Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
75.5
Broad to HAPW Jayawardene, SIX, banged in short and that's disappeared, reaches his half-century in style, rocks back and dispatches that via a pull over the deep midwicket boundary, a flat six, sweetly struck
Fifty for HAPW Jayawardene Very Well Played
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
Ethay Rakh 
shawa shawa lankan 
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75.5
Broad to HAPW Jayawardene, SIX, banged in short and that’s disappeared, reaches his half-century in style, rocks back and dispatches that via a pull over the deep midwicket boundary, a flat six, sweetly struck
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
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76.1
Swann to Lakmal, FOUR
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
Sri Lanka lead by 324 runs with 1 wicket remaining
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Nick: "Why do England's bowlers have bumpers as the default against tailenders? Do they think Sri Lanka have reversed the batting order and their lower order are invulnerable to getting out normally?"
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:D
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78.3
Swann to HAPW Jayawardene, SIX, caught on the boundary at deep midwicket and threw it back in just as he tripped over the rope, Samit Patel was right at the edge of the rope there and his left foot was actually in contact with the rope at the time that he caught that, so it’s a six, more runs for Sri Lanka, more frustration for England
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
^ i just want to post that 
PS: 200 up for SL
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
Current partnership 44 runs, 11.4 overs, RR: 3.77 (HAPW Jayawardene 30, Lakmal 12)
SL 211/9
lead by 336 runs
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
England need a huge target of 340 to win the Test and to prove that, they are true No.1 Test Team :@:
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
1st wicket
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8.5
Herath to Cook, OUT
**AN Cook c †HAPW Jayawardene b Herath 14 (25b 3x4 0x6) SR: 56.00 **
Appeal for a catch, Jayawardene has called for a review
31/1
England require another 309 runs with 9 wickets remaining
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Sri Lanka have lost one review, but the pressure is on England here.
9.6
Dilshan to Trott, no run, tossed up on the off, gets a stride out, gets outside the line with bat close to pads, Jayawardene has called for a **review** after a stifled appeal, Seemed tome like it was outside the line, just marginally as ball-tracking confirms, would have gone on to clip the leg stump but the original decision stands.
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
15.2
Dilshan to Strauss, no run, dropped, should it be called one? Driven straight into the pads of the fielder at silly point and it rolls back to the keeper, extremely difficult
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18.3
Herath to Strauss, OUT, Herath strikes, England under more pressure now, the openers are gone. Tossed up and he accepted the invite, danced down the track to smack that over mid-on, ended up being a thick inside edge and Dilshan dived to his right at midwicket to complete a sharp catch
**AJ Strauss c Dilshan b Herath 27 (64m 60b 2x4 0x6) SR: 45.00 **
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50 up for England
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19.5
Dilshan to Trott, no run, **appeal for lbw**, another one, this time Trott gets comfortably outside the line while trying to defend, was struck on the pads
19.4
Dilshan to Trott, no run, **appeal for lbw**, short outside off, turns in and Trott goes for the pull, misses, was rapped on the pads, ooh, looked close. Height may have been an issue. Replays show it would have just clipped the bails, umpire's call had it been reviewed
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End of over 40 (1 run) England 111/2 [TABLE]
KP Pietersen
29* (59b 4x4)
TM Dilshan
9-1-14-0
IJL Trott
40* (96b 5x4)
S **v*
8-1-19-0
And that ends day three in Galle with England having made a far better fist of this second innings. Still a huge amount of hard work to do with 229 still required to win but they do have a chance with eight wickets in hand. That was an excellent effort between Trott and Pietersen and they'll need a few more tomorrow if England are going to break some records.
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
England 193 & 111/2 (40.0 ov)
England require another 229 runs with 8 wickets remaining
Stumps - Day 3
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
England 142/3 (52.3 ov) England require another 198 runs with 7 wickets remaining
Day 4 - Session 1
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
56.5
Herath to Trott, no run, in the air, but dropped by the bowler! Trott came forward and closed the face, trying to play against the spin towards midwicket. The ball drifted into the right-hander from round the wicket, pitched in line with the stumps and spun away, taking the leading edge towards the bowler. Herath took a step to his left and lunged, getting one hand to the ball at head height, but he couldn't hold on
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58.1
Herath to Bell, OUT, 77.8 kph, a huge appeal for lbw and umpire Tucker raises the finger, but Bell reviews it immediately. He moved forward to sweep but he was far too early on the shot, Bell had to wait ages and when the ball finally reached him it dipped under his bat and hit the ball low on the pad. He was miles outside his crease. He got a long stride forward and his back foot was outside the crease as well. I can't see evidence of a bottom edge, but even if he hit it, I think the ball was caught be someone. Replays indicate the ball hit the pad just in line of off stump and would have just gone on to clip the outside of off stump. So the umpire's decision is upheld. Bell has to go. But he was a long, long way forward.
**IR Bell lbw b Herath 13 (34b 1x4 0x6) SR: 38.23 **
6 more to go :@:
Re: England tour of Sri Lanka,
England 177/4 (70.0 ov) England require another 163 runs with 6 wickets remaining
Lunch - Day 4
Lunch, 12.00 pm England have scored 66 in the first session for the loss of KP and Bell. Trott has been batting steadily, and is unbeaten on 76. He was dropped by Herath on 62. Run scoring has been hard work, and while Sri Lanka are still ahead, England are certainly still in the game