England v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Cardiff, 1st day
Sri Lanka battle hard on shortened day
Rain greeted the beginning of the English Test summer and delayed the start of play at Cardiff•Getty Images
Bananaman, Spiderman and Batman wait for the rain to stop during a frustrating first-half to the day•PA Photos
When action finally got underway Tillakaratne Dilshan and Tharanga Paranavitana played well to reach tea unscathed •AFP
Dilshan took a couple of blows but gave his side a solid opening stand•Getty Images
James Anderson then had Kumar Sangakkara out caught behind but it needed a review for the decision to be made •Getty Images
The umpires made regular inspections on the first morning but the rain kept coming•Getty Images
The groundstaff had to work hard during the morning•AFP
England had an appeal for a catch at slip but it came off Paranavitana's pad•AFP
Having reached his half-century Dilshan chopped Graeme Swann onto his stumps •Getty Images
Aleem Dar and Billy Doctrove kept coming and going as showers kept returning•AFP
Dilshan was positive from the other end on his way to good fifty in his first Test as captain•AFP
Swann was ecstatic after his first success of the English Test summer•Getty Images