11.10 pm: And after all the talks about England being hot favourites... the World Cup sees a massive twist! On that note, it’s goodnight from us here at The Field. Join us for India v Afghanistan on Saturday.

11.05 pm:

Sri Lanka have now beaten England four World Cups in a row:
2007: SL won by 2 runs
2011: SL won by 10 wickets
2015: SL won by 9 wickets
2019: SL won by 20 runs

DIMUTH KARUNARATNE: Close match. At the end of the day it was teamwork. We thought we couldn’t score 300, wanted to set 250-260. Angelo batted really well when we lost wickets. When Malinga got a couple of wickets, we had to keep him for the last few overs. And then Dhananjaya got two wickets in one over, that is why this is a proper team-effort. Root’s wicket was the turning point.

EOIN MORGAN: We held Sri Lanka to a chaseable total. We did not have substantial partnerships. It’s frustrating. Need to learn as much as we can from today and bounce back on Tuesday. Need to be better at adapting. [Message] will be brief. Just need to bounce back quickly. [Blow to SF hopes?] Not at all. This is a long, long tournament. Exciting to play Australia at the home of cricket.

10.50 pm: On a slightly tangential note, Virat Kohli knows best... this is what he had to say ahead of the World Cup.

“250 can be defended under pressure” - what a call from the Indian captain.

Player of the match, Lasith Malinga: We know how good Stokes is, but we stick to our basics. We knew how to exactly bowl to him at the end. Line and lengths were important, and the variations of the slower ball and bouncers. We have good confidence, we know how good enough we are.

England 212 all out in 44 overs - SRI LANKA WIN BY 20 RUNS

Sri Lanka needed a spark. This World Cup needed a spark. And Sri Lanka have provided it with a massive, massive upset!

SRI LANKA HAVE DONE IT! Pradeep gets the outside edge, Wood is gone.

“What a day it has been for cricket, What a day it has been for Sri Lankan cricket,” beams Sangakkara on air!

46.1: Hit to long on, Stokes denies single

46.2: Full on the pads of Stokes by Pradeep and the England all-rounder wide of long on for a boundary. So much power!

46.3: Moves across the stumps, tries to heave it over midwicket but it is good enough to find the boundary past long leg. Malinga runs to Pradeep with some advice. England need 22 off 21 balls!

46.4: Driven well through cover, they think about running two but Stokes decides against it.

46.5: Stokes takes the single to midwicket. Crowd cheers as Wood comes on strike. Can Pradeep finish this here?

After 46 overs, England 203/9 - need 30 off 24 balls: BIG OVER!

HEADINGLEY IS NOW BOUNCING! Two balls in the slot from Udana and Stokes starts the over with two superb shots in the V. First one over long on, the next one over long off. Denies a single off the third ball and then Stokes taps the ball into the vacant leg side and takes two. Wood almost slips but recovers. More drama!!! Two slips in place for Wood off the last ball, he defends it and crowd erupts for a dot ball.

After 45 overs, England 188/9 - need 45 off 30 balls

Couple of dot balls to start the over and then Malinga bowls a slower-ball wide... cheers from a nervous crowd. Stokes then finds the cover fielder and they don’t run. No run off the fourth ball too as he digs out a yorker to long on. Pressure builds and builds.....something’s gotta give yeah? HALF CHANCE!! Stokes plays a flick in the air, Dhananjaya is just a fraction late and that proves critical as the ball falls just short of the fielder. Malinga is on his knees!! WHAT DRAMA.

Malinga finishes with figures of 10-1-43-4! LEGEND!

After 44 overs, England 186/9 - need 47 off 36 balls

Wood plays out that Udana over and now Stokes will face Malinga.... the required rate has climbed drastically too! What will Stokes do?

Malinga’s last over coming up....

After 43.4 overs, England 186/9 - ARCHER GONE!

Oh dear, oh dear. The series of slower balls pay off for Udana.. a superb spell from him too. Archer loses the patience and goes for a big shot down the ground with long on back. Silly cricket. SL on the brink of a big win!

“Beautiful bowling plans, Sri Lanka have hunted as a pack,” says Sangakkara, the delight in his voice evident!

After 43 overs, England 185/8 - need 48 off 42 balls

Yorker, yorker, bouncer from Malinga to Archer and the England pacer manages to keep all of it out (with some help from his bat edge and his body). Just a couple of singles in that Malinga over... one more over left for the SL star. Will Dimuth bowl him out? Udana from the other end now. Stokes on strike....

10.13 pm: Well, well. Archer on strike and Malinga comes on for his 9th over. Just two good balls could finish this game right here, right now.

After 42 overs, England 183/8 - need 50 off 48 balls

Archer survives playing a loose shot, as an outside edge flies past the slip fielder down to third man. Stokes plays and misses once but manages to rotate the strike well. Five runs from that over by Udana and that is not bad for now for England. They need to take this deep and force SL to make mistakes.

After 41 overs, England 178/8 - HOSTS ON THE ROPES!

What an over. Finishes with a peach to Archer, that the rookie just about keeps out.

De Silva has figures of 3/32 now... what a day he is having. Udana back into the attack, Stokes on strike. Required rate is above 6 now (just about).

