Andrew Caddick was full of praise for the Edgbaston wicket after he took three wickets on it to help bowl out Sri Lanka for 162. Caddick moved past John Snow to become England's eighth nost successful Test bowler, finishing with three for 47.

"This is the type of wicket we should be playing on. It should perhaps be a little quicker to get the Sri Lankans jumping around if you want to be critical, but it is a wicket you would expect in May," said Caddick.

"There are no real terrors in it, it is a little bit two-paced but the main thing is that we bowled a couple of good deliveries that they nicked."

Caddick set aside England's travails in the first Test at Lord's, where Sri Lanka declared on 555 for eight in their first innings.

"As far as Lord's is concerned that is old news. You can always have a bad game and I can't remember the last time the bowlers had a bad game for England.

"Anyone can have a bad turn and the fact all four England bowlers had a bad turn was a bit of a shock. But at the end of the day we didn't perform and we should have done better."

The Somerset bowler was troubled by stomach cramps in the Lord's Test, a reaction to medication for a rib injury. He needed cortisone injections on Tuesday to guarantee his fitness for Edgbaston.

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