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Rain has final say as Sri Lanka carry fight

ESPNcricinfo staff
Persistent rain caused the morning session at Lord's to be washed out  Getty Images
Phil Neale, England's operations manager, rang the five-minute bell at 1.15pm  Getty Images
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The weather was never less than menacing during a curtailed first session  Getty Images
James Anderson struck the opening blow by removing Kaushal Silva lbw  Getty Images
After a series of outswingers, he padded up to a big indipper  Getty Images
It was the first time in ten Test innings in England that Silva hadn't been caught behind  Getty Images
The teams came out again at 4.10pm but the conditions were not encouraging  Getty Images
Dimuth Karunaratne helped keep England out before the rain returned...  PA Photos
...with play eventually abandoned shortly after 5pm  Getty Images
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