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Alex Hales and Joe Root struck half-centuries as England shaded Sri Lanka on day one of the second Investec Test at Emirates Riverside. Hales (83) scored a third Test fifty and Root (80) hit his 20th during a 96-run partnership for the second wicket as England, victorious in last weeks first Test at Headingley by an innings and 88 runs, closed on 310-6. Alastair Cook will have to wait for his 10,000th run as he was out after making just 15 runs Hales and opening partner Alastair Cook (15) did miss out on milestones, the former spurning the chance to become the first Englishman to hit a hundred in all three forms of international cricket and Cook falling five runs short of 10,000 in Test cricket.However, Hales and Roots efforts and a sixth-wicket stand of 70 between in-form Jonny Bairstow (48) and Moeen Ali (28no) ensured England made a bright start to their bid for a series-sealing victory, at a ground where they have won all five of their previous Tests.Alex Hales second fifty in a row helped England to 310-6 Cook and Hales played sedately after the skipper opted to bat, sharing an opening stand of 39 in 13.5 overs before Cook clipped Suranga Lakmal - into the Sri Lanka side for the injured Dushmantha Chameera - to a tumbling Dimuth Karunaratne at second slip.Lakmal, whose dismissal of Cook came two deliveries after he opted to bowl around the wicket, then caught the out-of-sorts Nick Compton (9 off 34) superbly at deep-square after Englands No 3 mistimed a pull stroke off Nuwan Pradeep (3-69).Compton has now mustered a combined 75 runs in his last seven Test innings but Hales is experiencing an upturn in form, with his half-century in Durham coming off the back of a gritty 86 from 206 deliveries in Leeds.England opener Alex Hales told David Lloyd he thinks England had the better day after England posted 310-6. Hales hit nine fours and a six in his impressive knock but perished one delivery after depositing recalled left-arm spinner Milinda Siriwardana (2-35) into the stands, visiting skipper Angelo Mathews taking a blinding one-handed catch in the cordon in the 49th over.The openers demise stopped him adding a Test ton to his two ODI centuries - achieved against Pakistan and South Africa over the winter - and his unbeaten 116 against Sri Lanka in the 2014 World T20, though his tandem with Root left England in a healthy position.Root added a further 59 with James Vince (35) before both batsmen departed within the space of four overs - Root, who has now been dismissed six times in the eighties in Test cricket, spooning into the off-side and Vince pouched brilliantly by Lahiru Thirimanne at short cover following a loose drive.Joe Root fell 20 runs short of a 10th Test ton Sri Lankas mini-charge was quelled, though, by Bairstow and Moeen, who had each been shunted one spot up the order following the absence of knee-injury victim Ben Stokes to allow Chris Woakes to slot in at No 8.Woakes (8no) entered the crease for the final 20 minutes after Bairstow under-edge Pradeep through to wicketkeeper Dinesh Chandimal, the Warwickshire all-rounders gorgeous straight drive lifting England above 300.Watch day two of the second Investec Test from 10.30am, Saturday, Sky Sports 2. 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Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter.When the new AFL womens league kicks off next year, it will be more than just something to fill the off-season void.For a generation of female athletes, it will mean another door opening in the male-dominated world of professional team sports.Earning a decent wage as a woman in sport has never been easy, and there are still barriers to participation.Many of the future AFL womens stars started out playing on male football teams because there were no girls teams, or didnt get the chance to play until they finished school.But netball great Liz Ellis can see small steps being made towards equality for girls like her five-year-old daughter Evelyn.The first Saturday of the Olympics, her and I sat and watched the television and we flicked between the womens rugby sevens, the womens basketball and the womens soccer, Ellis told AAP.They were the three things on offer. And she looked at me and said Mummy, why dont boys play sport? ... I said because theyre busy ironing.That whole mindset has changed. Kids this age are looking at the television and saying big girls play sport so of course Im going to play sport and I would imagine that would translate to the schoolyard.Winning over girls like Evelyn is becoming increasingly important for the rival codes.While netball remains a powerhouse, the number of girls playing Auskick grew 21 per cent in 2016 and soccers popularity continues to grow.We keep talking about the competition at the elite level but I actually think the competition is starting now for the junior dollar, Ellis says.Thats good, because it will keep all the sports on their toes. Theyll make sure that their product is exactly what the marketplace wants.Increasingly, the market is demanding fair and equitable pay deals.The AFL drew heavy criticism when it proposed paying most female footballers a $5000 salary for the 22-weeks of their inaugural pre-season and season proper.A fairer deal has since been agreed upon, with the minimum wage lifted by 70 per cent from $5000 to $8500 to help players cover the cost of private health insurance.The deal also covers football boots and runners, an interstate travel allowance, income protection insurance, out-of-pocket medical expenses and childcare for mothers of infants.While the league is not expected to be profitable anytime soon, the AFL views its development as an important step towards engaging more female fans.Netball has lead the way on compensation, increasing its minimum wage to $27,375 and including private health cover for all players, while female cricketers earn at least $18,000 if they play both the one-day and Twenty20 domestic leagues.At the other end of the spectrum, some W-League soccer players receive an allowance of just $60 per week, while the struggling WNBL has no broadcast deal and no minimum wage for its players.ddddddddddddIts a disappointing state of affairs for Lauren Jackson, widely considered Australias greatest female basketballer, who is pushing for change in her role as commercial operations manager with the Melbourne Boomers.The WNBL has always had to fight to retain quality talent given the better pay on offer overseas, and Jackson says its no surprise players are being tempted to swap codes.Right now its happening because professional sports in Australia dont pay women enough money to stay in one code, she told AAP.Basketball is one of the only sports where you can go overseas as a woman and make lucrative money, enough money to mean you dont have to work in the future if you dont want to.The next couple of years are going to be crucial for the survival of the WNBL. I think theres enough people that want to see it succeed that well make it succeed ... (but) systems are going to have to be put in place.Jackson isnt sure if she would have been tempted to try her hand in the AFL womens league. Her mum, a former Opal, played the odd game of footy alongside her big brothers in the Ovens and Murray amateur footy league but basketball was always the family passion.Ellis personally reckons she would have made a decent ruckwoman, and says shes not surprised by the code-hopping.Of course I would have had a go at it, she says.I wasnt surprised to see players sign up for it. I think its terrific. What it does is create that level of competition because its made sports like basketball and cricket all step up and say right, weve got to look after our athletes. I couldnt think of a better thing.But while womens sports have made progress in recent years, theres still a long way to go.Jackson describes a recent phone conversation with a close friend who casually referred to a young male tennis player as acting like a woman on the court.People dont realise theyve got these sort of attitudes but when youre saying you throw like a girl or youre acting like a woman, youre offending the hell out of me, she says.Its so prevalent in our society and its just there. Nobody addresses it because nobody wants to talk about it. Its this attitude that women arent as good as men.Its something that we have to change for the next generation of kids so that they dont have to face these problems and feel like a lot of women in sport. ' ' '