Sri Lanka v England, 2nd Test, Colombo, 1st day
Jayawardene defies England's bowlers again
Lunch Sri Lanka 155 for 4 (Jayawardene 74*, Samaraweera 54, Anderson 3-38) v England
In Colombo, life was much the same as Galle. England took three quick wickets to leave Sri Lanka's first innings in disarray only for Mahela Jayawardene, with a serenity that England will have found increasingly disturbing, to restore equilibrium by tea in the second Test.
James Anderson took three Sri Lanka wickets in his first five overs of the day, but England's sole breakthrough in a taxing afternoon session came 10 minutes before tea when Tim Bresnan, playing his first Test of the winter after England omitted Monty Panesar, found a hint of reverse swing to have Thilan Samaraweera lbw.
Jayawardene, by contrast, exuded calm, recapturing the mood that brought him 180 in Galle. The pitch had a mosaic of cracks and there was evidence to suggest that it will become slower and more uneven by the day. Jayawardene - and England - bedded in.
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