Sri Lanka vs England Live Score: Sri Lanka elect to field as England seek consolation win

Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 55/1 (9.2 overs) 9.2: Sam Curran to Kusal Mendis, Full and around off, skidding through. Kusal eases the drive towards cover..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 55/1 (9.1 overs) 9.1: Sam Curran to Kusal Mendis, Curran slides one into the legs, bowling it a touch fuller. Mendis tries to get inside the line and flick but gets it off the leading edge and back down the pitch.. Sri Lanka are beginning to motor along now as 33 runs have come in the last three overs. Sam Curran comes into the attack as the first bowling change, replacing Sonny Baker..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 55/1 (8.6 overs) 8.6: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, On a good length, angling the ball in from outside off before getting it to straighten. Fernando covers the line well and blocks it off..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 55/1 (8.5 overs) 8.5: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, Good length, on middle and leg, and this is nudged away in front of mid on..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 55/1 (8.4 overs) 8.4: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, FOUR! Glorious from Avishka Fernando this time. Overpitched and outside off, Fernando just leans on and creams the drive through extra cover for another boundary..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 51/1 (8.3 overs) 8.3: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, FOUR! Oh, just through the gap. Banged in on a hard length around off, not all that short. Fernando swivels back and short-arms jabs it uppishly and in between short mid-wicket and mis on for a boundary. 50 up for Sri Lanka..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 47/1 (8.2 overs) 8.2: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, Good length, straighter in line now, and Fernando clips it down to mid-wicket..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 47/1 (8.1 overs) 8.1: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, Pitched up a bit, outside off and sliding onto the bat nicely. Fernando leans on and caresses it straight to the cover fielder..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 47/1 (7.6 overs) 7.6: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, Bowled fuller and outside off, shapes it back in pretty late. Mendis rocks back and jams it down to short third..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 47/1 (7.5 overs) 7.5: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, SIX! BANG! Length ball at the stumps, Kusal Mendis takes a step across to move inside the line of the ball and whacks it down towards long on for another biggie. 18 off the over with a ball to go..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 41/1 (7.4 overs) 7.4: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, A bit of hesitation, but no damage is done. Hard length around off, Fernando hops across and nudges it down to the right of square leg before eventually scampering through for a single..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 40/1 (7.3 overs) 7.3: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, Back of a length and outside off, steered down to deep third for a single..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 39/1 (7.2 overs) 7.2: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, SIX! It seems like a change of bat has also brought about a change in fortune for Mendis. Banged in short and at the batter, but Kusal is ready for it. He gets inside the line early and muscles it over deep backward square leg for a biggie..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 33/1 (7.1 overs) 7.1: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Kusal Mendis has decided to go hard at the bowlers now. Full of a good length, on off, and Mendis laces it straight back, just to the left of the bowler and the ball rockets to the fence..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 29/1 (6.6 overs) 6.6: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, Full of a good length, close to the off stump. Mendis makes room and dabs it down to deep third for a single..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 28/1 (6.5 overs) 6.5: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, FOUR! Finally, Kusal manages to get one away. Banged in short over middle, Mendis wallops it away over mid-wicket and picks up his first boundary of the game..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 24/1 (6.4 overs) 6.4: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, Ouch! Kusal Mendis has not nearly, but has actually cleaned up the non-striker here. Pitched up on middle, Mendis laces a straight drive a tad uppishly and straight into the body of Avishka Fernando at the other end. Fernando does well to get compact and avoid a hefty blow to his body..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 24/1 (6.3 overs) 6.3: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, A half-hearted appeal for LBW, but that seems too high. Bashed into the deck, bowling it over middle. Fernando gets inside the line to pull but it isn't short enough and the ball goes off the thigh pad and behind square leg. Leg bye taken..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 23/1 (6.2 overs) 6.2: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, Short and angling down leg, and this is pulled down to fine leg for a single..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 22/1 (6.1 overs) 6.1: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, Good-length delivery, on a tight line around off and there's a hint of movement into the batter. Mendis looks to open up the off side but pulls out and ends up chopping it down on the deck..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 22/1 (5.6 overs) 5.6: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, Just a couple of boundaries and 10 dot balls in the last two overs. Hard length outside off, Fernando rocks back and extends his arms, punching it straight to the cover fielder..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 22/1 (5.5 overs) 5.5: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, Good length, hitting the deck hard and angling it into off. Fernando solidly blocks it to extra over..