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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 2.54 innings wickets is 0
honing in on off. Solid defence from Angelo
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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 2.53 innings wickets is 0
change of pace, just to keep Mathews honest. He's not going to be fooled that time
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is 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
persistence outside off, solid defence once more
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.53 innings wickets is 0
tip and run through mid-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 Jack Leach batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.52 innings wickets is 0
outside off. Defended straight to the 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.51 innings wickets is 0
and again. Anyone order a B&B stay?
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.53 innings wickets is 0
pushed through point and it's a meandering single
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.61 innings wickets is 0
<strong>wristy whippage</strong> on the sweep from Mendis. Too much on the pads and crunched hard through backward square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.6 innings wickets is 0
short, but bunted to 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.61 innings wickets is 0
fierce short ball and pulled down to fine leg. A clear plan against Mathews this
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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 2.6 innings wickets is 0
very full, enticing the drive, but Mendis hits it straight to the 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.59 innings wickets is 0
good pace back of a length, and once again 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.58 innings wickets is 0
<strong>why on earth are you doing that Mendis?! </strong>It's utterly bonkers to go periscoping when the situation requires you to dig yourself a trench
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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 2.57 innings wickets is 0
back of a length once more, defended to Moeen
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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 2.56 innings wickets is 0
<strong>oh that's a brute of a delivery.</strong> Sharp, wide of the crease and Mendis nearly edges this. Fine effort from Stokes
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.55 innings wickets is 0
full from Leach, clipped to mid 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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.57 innings wickets is 0
very full once more and they can scamper a single
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.65 innings wickets is 0
lots of air, but that is swept with the precision of a Yale locksmith. Beats Jennings running round
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.64 innings wickets is 0
back of a length on leg, turned round the corner for diddly squat
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.65 innings wickets is 0
back of a length and punched down the ground, just getting past Leach trying to field off his own bowling
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.64 innings wickets is 0
probing line, but with minimal spin on offer, easy batting for Mathews
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.63 innings wickets is 0
short once more, Mendis this time ducks
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.62 innings wickets is 0
<strong>just evades short leg!</strong> That's another perfume sniffer. Mendis fends it away and it's just short of the man placed there
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play type description is leg bye batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.63 innings wickets is 1
another brute of a short ball, works this one to leg slip
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.62 innings wickets is 0
this one doesn't get up as much and <strong>Mathews has cracked this straight into Burns' shin</strong>. Mathews immediately checks he's okay
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.61 innings wickets is 0
wider short ball, but clothed it to mid on
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.69 innings wickets is 0
<strong>just evades Foakes!</strong> Stokes is throwing the kitchen sink, the cooker, the walkman and the dishwasher at the batsmen with the short stuff and Mathews gets enough of a glove to get it wide and away for four
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.68 innings wickets is 0
on off and solidly 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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.67 innings wickets is 0
on middle this time, defended back to Leach
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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 Jack Leach batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
in the air, but he's swept that with utter conviction and delicious power! Goes for the mow over mid-wicket and that's flown many a mile
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
back to blocking mode as Leach goes on middle
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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 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
<strong>a smidgen of turn</strong> and 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 6 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
this one rises a bit and it's defended watchfully by Mendis
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.75 innings wickets is 0
just too short for Mathews to seriously be concerned
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play type description is four batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 4 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
<strong>clobbered!</strong> In the slot, and Mathews is expecting this. Picks his spot and hammers it through mid-wicket
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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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
and now shovelled round the corner. Me suspects this will be Stokes' last 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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
fuller this time and Mendis watchfully defends
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
duckingtons from Mendis, who doesn't even think about the uppercut 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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
wide of the crease, banged in, but Mendis rides this convincingly
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
bounce once more and defended 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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
flighted and pitched up. 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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
down leg and carefully 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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
<strong>first sign of indecision</strong> as Mathews was playing for more turn. Inside edge onto pad
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
much better this time. Forward and defended
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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 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
on leg stump and they pinch a single through square leg
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Ben Stokes batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
<strong>dropped!</strong> He nearly got his reward. Mathews cracks the absolute gubbins off of this straight to Anderson at mid-wicket who puts it down. Huge chance!
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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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
tentatively worked down to fine leg for 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 Ben Stokes batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
<strong>just wide of short leg! </strong>Stokes is making things happen here. If someone can find some replacement Duracells, he could keep going
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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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
less pace on this one and worked round the corner for one
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
Mendis ducks as he predicts early this will be short
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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 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
length this time, and Mendis defends. Stokes <strong>finally</strong> signals he needs a rest, and looks the colour of a beetroot. He has ran himself into the ground there.
