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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 Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.36 innings wickets is 0
twirled onto a fuller length, a measured push to long-on 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.34 innings wickets is 0
tossed up from round the wicket, just probing away on a full length
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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 Dimuth Karunaratne over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.32 innings wickets is 0
<B>biffed back to the bowler and England have their second!</b> A loss of discipline from Karunaratne, charging down the pitch, lamping a drive through the line of the ball and scudding a return chance at waist height to Moeen's right! A fine catch, that was travelling quickly, and there is his <B>150th wicket in Tests...
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.35 innings wickets is 0
off the mark straightaway with a nudge into the gap
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.33 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot, stabbed to cover
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.32 innings wickets is 0
whipped from outside off 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 Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.34 innings wickets is 0
turns from off to leg, tucked on its way to fine leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.33 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot and prodded to cover
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.31 innings wickets is 0
full and probing, squeezed to 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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.3 innings wickets is 0
targetting the toes, defended 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.28 innings wickets is 0
clipped to square leg, Burns was momentarily in business under the lid
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.27 innings wickets is 0
fired down the leg side, Foakes makes that take look easy. It wasn't
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.29 innings wickets is 0
pressed into the off side. Nothing much doing in that over, as England are content to turn the screw and wait for their chances
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play type description is six batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 6 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.5 innings wickets is 0
<B>now that's how to do it!</b> Three men round the bat, so Dhananjaya dumps a lofted drive clean over the bowler's head, a glorious swing of the blade, allied to positive footwork
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.48 innings wickets is 0
tapped back down the pitch, more circumspect follow-up
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.47 innings wickets is 0
eased 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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.49 innings wickets is 0
flicked from outside off to wide 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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.51 innings wickets is 0
pulled out to the leg side as Moeen drops a touch short
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Moeen Ali batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 9 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.53 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot, tapped to 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.52 innings wickets is 0
wide line, lots of turn, chopped to 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.5 innings wickets is 0
tighter and fuller, defended from the crease
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.49 innings wickets is 0
props onto the front foot to block the legbreak
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.51 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, another leggie, eased into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.49 innings wickets is 0
pushed into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.48 innings wickets is 0
a tidy start, tapped back to the bowler
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.5 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot, pushed 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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.48 innings wickets is 0
tapped to the man at short cover
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.47 innings wickets is 0
Leach has switched ends due to the wind now coming across the ground to aid his drift, and<strong> there's the vindication!</strong> A beauty, hangs in the breeze, dips and turns past a dumbfounded edge
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.49 innings wickets is 0
pressed 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.48 innings wickets is 0
<B>driven with hard hands, and nearly bobbles out to point!</b> Leach finds nice turn from a good length again.
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.46 innings wickets is 0
head over the ball this time. More solid
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.45 innings wickets is 0
eased down to long-on
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.43 innings wickets is 0
tight line and length, defended
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.42 innings wickets is 0
pushed into the covers, 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.41 innings wickets is 0
firmly forward, repelling Rashid's wiles
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.4 innings wickets is 0
back of a length this time, good bite from leg to off. Blocked 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 4 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.51 innings wickets is 0
this one is dragged down, and <strong>Mendis makes no mistake!</strong> A violent flog through the leg side. Still, no harm in England keeping Sri Lanka interested in playing strokes, I guess...
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.5 innings wickets is 0
tossed up 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.48 innings wickets is 0
stabbed into the covers on a full length
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.5 innings wickets is 0
a silly point in place now, but he's made to hop as Leach drops a fraction short and offers up the cut to deep point
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.52 innings wickets is 0
pops a touch from a fuller length, fenced down to third man
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.51 innings wickets is 0
angled into the covers off the back foot
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.5 innings wickets is 0
fully forward to block 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.48 innings wickets is 0
nudged into the leg side
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.47 innings wickets is 0
pushed into the covers
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.58 innings wickets is 0
low full toss, and <B>panned into the leg side!</b> A bit of a pie from Rashid, and duly gobbled
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.57 innings wickets is 0
sliding onto the pads and worked 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.58 innings wickets is 0
thumped down to deep midwicket with a very cautious pull - another drag-down from Rashid but he was wary of kitchen-sinking it due to the man back on the rope. Good awareness at least
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.57 innings wickets is 0
a better length, but no great consistency to Rashid's offerings so far
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.59 innings wickets is 0
driven into the covers, Leach - by contrast to Rashid - is getting his line and length spot 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.61 innings wickets is 0
dropped onto a sixpence once more, and worked into the covers
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.62 innings wickets is 0
a measured push back past the bowler, another single to long-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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.61 innings wickets is 0
slower through the air, dipping late into the toes, and defended
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.6 innings wickets is 0
fully forward, blocked to 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.58 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot, defended with a shuffle of the feet
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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 2.69 innings wickets is 0
<B>another pie from Rashid!</b> He's through his action too quickly, dragging it down again, and he's been dumped with insolence over the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.7 innings wickets is 0
and now a full toss, something's not clicking today
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.72 innings wickets is 0
better length, pressed into the covers
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Adil Rashid batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
dabbed out to backward point
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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 2.72 innings wickets is 0
eased into the covers off the front foot, Rashid settling a touch in this over now, but Stokes is warming up at 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 Adil Rashid batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 8 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.74 innings wickets is 0
on the pads, flipped to the leg side. Interesting dilemma looming for Joe Root
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.75 innings wickets is 0
wide line, tapped through backward point with an open 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.74 innings wickets is 0
left alone with a raise of 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.73 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, zipping off the deck as Mendis plays back. He's mixing it up well already in this 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.71 innings wickets is 0
wider on the crease, looking to swing this one into the toes on a fuller length. Pushed 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.7 innings wickets is 0
tight line, back of a length, kept out with a jab of 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.69 innings wickets is 0
bouncer. Good intent from Stokes though Mendis is able to duck this one pretty comfortably
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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 Joe Root batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.7 innings wickets is 0
tight line, full length, tapped to mid-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 Joe Root batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.69 innings wickets is 0
poked in the air through the leg side... a touch loose as this one disturbs the surface!
