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Nine wickets for England's new-ball pair

ESPNcricinfo staff
Alex Hales and Jonny Bairstow resumed their partnership on the second morning...  Getty Images
...and Bairstow was quickly into his stride, overtaking Hales in the first hour  Getty Images
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Hales got to within 14 runs of a maiden Test hundred before losing patience and holing out off Rangana Herath  Getty Images
Dushmantha Chameera then picked up two wickets in an over, leaving England 233 for 8  Getty Images
Bairstow progressed to his second Test hundred, and first on home soil  AFP
Steven Finn played a few shots as he and Bairstow added 56 for the ninth wicket  Getty Images
Bairstow took his score on to 140 as England made 298  Getty Images
They were quickly among the wickets as Sri Lanka started their reply, Stuart Broad making the breakthrough...  Getty Images
...followed by James Anderson, who drew level with Kapil Dev on 434 Test wickets...  Getty Images
...and Broad again, his second in three balls, to leave Sri Lanka 12 for 3  AFP
Ben Stokes had some pain in his knee but carried on bowling  Getty Images
Bairstow bagged five catches to follow his hundred  AFP
Broad picked up two more as Sri Lanka crumbled  PA Photos
Anderson finished with his first five-wicket haul at Headingley and Alastair Cook enforced the follow-on  Getty Images
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