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GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Ben Foakes marked his test debut with a century as England bowled out Sri Lanka for 203 before stretching their lead to 177 runs on the second day of the opening test
The tourists were 38 without loss at stumps on Wednesday after their bowlers, led by off-spinner Moeen Ali, had earned them a handy 139-run first innings lead at the Galle International Stadium.
Keaton Jennings was on 26 and debutant Rory Burns still with him on 11, hoping to make amends after managing only nine in the first innings.
All eyes had been on Foakes at the start of play, when he resumed needing 13 runs for a century in his first test innings with England on 321-8.
The 25-year-old hit the first ball of the day for a boundary but was in danger of running out of partners after Jack Leach became off-spinner Dilruwan Perera’s fifth victim.
However, number 11 batsman James Anderson survived long enough for Foakes to reach three figures before falling to paceman Suranga Lakmal.
Foakes hit 10 boundaries in his sparkling 107 and is the second England wicketkeeper, after Matt Prior, to score a century on his test debut.
The Anderson-Foakes pairing was soon back in tandem in the field, combining to dismiss Dimuth Karunaratne caught behind off the second ball of the Sri Lankan innings.
With the hosts reeling on 40-4, former captain Angelo Mathews arrested the slide in a 75-run stand with skipper Dinesh Chandimal, who braved a groin injury to make 33.
Foakes effected a smart stumping to dismiss Chandimal off an Adil Rashid leg-break and remained in the thick of the action by pouching a couple of catches.
Mathews hit three boundaries in his patient 52, silencing questions about his fitness and running between the wickets, but fell to Moeen off the first ball after the tea break.
England’s three-pronged spin attack grabbed eight of the 10 Sri Lankan wickets, with Moeen claiming 4-66 as Sri Lanka folded soon after crossing the 200-mark.
Sri Lanka’s top-order collapse mirrored England’s wretched start in the first innings, but lacked a Foakes-style rescue in their middle order.
England 1st innings
Rory Burns c Niroshan Dickwella b Suranga Lakmal 9
Keaton Jennings b Dilruwan Perera 46
Moeen Ali b Suranga Lakmal 0
Joe Root b Rangana Herath 35
Ben Stokes b Dilruwan Perera 7
Jos Buttler c Niroshan Dickwella b Dilruwan Perera 38
Ben Foakes c Dhananjaya de Silva b Suranga Lakmal 107
Sam Curran c Dinesh Chandimal b Akila Dananjaya 48
Adil Rashid c Dhananjaya de Silva b Dilruwan Perera 35
Jack Leach c Dhananjaya de Silva b Dilruwan Perera 15
James Anderson Not Out 0
Extras 1b 1lb 0nb 0pen 0w 2
Total (97.0 overs) 342 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-10 Burns, 2-10 Ali, 3-72 Root, 4-98 Jennings, 5-103 Stokes, 6-164 Buttler, 7-252 Curran, 8-306 Rashid, 9-330 Leach, 10-342 Foakes
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Sranga Lakmal 18 5 73 3 4.06
Dilruwan Perera 31 6 75 5 2.42
Akila Dananjaya 20 2 96 1 4.80
Rangana Herath 25 4 78 1 3.12
Dhananjaya de Silva 3 0 18 0 6.00
Sri Lanka 1st innings
Dmuth Karunaratne c Ben Foakes b James Anderson 4
Kaushal Silva lbw Sam Curran 1
Dhananjaya de Silva b Moeen Ali 14
Kusal Mendis c Ben Stokes b Jack Leach 19
Angelo Mathews c Keaton Jennings b Moeen Ali 52
Dinesh Chandimal st Ben Foakes b Adil Rashid 33
Niroshan Dickwella c Jos Buttler b Moeen Ali 28
Dilruwan Perera c Jos Buttler b Jack Leach 21
Akila Dananjaya c Ben Foakes b Moeen Ali 0
Suranga Lakmal c James Anderson b Adil Rashid 15
Rangana Herath Not Out 14
Extras 0b 2lb 0nb 0pen 0w 2
Total (68.0 overs) 203 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-4 Karunaratne, 2-10 Silva, 3-34 Mendis, 4-40 de Silva, 5-115 Chandimal, 6-136 Mathews, 7-171 Dickwella, 8-173 Perera, 9-175 Perera, 10-203 Lakmal
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
James Anderson 10 0 26 1 2.60
Sam Curran 6 1 16 1 2.67
Jack Leach 18 2 41 2 2.28
Moeen Ali 21 4 66 4 3.14
Adil Rashid 9 1 30 2 3.33
Ben Stokes 4 0 22 0 5.50
England 2nd innings
Rory Burns Not Out 11
Keaton Jennings Not Out 26
Extras 0b 1lb 0nb 0pen 0w 1
Total (12.0 overs) 38-0
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Dilruwan Perera 5 0 12 0 2.40
Suranga Lakmal 3 0 14 0 4.67
Rangana Herath 3 0 10 0 3.33
Akila Dananjaya 1 0 1 0 1.00