England 69-2 against Sri Lanka
England were 69 for two in reply to Sri Lanka's 184, a deficit of 115 runs, when rain led to the tea break on the third day of the third Test at the Rose Bowl here on Saturday.
Alastair Cook was 32 not out and Kevin Pietersen 27 not out after rain again repeatedly disrputed the day's play.
Some 120 overs were lost on the first two days of what was the first Test ever staged at the Rose Bowl.
England lead the three-match series 1-0.
scoreboard
Sri Lanka 1st Innings (overnight: 177-9)
T. Paranavitana lbw b Tremlett 11
L. Thirimanne c Strauss b Anderson 10
K. Sangakkara c Prior b Anderson 2
M. Jayawardene c Prior b Tremlett 4
T. Samaraweera c Pietersen b Tremlett 31
P. Jayawardene c Morgan b Swann 43
T. Perera c Prior b Tremlett 2
R. Herath c Anderson b Tremlett 12
D. Fernando not out 39
S. Lakmal c Prior b Tremlett 0
C. Welegedara c Morgan b Broad 7
Extras (b2, lb15, w4, nb2) 23
Total (all out, 64.2 overs, 304 mins) 184
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Thirimanne), 2-23 (Paranavitana), 3-29 (Sangakkara), 4-39 (M Jayawardene), 5-89 (Samaraweera), 6-91 (Perera), 7-117 (Herath), 8-158 (P Jayawardene), 9-166 (Lakmal), 10-184 (Welegedara)
Bowling: Anderson 23-7-56-2 (1w); Broad 19.2-3-51-1 (1nb, 1w); Tremlett 20-5-48-6 (1nb, 1w); Swann 2-0-12-1
England 1st Innings
A. Strauss c Paranavitana b Welegedara 3
A. Cook not out 32
J. Trott c P Jayawardene b Lakmal 4
K. Pietersen not out 27
Extras (nb3) 3
Total (2 wkts, 20.4 overs, 96 mins) 69
To bat: I Bell, E Morgan, M Prior, S Broad, G Swann, C Tremlett, J Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Strauss), 2-14 (Trott)
Bowling: Welegedara 7.4-1-17-1; Lakmal 8-1-30-1 (1nb); Fernando 3-0-13-0 (2nb); Perera 1-0-4-0; Herath 1-0-5-0
Match position: England are 115 runs behind Sri Lanka with eight first innings wickets standing.
Toss: England
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Rod Tucker (AUS)
TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (WIS)
Match referee: Alan Hurst (AUS)