, Dickwella sizes up the angle and brings out the sweep, down to backward 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.86 innings wickets is 0
tossed up, angled across the right-hander
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
stabbed defence, a bit of an inside-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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
very full length, outside off, 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
head right over the ball, smothering the spin
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
looped up, landing right on a good length, off stump line. Defended once more
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
crunched to the leg side, more intent than timing
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
Dickwella advances, drilled to the leg side once more. He's keen to get a move 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
reverse-sweep... Leach won't be allowed to settle, but oddly, that will probably suit him. Misses out 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
circumspection at last as this one is blocked
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
down the track, excellent use of the feet, <B>flicked exquisitely over midwicket!</b> Here he goes...
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
galloping out of his crease, but chooses to block rather than biff in the end
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
flogged over the leg side, not out of the middle of the bat, but the intent is plain as Perera charges out to meet 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, Dickwella is drawn forward but blocks 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
solid in defence as Moeen goes fuller and straighter
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
a hint of outside edge as this one bites from an off-stump line
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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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
sweeping. Well played, gets it very fine as backward square charges round
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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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 3 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
<B>there it is!</b> Moeen tosses one up, slightly wider and slower, Dickwella can't resist throwing his bat through the line and Buttler at short cover claims a vital catch!
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
full face of the bat, tapped 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
blocked into the leg side, solidly behind 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 2 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
<B>driven but edged!</b> Wide of Stokes as Perera is guilty of flat-footed bat-flinging
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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 Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
forward 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
solidly forward. Not a perfect forward defence, but keeps it 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
fenced 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
Root, under a lid, comes into gully, to join slip, as Moeen probes away from 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
<B>ripper dipper!</b> Round the wicket, lovely flight and dip, and a big bite outside off to beat the edge!
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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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Akila Dananjaya over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
<B>beautiful take by Foakes!</b> He's right in the action today. Another beauty from Moeen, finding flight, dip and turn, and grazing the edge of a half-committed poke
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
solidly onto the front foot to block
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Suranga Lakmal over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
<strong>a big appeal! </strong>England think this might have straightened enough to hit the stumps, but did it clip the inside edge first? Yes, it did, their <B>review</b> is lost. But it would have been pretty plumb without 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, punched 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Suranga Lakmal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Suranga Lakmal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
whipped around the front pad to 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Suranga Lakmal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
hint of turn from outside off, an open-faced poke to point
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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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dilruwan Perera over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
tossed up, turn on off stump, <strong>flogged to cover!</strong> Buttler's second grab of the innings and Sri Lanka are staring at a huge deficit now...
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
nudged 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Suranga Lakmal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Rangana Herath over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
bat and pad tight together, poked 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Rangana Herath over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
swept, and well placed too, tucked away behind square
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
looped up, but into the slot, and <B>slammed clean through long-off!</b> That'll help the cause
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
forward to smother the spin
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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 Rangana Herath over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, lobbed onto a good length, and blocked
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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 Rangana Herath over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.87 innings wickets is 0
reverse sweep, and excellently played! Skitters away through the vacant backward point
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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 Rangana Herath over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.86 innings wickets is 0
gets in a tangle as Leach finds some extra bounce on a good length. But safe
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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 Rangana Herath over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.87 innings wickets is 0
swept again, down to backward square
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.88 innings wickets is 0
thumped out to 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Rangana Herath over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.87 innings wickets is 0
blocked on the back foot, to complete the over
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.86 innings wickets is 0
way down the legside by Rashid. Maybe he was trying for the big, ripping leggie
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.87 innings wickets is 0
gets the line right that time, but still short enough to whip away 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Rangana Herath over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.87 innings wickets is 0
<b>Herath's out in his final Test attempting a reverse sweep</b> Given lbw but he's reviewed it, and there seems to be some glove on it. There's a spike when the ball passes the glove, so <b>Herath survives</b> overpitched ball on the stumps, he went down to sweep, missed it. Fortunately for him, didn't miss it entirel...
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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 Rangana Herath over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.86 innings wickets is 0
that spat up from the stumps. Googly that pitched on off and bounced up and turned. Foakes collects well
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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 Rangana Herath over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.91 innings wickets is 0
that was there for the sweep and Herath nails it to deep 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Rangana Herath over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.9 innings wickets is 0
<b>reverse sweep again</b> But only gets an under-edge on it which rolls to slip
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.91 innings wickets is 0
swatted to deep 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Rangana Herath over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.92 innings wickets is 0
sweeps again, not as good timing as the last one, but hit hard enough to travel to deep square 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Suranga Lakmal over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.97 innings wickets is 0
too short, and Lakmal rocks back to pull it over the in-field and to the midwicket fence
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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 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.98 innings wickets is 0
they've bowled so well to the rest, but the England spinners lines are going astray against the last two. This was too full, and driven down to long-off
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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 Rangana Herath over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.99 innings wickets is 0
tossed up on leg-stump and that is turned away to fine leg quite expertly. Nothing that suggested 'tail end batsman' about 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Suranga Lakmal over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.98 innings wickets is 0
comes on the front foot to present a straight and solidly defensive bat face
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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 Rangana Herath over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.97 innings wickets is 0
beats his forward defensive prod with the googly
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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 Rangana Herath over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.98 innings wickets is 0
there's the sweep again, his favourite shot. Played in slightly ungainly fashion, but effective nonetheless
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.99 innings wickets is 0
too short once again, plenty of time to spot the googly and pull it to the man at deep 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Rangana Herath over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 3.0 innings wickets is 0
and a reverse sweep now! Herath's having fun in his last outing in whites. Gets a top edge, but it flies well over the slip fielder
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.99 innings wickets is 0
leg-break pitched up on the stumps, and he gets an inside edge onto pad. Big appeal by the bowler, but Root knew there was bat on it
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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 Suranga Lakmal over runs is 3 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.98 innings wickets is 0
<b>Rashid finishes it off for England</b> an ungainly hoick, a proper tailender shot that. Went for the heave across the line and got an outside edge that looped to Anderson at gully.
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
on target, first up, good length and some turn. Defended
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
tossed up further, he takes a step forward and blocks
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Rory Burns over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 0.0 innings wickets is 0
pulls the length back a bit, and Burns stays in his crease and pushes it to point with his bat well away from body
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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 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.5 innings wickets is 0
skips down the track and pats it softly to mid-on, where they get a quick single
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play type description is no run batting team is England bowling team is Sri Lanka total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Dilruwan Perera batsman name is Keaton Jennings over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.2 innings wickets is 0
on a good length, draws the forward defense
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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 Keaton Jennings over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.0 innings wickets is 1
strays down leg, and it rolls down to fine-leg off the thigh pad
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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 Keaton Jennings over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 1.71 innings wickets is 0
short and wide outside off, and Jennings goes for the cut but no timing. That ball didn't bounce as much as he expected it to perhaps
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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 Suranga Lakmal batsman name is Keaton Jennings over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.5 innings wickets is 0
<b>nails the cut this time</b> short again and wide, sits up for him to cut away to third man with aplomb
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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 Keaton Jennings over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 4.0 innings wickets is 0
that's the third successive cut shot he's gone for, but Lakmal had managed to get it closer to the batsman's body that time. He only gets an under-edge
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