After 40.5 overs, England 178/8 - RASHID WALKS BACK!

WHAT AN OVER! INCREDIBLE SCENES IN LEEDS! Lovely drift from de Silva and the ball turns back ever so slightly after pitching. Rashid gets a thick outside edge and Perera takes a sharp catch. That was not easy... BRILLIANT FROM THE LANKANS!

After 40.1 overs, England 176/7 - WOAKES WALKS BACK!

This game has turned, well and truly. Chris Woakes edges a short-ish ball behind to Perera and there is jubilation among the Sri Lanka players. Dhananjaya does the damage! Morgan looks on in disbelief.

After 40 overs, England 176/6 - FIFTY FOR BEN STOKES!

A genuine edge that takes Stokes to his half century. Streaky but he won’t care. Holding doesn’t understand why Pradeep did not have a slip there.

We are into the final 10 and England need 57 runs with four wickets in hand.

After 39 overs, England 171/6 - MOEEN GOES SIX AND OUT!

ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH! Strap in, folks! This match is heading for a thrilling finish. De Silva gets hit for a six over midwicket and then, Moeen, instead of consolidating, goes for another six down the ground. But Udana takes a superb catch at long-off boundary. Not the way he would have wanted his 100th ODI to end. Rash shot! Woakes is the new man in...

After 38 overs, England 164/5 - Stokes 48, Ali 10

Heart-in-mouth moment for Moeen in that over by Perera as he chips a cover drive but the ball falls short of the fielder. Five runs from that over. England going steady.

After 37 overs, England 159/5 - Stokes 47, Ali 7

England will take this all-day. Risk-free five runs in that over. De Silva had a slip for Moeen but had SL had one for Stokes earlier in the over, he was a goner. An outside edge, as he failed to read the turn, would have ended Stokes’ innings. Not to be though.

After 36 overs, England 154/5 - Stokes 44, Ali 4

Perera starts off the over with a peach, angling and moving away from Moeen who is beaten comfortably. He is off to one of those classic tentative Moeen Ali starts here.

Dhananajaya replaces Malinga from the other end.

After 35 overs, England 151/5 - Stokes 43, Ali 2

Malinga continues his 2nd spell in search of his 5th wicket (that might be it for him now). Stokes and Ali play that over out, as 150 comes up. There is definite tension in the air in Leeds now. Malinga’s figures are now 4/39 after 8 overs.

After 34 overs, England 148/5 - Stokes 42, Ali 0

What a chance for Moeen Ali to be a hero for England in his 100th ODI. Stokes, meanwhile, moves into the 40s with a delightfully timed flick through square leg for a four off Perera.

9.31 pm: Here’s a look at that review from Buttler, he was hoping the ball would slide down the leg side. It did not. A typical Malinga stump-to-stump full ball. Brilliant from the SL legend! And great thinking with the silly mid-on too.

After 33 overs, England 144/5 - BUTTLER GONE!

EVENTFUL OVER AND A POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGER! Sri Lanka have a silly mid-on in place for Buttler and Malinga almost had the England star caught there. The fielder moved into position quickly but the ball goes through his grasp quickly. Malinga then comes back with a bouncer which Buttler puts away in style for four. And then a superb yorker from Malinga, Buttler plays around it. The ball missed the bat, is hitting him in line with the stumps. ALL THREE REDS, ENGLAND LOSE THEIR REVIEW AND THEIR VICE-CAPTAIN!

After 31 overs, England 140/4 - Stokes 38, Buttler 6

Buttler has come out looking as busy as he tends to be at the start of his ODI innings. Quickly moves on to 6 off 6 balls. Stokes, who will now look to bat the distance, moves into the late 30s with a dab down to third man for a four off Perera.

After 30.3 overs, England 127/4 - JOE ROOT GONE!

WICKET! Malinga back into the attack... and Malinga strikes! This is a soft dismissal, something we have seen a few times in this World Cup now. A leg glance attempted by Root, Mendis appeals for a caught behind. Umpire says not out and then just in time, Karunaratne reviews! AND HE’S RIGHT TO! There’s a spike on Ultra Edge!

MILESTONE ALERT: Fifty wickets in World Cups for Malinga and what a time to get there!

After 30 overs: England are 126/3 - Root 57, Stokes 31

Surprisingly, SL persist with Jeevan Mendis’ leg-spin. And to his credit, he concedes just four singles. And as we thought a while back, Malinga comes on for another spell with SL searching for a breakthrough.

Meanwhile, this is so lovely!

After 29 overs: England are 122/3 - Root 55, Stokes 29

No fuss, five easy singles off Pradeep’s over that ends with a Kane Williamson-esque dab between keeper and wide slip.

From hereon, England should cruise you think. The required rate is dropping, two superb batsmen well-set in the middle. SL need some magic from somewhere.

After 28 overs: England are 117/3 - Root 52, Stokes 27

Oof, Stokes is up and running! Is he shifting gears in Leeds? Mendis flights one up, Stokes dances down the track and hits a brutal, flat six down the ground. Later in the over Mendis bowls a rank long hop, Stokes’ eyes light up. Slapped down the ground once again. Fourteen runs from that over! Stokes could change this around in the next 30 minutes if he goes on like this.