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
outside off, pushed to extra 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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
another nudge through the covers and they take a single
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
on leg and carefully defended
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
<strong>hello hello!</strong> Mendis goes for a qucikstep down the track and launches over mid off. Moeen's a fair way back, but it's over him
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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 Kusal Mendis over runs is 5 dismissal is True dismissal type is caught dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
<strong>he has thrown away!</strong> Utterly bonkers. This is not smart cricket from Mendis. He's already shown Leach his intent, but now surely just work it for a single and keep the momentum up?! Not a chance say Mendis, as he goes dancing once more and skews it to Moeen. All that hard work done to see off Stokes, an...
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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 Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, plopped onto a good length and pressed to cover
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
inside-out drive 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 James Anderson batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
bending towards the off stump, pushed 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 James Anderson batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
<B>massive inswing, and is that a drop from Foakes?</b> I think it is, but it's a mighty effort, stretching to his left after having to adjust late to snatch at the inside edge. He saved four at the very 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 James Anderson batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
dipping in from outside off, but left alone on the wider line
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is James Anderson batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
devious inswing now for Anderson, a very full length and clipped anxiously out to the leg side
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 3 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
speared into the leg side for the 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, lobbed onto a good length, just testing the patience on an off stump line
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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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.88 innings wickets is 0
tossed up again, and well, there's the answer about patience! In the slot, and slapped aggressively over the bowler's head. Well played, but England might not mind Sri Lanka playing some strokes
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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 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.89 innings wickets is 0
wider line, chopped 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 Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.88 innings wickets is 0
sliding into the pads, can't connect with a clip to 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 Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.87 innings wickets is 0
pushed deeper into the crease, slip and silly point lurk to no avail
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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 Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 5 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.86 innings wickets is 0
full face of the bat, stretching down the line of the ball
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
dangerous shape now from Anderson, swinging late on a full length, but defended 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 James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.85 innings wickets is 0
<B>well bowled!</b> This one wobbles on a wide line, and beats a non-descript poke outside off. Despite the dampness around, definite signs of reverse swing here
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
full, straight, threatening. Mathews is on his mettle as he defends on 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 James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
another lovely late shaping lifter, outside off, and Mathews settles for just not nicking 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 James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.84 innings wickets is 0
on the pads, and defended 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 James Anderson batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 1 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
solid in defence, watching the wobble all 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, just poking away on a good off-stump 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 Angelo Mathews over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.83 innings wickets is 0
tapped into the covers for the 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.82 innings wickets is 0
squeezed into the covers, Leach settling for relentless accuracy over magic balls
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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 Dinesh Chandimal over runs is 2 dismissal is True dismissal type is bowled dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
<B>now there's the magic!</B> Perfect line and length, drift into the pads, a bit of bite off the deck, and back goes the off stump! Chandimal's lack of mobility perhaps played a part, as he ended up playing down the wrong line, but he was done in by the flight and beaten off 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 Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket, into the pads of the left-hander, and pushed 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
eased 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 James Anderson batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
round the wicket now for Anderson to the left-hander, back of a length and pushed 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 James Anderson batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
sturdy on the front foot, head over the ball, poked 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 James Anderson batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
much fuller length, almost the yorker, and well dug out. Not getting quite the same jag through the air from round the wicket though
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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 James Anderson batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
firmly onto the front foot, meeting the full length with a full face
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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 James Anderson batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.81 innings wickets is 0
patted into the covers and they jog back for two
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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 James Anderson batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.8 innings wickets is 0
back of a length, a touch of movement away from the bat as Dickwella blocks
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.79 innings wickets is 0
on a good length once more, giving nothing away in line or length
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.78 innings wickets is 0
clipped off the toes but straight to the 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 Jack Leach batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
very full once more from round the wicket, dipping late into the toes
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play type description is no run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 0 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.77 innings wickets is 0
nudged to midwicket, no run on offer there
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
probing away, Stokes loiters with intent at slip
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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 0 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.75 innings wickets is 0
outside off, and Foakes whips off the bails as Mathews topples forward, but his foot is safely anchored. A maiden for Leach, oddly his first of the innings
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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 James Anderson batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.74 innings wickets is 0
<strong>zippy length, lovely shape!</strong> Bursting past the splice as Dickwella is caught on the crease
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 1 bowler name is James Anderson batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.75 innings wickets is 0
an angled bat, capitalising on just enough width to pinch the single 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 James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.74 innings wickets is 0
back over the wicket to the right-hander, and there's that sharp bend back into the stumps. Defended, but threatening
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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 James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.73 innings wickets is 0
blocked on the line of middle and off as Anderson goes fuller and straighter
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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 James Anderson batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.74 innings wickets is 0
on the back foot, poked out to 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 James Anderson batsman name is Niroshan Dickwella over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.74 innings wickets is 0
tapped to short cover
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play type description is run batting team is Sri Lanka bowling team is England total runs on delivery is 2 bowler name is Jack Leach batsman name is Angelo Mathews over runs is 2 dismissal is False dismissal type is dismissal text is 2.76 innings wickets is 0
strays in length a touch, a chance for Mathews to bring out the cut, eased down to third man
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