Sri Lanka v England day 1 photos

Sri Lanka win the toss and opt to bat but new father Matthew Hoggard takes four wickets in the morning session

The home side are reeling at 86-5 at lunch with only Kumar Sangakkara (39 not out) able to offer any real resistance

Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan aims to break the Test wicket record at his home ground and preparations are under way

But Prasanna Jayawardene and Sangakkara share in a stand of 106 to pave the foundations of a comeback

Jayawardene (right) reaches his maiden Test fifty before becoming the first of Monty Panesar's three wickets

Panesar is delighted with his wicket and two more are to follow for the Sultan of Spin

Sangakkara is doing his best to resist England and reaches 92 before a fine catch by Collingwood ends his innings

Sri Lanka's sorry innings of 188 ends with Muralitharan being run out, Anderson whipping off the bails

England's reply gets off to the worst possible start when Cook is out lbw to Vaas without troubling the scorecard

Vaughan does not look entirely comfortable at times at the crease, but negotiates 55 balls to reach 13 not out at stumps

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