After 27 overs: England are 103/3 - Root 51, Stokes 14

Pradeep, who bowled a top first spell, is back for another go but goes for runs this time as Stokes finds a pressure-releasing boundary. Around the wicket, angling into Stokes’ pads, worked past midwicket for a boundary. Bouncer in the over called wide. Seven runs from that over as England cross 100. SL were 119/3 at this stage.

After 26 overs: England are 96/3 - HALF CENTURY FOR ROOT!

ROOOOOOOOOOTTT! At his home ground, the England No 3 is playing another match-defining innings. Reaches his fifty with a single down to long off. Comes off 78 balls, his fifth fifty-plus score in the tournament and 33rd half century in ODIs. Has crossed 400 runs for the World Cup too. Five runs in that Jeevan Mendis over.

After 25 overs: England are 91/3, Sri Lanka were 114/3

This match is definitely in the balance. If Sri Lanka could Joe Root....

After 25 overs, England 91/3 - Root 47, Stokes 7

A loud appeal from Udana for a LBW against Stokes as he gets the ball to angle back in to the left-hander. Root inches closer to another fifty in this World Cup, this one at his own ground.

Half-way stage: England need 142 runs off 150 balls.

After 24 overs, England 88/3 - Root 45, Stokes 7

CLOSE! Joe Root has a long stare at the pitch as a gentle off-spinner from de Silva stops on him and the England No 3 almost scoops it back. The ball definitely stopped on him there.

Agree with Lara?

After 23 overs, England 85/3 - Root 43, Stokes 6

Just when we were praising the discipline of the Lankan bowlers, Udana feeds Stokes a length ball on his pads, the Englishman puts it way past fine leg for his first boundary. More change of pace from Udana in that over.

After 22 overs, England 81/3 - Root 43, Stokes 2

Dhananjaya de Silva comes back into the attack and concedes 4 singles. Couple of easy singles for Stokes, Sri Lanka would not want him to settle down. Maybe time for a second spell for Malinga.

Meanwhile, the reaction time for Udana’s caught & bowled was: 0.44 seconds!

After 21 overs, England 77/3 - Root 41, Stokes 0

Another tight over by Udana, just one run off it. You could sense the relief in Sangakkara’s voice when he sees this disciplined bowling effort so far... Stokes yet to get off the mark. Root moves into the 40s.

After 20 overs, England 76/3 - Root 40, Stokes 0

Couple of stylish shots from Stokes against Perera but he finds the fielders inside the circle. SL doing the right thing but not conceding too many easy singles.

38/2 in the first 10 overs, 38/1 in the second phase as SL continue to make life hard for England.

After 19 overs, England 73/3 - Root 37, Stokes 0

Here’s a look at the catch. Superb from Udana.

After 18.4 overs, England 73/3 - UDANA STRIKES!

Well, well, well. We have a match on our hands for sure, for sure! Udana continues to impress off his own bowling. After two superb runouts against Australia, he now pulls off a top reflex catch to dismiss Captain Morgan. The England captain cannot quite believe he is out off a full toss. Hit powerfully, Udana instinctively puts his palms to his right and takes the return catch.

Morgan c&b Udana 21 (35)

After 18 overs, England 70/2 - Root 35, Morgan 20

Morgan not quite his usual self at the moment against the scrambled seam deliveries, his timing seems a bit off. Not the easiest of pitches to drive through the line. Just 2 runs off that Perera over.

After 17 overs, England 68/2 - Root 34, Morgan 19

Morgan could well take a liking to Udana here given the favourable angle of the left-arm pacer. Two boundaries in that over. First, Morgan uses the angle to tickle one to fine leg. Then, Root plays a superb flick through mid-wicket.

DRINKS: Current is 4.00, required rate is 5.00. Not often you see good whole numbers like that.

After 16 overs, England 58/2 - Root 29, Morgan 14

First signs of aggression from Morgan as he dances down the track to Perera and chips one down the ground. Felt like he hit it well at first look but it just plonks into the turf well short of the boundary line.

Time for Udana...

After 15 overs, England 53/2 - Root 27, Morgan 11

Another steady over, just three run conceded by de Silva. But the England batsmen are not exactly troubled, both looked to have settled down into a nice rhythm, seeing the ball well.

After 14 overs, England 50/2 - Root 25, Morgan 10

Pradeep’s lovely first spell comes to an end and Thisara Perera comes on to bowl. 50 comes up in that over. England seem to have decided to take things slow at the moment, dig in and grind this out. No counterattack. At least, as of now.

After 13 overs, England 47/2 - Root 23, Morgan 9

Why is there no slip!? A straighter one from de Silva gets the outside edge and Root is lucky SL did not have a slip in place. There was turn and bounce on display in that over too as Morgan failed to read a delivery from round the wicket. Edges all around. This is getting very interesting at the moment.

After 12 overs, England 42/2 - Root 21, Morgan 6

Another superb over from Pradeep as he keeps Root quiet with a superb stump-to-stump line. Just a single off the last ball of the over. Pradeep’s figures are now: 6-1-12-0

After 11 overs, England 41/2 - Root 20, Morgan 6

Dhananjaya de Silva joins the attack and bowls a quiet first over. The English batsmen aren’t taking any risks for now.

