Sri Lanka

Joe Root's double hundred put England 286 runs ahead of Sri Lanka in the first innings

Joe Root and Dan Lawrence added 173 runs for the fourth wicket

Sri Lanka registered the lowest first innings total at Galle

But the injured pair of batsman Dhananjaya de Silva and pace bowler Kasun Rajitha will miss the series starting on Thursday after being part of the 2-0 Test series defeat in South Africa this month

The series was postponed in March last year due to the initial wave of Covid-19

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Dananjaya, who was banned from bowling for one year after being reported during a Test match against New Zealand in Galle from August 14 to 18 in 2019

Moeen and the entire England squad had tested negative for the virus when they left the UK

With Vishwa Fernando's five-for, South Africa lost 9 wickets for 84 runs. Karunaratne's 91* helped the visitors erase the deficit

Joe Root's men had the small airport to themselves as Sri Lanka has closed its airspace to scheduled commercial airlines