Matthew Hoggard asks early questions of the Sri Lankan batsmen as England look to wrap up their innings quickly And the Yorkshireman strikes, catching Farveez Maharoof off his own bowling to claim his 200th Test victim Andrew Flintoff then ends the stubborn resistance of Mahela Jayawardene, caught behind for 61, to leave Sri Lanka 131-8 Chaminda Vaas frustrates the England bowlers with a dogged 31 before edging Hoggard to Marcus Trescothick at first slip And Nuwan Kulasekara, who shared a 61-run partnership with Vaas, follows soon after as Sri Lanka are bowled out for 192 England enforce the follow-on and the tourists are soon in trouble again, Mubarak playing on from a Hoggard in-swinger But Upul Tharanga and Kumar Sangakkara survive some hostile bowling to reach tea on 93-1, still 266 runs in arrears Tharanga brings up his half century with a square drive off Hoggard as the second-wicket partnership passes 100 Monty Paneser breaks the partnership after enticing Tharanga to nibble at one, Geraint Jones pouching a low catch Sangakkara, who was earlier dropped by Jones off Panesar, is rewarded for his patient innings with a half century But Panesar picks up his second wicket to remove Sangakkara for 65, leaving Sri Lanka 176 behind on 183-3 at the close
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