LONDON :Sri Lanka took three wickets on the opening morning of the second test against England at Lord's on Thursday to justify captain Dhananjaya de Silva's surprise choice to bowl. England lost Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope and the well-set Ben Duckett cheaply to post 97-3 at lunch on day one, with Joe Root (29) and Harry Brook (9) at the crease. De Silva's decision to gamble on early swing under glorious sunshine seemed like a risk, even as opening bowlers Asitha Fernando and Milan Rathnayake

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