Live Cricket Score of England vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Day 3 at Chester-le-Street

A familiar tale unfolded on the second day as well as England took complete control of the 2nd Test. After Moeen Ali stroked a beautiful century, Cook declared the innings two short of 500. The visitors then put on a horror show yet again as only Kusal Mendis showed a bit of application. Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad took three wickets each to leave them struggling at 91 for 8 at stumps. They are 407 runs short of England's total and you have to say from here, there is only one winner and if Lanka do not show any sort of improvement, we will witness a three-day Test yet again.

The pressure is well and truly on the trio of Chadimal, Thirimanne and Mathews. The skipper scored plenty of runs the last time his side toured England and he will have to bring out his best in the second innings to stand a chance of reversing the fortunes. England on the other hand, will look to polish off the tail and enforce the follow-on as soon as possible.

All it took for England to strike was three deliveries on the morning as Lakmal edged one behind to the keeper. Sri Lanka may not even cross 100 here. 93 for 9 with Thirimanne struck at the other end.

As widely expected, it is all over here. Sri Lanka added just ten more runs for the final two wickets as Thirimanne perishes while attempting a slog. And no surprises as England have decided to enforce the follow-on. They want to get this done today. Can the visitors put up a fight in the second innings?