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Your views on England's tour of Sri Lanka

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by Timothy Abraham, Sam Drury & Huzaifah Khan

  1. SL 236-6

    Adil Rashid. Six balls. Six singles.

    On we go.

  2. Drinks break

    A break for some H20. Or something a bit fizzier.

  3. SL 230-6

    Jacob Bethell briskly twirls his way through another over of left-arm spin. Sri Lanka not really able to make too much of indent into required runs.

    Five runs off the over.

  4. SL 225-6

    Target 358

    Pavan RathnayakeGetty Images

    Over-pitched from Rehan Ahmed and Pavan Rathnayake skips down the pitch to turn it in to a full toss and he pummels it to the boundary across the line for four.

    Penultimate ball of the over from Ahmed and Rathnayake duly repeats the trick.

    Rathnayake has 79 off 81 balls.

  5. Steve Harmison
    Ex-England pace bowler on TNT Sports

    Another player in this game, another batter in this game not knowing what to do, whether to hit it across the ground or in the air. And it's straight to Harry Brook to give England their sixth wicket.

    Great fielding by the England captain.

  6. SL 216-6

    Will Jacks draws an edge from Dunith Wellalage's bat and the ball races away for four. Harry Brook holds his hands up in frustration.

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    Somebody needs to take down Pavan Rathnayake and this should be swiftly ended.

    Mark

  8. SL 209-6

    Rehan Ahmed is chewing gum as he is briskly through another over of leggies. Ahmed pushes a few through rather than tossing them up. He sees his job as primarily a containing one today, perhaps.

  9. SL 205-6

    England huge favourites here. Dunith Wellalage is the new batter for Sri Lanka.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    De Silva c Brook b Jacks 9 (SL 202-6)

    Need to up the ante, Dhananjaya de Silva perishes in a simple manner.

    De Silva attempts to whip Will Jacks into the leg side but hammers it straight to Harry Brook at mid-wicket who takes a smart catch.

    Not enough air on it from De Silva.

  11. SL 202-5

    Sri Lanka nudge themselves past the 200-mark after Rehan Ahmed is given his first bowl of the match.

    Tidy enough from the England leg-spinner with Dhananjaya de Silva and Pavan Rathnayake content to simply just farm the strike.

  12. SL 198-5

    Adil Rashid needs a bit of the old WD40 on the knees after Pavan Rathnayake goes back and offers a glimmer of a caught-and-bowled chance with a tame chip.

    Rashid gets to the opportunity but cannot quite get down low enough in time to snaffle the catch.

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    Remember, Joe Root has two wickets in his last two balls. So technically if he gets a wicket with his next delivery, he will have a hat-trick across games.

    Tom, Liverpool

    If the ball is starting to turn more is it time for heroics from Rooty?

    Richard, Retford

  14. SL 193-5

    Jacob Bethell's peroxide blonde bonce continues to bob around under the floodlights as he wheels away with his tidy left-arm spin.

    We have a quick check for a run out after a brisk single from Dhananjaya de Silva. But Pavan Rathnayake manages to dive to make his ground at the striker's end.

    Sri Lanka need 165 from 126 balls

  15. David Gower
    Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

    The coaches on the sidelines and the crowd are all in appreciation of the effort from Pavan Rathnayake.

  16. SL 185-5

    Pavan Rathnayake with a thick edge off Adil Rashid picks up four.

    Sri Lanka need to go at eight an over from here to win this. They are going to have to have a bit of a dash at some point.

  17. 50 runs

    Maiden ODI fifty for Rathnayake

    Adil Rashid back into the attack for England.

    Pavan Rathnayake nudges the leg-spinner round the corner for a single to bank his maiden ODI half-century.

  18. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Pressure or switching off? Either way Sri Lanka must be kicking themselves. The target was massive but they got themselves into such a good position. Now the pitch is changing and run outs make the job immense.

  19. SL 177-5

    Jacob Bethell rattles through an over of left-arm spin. Dhananjaya de Silva is the new batter. He's off the mark with a single pushed to point.

  20. David Gower
    Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

    Oh no, just the one thing you want to avoid when the pressure is on and it has settled a little bit.

    Such a dismal way to go.

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