Alex Hales 94 puts England on driving seat
Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, 3rd Investec Test: England v Sri Lanka at Lord’s, Jun 9-13, 2016
Day-4
England 416 all out off 128.4 overs, AN Cook 85 off 173, 9 fours, JM Bairstow 167 off 251, 18 fours, CR Woakes 66 off 142, 8 fours, RMS Eranga 94-1, RAS Lakmal 90-3, N Pradeep 104-2, HMRKB Herath 81-4
Sri Lanka 288 all out off 95.1 overs FDM Karunaratne 50 off 101, 7 fours, JK Silva 79 off 139, 10 fours, BKG Mendis 25 off 54. 3 fours, MDKJ Perera 42 off 73, 7 fours, ST Finn 59-3, CR Woakes 31-3, SCJ Broad 79-2, JM Anderson 61-2
England 2nd Innings 233/7 off 71 overs Alex Hales 94 off 179, 10 fours, 1 six, JM Bairstow 32 off 72, 1 four, AN Cook 49 not out off 86, 3 fours, 1 six, RMS Eranga 58-3, N Pradeep 37-3, AD Mathews 20-1.
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 32/0 off 12 overs FDM Karunaratne 19 not out off 36, 3 fours, JK Silva 12 not out, off 36, 2 fours.
Sri Lanka need another 330 runs with 10 wickets remaining.
Alex Hales misses his century amid no-ball controversy and was dismissed for 94, was dropped on 19 by second slip on Saturday and reprieved off Pradeep’s bowling again on 39, when a diving Dinesh Chandimal floored a tough catch down the leg side, and again on 58 when Pradeep knocked Hale’s off Stump, but Umpire Rod Tucker incorrectly ruled that Pradeep had overstepped and called a no-ball and was denied a wicket. Pradeep who took 3 for 37 from 15 overs was also had three clear chances missed off his bowling.