England v Sri Lanka: third men’s Test match, day two – as it happened

England bowled out for 325 after Ollie Pope’s 154Sri Lanka reach 211-5 by the close but are fighting backJosh Hull takes his first Test wicket on debut

47th over: England 235-3 (Pope 110, Brook 15) Rathnayake, a more disciplined bowler, replaces Kumara. Brook charges his first ball, smashes it a million miles in the air, and is dropped pitifully by Asitha Fernando on the cover boundary. To compound his misery, he then slipped over as he tried to retrieve the ball.

England could easily have lost both batsmen already. Pope, beaten in the previous over, edges an outswinger between second slip and gully for four runs. The ball is doing plenty and, unlike yesterday morning, Sri Lanka are bowling a pretty consistent line.

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