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A misfield allows Kamindu Mendis to pinch the only run of the Dan Lawrence over.

It feels as though the game has been played in slow motion since tea. There is no great sense of urgency from anyone involved.

Sri Lanka move to 150 as Dhananjaya de Silva gets a couple from the first ball of the Shoaib Bashir over, opening the face of the bat to find the gap.

Five dot balls follow. It's a slightly subdued atmosphere as the England spinners work away in the south London gloom.

Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

This is a bit of a strange field, Bashir has to bowl straight.

All Sri Lanka have to do is bowl to the offside and they've got a run.

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Just a couple of runs from Dan Lawrence's over.

We've seen him bowl before but finding a succinct way of describing his action remains beyond the world's best wordsmiths so what chance have I got?

Unusual barely does it justice. It's a chaotic blur of arms and legs then at some stage the ball pops out.

England women seal victory with 15 overs and one ball to spare, in doing so taking a 1-0 lead in this first ever bilateral series with Ireland.

The star of the show? First time skipper, Kate Cross.

She took the first Ireland wicket, the last Ireland wicket and four more in between. That gave her career-best ODI bowling figures of 6-30 and limited the hosts to 210.

Cross was not finished there, though. England were in a touch of trouble when she walked out batting at eight with the score 156-6. Was Cross feeling the pressure? Seemingly not. Soon she was dabbing the winning runs, moving her personal score to an unbeaten 38 from 36 balls. Guess what - it is an ODI career-best with the bat for Cross.

Player of the match? Hmmmm, I wonder.

Ebony Rainford-Brent
Former England batter on BBC Sounds

I think this partnership has done a good job considering England have been bowling really well.

Super shot from Dhananjaya de Silva, skipping down the track and hitting the ball back over Shoaib Bashir's head for four.

That also brings up the fifty partnership with Kamindu Mendis - who I am still staggered to see down at seven.

Dan Lawrence will bowl the next over...

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With England 17 runs from victory, a scheduled drinks break has been taken. Good thing the sky is blue as blue can be, eh!

Kate Cross is unbeaten on 26, needing just four more runs to make it a day of double career-bests.

Currently, sitting on 6-30, Cross must pass 29 to have achieved her best ODI bowling and batting returns in one fell swoop. Did we mention she is also captain for the first time?!

Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

It's gone properly dark so it'll be spin bowling.

No complaints unless you think they should just switch to a pink ball but we've already had that discussion yesterday.

We will have cricket!

The players are out, the light meters have been too, and it has been decreed that it is light enough to play... so long as England bowl their spinners.

So Shoaib Bashir is at the ready.

The last wicket before tea was that of Dinesh Chandimal, trapped lbw by Olly Stone.

Right, let's see if we're going to get anymore cricket today at the Oval...

Pathum Nissanka made a very entertaining half-century but one expansive drive too many did for him.

It also gave left-arm Josh Hull his maiden Test wicket on debut...

Chris Woakes then removed Kusal Mendis before Olly Stone dismissed Angelo Mathews in his first over...

While we wait to discover whether play will be able to resume in a little over a couple of minutes' time, let's look at some of the best action from the afternoon session.

Sri Lanka made a decent start before Pathum Nissanka called Dimuth Karunaratne through for a single that was never on.

Olly Stone's throw hit its mark and Karunaratne didn't even bother to wait for the third umpire's decision. He was gone by a long way...

Sir Alastair Cook
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

England do have the option of bowling two spinners, Sri Lanka didn't have that option, so I wouldn't be surprised if they will offer them the chance to bowl spin.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent

I don't like the light very much, if I'm absolutely honest with you.

I think things are going to have to improve if we're to have much more play today, it's got that kind of feel to it.

36 runs required for England to take a series lead. Forget balls remaining: there are 120 of those. This will be about whether Ireland can snare the final four wickets.

Bess Heath is unbeaten on 27 while Kate Cross has raced to 14. The ebbs and flows of ODI cricket cannot be beaten.

Thanks, Matt.

Yes, unfortunately it is looking a little gloomier as the players head off.

Umpire Gaffaney takes a light reading and now we just have to hope it was light enough to restart - or that things improve in the next 20 minutes.

The gloom has filled in a touch as the players depart.

I'll leave you with Sam Drury. Cheers.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent

Somehow that has gone through a gap at a catchable height. All those slips on are their knees.