John Crawley said that England got caught between attack and defence as they were forced to follow on by Sri Lanka on a humbling third day at Lord's. England were bowled out for 275, and closed on 53 for 0 in their second innings, still 227 adrift of Sri Lanka. Even though Sri Lanka's total of 555 for 8 made it virtually impossible for England to win the game, Crawley admitted that some of the batsmen got out to unbecoming strokes.

"We're right behind the eight-ball. But there are still two days to go in this Test match and the game is still there to save," Crawley said. "It would be good to do that ahead of the other two Tests in this series.

"Some, myself included, did get caught between defence and attack. But we didn't play anywhere near to our full potential, although Sri Lanka bowled well."

Crawley was also involved in the crass run-out of Alec Stewart, the point at which a drama turned into a crisis for England.

"There was a slight hesitation," Crawley said. "We looked at each other and in that looking time came the chance of a run-out."

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