ENG vs SL 1st Test Day 1 Highlights
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00:00And a pitch that as ever here at Old Trafford feels pretty hard underfoot.
00:16Welcome Mark Butcher. You did it once here and then were dropped next game.
00:21Did a bang up job.
00:23From a bowlers point of view.
00:42First positive stroke.
00:45From Karunaratne who leans into a drive or a push through the offside.
01:03Good cricket so far. Looks solid.
01:07Taking opportunities though to turn over the strike.
01:12Oh he's nicked that hasn't he? Surely yes. There was a little sound. A short ball.
01:17Karunaratne looking to pull through the leg side and just gets a very fine edge through to Jamie Smith.
01:27Got him yeah. Good catch Joe Root.
01:30That full length that we were asking for from Chris Wokes brings some late movement and a loose drive from Madushka.
01:41Oh now. Oh he's given him. Height might be an issue here.
01:46It certainly looked very straight. Wokes was a bit wide on the crease. It nipped back.
01:50Angelo Matthews leaving the ball alone. Has been trapped in front. Given out.
01:55He's going to review it.
01:56Now original decision is out.
01:59The ball is pitching outside off. The impact is in line. Wickets hitting.
02:06Bad leave from Angelo Matthews. Good decision from Paul Rifle.
02:14It's been flayed away through square cover. Outfield slow.
02:20Very green and lush.
02:32Wide of the crease. Maybe it was the footholds.
02:35Punched nicely through a straight mid-off. Won't go for four. They should get three.
02:51Really good.
02:53Worked off the hips.
02:58Played late and just opened the face of the bat.
03:03Kusumendis moves into double figures.
03:10And the second boundary of the morning. That one a bit more streaky. An edge.
03:16Hurries away for four. Leavenover's done 25 for three.
03:23Hats leg side. That was the first one he strayed onto the pads. And he's just tickled that fine Chandamal.
03:29For his first boundary.
03:34Nicely played. Just opened the blade.
03:38Gets his third boundary. All in that area behind square on the offside.
03:45Driven nicely.
03:49Kusumendis has looked to attack. He's looked positive.
03:56What a beauty.
03:59Now, has it come off glove or forearm?
04:02I think he's walking.
04:05Gracious me. That is a fantastic delivery from Mark Wood.
04:0993 miles an hour. And that extra bounce. And it's hit him on the bottom hand.
04:15In the end, a pretty simple catch from Harry Brook. He's got strapping on that hand anyway. That won't help.
04:23Sharp. Very good shot.
04:27Delivery had no venom, but it was
04:31very efficiently punched down the ground. And the running in the end was good.
04:38Width and absolutely hammered.
04:42If Chandamal is going to get any width, that's what he's going to do.
04:51Effectively tucked away leg side for a couple.
04:57Using the pace and there's plenty of it from Mark Wood to run that down the third man for four.
05:12To work a bit harder now.
05:16That's a nice line and length.
05:20Sometimes you just accept that as a fielding side and you gleefully grab it as a batter.
05:31Probably be a couple to end the 19th over.
05:35Sri Lanka move to 61 for four.
05:41Just work nicely with the pace and the space on off or outside off stump.
05:50That's kept really low and that is unfortunate.
05:56Chandamal to stands with hands on hips. Bashir stands with hand over mouth.
06:02Original decision is out.
06:05Ball pitching outside off the impact is in line.
06:10And wickets hitting.
06:14Day one of the test match here at Old Trafford.
06:17We've got a daisy cutter for the fifth Sri Lankan wicket.
06:26Atkinson falls in behind this one.
06:35A little tempter above the eye line.
06:40And Mendes was more than happy even though it's getting close to that lunchtime hour to go after it.
06:50That's nice.
06:51And that will skip across the surface here at Old Trafford.
06:55Quite a bit of rain yesterday.
06:58Might be just one of the reasons that restricted that from going for the boundary.
07:05Yeah, we've already seen it so far today.
07:08It's a shot that he enjoys playing.
07:11Why not when you play it so superbly well?
07:17The feather through to Jamie Smith.
07:20He won't drop that.
07:21So after getting hit for four through the offside,
07:24he fights back and picks up his third.
07:30Rides the ball up and over.
07:32Handy runs.
07:37Off the back foot.
07:39Square drives it for four.
07:44Nicked it with the ball pushed up.
07:46Excellent bowling from Atkinson.
