Nervous England need 36 runs on final day
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Sri Lanka rattled England with three quick wickets late on the fourth day of the first Test in Galle on Sunday, but the visitors remained favourites to win the match with just 36 more runs needed and seven wickets in hand.
England were expected to comfortably close in on a victory after Jack Leach took 5-122 with Sri Lanka all out for 359 in their second innings, leaving the visitors needing only 74 to win.
But Sri Lanka struck early, with Dom Sibley (2) and Zak Crawley (8) falling to left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya. Captain Joe Root was run-out for one after a mix-up with Jonny Bairstow.
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Bairstow and Dan Lawrence, who was making his debut, took a nervous England to 38-3 as bad light brought an early end to proceedings at Galle International Stadium.
Earlier, Leach tighten the noose around the hosts with a five-wicket haul while off-spinner Dom Bess claimed three wickets.
At the beginning of the day, Embuldeniya returned with zero runs. Former captain Angelo Mathews batted at number 7 and played an innings of 71 runs.
