England face the daunting prospect of playing out spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan on the final day Thursday to draw the second Test and keep the three-match series alive. The tourists, trailing Sri Lanka by 197 runs on the first innings, ended the fourth day's play on a wearing Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) pitch at 48-0 in their second knock on Wednesday.
Alastair Cook was unbeaten on 19 and captain Michael Vaughan was on 28 when play was abandoned for the day 16 overs early due to bad light. England, who lost the first Test by 88 runs in Kandy last week, must bat out the last day's play to have a chance of forcing a series-levelling win in the final Test at Galle from next Tuesday. Sri Lanka have won 10 of their last 12 Tests at the SSC with Muralitharan, Test cricket's leading bowler, being the wrecker-in-chief on most occasions.
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