Tour match, Colombo, day two (stumps)
England A 157 v Sri Lanka A 145 & 211-5
Sri Lanka A leg-spinner Malinga Bandara ran through the England A lower order to restrict them to a slim first innings lead in Colombo.
And by the half-way point in the four-day game, the hosts had dashed out in front by 199 runs, reaching 211-5.
Shantha Kalavitigoda hit a patient 83 as the tourists experimented with eight bowlers, Ian Bell taking two wickets.
The tourists, 118-5 overnight were all out for 157, Bandara taking all five day two wickets for figures of 8-49.
Owais Shah completed his third successive half-century but was the last man out in the 58th over.
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