Live Cricket Score: England vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Day 1

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UPDATE 10.23 pm IST (4.53 pm GT) - Uh, oh! What we feared most has happened! PLAY HAS STOPPED DUE TO BAD LIGHT! If the players do not come back out by 10.30 pm IST (5 pm GMT) which is just a few minutes away from now, that will be it for Day 1. So, in all likeliness, this will be it for the first day of play as Dhananjaya de Silva sees not much reward in wasting the spinners with the brand-new ball.

Score after

5

overs

22 - 0

  • Dan Lawrence 9 (12)
  • Ben Duckett 13 (12)

Prabath Jayasuriya2-0-8-0

Prabath Jayasuriya to Dan Lawrence, FOUR! Runs coming thick and fast for England! Full and into the pads from Jayasuriya, Dan Lawrence takes a step down to the pitch of the ball and flicks it beautifully through mid-wicket for a boundary. 

Prabath Jayasuriya to Dan Lawrence, Flatter and fuller, on middle and leg, Dan Lawrence takes a step out and tucks it to mid-wicket.

Prabath Jayasuriya to Dan Lawrence, And again! Floated full, Dan Lawrence offers a solid front foot defence. 

Prabath Jayasuriya to Dan Lawrence, Floats it up, on off, Dan Lawrence presses out and blocks it to the on side.

Prabath Jayasuriya to Dan Lawrence, Angling in, on a fuller length and into the stumps, Dan Lawrence opens up and tucks it to mid on. 

Prabath Jayasuriya to Dan Lawrence, From around the wicket, lands it full and on middle and off, Dan Lawrence pushes it back to the bowler.

Score after

4

overs

18 - 0

  • Dan Lawrence 5 (6)
  • Ben Duckett 13 (12)

Dhananjaya de Silva2-0-14-0

Dhananjaya de Silva to Dan Lawrence, Slants it on a nagging length and into the pads, Dan Lawrence hangs back and tucks it to square leg for a single. 

Dhananjaya de Silva to Dan Lawrence, Full and on off, Dan Lawrence watchfully blocks it down the strip.

Dhananjaya de Silva to Ben Duckett, Floated full, Ben Duckett looks for the sweep but gets a top edge to fine leg region for three handy runs.

Dhananjaya de Silva to Ben Duckett, An arm ball, darted straight and full, Ben Duckett eases it back to the bowler. 

Dhananjaya de Silva to Ben Duckett, Nicely followed up by the Sri Lankan skipper! Gets the ball to grip and turn away, from around off beating Ben Duckett on the outside edge. 

Dhananjaya de Silva to Ben Duckett, FOUR! Nicely played! DDS offers flight on this and lands it full, on middle, Ben Duckett gets low and sweeps it behind square on the leg side for a boundary. 

Score after

3

overs

10 - 0

  • Dan Lawrence 4 (4)
  • Ben Duckett 6 (8)

Prabath Jayasuriya1-0-4-0

Prabath Jayasuriya to Dan Lawrence, Stright and on the stumps, Dan Lawrence just nudges it to mid-wicket and the batters set off for the run. Angelo Mathews collects the ball and has a shy at the stumps at the bowling end but misses. The overthrow allows the batters to jog back and steal a second run. A chance goes down for Sri Lanka!

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Prabath Jayasuriya to Ben Duckett, Fires it quicker and fuller, just outside off, Ben Duckett rocks back and punches it to long on for a single.

Prabath Jayasuriya to Ben Duckett, Fractionally shorter in length and on off, Ben Duckett presses ahead and eases it to covers.

Prabath Jayasuriya to Ben Duckett, Jayasuriya switches to over the wicket for the left-hander and tosses it up on middle and off, Ben Duckett prods out and pushes it back to the bowler. 

Prabath Jayasuriya to Dan Lawrence, Shorter this time, on the pads, Dan Lawrence clips it to deep square leg and gets to the other end. 

Prabath Jayasuriya to Dan Lawrence, Starts from around the wicket and flights it up, on the stumps, Dan Lawrence defends it with a straight bat.

Prabath Jayasuriya, the main spinner in the side, to operate from the other end.

  • Dan Lawrence 1 (1)
  • Ben Duckett 5 (5)

Dhananjaya de Silva1-0-6-0

Dhananjaya de Silva to Dan Lawrence, Pushed straight with the arm, full and on the stumps, Dan Lawrence drives it to long on and gets off the mark straight away with that single. 

Dhananjaya de Silva to Ben Duckett, Slides this full and on the pads, Ben Duckett flicks it behind square of the wicket on the leg side for a single. 

Dhananjaya de Silva to Ben Duckett, Quicker this time, full and on off, Ben Duckett punches it to covers.

Dhananjaya de Silva to Ben Duckett, FOUR! England and Ben Duckett are underway! Too full from DDS, outside off, Ben Duckett frees his arms and lofts it over covers for a boundary. 

Dhananjaya de Silva to Ben Duckett, Attacks the stumps on a good nagging length, Ben Duckett makes room and punches it to covers. 

Dhananjaya de Silva to Ben Duckett, Starts from around the wicket to the left-hander and bowls it full and outside off, Ben Duckett gets a good side in and taps it back to the bowler.

Sri Lanka XI: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal(w), Dhananjaya de Silva(c), Kamindu Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Milan Priyanath Rathnayake

England XI: Daniel Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope(c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Matthew Potts, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir

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