He was left unbeaten on 19 when Kumar Sangakkara (14) pushed the winning single to square leg.
Styris hits into the deep - and is caught by Sidey running in at deep square leg.
He then departed to another poor ball, picking out Taufeeq Umar at deep backward square leg off a Riaz long-hop.
Bouyed by that early success, Pathan then had Mahela Jayawardene picked up at square leg, before removing Sangakkara and Tillakartne Dilshan.
One umpire stands behind the stumps at the bowler s end of the pitch, while the other umpire stands at square leg.
First, he pulled Ryan Sidebottom for a majestic maximum before using effortless timing to send Anderson over the ropes at square leg.
Richardson then top-edged spinner Enamul Haque Jr to square leg for 28.
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Fleming repaired the damage by scoring 40 before whipping Matthew Hoggard to square leg where Shah took a sharp catch around his ankles.
Nic Pothas then edged Pattinson to second slip, Dominic Cork pulled Adams to deep square leg and Balcombe was trapped lbw by Pattinson.
However, after tea Lee began to work Atapattu over and he eventually hooked a short ball to Phil Jaques at deep square leg.
And he continued to ride his luck in between some authoritative blows before top-edging a pull off Steyn to square leg soon after lunch.
But, after scoring 41 off 21 deliveries, he top-edged an attempted hook off Steyn to JP Duminy at square leg and the Tigers stuttered.
His signature shot was a delicate, understated flick of the wrists to a straight ball that could disappear anywhere from mid-on to square leg.
Ponting holed out to De Villiers at deep backward square leg, while Marsh was superbly caught by Kallis at extra cover off JP Duminy's occasional off-spin.
However, the excellent Broad crucially removed Chanderpaul in the next over - caught at square leg - and new man Dwayne Bravo cut Anderson to point.
Vincent had been dropped at slip by Rory Kleinveldt off Tomlinson but rashly pulled the bowler's next delivery to substitute fielder Chris Benham at square leg.
Langer, resuming on 34, could have gone early on but Greg Lamb's throw from square leg narrowly missed the stumps with the Australian well out of his ground.
Pratt departed just before the close, sweeping left-arm spinner Fisher to Mark Alleyne at square leg but Brad Hodge helped Gough to make sure the contest remained evenly poised.
Gambhir smacked Dilhara Fernando for two fours as his first over went for 13 and then came down the track to hammer Nuwan Zoysa over square leg for six.
But Marsh atoned for her earlier error by hanging onto a chance at square leg to send Maroof on her way for 13, with Katherine Brunt the successful bowler.
Nixon top-edged a sweep holed out to square leg, James Allenby was then trapped lbw by Wayne White and Needham wrapped up the innings by taking the final three wickets.
But with Herath gritting it out at the other end, McKenzie took charge, dominating the strike and hitting two sixes over square leg off Adams, before a third sealed the match.
By then, the 39-year-old Sanath Jayasuriya had been caught at second slip off Sidebottom, before Tillakaratne Dilshan was superbly held at deep square leg by a diving Luke Wright off Bresnan.
In reply Sri Lankan openers Upul Tharanga (30) and debutant Lahiru Thirimanne (22) made 22 for the opening stand before Sreesanth broke through, snaring Thirimanne who skied to Gambhir at square leg.
The resumption lasted only 13 balls, but in that time Lumb produced a great catch, sprinting 20 yards along the square leg boundary before diving full stretch to take Paul Stirling's pull shot.
Imrul Kayes again paid the price for his fondness for the hook shot against Finn and, as in the first innings, picked out Ajmal Shazad, who took the catch at deep square leg.
The Essex opener, who ended a run of disappointing Test scores with a century in England's victory in Durban, gently popped up a catch to square leg off an innocuous Morne Morkel delivery.
In the 32nd over, Ravi Bopara - having ground out three runs from 21 balls - received a rare loose ball from Styris, but flogged it straight to Peter Fulton at deep square leg.
Flower clipped the ball off his legs to deep square leg and attempted a second run, only to find himself short of his ground when Buttler fired the ball in for wicketkeeper Kieswetter to remove the bails.
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