Sri Lanka's Roshen Silva held fort with his unbeaten 46 to resist a persistent England spin attack and guide the hosts to 244 for seven at tea in the second Test on Thursday.
Brilliant fielding by Ben Stokes enabled England to end a key stand between Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva as Sri Lanka reached 139 for 4 at lunch.
Malinda Pushpakumara replaced Rangana Herath, while batsman Roshen Silva plays in place of the injured Chandimal.
England scored 73 runs in the first session for the loss of 3 wickets to stretch lead to 250 against Sri Lanka.
England allrounder Chris Jordan has expressed his desire to be involved in all three formats for England going forward.
England fast bowler Mark Wood admits that his time is running out to stake a claim in England’s World Cup squad.
England clinched the series by defining 3-0 margin, but skipper Eoin Morgan doesn’t want them side to get carried away.
England secured their ninth straight series victory, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the fourth ODI, but not before rain had interrupted play.
During a practice session where the England team was engaged in a game of football, Bairstow suffered an injury to his right ankle.
After a gap of two days, one will see as many as four riveting matches in the competition take place on Sunday, making it a ‘Super Sunday’.