Steve Smith may need to enforce the follow-on to seal an Australian win over Sri Lanka that appeared guaranteed before rain hit Galle in the Test series opener.
The entire second and third sessions on day three were lost to rain after Australia (6-654 dec) continued their dominance of the hosts (5-136) with two key wickets before lunch.
At around 2:30pm local time, heavy clouds rolled in from the north and forced the covers back on just after they had been removed, with play officially called off around an hour later.