7.46 pm: Spin from Sri Lanka as the 2nd powerplay begins. (A first powerplay by England where they scored less than 40! Who would have thought!)

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After 10 overs, England 38/2 - Root 17, Morgan 6

CHANCE! Oh, how has that carried to the fielder at second slip! Superb set up from Pradeep as he bowls a bouncer and follows that up with a scrambled seam full ball. Morgan goes heavy at this and gets a thick outside edge but somehow the ball falls short of the slip fielder. Pradeep is disappointed. More pressure from Sri Lanka. This powerplay has been a superb contest.

After 9 overs, England 35/2 - Root 16, Morgan 5

Intentionally or otherwise, three very different balls to start off the over from Malinga. A length ball is driven through cover by Morgan for four and then Morgan ducks at a bouncer. Malinga then fires in a full toss that Morgan just about keeps away and looks at the leg umpire. Root then finishes the over with a superb cover driver down the ground.

Nasser: “Every time Malinga bowls, there is a discussion on social media whether Malinga chucks. What do you think Mikey?”

Holding: “That is why I don’t use social media”

After 8 overs, England 26/2 - Root 12, Morgan 0

MAIDEN OVER: Another top over from Pradeep, who is doing the right thing by keeping the pressure from one end. He continues to bring the ball back into the right-hander with a series of in-dippers. Nasser Hussain thinks its drift. A cautious Root, not helped by movement behind the bowler’s arm, plays out a maiden over.

After 6.5 overs, England 26/2 - VINCE GONE!

MALINGA STRIKES! After back-to-back boundaries, Malinga has the last laugh against Vince! Two gorgeous shots from James Vince. Full ball from Malinga, driven down the ground. SL then bring in a silly mid-off to stop him from playing that shot. I’ll go through square leg then, says Vince as Malinga feeds him on the pads. But Malinga, the wily old fox he is, continues to keep the ball full and Vince now tries to drive in front of square given that silly mid-off is in place. And the outside edge is taken sharply at slip! What a start for Malinga and SL!

Vince c K Mendis b Malinga 14 (18)

After 6 overs, England 16/1 - Vince 4, Root 12

Oh! This pitch surely has some life. That’s a superb over from Pradeep that had Root hopping at the crease, an in-dipper just missing the stumps. Variable bounce too. Maybe, just maybe, this run-chase won’t be a stroll in the park. Just one run in that over, that too a streaky outside edge that fell short of third man. Root unable to find the gaps at the moment.

After 5 overs, England 15/1 - Vince 3, Root 12

A couple of doubles in that over for Root as he plays two more cut shots. So good off the back-foot, when he punches that length ball. Malinga changes his length, goes full and forces a leading edge. Root is hanging back at the crease at the moment, signs that the pitch is slowing up.

After 4 overs, England 10/1 - Vince 2, Root 8

Root showing his class through the offisde. First shout of “Rooooooot” from the crowd as he punches one off Pradeep through point for four. Picks up a double with another classy shot behind point. And then almost throws his wicket away off the last ball as a lofted drive falls just short of the fielder at short cover! Nervy from England at the moment.

After 3 overs, England 4/1 - Vince 2, Root 2

Maiden over from Malinga to Vince! A bouncer in that over had Vince in all sorts of a tangle. Not as much movement as we saw in Malinga’s first over but it’s not quite the start we expected from England.

After 2 over, England 4/1 - Vince 2, Root 2

A steady over from Pradeep as he concedes just a single. An elegant backfoot punch by Vince is half-stopped at mid-off results in a single. Root plays out the rest of the over.

7.10 pm: Throwback... on this day in 1975.West Indies were crowned World Champions in the first World Cup and Sir Viv Richards made his mark not with the bat, but with his fielding. One of the best matches of all time.

After 1 over, England 3/1 - Vince 1, Root 2

What an over for SL to start off the 2nd innings. Tests Root as well with a couple of outswingers, one of which trickles through the slip cordon off an under-edge for a couple. SL will be encouraged by the movement Malinga got.

After 0.2 overs England 1/1 - What a start for SL!

MALINGA STRIKES! A groan from the crowd as local lad Bairstow is given out LBW off the first ball he faces. He reviews it and the ball looks like it might be sliding down the leg side but tracker shows the ball is just clipping the leg-stump! Umpire’s call... think Bairstow is a tad unlucky there. Superb start for the Lankans though. Second duck of the tournament for Bairstow.

6.58 pm: The England openers are coming out to bat... another chance for James Vince to impress in Jason Roy’s absence. Jonny Bairstow will spearhead this England’s chase, you’d think. He’s the local favourite too in Leeds. Malinga has the ball in his hand. Sri Lanka desperately need early wickets.

6.50 pm: As we get ready for England’s run-chase, here’s an article you can read: The making of Eoin Morgan, England’s captain fantastic.

6.40 pm: Innings break, England need 233 runs to win. You would think, this would be a stroll on a pitch where the average in recent times has been 280-plus. Join us in a bit for England’s innings.

6.36 pm: “Sri Lanka have played like England in 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. This was dated cricket. It was like watching myself bat in the 90s,” says former England captain Michael Vaughan.

