Cardiff Test: Sri Lanka to start day 3 with an upper hand

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England will resume their first innings 47/1 on the third day of Cardiff Test against Sri Lanka.

Openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook looked certain to come back to the pavilion not out at stumps but Suranga Lakmal removed the England skipper in the final over to cap an impressive day for the tourists.

At the end of the day two Cook was playing on 24 while night watchman James Anderson had opened his account with a single.

The home team is still 353 runs behind from the first innings total of Sri Lanka.

Eelier, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene hit a century. The well-organised right-hander made a valuable 112 to add to half-centuries from Tharanga Paranavitana (66), Tillakaratne Dilshan (50) and Thilan Samaraweera (58) as Sri Lanka were eventually dismissed for 400 in the evening session.

James Anderson and Graeme Swann claimed three wickets a piece while Stuart Broad scalped two batsmen.