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Rain plays foul at Lord’s
***ENGLAND 282 ALL OUT
Alac Stewart remained unbeaten on 113 aa England were all out for 282 ninety minutes after tea on the rainwffeeted second day of their one-off Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord's Friday, according to BBC commentary monitored in Dhaka last night.
Rat nay eke finished with five
Sri Lanka were left just over tin*. before the close of play.****
LONDON. Aug 23: Alec Stewart's bid to score his maiden Test century for England in the match aOa-
Inst Srl Lanka at Lord's here on Friday was disrupted by heavy showers, reports AFP.
Stewart. 76 overnight in England's 229 for six, had to wait 45 minutes before restarting his Innings and when he reached a Test-best 95. rain held him up again.
Only 7.2 over were possible when the players rushed off with England 255 for seven, having lost Jack Russell to the left arm spin of Don Anuraslrl for 17.
Stewart began the day positively by glancing a boundary off his first ball from the lively, but Initially wayward Rumcsh Ratnayakc, who had given England so much trouble on Thursday with his sharp movement off the scam
His first over yielded 11 runs. Russell also claiming a four with a leg side glide to give England an early, if small, initiative after their string of embarrassments against the minnows of Test cricket on the first day.
However, after the seventh -wicket pair had added 62. Russell was guilty of mlsjudg Ing Anurastrl's length and. attempting a pull, saw the delivery skid through and hit the off-sturnp at 245.
A delightful whip to the mid-wlckct boundary took Stewart past his previous best Test score of 91. made against Australia In Sydney last Januiuy
While Stewart was in the pavilion, he was credited with another run after an earlier drive towards the cover rope appeared to be intercepted by sliding Srl Lankan vice captain Asanka Guruslnha. However, the umpires decided that the ball had reached the boundary. An earlier report said, England were 229 for six at close of^ play on the first day of their" five day cricket Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's on Thursday, reports Reuter.
Srl Lanka s seamers shocked England out of any
posl-Wcst Indies tour compia cency when only a defiant 76 not out by Alec Stewart prevented complete collapse on the opening day of their lest
When rain brought play to a premature close. England had struggle to 229 for six after winning the Uhm.
Champaka Ramanayakc and Rumcsh Ratnayake each took two wickets while England, elected after their 2-2 series draw against the world champions. never looked at ease as the ball swung and seamed In the humid, overcast conditions.
England were fortunate to
reach lunch for the loss of only one wlcki't as both captain Graham Gooch and Hugh Morris could be deemed fortunate to survive lbw appeals.
Both also played and missed and Gooch especially looked out of touch as he was beaten several times outside the off-stump.
Byt having reached the interval at 94 for one. after Gooch had been neatly caught and bowleg by Ramanayakr for 38. England would have expected to dominate the remainder of the day's play
Good bowling and slick catching ensured they did not.
Three wickets in the space of six runs und 23 balls soon after lunch tore the heart out of England's lop order.
The fall o( Morris, who made 42 while sharing stands of 70 with Gooch and 44 with Stewart, saw the start of England's woes and he was quickly followed by two of (fee
Robin Smith, scorer of two magnificent test centuries in the recent scries, went for four and Mark Ramprakash, who never battered for less than an our against West Indies pace attack In nine innings, was out for a duck
All-rounder lan Botham briefly looted as If he might turn the match back England s way as he hit four fours from only 33 balls In scoring 22. But he then played an atrocious pull shot at a ball from Ramanayakc outside the off-stump and edged a looping catch to third slip
Stewart, seeking to ensure a place in England s World Cup squad, contlnqed to play a mainly watchful innings Interspersed with some nicely-limed off-drives
"But he was also lucky to survive and difficult chance at tong teg'after a mlsUmcd hook soared off the top edge when he had made 24
Chris Lewis fell for 11 In Don Anuraslri s first over when Srl Lanka finally resorted to spin after lea but Jack Russell prevented any further disasters before rain finally brought England some respite
Lunch scoreboard on the second day of the Test between England and Srl Lanka at Lord s on Friday:
England first Inninas :