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Monday, June 20, 2011

Rain stops play again in England-Sri Lanka Test

SOUTHAMPTON: England were 69 for two in reply to Sri Lanka's 184, a deficit of 115 runs, when rain stopped play 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 Saturday's fourth rain delay.

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.