The match at the Providence Stadium had suffered a 45-minute rain delay, and Dyson mistakenly called his batsmen off with 3.4 overs remaining when the umpires offered them the bad light.
With 6.4 overs left of the scheduled 90, bad light returned to bring the players off and play will start 15 minutes early on day two at 0815 GMT.
Wayne Parnell and Morne Morkel were at the crease when bad light brought a halt to proceedings.
But three wickets fell in six overs and after Prasanna Jayawardene was out in what proved to be the final over, Sri Lanka accepted the offer of bad light.
Kevin Pietersen was quite right to ask for a review of the conditions for the sixth game in Guwahati where, being further north and east of here, the issue of bad light is likely to be even worse.
But after dismissing Surrey for 216 earlier in the day, the visitors' lead stood at 228 when bad light in the capital forced an early closure to play.
The immediate factor after tea was bad light, which momentarily had the umpires in consultation.
And Prince celebrated with two excellent cover drives for four off the same bowler before he and Kallis accepted an offer of bad light from the umpires, bringing play to an end.
With the light fading, and after a previous short delay for bad light, Vaughan opted to take the new ball.
Only two deliveries had been sent down after the re-start when bad light stopped play but Sidebottom's first ball after the resumption knocked back Tim Southee's middle stump - the 19-year-old playing across the line to a full-pitch ball that swung back at him a touch.
Then, on August 16th, a leak from the investigation that showed the police in a bad light infuriated officers.
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And as early as 1672 Gian Pietro Bellori, in his "Lives of the Artists, " complained of the chapel's bad light.
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He was expelled from Ethiopia in January 2006 after being accused of portraying the country in a bad light in his reports for AP.
Ross Taylor and Daniel Flynn fell in the same over to rock the tourists' hopes of levelling the series, before bad light ended play at Trent Bridge.
England took just five overs to knock off the 28 runs needed for victory on the final day after being denied the chance to do so on the previous evening by bad light.
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In reply, the hosts reached 76 for two when bad light stopped play half and hour before the scheduled close.
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Flintoff bowled 14 overs and took 1-29 as the home team struggled before bad light and rain stopped play.
Subramaniam Badrinath was bowled by a superb Steyn off-cutter that knocked back the off pole and VVS Laxman flashed at one off Harris that flew past slip for four, before bad light ended proceedings for the day, with the match fascinatingly poised.
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Another is the way that bad news comes to light in dribs and drabs, rather than in one cathartic revelation.
Martin van Jaarsveld and Neil Dexter saw the home side to the close without further loss when bad light intervened.
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Mr Cele said police believed the incident was "orchestrated" in order "to put the World Cup security in a bad light".
They were 245-6 - a lead of 153 - when the umpires suspended play because of bad light, with Mushfiqur Rahman 43 not out and Khaled Mahmud on 17.
After breaks for bad light and drizzle, the home side closed on 45-1, still struggling, some 128 runs behind.
Play was cut short on Friday because of bad light with Rose on the green at the 17th hole.
Jono Whitney and Bryan Jones both hit 61 as Shifnal declared on 175-2 but then bad light stopped play with the visitors on 123-3.
When bad light ended play early, the hosts were 272-3 with Amla on 89.
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