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England vs Sri Lanka: Scoreboard, lunch, day 5, 2nd test

Leeds, England: England survived 70 minutes of the opening session against Sri Lanka to reach 83-5 when rain stopped play for an early lunch on the fifth day of the second test at Headingley. The

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Leeds, England: England survived 70 minutes of the opening session against Sri Lanka to reach 83-5 when rain stopped play for an early lunch on the fifth day of the second test at Headingley.

The tourists require five more wickets for their first series victory in England, but were frustrated by disciplined batting from Moeen Ali, 22 not out, and Joe Root, 9 not out.


Here is the scoreboard

 
Sri Lanka 1st Innings: 257
England 1st Innings: 365
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings: 457

England 2nd Innings
(Overnight 57-5)
   
Alastair Cook b Prasad                            16
   
Sam Robson c Jayawardene b Prasad 24
   
Gary Ballance lbw b Prasad                       0
   
Ian Bell b Prasad                                          8
   
Joe Root not out                                            9
   
Liam Plunkett c Pradeep b Herath            0
   
Moeen Ali not out                                        22
   
Extras: (1lb, 1w, 2nb)                                   4
   
TOTAL: (for 5 wickets)                                83
   
Overs: 44
   
Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-39, 3-50, 4-52, 5-57
   
To bat: Matt Prior, Chris Jordan, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.
 
Bowling:
Nuwan Pradeep 4-1-11-0, Shaminda Eranga 8-3-13-0, Rangana Herath 17-7-19-1, Angelo Mathews 4-0-8-0, Dhammika Prasad 11-2-31-4.