They now have every Test trophy except for Pakistan in their keeping. It was a frustrating day, during which Sri Lanka continued to build on the improvement that began in the second innings at Emirates Durham. With James Anderson and Stuart Broad prowling in gloomy conditions, and memories of a match in Cardiff five years before, when they England’s series victory was a decisive one — the scoreline 2-0, or 10-2 in Andrew Strauss parlance — if not the clean sweep they might have envisaged at the start of the final day. Anderson appeals unsuccessfully for a leg-before decision on a rain-affected day at Lord’s in which Sri Lanka managed to avoid a whitewash before moving on to the one-day games Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesA one-sided series ended amid a summer squelching.

Source: The Times June 13, 2016 19:24 UTC