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Your views on England's tour of Sri Lanka

Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham, Mike Peter & Huzaifah Khan

  1. Right, the players are out in the middle at the Pallekele International Stadium.

    Luke Wood has the ball in hand. Pathum Nissanka is on strike.

  2. David Gower
    Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

    It's going to have to be a special bowling and catching performance to win this game for England from here.

    Sri Lanka can be very happy with the performance so far. They just have to finish it off.

  3. Get Involved - England U19s beat Australia in World Cup semi-final

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    Manny Lumsden of England celebrates the wicket of Alex Lee-Young of AustraliaGetty Images

    Can we show some love to the U19s team? They have just qualified for the U19s World Cup final and have been unbeaten in the comp so far.

    Ryan, London

    Congratulations to the England under-19s who have just qualified for the World Cup final. It's nice to see an England team actually able to beat Australia at something.

    Sam, Cambridge

  4. Thanks, Mike.

    Had more than half an eye on the U19s during that innings. Oliver Peake gave England a bit of scare but they held their nerve.

  5. Well then.

    With the series won, an experiment in setting a score went rather badly as England finished on 128-9.

    Sri Lanka bowled superbly and will be confident of winning the final game of the tour.

    Here's Timothy Abraham to see how the second innings plays out.

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

    England are going to have to do something special to win this series 3-0.

  7. Eng 128-9

    Last batter Luke Wood finishes the innings with a single down to long-on.

    That's England's lowest ever score against Sri Lanka in this format, although it could have been worse after they slipped to 60-6 just after the halfway mark.

    Dushmantha Chameera finishes with figures of 5-24, his previous best in T20 internationals was 4-17.

  8. David Gower
    Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

    It goes absolutely dead straight to Sam Curran and it is five for Dushmantha Chameera Best ever figures for him.

    Great innings from Curran. A vital one in this poor showing from England.

  9. wicket

    WICKET

    Curran c Nissanka b Chameera 58 (Eng 127-9)

    Dot, four, gone.

    Sam Curran's innings comes to an end, and Dushmantha Chameera has his five-fer and career-best figures.

    A wide very full delivery gets the best of Curran, but the England all-rounder hits the next ball over the cover boundary.

    He throws his hands at the next delivery and fires the ball into the hands on Pathum Nissanka on the ropes at backward point.

  10. How's stat?!

    Kieran Parmley
    CricViz analyst

    England's Sam Curran in actionReuters

    Sam Curran's half century has come with a false shot rate of just 15%, more than half that of the rest of England's batting line-up at 35%.

  11. Eng 123-8

    Adil Rashid goes big!

    He scoops Dushmantha Chameera's first ball over short fine leg, then sends a skier into the leg side that lands clear of the fielders running in from the rope.

    That's a single, Sam Curran comes back on strike.

  12. Eng 118-8

    And that's now Sam Curran's T20 international top score.

    He hits Matheesha Pathirana's last ball for four, turning the ball behind square.

    Pathirana finishes with figures of 2-27.

  13. 50 runs

    50 for Sam Curran

    Eng 113-8

    England's Sam Curran celebrates after reaching his half century with England's Adil RashidReuters

    Fifty up for Sam Curran!

    He reaches the landmark off 44 balls, taking a single off Matheesha Pathirana down to long-on.

    It's his second half-century in T20 internationals, and equals his high-score in this format for England.

  14. Eng 109-8

    A dot to Adil Rashid to finish the over.

    Dushmantha Chameera has magnificent figures of 4-14 from three overs, having taken two wickets in this over and dismissed Ben Duckett and Will Jacks earlier in the innings.

  15. David Gower
    Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

    It's a decent catch by Janith Liyanage in the night sky with the lights around. It seemed to hang in the air forever.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Overton c Liyanage b Chameera 2 (Eng 109-8)

    Jamie Overton goes from the next delivery!

    He top-edges Dushmantha Chameera while targeting the leg side and loops the ball up into the air for Janith Liyanage to take a diving catch at point.

  17. Eng 109-7

    Top fielding from Dunith Wellalage.

    The Sri Lanka fielder catches new batter Jamie Overton on the long-off boundary but knows he's going to stagger over the ropes so flicks the ball away just in time.

    England run two.

  18. David Gower
    Ex-England captain on TNT Sports

    Everything's going Sri Lanka's way. Kamindu Mendis took it well

    Pretty much the first one Liam Dawson's got hold of and it's been caught.

  19. wicket

    WICKET

    Dawson c Kamindu Mendis b Chameera 14 (Eng 107-7)

    England's Liam Dawson walks after losing his wicketReuters

    Goes long, finds the fielder.

    Liam Dawson targets a six over the mid-wicket boundary off Dushmantha Chameera, but picks out Kamindu Mendis on the ropes.

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    If only every England player threw themselves into games like Sam Curran, epitomises the ethos we should play by.

    Declan, Wiltshire