ENG vs SL Ball by Ball Commentary

1 run, played towards point.

Takes pace off and it is on a short of a good length. Ratnayake hops away from the stumps as he moves towards the leg side. Adjusts to the length and the slowness of the ball by steering it down to deep third for one.

Attempts the yorker in line with the off pole. Ratnayake gets his bat down in time and keeps it out.

OUT! TAKEN! Jofra Archer strikes gold on his return to the attack. Archer steams in from around the wicket and digs it in short, on off. Mendis gets his hands high as he tries to take the short ball on. He does not quite go through with the shot completely and picks out the man at deep mid-wicket. With Mendis hitting into the wind, Will Jacks is a good 20-30 yards in off the ropes and he makes no mistake in completing the catch.

The length is pulled back, on off. Kamindu spanks it to deep cover for a single. A good comeback by Overton after being hit for a six.

Keeps it away from the batter's arc, flirting with the tramline, very full. Kamindu fails to reach the ball.

Across off, on a back of a length. Mendis tries to make use of the angle and run it down to deep third but misses.

SIX! All the way! Overton bangs it in short, it is the off-cutter. Mendis stands tall and climbs all over it as he nails the pull with a flat hit towards the deep square leg fence.

Pitches it up, on middle. Mendis tries to play the pick-up shot but gets an inside edge onto the pads.

Cross-seam ball, bowled into the wicket, on off. Kamindu taps it back towards the bowler.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Not the best of balls but Liam Dawson will take it. A bit of a drag down, near the tramline. Shanaka does not move his feet much and goes hard on the cut with his hands. The ball stays low to graze the underedge and Jos Buttler does really well to stay low and pouch it safely. Shanaka stands there in disbelief. Sri Lanka are now 107/5.

SIX! Put away with disdain! Dawson goes searching for the yorker but ends up serving a full toss, on middle. Shanaka takes full toll as he holds his shape and clobbers it over deep mid-wicket for half a dozen.

Short of a length, outside off, Dasun Shanaka slaps at it, but toward the wide mid off fielder.

Short, outside off, Dasun Shanaka cuts it to extra cover.

Pitches it up, on off, Dasun Shanaka eases it to cover.

Short of a length, on off. Dasun Shanaka gets down on one knee and sweeps it toward the left of the deep backward square leg for a brace. The 100 comes up for Sri Lanka.

A touch fuller, on off, Dasun Shanaka pushes it toward the right of mid off and gets a single.

Serves on a hard length, outside off, Dasun Shanaka cuts it well, but straight toward the point fielder.

Bangs a bouncer, angling in, over leg stump. Dasun Shanaka rocks back to pull it away, but ends up making a leave, probably thinking it's a wide. But the umpire remains unmoved.

Change of pace from Overton, on middle, Dasun Shanaka taps it with soft hands toward the right of the bowler.

Short of a length, over the stumps, Kamindu Mendis pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Back of a length, around off, Dasun Shanaka drags it to mid-wicket for one.

FOUR! CHANCE GOES DOWN! You can't really fault Tom Banton there. Floated up, on off. Mendis skips down the track and launches it down towards long off. Banton is a bit wide there, and he sprints to his left to get to the ball but slips in the process and falls on his back as the ball goes past him and into the fence.

Around off, Mendis guides it to short third.

FOUR! Short, on middle, Mendis brings out the reverse and plays it over short third for four runs.

Full and outside off stump. Dasun Shanaka sweeps it to deep mid-wicket for one.

Short, around off, Kamindu Mendis pushes it to point for one.

Googly on a length outside the off stump. Kamindu looks to reverse but misses.

On the pads, helped down to deep fine leg for a single.

Short, on middle, Dasun Shanaka clips it to square leg for one.

Angled in at the pads, on a good length. Mendis tucks it in the vacant mid-wicket region.

OUT! CHARITH ASALANKA IS RUN OUT! There was no real excitement from England at first, with many believing Jacks had missed the chance. But as it turns out, he did enough, and that is a crushing blow for Sri Lanka. Speared in by flat and short, on middle. Mendis plays the late dab and as soon as the shot is played, Asalanka sets off for the run. He is almost halfway through before being sent back. He turns around and is late in doing so. Adil Rashid at short third is quick to get rid of the ball and throws it on the bounce towards the bowling end. Jacks gets beside the sticks to inflict the run out. The third umpire is called into action and although Jacks got the slightest of touches, the replays confirm that when the stumps light up, Asalanka was short of his ground despite the dive.

Wayward from Jacks. Drifts down leg, on a length. Charith tickles it fine. It goes towards the deep fine leg fence, where it is hauled in just before the boundary cushions. The batters hustle back for the third run as the throw comes in. Jos Buttler gathers the throw and flicks it behind onto the stumps, but Mendis is in by then. 9 runs already off the over.

