Sri Lanka lose openers before lunch in second test
By Tom Hayward
LEEDS (Reuters) - England's bowlers made a positive start on day one of the second test match at Leeds on Friday, removing openers Kaushal Silva and Dimuth Karunaratne cheaply as the visitors progressed to 74 for two wickets at lunch.
The hosts' four-man pace attack of James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Jordan and Liam Plunkett bowled with pace, swing and hostility and were unlucky not to claim more than two victims.
Experienced Kumar Sangakkara (16) and Mahela Jayawardene (six) will resume after the lunch interval for the visitors.
The overcast conditions normally help the pacemen but the Headingley pitch is renowned as a good batting surface, so England captain Alastair Cook's decision to bowl after winning the toss surprised many.
With sunshine forecast later in the day, Friday's best bowling conditions were expected to be in the morning session and Anderson immediately set about building pressure on Silva and Karunaratne with his teasing out-swingers.
Broad, opening the bowling with Anderson, had the first big shout when he cannoned the ball into Silva's pads but his fervent appeal was turned down.
England opted not to review the decision but television replays suggested the ball would have crashed into the leg stump.
Silva (13) never looked comfortable against Anderson's swing and was the first man to go with a faint edge that was gleefully snaffled by wicketkeeper Matt Prior.
Sangakkara, the centurion in the first test, was the next man in and was almost run out for a duck but Prior could not gather Broad's throw with the left-hander out of his crease.
Plunkett, one of three Yorkshire players in the England team playing on their home ground, was introduced into the attack and made an instant impact bowling Karunaratne for 28 with just his second ball.
Jordan coaxed Jayawardene into a loose shot but his edge bounced short of Cook at first slip, before he was dropped by Ian Bell at leg slip.
(Editing by Sudipto Ganguly)
