Headingley Test: Jonathan Bairstow, Stuart Broad have Sri Lanka on mat

England’s Jonny Bairstow celebrates his hundred on Day Two of the first Test against Sri Lanka at Headingley on Friday. (Photo: AFP )

Stuart Broad sparked a Sri Lanka top-order collapse as England took charge of the first Test at Headingley on Friday.

Sri Lanka were 43/3 at tea on the second day, 255 runs adrift of England’s first innings 298 which featured Jonathan Bairstow’s 140 on his Yorkshire home ground.

Dinesh Chandimal and Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews were both 15 not out in testing, overcast conditions.

Broad, the world’s number one-ranked Test bowler, needed just 12 balls to take his first wicket on Friday.

Coming from round the wicket, Broad had Dimuth Karunaratne out for a duck as the left-handed opener edged an excellent delivery that nipped away through to wicket-keeper Bairstow.

Kaushal Silva, Sri Lanka’s other opener, was caught behind off a sharply rising ball from James Anderson for 11.

Kusal Mendis, like Karunaratne, fell for a duck when he edged Broad and gave Bairstow his third routine catch of the innings.

Sri Lanka were now 12/3, with Broad having taken two wickets for no runs in three balls.

Those early Sri Lankan wickets also highlighted the value of Bairstow’s runs — and how costly it had been for Sri Lanka to drop him on 70, half of his eventual score.

England resumed on 171/5, having collapsed to 83/5 on Thursday.

Bairstow was soon into his stride, with the best of his shots Friday. His 183-ball innings, including 13 fours and a six, ended when he holed out off Chameera to Pradeep.

Scorecard (at tea) England (1st Innings) (o/n 171/5): A. Cook c Chandimal b Shanaka 16, A. Hales c Chameera b Herath 86, N. Compton c Thirimanne b Shanaka 0, J. Root c Mendis b Shanaka 0, J. Vince c Mendis b Eranga 9, B. Stokes c Mathews b Pradeep 12, J. Bairstow c Pradeep b Chameera 140, M. Ali c Mendis b Chameera 0, S. Broad b Chameera 2, S. Finn st Chandimal b Herath 17, J. Anderson not out 1. Extras: (lb8, w4, nb3) 15. Total ( in 90.3 overs) 298 FoW: 1-49, 2-49, 3-51, 4-70, 5-83, 6-224, 7-231, 8-233, 9-289 Bowling: Eranga 19-4-68-1 (2nb, 1w), Pradeep 19-7-56-1 (1w), Mathews 11-2-31-0 (1nb), Chameera 17-0-64-3 (1w), Shanaka 13-3-46-3 (1w), Herath 11.3-1-25-2

Sri Lanka (1st Innings): D. Karunaratne c Bairstow b Broad 0, K. Silva c Bairstow b Anderson 11, K. Mendis c Bairstow b Broad 0, D. Chandimal (batting) 15, A. Mathews (batting) 15. Extras: (nb2) 2. Total: (for 3 wkts, in 16 overs) 43 FoW: 1-10, 2-12, 3-12 Bowling: Anderson 6-2-15-1; Broad 7-1-14-2 (2nb); 2-1-4-0; Vince 1-0-10-0