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England 47 for 1 (Cook 24*, Anderson 1*) follow Sri Lanka 400 (P Jayawardene 112, Paranavitana 66, Samaraweera 58, Anderson 3-62) by 353 runs
Stuart Broad became the second-youngest England bowler to accept up 100 Test match wickets but he insists the team effort is more important.
England will resume on Saturday on 47 for one but they lost skipper Andrew Strauss for 20 in the evening session after Sri Lanka had earlier been bowled out for 400, and Broad praised the regulation of the visiting batsmen.
"It was a tough day, I thought Sri Lanka played very well and showed good discipline, but I thought we wedged at our guns really well to get them out for 400," he told Sky Sports.
"We tested the batsmen at times and that is all we can do. It is now up to us to bat until Sunday night and build a good score."
Broad recognized his achievement but is more listening carefully on produce a positive result in the opening Test. "It is always nice to pick up a couple of personal milestone but it is more significant to bowl a side out," he added.
"The wicket has played fairly slow but we decided to pitch the ball up and hearten the Sri Lanka boys to drive and I consideration they played particularly well. "This Test match is still living and it is up to us to bat past them. We had a few lbw shouts that we thought were mainly close but they didn't go our way, but that happen in cricket and hopefully tomorrow will be a different day for us."
Broad admit James Anderson's form is a "huge concern" for England as they await the results of a scan on the seamer. Anderson was the pick of the England attack on day two of the first power Test against Sri Lanka but left the field twice for treatment having suffered rigidity in the back and side and only bowled one over in the evening session.
He later re-emerged as night watchman as England reached stumps on 47 for one in reply to the tourists' 400 all out, but England remains troubled about his readiness to bowl.
"Obviously it's a huge concern for us," said Broad, who knowledgeable side problems of his own that, contribute to his departure from the World Cup earlier this year. "He felt a bit of tension in the back and side. Clearly I know what side injury are all about after this winter and when you get a little bit of pain it's not great. "We're being careful. He's going to go and get a scan this evening and with any luck that will come back clear and he'll be okay to go because he's a hugely vital bowler for us. Touch wood he'll be okay."
Broad does not believe Anderson's batting duties in the morning will make worse the injury whatever the results of the medical appraisal and expect him to play a frustrating role, as he did when saving the game here against Australia in 2009. "It is one of the trying injuries as a bowler. Hopefully it will just be a little tightness," Broad continued.
"Jimmy is not emotion pain when he's batting and with any luck he'll have one of those trying hours on Saturday when he wears a few but gets it away. "With my side injury I could do attractive much everything but bowl. An extensive pull shot might strain it or something but we don't really see Jimmy playing a huge amount of them, he's more of a clip to fine leg man."
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