Bell falls as England battle on

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It was undoubtedly England's session until 20 minutes before lunch when the whole complexion of the match was changed.

Sri Lanka managed just one wicket in the opening couple of hours but Kevin Pietersen fell into the home side's trap to trigger a rapid decline from 200 for two.

With Murali operating around the wicket, Pietersen picked out home captain Mahela Jayawardene, specifically placed at short midwicket.

Paul Collingwood was lured out of his ground second ball to be stumped by Prasanna Jayawardene.

And then Ravi Bopara completed a pair for the match when he edged wide of slip and took a couple of steps, no doubt thinking of a run.

His momentum proved terminal as Mahela Jayawardene dived to his right and fired into the gloves of the wicketkeeper to beat Bopara's dive by inches.