England resume on 49-1 on day two in Kandy and Ian Bell and Michael Vaughan put on 107 in an impressive morning stand

Muttiah Muralitharan removes Vaughan for 37, caught at silly point, though replays suggest there was no bat involved

Bell nears his seventh Test century but falls for 83 to become Murali's 706th Test victim - two short of equalling the record

Kevin Pietersen forges on and steadies England with a solid knock in the company of Paul Collingwood

England reach 145-3 at lunch but then Pietersen is out lbw for 31 - that man Muralitharan again

England debutant Ravi Bopara faces a baptism of fire as he gets off the mark in Test cricket

But Murali equals the Test wicket record held by Shane Warne when Bopara edges to the wicket-keeper for eight

The Sri Lanka team rush to congratulate Murali after he equals Warne's record of 708 Test wickets

But any chances of Murali breaking the record on day two end with heavy rain - England on 186-6, two runs behind