6.34 pm: Kevin Pietersen is not happy with Angelo Mathews’ innings — “What on earth are you doing blocking spinners around the 40th over?”

End of innings: After 50 overs, Sri Lanka 232/9 - Mathews 85*, Pradeep 1*

A slower ball in the slot from Archer and Mathews swings freely for a six over square leg. “Finally, finally off the middle of the bat for Mathews,” says Atherton on air. A good comeback from Archer as he fires in a yorker. Mathews denies a single off the third ball. A flick wide of long on results in 2 off the fourth ball. A rapid bouncer from Archer off the fifth ball to which Mathews ducks! Not sure what was the logic there with one ball to go, must just have been surprised. Goes for a pull off the last ball and the innings fittingly ends with a dot ball. It’s been tame, to say the least, from Sri Lanka.

After 49 overs, Sri Lanka 224/9 - last over coming up

Pradeep takes a single off his first ball and Mathews will have two balls to face in this over. The former SL captain digs a yorker through midwicket for a double. Wood finishes with a slip in his follow through (AGAIN!) and figures of 40/3 in his 8 overs. Mathews keeps strike with a single off the last ball.

After 48.3 overs, Sri Lanka 220/9 - Malinga gone!

The classic bouncer-yorker double-punch! Too good for Malinga. Top class from Mark Wood. Perhaps this is why Mathews was playing forward defensive strokes in the previous over. Three dot balls to start the penultimate over.

Malinga b Wood 1 (5)

After 48 overs, Sri Lanka 220/8 - Mathews 74, Archer 1

Tough to understand Mathews playing text defensive strokes now, with three overs remaining. Mathews finishes the over with a ramp shot over the ‘keeper for four.

“Mathews arching his back against Archer,” says Atherton on air, sounding like a man who has been wanting to use that for a while!

After 47 overs, Sri Lanka 214/8 - Udana gone!

WOOD STRIKES! After mis-hitting a four, Udana fails to connect with a short ball from Wood and finds Root at midon. An expensive over from Wood though as he bowls a full toss at Mathews which is helped to third man for a four. Mathews will retain the strike.

(And Wood falls down in his follow through again! How many times...)

Udana c Root b Wood 6 (4)

6.10 pm: Exhibit 153 for how Archer has a tweet from the past for every occasion!

After 46 overs, Sri Lanka 203/7 - Perera gone!

Well, Test match or not, Jofra Archer has been brilliant again. This is his fifth three-wicket haul of this World Cup! What a find he has been for England. Thisara Perera departs for 2 off 6 as Adil Rashid takes a superb catch at third-man. Perera was the one man who could have provided momentum but he is gone too.

T Perera c Rashid b Archer 2 (6)

6.05 pm: “Archer has been phenomenal in this *Test* match,” says Wasim Akram on air. Either a bizarre slip of tongue (it is) or a wicked burn on how Sri Lanka have batted in this match.

After 45 overs, Sri Lanka 197/6 - Mathews 61, Perera 2

A good mixture off fast yorkers and length-ball cutters from Wood. This is a good exhibition of death bowling. Finishes the over with a bouncer. Mathews and Perera keep swinging their bats without much to show for it.

A look at that Joe Root catch:

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After 44 overs, Sri Lanka 192/6 - ARCHER STRIKES!

GOOD CATCH, ROOT! Like we said, it’s been mostly cutters from the England pacers, and a leg-cutter dug into the middle of the pitch proves to be difficult to put away for de Silva, who pulls it to Joe Root at mid-on. The England star takes a well-timed catch, making it look easy. Archer has his 2nd, just four singles in that over and the partnership-breaking wicket.

After 43 overs, Sri Lanka 188/5 - Mathews 55, de Silva 28

Mark Wood comes back for his second spell and... more cutters! Seems like we will see plenty of that in the last few overs. Mathews almost chops one of those cutters on to the stumps.

After 42 overs, Sri Lanka 183/5 - Mathews 52, de Silva 26

And as if things were not hard enough for Sri Lanka, Archer comes on to bowl. Given how Morgan has used spin, spin and more spin, Archer bowls a few cutters and almost has Mathews edging one to third man. Falls short.

After 41 overs, Sri Lanka 180/5 - Mathews 51, de Silva 25

FIFTY for Angelo Mathews! He gets there in 84 balls. Joe Root feeds him a full ball on the pads, Mathews sweeps this away. A decent over for Lankans. This has been a difficult outing with the bat for the experienced right-hander, but Sri Lanka will be glad he’s still out in the middle.

After 40 overs, Sri Lanka 171/5 - Mathews 43, de Silva 24

In that 10-over phase, 36 runs and no wickets for Sri Lanka as these two batsmen rebuild patiently (even if this innings is going nowhere). De Silva completely misreads a googly in that over while Mathews misses a slog sweep due to the turn; as Adil Rashid’s brilliant spell comes to an end with another tight over. 10-0-45-2.

Root continues as we enter the final powerplay.

After 39 overs, Sri Lanka 168/5 - Mathews 42, de Silva 22

Four runs off an uneventful Rashid over.

