England vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 1

Bairstow brought up his seventh Test fifty

Sri Lanka asked England to bat first on an overcast morning in Leeds

Alex Hales too scored his half-century as the teams went into Tea with England on 171 for 5, the hosts riding on an unbeaten 88-run stand for the fifth wicket

Alex Hales, who kept running out of batting partners, dug in to plot England's recovery

England were soon reduced to 83 for 5

Jonny Bairstow joined Hales to pull the team out of their early misery.

Even as the sun appeared from behind the clouds, there was a bit of gloom that hit the England dressing room as Alastair Cook was denied the opportunity to reach 10,000 Test runs.

Dasun Shanaka enjoyed a dream debut, removing Alastair Cook, Nick Compton and Joe Root in the first session.