Chris Woakes backed up their three early wickets by removing Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews with the eleventh ball of his comeback and later added Kusal Mendis and Milinda Siriwardana to leave Sri Lanka reeling at 67 for six. Superbly though England took their chances, they were the beneficiaries of some extraordinary generosity from Sri Lanka’s fielders who afforded let-offs to Moeen and Woakes in England's Moeen Ali on his way to an unbeaten 155 against Sri Lanka at the Riverside Getty ImagesA brilliant unbeaten 155 from Moeen Ali, followed up by another spell of new-ball domination from James Anderson and Stuart Broad put England in command of the second Investec Test match at a sunny Durham.

Source: The Times May 28, 2016 17:03 UTC