And England continue this barrage of spin! Time for Joe Root at the other end, with his right-arm miscellaneous. We get a good view of his “fork ball” as it has been named (a split-finger delivery). Four singles from that over too.

Rashid will finish his spell from the other end.

After 37 overs, Sri Lanka 160/5 - Mathews 38, de Silva 18

In his 100th ODI, Moeen Ali bowls 10 overs on the trot! Nice symmetry there. No wickets but finishes with good figures of 40/0, keeping things very tight. Could have had a wicket in that over, off a rare pad-bat scenario but the ball falls short of Morgan at cover. A round of applause from the crowd.

After 36 overs, Sri Lanka 158/5 - Mathews 37, de Silva 17

De Silva continues to show more intent than Mathews... yes, Sri Lanka need their former captain to bat the 50 overs but at what cost? Four singles off that Rashid over as we resume after the drinks break. More spin for now, as Moeen continues.

After 35 overs, Sri Lanka 154/5 - Mathews 35, de Silva 15

DRINKS: A wide and a single in that Moeen Ali over and we head for a break after 15 straight overs of spin. We could rest our fingers too, if we are being honest! Sri Lanka meanwhile, are struggling at the moment to break free. Last 15 overs coming up...

After 34 overs, Sri Lanka 152/5 - Mathews 34, de Silva 15

Mathews continues to drop anchor but there is some intent from the other end with de Silva slogging through wide mid-wicket to hit a much-needed boundary off Rashid. Six runs from that over and five singles in Moeen’s previous over as SL crawl past 150.

After 32 overs, Sri Lanka 141/5 - Mathews 33, de Silva 5

England continue to operate with spin from both ends as Sri Lanka are left to consolidate once again. Every time they have had any sort of momentum, England have pulled them back. Three runs each in the last two overs.

After 30 overs, Sri Lanka 135/5 - Mathews 31, de Silva 2

Dhananjaya de Silva prevents Rashid from joining Steven Finn as the only English bowlers to take a hat-trick at the World Cup. A push through covers for a double.

SL’s middle order has once again crumbled.

After 29.5 overs, Sri Lanka 133/5 - RASHID STRIKES AGAIN!

Back-to-back strikes! Two balls, two Mendises, if you will. After Kusal, Jeevan throws his wicket away too. Hits a full ball straight back to Adil Rashid. Two wickets in two balls. Poor from Sri Lanka’s middle order once again.

J Mendis c&b Rashid 0(1)

After 29.4 overs, Sri Lanka 133/4 - RASHID STRIKES!

Oh dear, a second SL batsman falls short of a half century by playing a loose shot. Much like Fernando earlier, Kusal Mendis cannot quite believe how soft his dismissal is. Tries to sweep one from outside offstump and Morgan takes a sharp catch at short midwicket. Was perhaps expecting a googly from Rashid.

Something to cheer for the Sri Lankan fans earlier in the over as Rashid bowled a full toss that is swept away by Mathews for four.

Mendis c Morgan b Rashid 46 (68)

After 29 overs, Sri Lanka 128/3 - Mendis 46, Mathews 26

Oh, more turn! Moeen Ali spins one sharply into Mendis and the inside edge prevents an LBW. But the ball almost looped back up off Buttler’s boots. Would have been a bizarre dismissal!

After 28 overs, Sri Lanka 125/3 - Mendis 45, Mathews 25

“Another over of milking,” says Nasser Hussain on air. That about sums it up at the moment. Mendis looked to put away a short ball to end the over, but luckily for SL he did not time it too well and the ball fell short of the fielder in the deep.

After 27 overs, Sri Lanka 119/3 - Mendis 43, Mathews 23

Spinners average more than 46 at this ground since 2009, but yet, the two SL batsmen are not quite putting the pressure back on Ali and Rashid. The two spinners have bowled 8 overs for 39 runs. SL need to get a move on.

After 26 overs, Sri Lanka 115/3 - Mendis 41, Mathews 21

Rashid is settling into a rhythm now and concedes just a single. His googly turned sharply but Mathews read that off the pitch well. There is some help on this pitch from the good-length areas.

After 25 overs, Sri Lanka 114/3 - Mendis 40, Mathews 21

Jonny Bairstow’s fielding in the deep has been simply stunning this World Cup. He has made diving around at the boundary line an art to watch in this tournament. Twice in that over, Bairstow’s efforts prevented a couple of boundaries. For a ‘keeper he really enjoys his ground-fielding and is bloody good at it. Good batting from Mendis too, showing intent against Moeen Ali’s short balls. 50 partnership comes between the two.

After 24 overs, Sri Lanka 106/3 - Mendis 33, Mathews 20

Finally, finally, some intent from Mathews. Badly timed as it was, the lofted heave over mid-on is good enough to reach the boundary. First of the innings for the former SL captain. Good over for the Lankans as 100 comes up. Eight run’s from Rashid’s second over.

After 23 overs, Sri Lanka 98/3 - Mendis 31, Mathews 14

This is smarter cricket from the SL batsmen, not letting the spinners dictate terms. Six singles in that Moeen Ali over as Mendis, Mathews look more assured against spinners.

