Sri Lanka v England: tourists on top as under-fire captain Andrew Strauss responds to critics with fine knock of 61 Angelo Mathews had made 57 when he tamely chipped Swann to Strauss at short mid-wicket, and the left-handed Rangana Herath tried a typically ugly-looking heave at Tim Bresnan that only ended in wicketkeeper Matt Prior's gloves. Sri Lanka were all out for 275 all out, and England had enjoyed a fine morning. Strauss and Cook duly survived the 15 minutes until lunch, retreating to the pavilion with the score on 11. At tea they ventured in that same direction again, still together, with 83 now on the board. Strauss was on 42 and Cook on 40. There were few alarms. Cook was technically dropped on 20 off Herath at short leg, but the ball went quickly and low. Strauss edged one short of slip off Herath on 23. But otherwise it was just a period of quiet accumulation. Ones and twos were picked off without risk on a slow pitch, and there were only three boundaries for each of the batsmen. Strauss was the first to fifty, off 105 balls, still with just those three fours, as he tucked a single off Randiv away on the leg side. Cook was emboldened, reverse-sweeping Herath to move to 49. He then passed his own fifty, with a cut four down to third man off Dhammika Prasad. His half-century took 164 balls, with five fours. Strauss and Cook's 100 opening partnership was their 12th together in Test cricket and 14th overall (they have not always opened), and their first since the third test against India at Edgbaston last summer when they put on 186. Their previous highest opening partnership this winter had been 43 against Pakistan in the third Test in Dubai. But Strauss was soon to go. The ball before he had edged Tillakaratne Dilshan just short of slip again, but then he went back to cut a quicker ball and could only edge it to wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene. On Cook went, cutting Randiv regularly and always looking in control. Jonathan Trott was also 15 not out at the close.