England struggling

Pace bowler Perera struck an unbeaten 43 in his first innings in Test cricket.

SCOREBOARD

England 1st Innings: 445

Sri Lanka 1st Innings: S Jayasuriya c Stewart b Hollioake 213, M Atapattu lbw b Cork 15, M Jayawardene c Hollioake b Fraser 9, A de Silva c Stewart b Hollioake 152, A Ranatunga lbw b Gough 51, H Tillekeratne lbw b Gough 0, R Kaluwitharana c Crawley b Cork 25, K Dharmasena lbw b Fraser 13, S Perera not out 43, P Wickremasinghe b Fraser 0, M Muralitharan c Stewart b Salisbury 30. Extras b 16, lb 19, w 1, nb 4: 40. Total: 591.

Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-85, 3-328, 4-450, 5-450, 6-488, 7-504, 8-526, 9-532

Bowling: Gough 30-5-102-2, Fraser 23-3-95-3, Hollioake 26-2-105-2, Cork 36-5-128-2, Salisbury 25.5-7-86-1, Ramprakash 5-0-24-0, Butcher 11-2-16-0.

England 2nd Innings: M Butcher st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 15, S James batting 20, G Hick lbw b Muralitharan 0, A Stewart batting 15. Extras b 2, nb 2:4. Total for 2 wickets: 54

Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-25.

Bowling: Wickremasinghe 3-0-9-0, Perera 5-1-9-0, Muralitharan 18-9-16-2, Dharmasena 9-5-6-0, Jayasuriya 4-1-5-0, De Silva 3-0-7-0.