England had reached 11 without loss from 20 deliveries after being put into bat when bad weather again disrupted the opening day of the second Ashes test against Australia at Lord's today.
Michael Atherton, standing in for injured captain Nasser Hussain, played and missed twice in Glenn McGrath's first over before hooking the pace bowler for four.
Marcus Trescothick then cut Jason Gillespie for the second boundary of the morning, only to be dropped moments later at second slip by Mark Waugh off a Gillespie no-ball before the players trooped off for bad light after 3.2 overs.
The start had been delayed for 90 minutes following morning rain.
England made three changes from the side that lost the first test at Edgbaston by an innings and 118 runs, drafting in batsmen Graham Thorpe and Mark Ramprakash and seam bowler Dominic Cork.
Australia named an unchanged team yesterday. -Reuters