Shaminda Eranga dismissed James Anderson with the penultimate ball of a nerve-shredding final day as Moeen Ali's wonderful maiden century narrowly failed to spare England a first home series defeat by Sri Lanka.
The thrilling denouement, destined to go down as one of the most exciting finishes in Test history, provided a neat inversion of the opening game at Lord's, when England had the tourists nine down but could not force victory.
And so Sri Lanka left Leeds with a 100-run win, a 1-0 series triumph and a clean tour sweep across all three formats.
But that does not tell the the full story of a dramatic Tuesday that started with England on the cusp of a crushing defeat and ended moments away from dogged, defiant redemption.
That was all Moeen deserved after batting all day in just his second Test, facing 281 deliveries in six-and-a-half hours of teeth-gritting concentration.
And it was hard on Anderson, who dug deep for 54 scoreless balls before fending the 55th - a brutish bumper from Eranga - obligingly to Rangana Herath at leg gully to leave England 249 all out.
The tailender has one great escape on his CV, that memorable Ashes day alongside Monty Panesar in Cardiff in 2009, but this was a day for Sri Lankan celebrations.
They had arrived expecting little more than a clearing up job after reducing England to 57 for five on the fourth evening in pursuit of an unlikely 350, but the reality was rather different.
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