- Day four: Sri Lanka 135 and 359 all out; England 421 and 38-3
- Jack Leach mops up tail as England close on win in first Test
The final hour of the fourth day in Galle threw up the type of drama that makes Test cricket such a bewitching sport; one of those passages of play you wish you could stick in front of the eyeballs of its money-obsessed administrators, Clockwork Orange-style, when they talk about the format’s impending demise.
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