The morning gloom at Lord's delays the scheduled start by 20 minutes with England keen to take early wickets Sri Lanka continue to frustrate the England attack with Tillakaratne Dilshan progressing to a patient fifty Andrew Flintoff claims the first wicket of the day as Chamara Kapugedera gloves to the keeper for 10 with Sri Lanka 405-7 Liam Plunkett claims his first wicket of the match as Dilshan edges to Marcus Trescothick for 69 with the tourists 421-8 Nuwan Kulasekera escapes as Alastair Cook spills a simple catch at gully as Sri Lanka's lead extends past 100 Chaminda Vaas looks assured with the bat - progressing past 30 as England's attack strive for the vital breakthrough Flintoff is left bemused as Sri Lanka reach 510-8 at the tea interval with Kulasekera and Vaas seemingly in control Kulasekara is eventually removed for 64 but bad light and stubborn batting thwart England as the match ends in a draw
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