14/01/21
Day One
First Test underway. Live BBC commentary on internet and Radio 4 longwave. Yorkshire's Root, Bairstow and Bess are all playing for England. Sri Lanka won the toss, batted first and are 121-6. Bess has taken two wickets so far.
Update 1 -Tea : Sri Lanka 135 all out. Some careless shots from Sri Lanka, plus a dash of bad luck. Bess finished with 5-30. Bairstow was hit hard on the ankle, by a shot which was then caught by Buttler, and Bairstow then had to go off for treatment.
Update 2 - England 10-1 . Bairstow is now batting, so injury not serious.
Update 3 - Bairstow and Root have put on over 50 for third wicket. England now 77-2
Update 4- Fifty up for Root, 100 up for England... 100 partnership now...
Finished with England on 127-2, Bairstow 47 n.o., Root 66 n.o.