Kaushal Silva hit 60, setting the platform for a Sri Lanka fightback on day three of the second Investec Test at Emirates Riverside.
Sri Lanka's batsmen held up England's charge for victory, finishing on 309-5 following on, still 88 runs behind but with Angelo Mathews (80) and Dinesh Chandimal (54no) also impressing with fifties.
It was Silva who set the tone for the day with his plucky knock, putting on 82 runs with Mathews for the fourth wicket - Sri Lanka's first fifty partnership of the series.
James Anderson (2-40) took two wickets and Steven Finn (1-55) was the one to finally remove Silva, while Chris Woakes (1-51) and Moeen Ali (1-94) pitched in with one apiece - Moeen's a beautiful off-spinner beating Lahiru Thirimanne's outside edge and bowling him.
England had earlier taken the final two wickets in Sri Lanka's first innings with relative ease, dismissing them for 101 - Stuart Broad finishing with 4-40.
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