And they survive.

Game over and it's a draw.

Sri Lanka finish on 201 for 9 with Eranga and Pradeep the not out batsmen both on 0.

Although the pitch was very flat resulting in a not very exciting match, there were some good moments.

The second of two Tests against Sri Lanka starts on Friday at Headingley.

Second Test started with England winning the toss and putting Sri Lanka in.

First wicket has fallen - Silva out for 13, Sri Lanka 37 for 1.

Karunaratne spectacularly bowled out by Plunkett for 28, Sri Lanka 56 for 2.

Jayawardene out for 22, Sri Lanka 108 for 3.

Thirimanne out for a duck, Plunkett is on a hat trick.

Mathews survives the hat trick. Sri Lanka 108 for 4.

Mathews out for 26 leaving Sri Lanka 161 for 5. Currently 187 for 5. Sangakkara is on 71.

Sangakkara out for 78, Sri Lanka 228 for 6.

Prasad out for 0, Sri Lanka 229 for 7, Chandimal is currently on 48.

Chandimal out for 45, Sri Lanka 229 for 8.

Eranga out for 0, Sri Lanka 229 for 9.

Broad is on a hat trick.

It seems that Broad did get a hat trick but he and the crowd were unaware of this. He got Sangakkara out on the last ball of his previous over, Chandimal on the first ball of this over, and Eranga on the second.

At the end of the over the announcer informed the crowd so that they duly applauded Broad who had not realised.

Pradeep out for 13 so Sri Lanka finish on 257 with Herath not out on 14. Plunkett got 5 wickets for 64 runs.

At close of play England are 36 for 0 with Cook on 14 and Robson on 21.

Cook out for 17, England 49 for 1.

England currently 166 for 1, Robson on 76 and Ballance 60. Steady progress but on the slow side.

Ballance out for 74, England currently 200 for 2, Robson is on 92.

Sam Robson

Eventually out for 127 England 278 for 3, a lead of 21.

Bell out for 64 quickly followed by Root for 13 leaving England 311 for 5.

Mooen out for 2, England 313 for 6.

A bit of a collapse rather like Sri Lanka's yesterday.

Close of play with England 320 for 6, Jordan on 4 and Prior on 3 with a lead of 63. England will be disappointed for the collapse as they had been hoping for a substantial lead to avoid having a second innings. As it is Sri Lanka will be thinking they are back in it. Tomorrow's first session could be critical in the outcome of the match though I will be out during that.

Totally agree! Hopefully England can push on and gain a first innings lead of well over100.

England 365 all out - a lead of 108

Prior was 27 not out - a pity the tail didn't hang around and give him more support to push the total up to around 400. Still, providing we now bowl well at the Sri Lankans 108 should prove a handy advantage.

Although Silva was out for 17, Sri Lanka have progressed to 86 for 1 and look set for a big score. At present England will do well to get a draw.

Karunaratne out for 45. At tea Sri Lanka 99 for 2 so trail England by 9 runs.

Sangakkara put for 55 and Thirimanne for another duck, both down to Moeen leaving Sri Lanka 176 for 4 with a lead of of 68.

The wicket is starting to take spin so unless England can get the remaining 6 wickets fairly cheaply they are facing an uphill struggle in their second innings.

Close of play Sri Lanka 214 for 4, a lead of 106. Jayawardene on 55 and Mathews on 24. Geoffrey Boycott has been scathingly critical of England's bowling today.

I wonder if England being eliminated out of the World Cup has demoralised the England cricket team in some way as they don't seem to be playing with a desire to win.

Mathews is well on course to win the game for Sri Lanka. Currently they are 363 for 7 with Mathews on 116, a lead of 255. At some point this afternon they will declare leaving England with a tough challenge to avoid defeat. It's hard to believe that England are currently 3rd in the rankings for test cricket and Sri Lanka 7th.

Herath was out just before the tea break for 48. Sri Lanka 426 for 8 with Mathews on 149 and a lead of 318. My guess is that Mathews will go all out once play resumes to see if he can get to 200 before they declare and get an hour at England before close of play,
However there are showers forecast at Headingley in the next hour or so which play curtail that plan. The forecast is dry for tomorrow and even if no further play was possible today, Sri Lanka are already in a strong position to win.

Mathews was out for 160, Pradeep for a duck so Sri Lanka 497 all out. Eranga not out on 20. Sri Lanka has a lead of 349 runs. Although England have sufficient time to get 350 runs, that seems unlikely.

Anything can happen.  Keep the faith

Cook out for 16, Ballance out for a duck first ball, England 39 for 2. Bell survives a hat trick by Prasad.

Although I want England to win, they are not playing as a team who believe they can win whereas Sri Lanka are.

Robson out for 24. England 50 for 3.

Bell 0ut for 8. England 52 for 4.

Oh dear!

Plunkett sent in as night watchman out fot a duck. As it was during the last over of the day, that was the close of play leaving England 57 for 5.

The England team are likely to face the most savage criticism ever levelled at an England side. I assume that Cook will announce his resignation as captain tomorrow and quite likely will be dropped from the team for the time being.

England in the World Cup may be criticised for the failure but they were drawn in easily the toughest group. That cannot be said for the cricket. They have no excuses for what has been a disgraceful display over the last couple of days.

England have moved on to 83 for 5 when rain intervened. An early lunch is being taken.

Root out for 31, England 124 for 6.

Prior out for 10, England 160 for 7.