On day three of first Test at Old Trafford, Wood left the field immediately after bowling two deliveries into his 11th over in Sri Lanka's second innings. he remaining deliveries of the 56th over were bowled by Joe Root, who managed to pick up the wicket of Milan Rathnayake with his part-time off-spin.
Anderson delivered an outstanding spell, bowling 28 dot balls in his first 30 deliveries and finishing the day with figures of 10-5-11-2, leaving West Indies in a struggle.