After 22 overs, Sri Lanka 92/3 - Mendis 28, Mathews 11

The length is a bit all over the place from Rashid in his first over, as it usually is for wrist-spinners. First hint of spin in that over, even as Rashid dragged one short. Five singles in that over.

After 21 overs, Sri Lanka 87/3 - Mendis 26, Mathews 8

After 3 dot balls to start Moeen’s second over, Mathews puts away a short ball into the gap. At his best though that would have gone for four. Except for the papare’s in stands, it’s all a bit flat from both sides at the moment. Nothing quite happening for the moment.

Time for Adil Rashid at the other end, he has a slip in pace.

After 20 overs, Sri Lanka 84/3 - Mendis 26, Mathews 5

This is a bit painful to watch at the moment, as Mathews continues to plod around when the ball is in the outside offstump channel. Gets off strike with a pull to fine leg. Stokes is bowling from well wide at the crease, perhaps looking for some help with the angle. Goes close to the wicket to Mendis and bowls a full toss that is put away past mid off for four. Poor ball to release some pressure. Five from that over.

20 overs into this innings, it’s not quite been as easy as SL would have hoped for after winning the toss.

After 19 overs, Sri Lanka 79/3 - Mendis 22, Mathews 4

Moeen Ali, playing his 100th ODI and fresh off from receiving a special message from Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard earlier in the day, comes on to start his spell. No real turn on offer, four singles in that over.

After 18 overs, Sri Lanka 75/3 - Mendis 20, Mathews 2

Oh, superb effort from Ben Stokes in his follow through but he misses the direct hit that would have ended Mendis’ stay in the middle. A quick single that could have gone so wrong. Mathews looks so uncomfortable running between the wickets too. Just that single from the over a England continue to build the pressure. Mathews batting on 2 off 18 at the moment.

After 17 overs, Sri Lanka 74/3 - Mendis 19, Mathews 2

Wood starts off after the drinks break... and bowls a superb yorker to Mendis, that is well kept out. That is followed by a length ball that Mendis throws his bat at awkwardly outside offstump. Tentative. Wood slips in his follow through, not for the first time in this World Cup or in this match. He’s working up a good pace.

DRINKS: After 16 overs, Sri Lanka 72/3 - Mendis 18, Mathews 1

Ben Stokes continues, and Mendis shows some intent with a booming drive to cover for four. And then almost a disastrous runout for Sri Lanka as Mendis takes off a non-existent single. Ball-watching as he was, Mathews did end up doing the right thing by sending his partner back. And the former SL captain finally gets off the mark off his 13th delivery, with a single through midwicket.

4.14 pm: Some gymnastics news for you... a medal for India.

After 15 overs, Sri Lanka 66/3 - Mendis 13, Mathews 0

Mathews, who has been dismissed on a duck twice already in this World Cup, is struggling to get off the mark. He’s beaten outside offstump by an absolute jaffa from Wood, who got the ball to move away from a good length. Three runs that over, all three to Mendis. Mathews plays out four dot balls.

After 14 overs, Sri Lanka 63/3 - Mendis 10, Mathews 0

Stokes is holding a good line and beat Mathews outside off-stump with a couple of jaffas. The former Sri Lankan captain is looking nervous at the crease. Remember, he already has two ducks in the World Cup so far.

After 12.5 overs, Sri Lanka 62/3 - Avishka Fernando out!

Oh, what has Fernando done? Slightly short from Wood and he ramps the ball straight to Rashid at third-man, who takes a couple of steps forward and completes a simple catch. But what a knock it was!

A Fernando c Rashid b Wood 49 (39)

After 12 overs, Sri Lanka 59/2 - Fernando 47, Mendis 8

Tidy over from Stokes, three off it. The pacer forces the batsmen on the back-foot. Stokes drags back his length but isn’t short.

After 11 overs, Sri Lanka 56/2 - Fernando 46, Mendis 6

Wow, this is scintillating. Now, Wood goes for runs and the fifty-run partnership comes up between the two. A staggering statistic from that is that one man has scored 46 of those runs. England need to do something differently. And...there is a bowling change.

After 10 overs, Sri Lanka 48/2 - Fernando 41, Mendis 4

Incredible batting from Fernando. Archer is pitching it short and they disappear like bullets off the right-hander’s blade. The umpire call for a change of balls. That six travelled. Archer, clearly a little rattled, ends the over with a fine yorker. Eleven from the over.

After 9 overs, Sri Lanka 37/2 - Fernando 31, Mendis 3

Another gorgeous shot off the bat of Fernando. Picks up a length ball early and pulls it over square leg for four. There was a a good-looking flick earlier in the over as well. Woakes comes back with four dot balls.

After 8 overs, Sri Lanka 31/2 - Fernando 25, Mendis 3

MAIDEN: It’s a bit all or nothing at the moment. After conceding 14 in his previous over to Fernando, Archer comes back for a maiden over at Mendis. Second maiden over for Archer.

After 7 overs, Sri Lanka 31/2 - Fernando 25, Mendis 3

What a shot! Another over , another superb shot from Fernando who has looked in great touch since coming into bat. This time a straight drive off a length ball by Woakes. No stopping that. That’s now four top shots in his innings.

