1st Test: England vs Sri Lanka at Headingley

Test cricket. Lovely Test cricket is finally here.

Sri Lanka win the toss and elect to bowl first. With the overcast sky and iffy looking weather, this will be a big test for England this morning. Cook takes the spotlight needing 36 more runs to join the elite 10,000 run club.

Come on, England. Start as you mean to go on.

Cook won't get to 10,000 runs today as he is out for 16. An uncharacteristic loose shot from the skipper.

A slow and circumspect start so far for England. Hales looked very nervy and tentative early on but has settled down. 49/1.

Compton out for a duck. Two wickets in the over for Shanaka and England wobbling. 49/2.

Great captaincy from Mathews to throw the ball to the debutant.

What a spell from Shanaka. Root also goes for a duck. Brilliant bowling. He may only be medium pace but he has pitched the ball up and made use of the movement.

England in trouble. 53/3. Vince to the crease on debut. Go well, Vincey.

Vince gone for 9, driving at a full length delivery - much in the same way as Cook and Root. Sri Lanka dominating the last 90 minutes as they finally found the right length to bowl. 70/4.

Incredibly loose shot from Stokes, and England are reeling. Disaster. 83/5.

94/5

This hilarious and beautiful scorecard is why we love test cricket.

We have the underdog Sri Lankans knocking off some quality batsmen, we have Hales digging in and making a stand like a lone warrior, we have Ben Stokes smoking 3 sixes then getting caught by captain Mathews...

But the funny thing is, you still can't predict how this match will turn out. England might slowly pile on a respectable total and Sri Lanka may suffer their own collapse.

For once, I'm looking at people in England bundled up in miserable weather, watching cricket and thinking, "I totally get it.

Fifty partnership between Hales and Bairstow, from just 75 balls. 133-5.