Jonny Bairstow laid down a marker to be England's permanent Test number three on Friday but Sri Lanka clawed their way back into their final match with late wickets. At stumps on day one England, hunting a 3-0 whitewash, were 312-7, Bairstow having made 110 after partnerships of 100 with Joe Root and 99 with Ben Stokes.

"I was obviously pleased with it. There's only a few times you get to score a hundred for England, so it's a special time to be out there in the middle," Bairstow, 29, said afterwards. "The emotion and hard work that has gone into getting back out on the field is massive." Left-arm wrist spinner Lakshan Sandakan was Sri Lanka's most penetrative -- and expensive -- bowler of the day, taking 4 for 91 off his 21 overs.