Jayawardene ton hurts England
Mahela Jayawardene rewrote Sri Lanka's Test record books as the hosts built a first-innings lead in the second Test against England at the SSC.
Captain Jayawardene charged past recently-retired Sanath Jayasuriya's career tally of 6,974 runs to become the most prolific Sri Lankan batsman in Test history.
The 30-year-old batted throughout the third day for an unbeaten 167 as Sri Lanka closed on 379 for four - a lead of 28.
Numerous edges, some played intentionally with soft hands, did not carry to slip on a frustrating day for England - but Jayawardene's biggest moment of concern arguably came when he had made 130.
He got in a tangle attempting to reverse-sweep a delivery from Monty Panesar, aiming outside leg-stump from over the wicket, and the ball popped into short-leg Alastair Cook's hands having struck the batsman in the grey area between glove and wrist.
England finally removed Jayawardene's fellow centurion Michael Vandort (138) midway through the day but it represented their only success in more than eight hours.
Ryan Sidebottom struck with the second new ball, trapping left-hander Vandort lbw.
The second came at the scheduled close time of 5pm when Chamara Silva failed to get over a Steve Harmison delivery and popped a catch to gully, one short of a half-century.
