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- Updated: May 21, 2016
Lunch Sri Lanka 91 (Anderson 5-16, Broad 4-21) and 77 for 2 (Mendis 47*, Chandimal 7*) trail England 298 (Bairstow 140, Hales 86) by 130 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
James Anderson continued his Headingley renaissance with the wickets of both Sri Lanka’s openers on the third morning of the first Test, but a gritty show of resistance from the 21-year-old Kusal Mendis meant that England were forced to play the waiting game after enforcing the follow-on.
By the time a rain shower swept in to force an early lunch, Mendis had rattled along to 47 not out from 55 balls, an innings of skill and application from a player held in high esteem by Kumar Sangakkara, among other fine judges of the game, and already his highest score in four Tests to date.
He did, however, enjoy two big moments of good fortune: first on 29, when Jonny Bairstow – who hadn’t put a glove wrong up to that point – spilled what would have been his eighth catch of the match, …
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