Sam Curran leads England’s second Test fightback against Sri Lanka

• England 285; Sri Lanka 26-1
• Curran blasts six sixes in last-wicket standOn a beige surface as dry and crumbly as a forgotten biscuit at the bottom of the tin England, with the considerable benefit of batting first, put some runs on the board – 285 of them. Whether that is enough to control the game we must wait to know for sure but the likelihood is that this is a highly satisfactory total. It is more certain that this surface is offering more help to the spinners than the on