R2 LEADERBOARD GB & Ire unless stated -10 S Dyson (after 36 holes), T Jaidee (Tha) (36) -9 S Dodd (31), TC Wang (Tpe) (31) -8 W Schauman (Swe) (36), R Gangjee (Ind) (36), A Buckle (Aus) (36), D Higgins (30) -7 A Kang (US) (30), D Higgins (27), B Kennedy (24) -6 A Hansen (Den) (36) Bad light ended play early, 51 players still to complete rounds

The 39-year-old Welshman had improved his overnight score from three under to nine under after just 13 holes of his round when the light faded in Jakarta.

Both England's Dyson and Jaidee of Thailand were safely back in the clubhouse after second rounds of 68.

The 51 players left on the course will complete their rounds on Saturday.

Two hours of play were lost on Friday when a thunderstorm hit the Emeralda Golf Club.

Alongside Dodd on nine under is Taiwan's Ter-Chang Wang.

The 28-year-old Dyson, who spent a hugely successful year on the Asian Tour in 2000, said the thunderstorm helped his game.

Hopefully I will be paired with (Jaidee) the last two days in the last group as it could be a good contest Simon Dyson

"I have to admit the rain break helped me. I seemed to find something," he said.

"I had just pulled a couple of drives previously and then didn't miss a fairway on the front nine (he started on the 10th).

"When I was off the course I sat with my mates and it didn't feel like two hours at all. That helps. If you are sat on your own it can feel like four.

"I hit the ball really well after that so the break definitely helped me."

Dyson, who is chasing a first European Tour title to add to the three he won in Asia in 2000, admitted that he will have to maintain his form if he is to beat the likes of Jaidee over the weekend.

"I have made one bogey in two days and that was a three-putt. Something is telling me my game is pretty good," he said.

"I am just going to go into the next couple of days and continue exactly what I have been doing.

"I have played a lot of golf with Thongchai and we seem to feed off each other pretty well. Hopefully I will be paired with him the last two days in the last group as it could be a good contest.

Everybody is very close, there are two more rounds left and I have a good chance Thongchai Jaidee

"He has beaten me a couple of times and I have beaten him a couple of times. He's a fantastic player, so hopefully he will inspire me and push me along as well."

For his part, Jaidee, a former Thai army paratrooper, had a typically eventful round on Friday.

Starting on the 10th, he began with two birdies, followed them up with two bogeys, shot two eagles and two birdies in four holes around the turn, birdied the seventh and then double-bogeyed the eighth to lose the outright lead.

"In golf you never know from one hole to the next," Jaidee said. "I'm happy to be where I am, par, birdie or bogey, it's not a problem.

"Everybody is very close, there are two more rounds left and I have a good chance."