07:48Hostile by and large with the exception of that no ball which was marginally above shoulder height.
07:54It was short ball.
07:57Will play some shots.
07:59Pops can do nothing about that.
08:00That's powerfully struck.
08:06Well, Dan Angea is happy to trust his partner and that single takes him to 50.
08:12And good time too.
08:18Cut away beautifully.
08:19Waited, waited, waited.
08:22Lovely shot.
08:23128 for seven.
08:29Lovely shot.
08:31Only a hint of width from Wood.
08:33And Ratnajka has punished that through point.
08:38First boundary in test match cricket.
08:44A very solid blow from Dan Angea De Silva against the breeze.
08:50We talked about the breeze and the drift.
08:52And again, that ball started to drift towards slip.
08:58Down the pitch and over mid-off this time.
09:01So back to back boundaries for Sri Lanka's captain Dan Angea De Silva.
09:08And for the Yorker, a slightly over pitched.
09:13Ratnajka does well.
09:23It's well played.
09:24Really well played by Ratnajka.
09:28And that's a fine shot.
09:38It was round the wicket.
09:39If you drag it down, that can be the result.
09:41Excellent shot again.
09:47Oh, that's wonderful.
09:49He's played some fabulous shots through the offside.
09:53To a delivery that didn't get up a massive amount.
09:59Gone, got him.
10:01Off spinner to right-hander with a leg slip.
10:03You're in business.
10:08Oh, what a delivery.
10:15It's an inquiry as to whether there was something on that.
10:19Keep going, keep going.
10:22There's a gap between the bat and the ball.
10:24Flat line as it passes the bat.
10:27I'm satisfied there's no bat involved.
10:29I'll let you know when you're on screen.
10:30You're on screen.
10:38Nicely played.
10:40Saw him on furler.
10:41Good pull shot in the afternoon session off Mark Wood,
10:45who's appreciably quicker than Gus Atkinson.
10:51Another good-looking shot.
10:52A drive this time.
10:54And although the outfield is slow,
10:57well, I thought it might beat the fielder to the boundary,
11:01but it hasn't.
11:07High he goes.
11:08He gets it over Wokes.
11:10And that is a terrific way to bring up your first test match
11:14of the century.
11:15He's had a fantastic day so far.
11:17Milan Rathnayake.
11:22Was that a bottom edge or did he hit the ground?
11:25This will be a difficult one to work out.
11:30Did he hit the ground?
11:35There's a gap as the ball passes the bat.
11:38Flat line.
11:40I'm satisfied there's no bat involved.
11:43Yeah.
11:46Bats hit ground and I'll trade showing that the noise came.
11:54Up and over.
11:55Will it go all the way?
11:56Yeah, I think it has.
11:58They're going to have a look at it.
11:59Umpire already signals six.
12:06That's a very pleasing shot from Rathnayake again.
12:10He has shown real batting ability.
12:16Swung away into the leg and other than some pigeons,
12:19there's nothing out there.
12:21And it does go for four.
12:23They take the wickets anyway.
12:27Goes again.
12:28This time doesn't get it over.
12:29England do have the breakthrough.
12:31It's a decent catch from Chris Wokes.
12:33Running back, taking the ball high above his head.
12:36And Bashir's persistence has paid off.
12:38Pope's persistence has paid off.
12:45Well, that's not the best delivery that Shoa Bashir has bowled
12:48this test match.
12:50Chucked down the leg side.
12:51Bars against the keeper.
12:57Smoked down the ground.
12:59A slog sweep that has gone through a very straight mid-on for four.
13:07Nice routine.
13:09I still think it's...
13:15A run out.
13:17I reckon that's it.
13:20We've come a long, long way down.
13:24Oli Pope, the skipper.
13:28Up and over.
13:30And there is your answer.
13:31We're not leaving balls at the start of the innings,
13:34It's either it's seam or spin.
13:41Take the single as well.
13:49And off the mark straightaway.
13:50The best way to do it.
13:58The call was too off the bat.
14:01It was too off the bat.
14:03Risking it.
14:09Mixed up a direct.
14:11I think he would have been gone.
14:14Instead, they can just casually.
14:21A favoured shot of Ben Duckett.
14:26It's the top edge.
14:31It's gone exceptionally fine.
14:34The outfield here.
14:36Because of the weather around in Manchester.
14:42Just like that.
14:43Once in a while.
14:47Searching for something extra.
14:48Something more.
14:52Dan Lawrence.