They started a rain-interrupted day in fine fashion as Steve Magoffin bowled Gary Ballance but steady performances from Yorkshire's middle order doused their hopes.
Roddick captured his first Masters Series crown in Montreal last week, and his latest command performance on a rain-interrupted day represented his 28th victory in 30 matches since losing in the first round of the French Open in May.
But tennis destinies can diverge in a year, and on this rain-interrupted Thursday, while the 13th-seeded Monfils was being upset in five sets by Fabio Fognini, the sixth-seeded Roddick was avoiding an upset against the Slovenian qualifier Blaz Kavcic, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.
In summary, 19 ETs resulted in 7 litters (37%) with a total of 28 animals (including 1 stillborn) and 2 interrupted pregnancies (day 58 and 61) containing 17 fetuses.
The pair battled to reverse England's fortunes to reach 240 on another rain-interrupted day in Cardiff.
Ward, 28, made it through qualifying to the main draw last year and was seeded eighth in qualifying this time, but he let a winning position slip on a rain-interrupted day in Paris.
With 29 scheduled overs of a rain-interrupted third day to go England were still in the contest – hanging on by the fingernails perhaps but with a sniff of a chance.
Anderson suffered the stress fracture in his final delivery during the rain-interrupted last day against Sri Lanka but it is understood he had been troubled by shoulder pain before it occurred.
With his weather-interrupted victory Sunday at the Houston Open, D.A. Points extended the streak of U.S.-born champions this season to 14, bettering a run of 13 consecutive American winners in 1989.
