Day 1, Stumps. An interesting day of Test cricket that was. England had a dream start earlier in the day as Atkinson and Woakes removed the Sri Lankan openers in successive overs and the two pacers got a few more wickets following that. Sri Lanka were reduced for 113/7 in the post-lunch session, however, de Silva and Rathnayake played pivotal knocks to give Sri Lanka’s total some respectability. Shoaib Bashir was also amongst wickets as the off-spinner claimed three wickets in the 23 overs he bowled. England couldn’t bowl pace due to poor light conditions in the final session, however, their spinners finished off the tail by bowling in tandem. Sri Lanka couldn’t bowl pace either and England managed to score 22 runs in the 4 overs of spin they faced before bad light stopped play.
