Cardiff, United Kingdom, May 28 (AFP) Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott both made centuries against Sri Lanka in the first Test here today as they carried on from where they left off in Australia.
Cook was 129 not out and Trott 125 not as England closed on 287 for two in reply to Sri Lanka's first innings 400, a deficit of 113, at stumps on the third day in this opening match of a three-Test series.
Cook's hundred was also his second in as many Test innings following the 189 he made in an innings win against Australia in Sydney in January.
That victory completed a 3-1 Ashes series triumph during which the Essex opener scored a mammoth 766 runs at 127.66.