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 22/1 (5.4 overs) 5.4: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, FOUR! Through the gap. Way too full from Baker, on middle and leg. Fernando takes a step to the off side and shovels it off the pads through mid-wicket for another boundary..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 18/1 (5.3 overs) 5.3: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, Nagging length, in and around off, getting the ball to hold its line again. Fernando tentatively defends it to the off side..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 18/1 (5.2 overs) 5.2: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, Really full and outside off, looking to swing it back in. Fernando lunges across and jams it out to covers..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 18/1 (5.1 overs) 5.1: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, FOUR! That's nicely done. On the shorter side, straighter too. Fernando moves inside the line and uses his wrists to flick it uppishly over mid-wicket for a boundary..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 14/1 (4.6 overs) 4.6: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, A maiden from Atkinson. Back of a length and over off, Kusal Mendis presses back and dabs it down to cover..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 14/1 (4.5 overs) 4.5: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, Five dots on the trot now. Full-pitched delivery on off and middle, just nips back in a bit, skidding through. Mendis leans on to defend but gets an inside edge onto the pads.. Kusal's bat has snapped in two, with the handle coming clean away from the blade. The reserve player comes in with a couple of options for Mendis to choose from. He does select one, and is good to resume..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 14/1 (4.4 overs) 4.4: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, Bowled from wider on the crease, slanted back into the batter. The ball hits the bat hard as Kusal looks to defend it on the leg side, and actually, the bat is broken in half. The English players have a laugh as Kusal continues to have some bizarre incidents with the bat in this series..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 14/1 (4.3 overs) 4.3: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, Good length again, in the channel, patted down towards point by Mendis..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 14/1 (4.2 overs) 4.2: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, Good length, on off again, and straightening a bit. Mendis gets squared up a touch and nudges it down to cover-point..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 14/1 (4.1 overs) 4.1: Gus Atkinson to Kusal Mendis, Pitched up on the off stump line, Mendis opts to defend it from the crease..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 14/1 (3.6 overs) 3.6: Sonny Baker to Kusal Mendis, Back of a length, in the channel. Kusal Mendis presses back and angles it down through backward point for a run.. Baker looked likely to strike with the way he is getting the ball to move. Kusal Mendis, the skipper, is in at number 3. He has been short of runs in this series and would look to make a big impact this time around right before the final.. Just lost his line a bit on that previous ball. Baker continues from around the stumps..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 13/1 (3.5 overs) 3.5: Sonny Baker to Kamindu Mendis, OUT! TIMBER! Sonny Baker is ecstatic, and he's been brilliant with the new ball. Baker lands the ball a tad fuller than a good length and on off. Kamindu Mendis thinks it is the conventional away-swinger and looks to play down the line, but the ball holds its line and catches a feather of an inside edge before crashing into the stumps. Sri Lanka are rocked early in their chase of 387 and are now 13/1..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 13/0 (3.5 overs) 3.5: Sonny Baker to Kamindu Mendis, Wide. Around the wicket to the left-hander, full and sliding it down leg..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 12/0 (3.4 overs) 3.4: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, Another inswinger, relatively full and angled into middle and leg. Fernando clips it to the right of mid on and pinches a quick single..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 11/0 (3.3 overs) 3.3: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, Pitched up on the fifth-stump line, Fernando prods ahead and strokes it on the up, but it is quickly cut off by the short extra cover fielder to his right..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 11/0 (3.2 overs) 3.2: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, On a length and much wider of the off stump, curves back in a bit. Fernando punches it out to cover..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 11/0 (3.1 overs) 3.1: Sonny Baker to Avishka Fernando, Ooh, that's nearly snuck through. The inswinging yorker, nips back in sharply towards the stumps and lands right in the blockhole. Fernando does well to keep the front leg out and jam his bat down in time..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 11/0 (2.6 overs) 2.6: Gus Atkinson to Kamindu Mendis, Length ball on off and middle, pushed back down the deck..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 11/0 (2.5 overs) 2.5: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, Just short! Short-pitched delivery, picked up off the hips and flicked down to fine leg by Fernando. Sonny Baker runs in from the deep and puts in a lunging dive, nearly reaching the ball. Baker also does well to get his body behind the ball and keeps it down to a single..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 10/0 (2.4 overs) 2.4: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, Full of a good length, around off and darting back in. Fernando gets halfway forward and pushes it down to mid off..Sri Lanka vs England Live Score : 10/0 (2.3 overs) 2.3: Gus Atkinson to Avishka Fernando, Much fuller this time, in and around off, Fernando gets caught back on the crease and gets an inside edge onto the pads.