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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 Joe Root batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.68 innings wickets is 0
outside off, Root probing away 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 Joe Root batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.67 innings wickets is 0
legbreak from Root, he's got all the tricks these days
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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 Joe Root batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.66 innings wickets is 0
forward once more, stretching to 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 Joe Root batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.64 innings wickets is 0
another legbreak to mix it up. He's been watching Akila Dananjaya 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.63 innings wickets is 0
<B>wide line, a horrid waft, he's been given out!</b> De Silva <b>reviews</b> but England were so confident! But, <B>no!</b> No spike on UltraEdge, and the decision is overturned! The least confident man in that saga was umpire Erasmus, who I think gave the decision on England's reaction, rather than his own conviction...
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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 Dhananjaya de Silva over runs is 0 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.62 innings wickets is 0
<B>edged, gone this time!</b> Ben Stokes makes things happen once more! Playing away from the body, as Stokes angled it in from a wide line and kissed the edge of a flimsy poke. Root at slip stooped low, gobbled the chance, and England are in total command 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.61 innings wickets is 0
<strong>welcome to the crease Mr Mathews!</strong> A tasty bumper first up, and Angelo has to duck and weave to get out the way
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.6 innings wickets is 0
in that corridor, and Mathews happy to leave 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.59 innings wickets is 0
solid punch to mid off and an audible yelp of no
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.57 innings wickets is 0
very wide - you could park a bus in between the ball and Mathews - and it's left safely alone
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.59 innings wickets is 0
bang on the money straight away, a thickish edge to backward point and it's a single
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.6 innings wickets is 0
a bit of Stealers Wheel from Mathews there, unsure whether to go back or forward, so gets stuck in the middle. Pushed through mid-wicket. <strong>100 up</strong>
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.59 innings wickets is 0
poor ball down leg, but Mendis sweeps to Ali
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.58 innings wickets is 0
solid defence on a full ball on middle
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.6 innings wickets is 0
slightly back of a length and a good call for a single through 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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.58 innings wickets is 0
full on off, defended to short cover
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.57 innings wickets is 0
a dance of yes, no between Kusal and Mathews as this is defended to point. No damage done
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.56 innings wickets is 0
<strong>tasty!</strong> Terrific bumper and Kusal has to go down a rabbit hole and to ground to get out the way
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.55 innings wickets is 0
back of a length into the body, and Kusal is ordered back as he goes for a lunatical single
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.54 innings wickets is 0
an early call of no as he defends this into short leg area
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.53 innings wickets is 0
Kusal is down the rabbit hole, but looks to fiddle with a periscope of an uppercut. Very, very odd shot given the situation
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.52 innings wickets is 0
again, a tempter wide of the crease outside off, but too wide for Kusal to even contemplate it. England trying to build pressure here 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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.51 innings wickets is 0
a prod forward, then back, and pushed to point. Not much spin for Leach
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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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.52 innings wickets is 0
on leg and worked round the corner. Moeen swoops like an eagle but a single is still taken
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.51 innings wickets is 0
forward prod from Mendis and no run there
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.53 innings wickets is 0
a gazumping sweep out to deep mid-wicket, but just a single
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.54 innings wickets is 0
very full this time, and caressed down the ground
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.53 innings wickets is 0
a slight hint of turn but Kusal smothers this and it's another 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.52 innings wickets is 0
wide of the crease again, Mathews defends. Stokes, as ever, giving it his all for 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.51 innings wickets is 0
angling down leg and a comfortable take by Foakes diving to his left
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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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.55 innings wickets is 0
on the hips and clipped out to deep mid-wicket. They saunter through for a couple
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