Hales misses out on England ton as fascinating finish looms

Britain Cricket - England v Sri Lanka - Third Test - Lord’s - 12/6/16 England’s Alex Hales looks dejected after he was out for LBW to Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews (not pictured) Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers

LONDON (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's openers confidently negotiated an awkward session at the end of a rain-interrupted fourth day at Lord's on Sunday, setting up the prospect of a fascinating finish to the third and final test against England.

Set 362 to win after Alex Hales had narrowly missed out on his maiden test hundred for England, who are 2-0 up in the series, Kaushal Silva and Dimuth Karunaratne took the visitors to 32 without loss by the close.