England v Sri Lanka: first men’s cricket Test match, day four – live

66th over: Sri Lanka 229-6 (Kamindu 64, Chandimal 37) Chandimal tries to drive Atkinson and gets a thick inside edge over square leg for four. None of the England players picked it up as it came off the bat.

Oof, how close was that? Chandimal tries to pull and gets a bottom edge that whooshes past leg stump and away for four. Thirteen from the over.

So far so good for Sri Lanka, whose lead is now 105. Apart from that shemozzle yesterday morning they have played really well this Test.

65th over: Sri Lanka 216-6 (Kamindu 62, Chandimal 26) Woakes goes around the wicket to Kamindu, who defends with a certainty that has Nasser Hussain purring in the commentary box. “Look at that technique,” he says. “That is perfect.”

64th over: Sri Lanka 214-6 (Kamindu 60, Chandimal 26) After straying onto Chandimal’s pads early on, Atkinson bowls a terrific scrambled seamer that almost gets through. Chandimal inside-edged it onto his body, after which it could have gone anywhere. A maiden.

63rd over: Sri Lanka 214-6 (Kamindu 60, Chandimal 26) Two near misses in two balls for Woakes. A leading edge from Chandimal loops over his head and drops short of the man running round from mid-on; then he clips the next ball just short of Bashir at midwicket.

62nd over: Sri Lanka 211-6 (Kamindu 60, Chandimal 23) Chandimal, who had his thumb scrunched by Mark Wood yesterday, doesn’t look totally comfortable but is in there and fighting. He’s hit on the pad by a good ball by Atkinson, who surprisingly doesn’t appeal for LBW. The cordon went up and, though it was probably missing leg, I reckon it was closer than Atkinson thought.

Chandimal gets his first runs of the day, clipping Atkinson for three. There have been lots of those in this game because of the slow outfield.

61st over: Sri Lanka 208-6 (Kamindu 60, Chandimal 20) The first ball of the day snakes away, keeps a bit low and beats Kamindu Mendis outside off. Kamindu smiles wryly, knowing there wasn’t much he could do, then drives crisply through the covers for four. He looks a very good player.

“Sad to see Wood injured,” says Tom Van der Gucht. “I was intrigued to find out what you meant when you said about England’s use of him recently- do you feel they’ve over-bowled him, or have a more insightful theory.

“As for his replacement, I feel that the spirit of Bazball includes a fondness for left-field selections based on potential. With that in mind, I wouldn’t be surprised to see someone more random get the call up like Josh Hull. I seem to remember Key mentioning him and he’d bring some different angles and extra height.

Not sure about that, though Hull might be in the white-ball squad. One thing Stokes and McCullum rarely do is change the cab rank unless there’s a good reason, and Stone is next in line. He’s also closer to a like-for-like replacement. With Wood, I don’t think they’ve overbowled him really (maybe one spell in the third Test) but the injury will make them review it all with fresh eyes and that can’t be a bad thing. He is so precious. Imagine a pace attack of Wood, Archer, Atkinson and Stokes in the Ashes. I dare you, I double dare you.

Chris Woakes has the ball in his hand. Play!

Here’s the TMS overseas link. You know who to thank.

Game considers game

In case you missed this yesterday

Simon Burnton on Big Ange

At times he conjured memories of his great innings at Headingley a decade ago, before he fell for 65 to a combination of Chris Woakes and a changed and swinging ball. England will be grateful that similarities with that 2014 match did not get any more pronounced: on that occasion Sri Lanka scored 257 in the first innings and England made 365 in reply – an almost identical script to this game – before Mathews struck 160 to set up a comeback victory. Sri Lanka continue to dream of a similar outcome in 2024.

Ali Martin’s day three report

As for the weather, it’s over to the Ian McCaskill des nos jours. It looks like play will start on time.

Morning one, morning all. We start with bad news, and for once I’m not talking about the Manchester weather. I’m sorry to report that the world is going to hell in a handcart Mark Wood will not bowl today because of a thigh muscle injury. Chances are that’s him for the summer, never mind the game.

It’s such a shame, because he has been throwing flames with remarkable consistency. But in the medium term it might not actually bethe worst thing: it will make England review their use of Wood (I’m not sure they’ve done too much wrong in this game on that front) and it will probably give them a chance to have another look at Olly Stone.

Every cloud and all that. We reserve the right to revise this opinion if, in Wood’s absence, Sri Lanka build substantially on their overnight lead of 82 and pull of a victory for the ages.