Live Cricket Score: Sri Lanka vs England, 3rd Test, Day 3

Stumps, Day 3

Sri Lanka will have to better the highest chase at Sinhalese Sports Club in order to win the third and final Test against England in Colombo. It doesn't help that they are four down already in trying to chase 327 on a wearing pitch, and need a further 274 runs going into the fourth day.

A fifth-wicket partnership of 89 runs between Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes formed the mainstay of England's batting in the second innings, helping the visitors overcome a top-order collapse which saw them lose four wickets in the first hour of play today. Moeen Ali's two wickets dented the chase in its infancy and the question that remains is not how but how soon are England going to win this.

Wickets, wickets, wickets

Leach gets Dhananjaya de Silva LBW in his first over (thanks to a successful DRS review) and then Moeen Ali bowls Karunaratne through the gate. Three down.

Wait, there's more. Angelo Mathews falls to Stokes again, miscuing a pull shot. Four down. What's left in this Test, again?

Sri Lanka lose Gunathilaka

Lovely offbreak, that spins to take the outside edge to Stokes at slip.

Sri Lanka need 327 to win

Beautiful ball to remove Jack Leach. Drifts and spins to take the edge. England could add only 20 runs since Tea, with Malinda Pushpakumara finding form again and picking wickets.

The question is: how soon can England win this?

Dilruwan Perera becomes the quickest Sri Lankan to 100 wickets at home

Smashed into Mendis

Forward short leg is such a difficult place to be. Foakes pulls .. and pulls it straight into the fielder. Magic spray, please.