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20-May-2016 17:54:00 GMT
England v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Headingley, day 2

Anderson, Broad Skittle Sri Lanka for 91

Leeds: England have a stranglehold on the first Test after forcing Sri Lanka to follow on 207 runs in arrears.

James Anderson took 5-16 and Stuart Broad 4-21 to dismiss the tourists for 91 on the second day at Headingley.

England had extended their overnight 171-5 to 298 all out, with Jonny Bairstow completing a fine second Test century before holing out for 140.

Broad claimed early two wickets and Anderson returned late on to wreak havoc. Sri Lanka were 1-0 at the close.

Bad light ended play two balls into their second innings but, with three days left in the game and cloud cover expected to remain, England will be confident of going on to take the lead in this three-match series.

Bairstow has been in peerless form this summer, and had come in to this match desperate to score a Test ton on his home ground.

And after his overnight partner Alex Hales had ended his patient 206-ball innings with an ill-judged swipe off Rangara Herath to be caught at deep cover for 86, Bairstow pushed on with Steven Finn as Sri Lanka's bowlers struggled to make best use of the conditions.

Bairstow's hundred came up off 144 balls with a single turned into a two by an overthrow, and he removed his helmet to point his bat and clenched glove to the Leeds skies.

He had struck 13 fours and a six when his adventure finally cost him, an attempted lofted drive over the top off Dushmantha Chameera instead ending in Nuwan Pradeep's hands at mid-off.

Broad produced a classic Headingley delivery - pitched up on off stump, moving away late - to take the edge of Dimuth Karunaratne's bat, Anderson induced another edge with a short, spitting delivery to account for Kaushal Silva for 11 and Broad repeated the trick to dismiss Kusal Mendis for a duck.

It was perfect bowling for quintessential Leeds conditions, and a batting order missing its great stars of the past decade had no answer.

Ben Stokes had Dinesh Chandimal taken beautifully by a diving James Vince at third slip and, while skipper Angelo Mathews marshalled a brief rearguard, Anderson returned in the extended evening session to worsen the tourists' predicament.

A big inswinger had Mathews trapped lbw for 15, although a review would have seen the batsman survive, and when debutant Dasun Shanaka edged behind for a golden duck Bairstow had his fourth catch of the innings.

With 99 needed to avoid the follow-on Anderson kept up the assault, clearing up the tail to finish with 5-16, his best Test figures at Headingley.

While bad light denied him the chance to make inroads in the second innings, it was a fitting reward for 11 overs of persistent accuracy and threat.

Brief scores
England -
298 (Bairstow 140, Hales 86, Shanaka 3-46)
Sri Lanka - 91 (Anderson 5-16, Broad 4-21) & 1/0 (0.2 ov) (f/o)
Status - Sri Lanka trail by 206 runs


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