SIX! That has gone back many a mile. Floated up at 78 kph, on middle. Asalanka charges down the track, and even though he is not entirely to the pitch of the ball, he reaches out to club it against the spin over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Pitches it up, on off and middle. Kamindu Mendis tucks it to square leg.

That was dangerously close! A cutter from Jamie Overton, pitching it just behind the good length, around off. Kamindu Mendis lunges forward to clip it across, but the ball straightens and beats the outside edge to bounce over the off stump.

Bangs a shorter one, over middle and leg. Charith Asalanka leans toward the off side and pulls it late to deep fine leg for one.

A tad fuller, outside off, Kamindu Mendis punches it to deep cover-point for one.

Just misses the outside edge! Bashes hard on the good length, angling in, but it seams away. Kamindu Mendis looks to punch it toward cover, but it sneaks past the outside edge to beat the batter.

Short of a length, angling in, over off. Charith Asalanka charges down the track to pull it with hard hands, but gets the inside edge and it rolls away to deep fine leg for one.

Low full toss, around the pads, Charith Asalanka dabs it to long on and gets a single.

Fuller, outside off, Charith Asalanka pushes it to the off side.

Short, on off. Kamindu Mendis mistimes his sweep to short fine leg and gets across.

FOUR! More runs for the Lankans! Short of a length, just outside off. Kamindu Mendis goes deep into the crease and hammers it toward the right of the deep mid-wicket fielder for four runs.

On a nagging length, around off, Charith Asalanka flat bats it to long on for one.

Much fuller, outside off, Charith Asalanka misses his sweep.

SIX! BANG! Pitches it up, offering a bit of flight, on off. Kamindu Mendis skips down the track and swings hard to clear the long on fence for a biggie. 11 runs off Rashid's first over.

Full, outside off, flighted as well. Kamindu Mendis yet again tries for the reverse sweep but gets beaten on the outside edge this time.

Predetermined from Mendis! Fuller, on off, Mendis reverse sweeps it over backward point. Sonny Baker has a chase at it and slides away to cut it to two runs.

A touch fuller, just outside off, Charith Asalanka steers it to short third for one.

WIDE! Shortish again from Rashid, spilling it way outside off, beyond the tramline. Charith Asalanka misses his cut.

Short again, outside off, Charith Asalanka slaps it to the right of the short cover fielder, who makes an excellent stop. No runs from the delivery.

Short, around off, Mendis guides it to the right of short third for one.

Slower through the air, on middle, on a good length. Mendis skips down the track to push it away. He is not to the pitch of the ball and therefore, miscues it off the inner half square on the leg side for a single.

Darted in on a good length, on middle and leg. Mendis keeps it out on the leg side.

OUT! CAUGHT! Oh my word. What a catch from Harry Brook. Will Jacks drops his length short, just outside off. Pathum Nissanka opens his stance and decides to pull at it, but ends up hitting it flat toward the right of Harry Brook in the mid-wicket region. He locks his eyes on the ball, dives to his right and takes a sharp catch. Brook, on seeing Nissanka press back and set up for the pull, anticipated the shot and took a couple of steps to his right. That meant the ball came within his reach, and he did not have to stretch too far to complete the catch. Top stuff from the skipper of England.

Fuller, on off, Pathum Nissanka pushes it to cover.

FOUR! Beautifully done by Nissanka! Tossed up, fuller, around off, Pathum Nissanka plants his front foot toward the pitch of the ball and uses his bottom hand to hit it over cover for a boundary. Sri Lanka go past 50.

Fuller in length, on middle and leg. Charith Asalanka clips it toward backward square leg for a single.

Bowled by going wide on the crease, at 141 kph, on a good length, tucking the batter up for room. Asalanka drops it beside the strip on the leg side and hurries to the other end. At the end of 6 overs, Sri Lanka are 47/2.

From around the wicket for the left-hander, nice and full at the stumps. Asalanka forces the drive down the deck but hits it too straight. The ball catches Baker on the boot before he can react and it deflects towards cover.

Excellent work! Baker pushes the length up at 138 kph, on off. Nissanka gets his hands through the line of the ball as he crunches the drive down the ground. Harry Brook is quick to his right at mid off and dives to save a certain boundary. Just a single.

Good comeback by Baker. Lands it on a good length, around off. Nissanka checks his shot as he plays it back to the bowler.

SIX! That is a shot and a half! Bowled on a length, just outside off. Nissanka plants his front foot across and brings his wrists into play. He picks it up over square leg and, with the wind, the ball gets parked into the stands.

Honing in on the off stump, on a good length. Pathum pushes out in front of his body. Chips it a bit uppishly, but it drops short and stays away from the reach of the bowler to his left.

Fractionally short, on off. Asalanka punches it off the back foot but picks out the man at backward point.

