England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Sri Lanka tour of England, 2016 Venue: Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Date & Time: May 27-May 31, 11:00 AM LOCAL

This looked plumb the moment it hit the pad. 61 runs of awesomeness, 91 balls of genius resistance ends. The inswinger from Anderson this time, Herath was stuck on the crease trying to second-guess which way the ball will move. Comes shooting in with the angle, raps the pad and a referral, albeit a formal one, confirms a plumb LBW.

Anderson's 450th Test wicket as well. Sri Lanka are 430 for 7. They are 33 ahead now.

After Chandimal's century, Herath gets to a fifty with a single. This is will certainly frustrate England. These two have added 104 runs for the seventh wicket. Sri Lanka 418 for 6.

Hello and welcome to the live blog of the fourth day of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka. After a string of dismal batting performances in their last three outings, finally the visitors stepped up with the bat. A different approach was required in the second innings and for once the batsmen did not disappoint. Alastair Cook's side were left frustrated as Angelo Mathews, Kaushal Silva and Dinesh Chandimal posted half-centuries that took Sri Lanka to - within 88 runs of making England bat again and avoid the humiliation of a second successive innings defeat. Nevertheless, with a refreshed bowling attack and a new ball, England will still be confident and look to fancy their chances of bundling out their opponents on day four, as Sri Lanka's tail looks extremely fragile in these conditions. Let's see if Chandimal and Siriwardana manage to delay the inevitable.

If you missed Sri Lanka's resistance from the third day due to the IPL final, you can read our match report

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The sun is out and the players are out the as well. Spin to start and 46 more needed.

And we have a wicket as well. Full and flat, Hales goes back to flick it to the on side. The ball skids, takes the pad before hitting middle. Milinda Siriwardana gets a wicket. England 35 for 1.

Cook and his men have clinched the series 2-0. England knock out the 79 runs without breaking a sweat and in the process clinch the series as well. In the end it was Sri Lanka's hapless batting display in the first innings that came back to haunt them. But they would take a lot of heart from their second innings display as the batsmen led by Dinesh Chandimal's strokeful century showed good intent to dig it out in the middle. Alas, Anderson's class was a little too hot for the young batsmen to handle. Despite being on the field for 171.5 overs at a stretch, the old warhorse still managed to pose enough questions to snare an eight-wicket haul. It however sets us up perfectly for the next Test, which despite being a dead rubber promises to be a mouth watering contest with a resurgent looking Sri Lankan batting attack.

That's it from us folks! Until next time then ...