Rain delays Murali's parade

Dec 02, 2007

Ian Bell made a confident 83 as England began confidently on the second day at Kandy•Getty Images

42.6 Muralitharan to Bell, OUT, an outstanding catch from Silva at short midwicket, Bell looked to drive into the off side but got a thick inside edge, Silva dived a long way to his left and clung on•Getty Images

Paul Collingwood fought hard and remained unbeaten on 14...•Getty Images

34.1 Muralitharan to Vaughan, OUT, Murali strikes, Vaughan gets a thin edge into his pad as he tries to flick a flighted ball on leg stump into the on side, silly point takes a sharp catch and yells an appeal which Aleem Dar wastes no time in upholding. Vaughan lingers, possibly more in annoyance, before heading off•Getty Images

And as England crumbled, Muralitharan edged ever closer to the world record...•AFP

But Kevin Pietersen fell for 31...•Getty Images

...dismissing Ravi Bopara, on his Test debut, for 8•Getty Images

...before the rain forced the players off at 4pm. Muralitharan will have to wait another day•AFP