After 6 overs, Sri Lanka 24/2 - Fernando 20, Mendis 1

DRIVE, PULL, DRIVE: BIG OVER! A bit of a counterattack by Avishka Fernando! The right-hander punches one from Jofra Archer for four, then hooks one for a huge six, before driving the last ball of the over for another boundary. Top shots!

After 5 overs, Sri Lanka 10/2 - Fernando 5, Mendis 1

A couple of short of length balls from Woakes when bowling full would be a much better option. Fernando plays two elegant back-foot punches down the ground for a couple of doubles. England continue to operate with three slips in place.

After 4 overs, Sri Lanka 4/2 - Fernando 1, Mendis 0

MAIDEN OVER: Archer bowls another top over, not an inch to work with for Fernando. The England pacer actually managed to move the ball in both directions in that over.

After 3 overs, Sri Lanka 4/2 - WOAKES STRIKES!

WHAT IS HAPPENING! A batting belter you say? We’ll lose our openers in the first 14 balls say Sri Lanka. They have now lost both their openers. Kusal Perera has thrown his wicket away, playing an extravagant cut shot that flies to the fielder at third man. Simple catch. England are off to a roaring start at Headingley.

After 2 overs, Sri Lanka 3/1 - ARCHER STRIKES!

Accurate and fast as ever from Archer (what an apt surname for him eh?) A superb first over (that almost saw a run-out) ends with Karunaratne edging a good length ball behind to Jos Buttler. Delight for England.

After 1 over, Sri Lanka 2/0 (Karunaratne 1, Perera 1)

Woakes gets the ball to move back in sharply off the first ball and generally bowls a full length through that over, stump-to-stump for the two left-handers. Karunaratne looks a bit tentative with his footwork. A single each for the two openers.

3.01 pm: Chris Woakes is set to get us underway... Sri Lanka are in their “away colours” today. Here we go after some sightscreen issues...

2.55 pm: Here’s an interesting stat for you before we get into the match..

In the last two World Cup matches between these two sides, England have managed to take JUST ONE WICKET combined. The Lankans won by 10 wickets in 2011, and by 9 wickets in 2015.

2.53 pm: Time for the national anthems... starting with one of our favourites: Sri Lanka’s!

2.51 pm:

Eoin Morgan at the toss: “The wicket here has assisted turn a bit in recent games, so we have both Adil and Moeen. First priority is to get to the semifinals and when/if we do that, we’ll decide whom to rest.”

2.45 pm: Sri Lanka have played one match in 16 days!

Angelo Matthews says it as it is:

“It’s been tough and boring to be honest. Hopefully we can play some good cricket today. Apart from the openers, none of the batters have responded well, including myself. We need to take responsibility. Need to fight fire with fire against England. It’s all about mental work now.”

2.41 pm: Sri Lanka have the two best starts in this World Cup among all teams so far. They were off to flier against Afghanistan and did even better than that against Australia. Their top order has come out all guns blazing and captain Karunaratne almost made his first ODI ton (fell short by 3 runs). Sri Lanka’s biggest problem has been the middle order, summed by Angelo Matthews aggregate of 10 runs in his last four innings.

If Sri Lanka have any chance today, it will be if they post a massive total batting first.

2.37 pm: Team news

Sri Lanka XI: Dimuth Karunaratne(c), Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep

England XI: James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan(c), Jos Buttler(w), Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood

2.35 pm: England are unchanged, Eoin Morgan says he would have batted first as well. Sri Lanka have made a couple of changes. Team news coming up shortly...

2.33 pm: Sri Lanka win the toss and opt to bat first on a batting belter.

2.32 pm: Time for the toss for the first match in Leeds in this tournament...

2.28 pm: Wasim Akram with the pitch report: Beautiful here in Leeds. A batting day, a batting deck. Hard surface. The average score recently here has been 298. Team that wins the toss will be batting first.

2.22 pm: Sri Lanka have been the scourge of a few of England’s World Cup campaigns... but if they managed a win today in Leed’s it will be nothing but one of the greatest upsets of not just this tournament, but in history of cricket.

Need to think out of the box to stop England, says Sri Lankan captain Karunaratne

2.18 pm: When England played against Afghanistan a few days back, Eoin Morgan broke the underdogs’ back...

Play

2.15 pm: Here’s some reading for you ahead of the match. It’s a lovely piece of writing, even if we say so ourselves.

2.05 pm: Before we head into the match details, here’s a look at how the points table stands:

Still recovering from their 87-run drubbing against Australia last week, former champions Sri Lanka will face a tough battle for survival when they lock horns with a dominant England in their World Cup fixture in Leeds on Friday.

The 1996 champions had lost their opening match against New Zealand and then rain robbed them off a chance to fight back when two of their games were washed out.

Lanka are up against an England side placed comfortably at the second spot with four wins from five games, the only blemish being their loss to Pakistan.

Eoin Morgan and his men have emerged as the best batting side this World Cup as they have blown away their opponents, amassing 300 plus scores in four of the five games - two of them being 386/6 against Bangladesh and 397/6 against Afghanistan.

With just one win, Sri Lanka are currently at the sixth spot with four points and will have to win rest of their four matches to salvage hopes of a semi-final berth.