Sri Lanka v England: first Test, day four – live updates from Galle!

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13th over: England 29-3 (Bairstow 10, Lawrence 3) Target 74 Bairstow is actually a pretty useful man to have out there at the moment – good against spin, quick between the wickets, confident in his ability, a point to think he’s proved. He takes two to cover, then a further single to retain the strike.

“I live in Italy and if I remember the last couple of seasons correctly, the overseas link is only available during UK based Test matches,” laments Richard Harman.

12th over: England 26-3 (Bairstow 7, Lawrence 3) Target 74 Bairstow gets down to reverse Perera and the turn takes the ball past bat, pad, shoulder, keeper, and pandemic, racing away for four byes! He’d’ve took it! A single follows via sweep, and this is a huge over for England, er … five from it. Forty-eight required.

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Written by Tim de Lisle (earlier) and Daniel Harris (now)
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