OUT! CAUGHT! Kamil Mishara holes out! Jacks gives the ball a bit of air, on a good length, on off. Mishara puts on the dancing shoes, trying to hit it with the wind towards the leg side. He does not get to the pitch of the ball but still swings at it. Gets it right off the toe end of the blade, and it goes only far as long on, where Jamie Overton settles under it and gobbles it up.

Wide! Sliding down leg, Mishara misses out on the glance.

Looped up, on middle. Nissanka charges down the track, looking to go back over the bowler's head. He ends up getting too close to the ball and shanks it off the inner half towards deep mid-wicket. They cross.

Flatter and shorter, across off. Pathum stabs it down on the off side.

More good fielding! Jacks switches to around the wicket and slows it down, on a good length, on off. Nissanka reaches out in front and sweeps it in front of square on the leg side. Due to the rain we have had earlier, the ball slows down in the outfield, allowing Aneurin Donald to get to it. Donald sprints to his left and dives to prevent the boundary. Another brace.

Good effort in the field! Flighted up, on off. Nissanka sinks to a knee and clubs it towards wide long on. Jamie Overton covers good ground to his right and gets down on his knees as he pushes the ball away from the fence. Two runs taken.

Very full, on off. Nissanka steps out and takes the ball on the full. He firms the drive wide of extra cover, where Harry Brook slides to his left to cut it off. Just a single.

Drags the length back, on middle and leg. Mishara backs away and has a hack across the line. Miscues it off the inner half through square leg. They cross.

Short and turning back in at the hips. Mishara nurdles it behind square leg but can't get it through as the fielder dives to his left to make the stop.

Had to hurry! Fired in a full ball, on off. Pathum knocks it firmly towards mid off. Tom Banton swoops in but fails to pick the ball up cleanly in one go. A clean pick up and a direct hit could have found Nissanka in trouble.

Spears in a full ball at the stumps. Nissanka defends it with a straight bat.

SIX! With the wind and into the stands! Dawson floats it up, a hint of turn, on off. Nissanka gets down on a knee and nails the slog sweep over deep mid-wicket for half a dozen.

Much fuller, just behind the yorker length, outside off, Pathum Nissanka jams it toward the right of short third and gets across.

On a nagging length, on off, Pathum Nissanka rocks back and pulls it to mid-wicket.

Pitches it fuller, does Baker, on off and middle. Pathum Nissanka defends it back to the bowler. Baker, while completing his follow-through, tries to stop the ball with his right hand, but he loses his footing and the ball pops up awkwardly at him.

Slightly behind the good length, shaping in, on middle. Kamil Mishara clips it to deep backward square leg for one.

Sonny Baker scoots from around the wicket to bowl to the left-hander, offering a hard-length delivery around middle. Kamil Mishara tucks it to square leg.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! A well-judged catch by Jos Buttler. Not easy with the amount of wind, but Buttler was cool as a cucumber. Baker goes into the deck and angles it in at the body of the right-hander. Udara swivels on the pull but fails to roll his wrists over the ball. A top edge is found, and it is skied a long way up towards short fine leg. Buttler, the man with the gloves, calls for it and runs over his left shoulder. He settles under the swirling ball and takes a safe catch. End of a 22-run opening stand.

Hard length, outside off, Pathum Nissanka pats it to cover-point.

SIX! There we go! The first biggie of the contest. Good-length delivery, on off, shaping in. Pathum Nissanka plants his front foot across the line and offers a pickup shot to sail it over deep square leg for half a dozen.

On a length, around the pads, Lahiru Udara flicks it to short fine leg for one.

Hard-length delivery, over off. Lahiru Udara attempts to pull it away, but ends up getting the connection off the under-edge before it rolls toward short fine leg.

FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries from Lahiru! Back of a length, well outside off. Lahiru Udara camps back and cuts it toward the right of the point fielder for another boundary.

FOUR! Good presence of mind from Udara. Jofra Archer starts with a short-length delivery, outside off. Lahiru Udara picks up the length quickly, stands tall and upper cuts it over short third for a boundary.

Off the outside edge! A touch fuller, just outside the off pole. Lahiru Udara attempts to dab it to the leg side, but gets squared up. The ball bounces off the outside edge towards point. Single taken. 7 runs coming from the first over.

Good-length delivery, angling in, on off and middle. Lahiru Udara blocks it down the track.

On a nagging length, outside off, Pathum Nissanka guides it to deep backward point for a comfortable single.

FOUR! Off the edge! Pathum Nissanka is underway. Just a shade behind the good length, just outside off. Nissanka rocks back and pushes away from his body. Gets an outside edge, and the ball races past the short third fielder for a boundary.

Pitches it fuller again, does Baker, just outside off. Pathum Nissanka pushes late at it, towards the cover-point fielder on the bounce.

WIDE! Angling down the leg side, pitching it on a hard length. Pathum Nissanka fails to connect his flick.

Beaten straightaway! Full and wide outside off, Pathum Nissanka prods halfway to punch it away, but the ball beats the outside edge by a big margin.