Struggled to bowl them out, just hope we bat well or it could be embarrassing.

If Anderson has suspected back and side issues why did he come in as night watchman?

It sounds like he won't be able to bowl in their second innings, so we're down to two fast bowlers with no seam back-up of any note at all, given how seldom Trott & Bell bowl these days. This has been an accident waiting to happen for too long, but at least we had Collingwood in the past, and it's exactly why I felt Bopara should have been preferred to Morgan in the first place. (Aside from the fact that he knuckled down to playing first class cricket over here instead of swanning off to the IPL.) In fact given the strength of Sri Lanka's batting and weakness of bowling we could probably have picked five specialist bowlers and moved Prior into the top six regardless of any danger of a bowler getting crocked.

There must be a good chance England can bat all day today and get a lead of 200 or so, but will we have the firepower to force a win on the final day? I suppose if the weather remains iffy it will all be a bit irrelevant anyway.

Dull lifeless wicket. Anyone would struggle to bowl a side out on this deck. Some deliveries were so slow off the pitch that the batsman had time to finish his cognac, stub out his cigar, rearrange his protective gear, exchange pleasantries with the wicketkeeper - perhaps pick up a tip re where to go to dinner - and finish the chapter he's on in War And Peace before he even had to pick his bat up.

Play started at 2:30, very slow going

Cook out for 133.

Shocker of a decision for Pietersen, all replays including Hotspot (despite what the sky comentators say) are inconclusive yet he is given out by the VR.

Eng 309/4

Impressive run accumulation from Trott and Bell this afternoon, but it's not half as much fun to watch as when we were doing it against the Aussies!

It's been tough to watch at times, post Ashes I think. Still, lovely watching England's top order get big hundreds, we've not scored enough hundreds in the past, I think it's something the Flower era has seriously improved.

What I have learnt is how much I dislike Nick Knight, I just find him incredibly annoying.

Found this one too dull to watch. Nice to see Cook and Trott continuing their good form though and Bell in the runs.

I think Cardiff is the "rainiest" city in the UK, if they have to give them a test match (and they don't) they could at least not give them the earliest one of the year.

Could be a big finish after all, SL 43-5, still 53 behind England with a possible 34 overs left (weather depending).

52-8 now!