Streaky from Lamb, who swipes at a wide one and gets away with the edge down to deep third.

Tammy Beaumont scored 150 on Monday, and her disappointment around being dropped from England's T20 side has been well documented. Can she prove a point today in a shortened game?

Oooh! Plenty of movement for Prendergast first up, just nipping one back through Lamb's defences and the batter is lucky to survive. They scamper a leg bye to bring Tammy Beaumont on strike.

Let's get going then!

Orla Prendergast has the ball in hand, ready to bowl to Emma Lamb.

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The match will be 25 overs a side, and England are batting first.

A reminder of the teams:

Ireland: Una Raymond-Hoey, Gaby Lewis (c), Amy Hunter (wk), Orla Prendergast, Leah Paul, Rebecca Stokell, Alice Tector, Jane Maguire, Freya Sargent, Aimee Maguire, Alana Dalzell.

England: Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Hollie Armitage, Paige Scholfield, Freya Kemp, Bess Heath (wk), Mady Villiers, Kate Cross (c), Lauren Filer, Ryana Macdonald-Gay, Hannah Baker.

All of a sudden, there's sunshine and blue skies and the players are warming up on the outfield!

We're yet to find out the playing conditions, including how many overs it'll be, but we'll let you know as soon as we find out.

The covers are coming off!

Still no luck. The covers and the outfield are completely soaked, although the skies do look a little brighter.

The umpires will try again at 14:45 BST.

Let's try again, shall we?

The full covers are still on and there was a very heavy downpour about 20 minutes ago. But, the umpires have said they'll inspect again at 14:00 BST.

There won't be a result of that inspection, because it's raining again and the covers that were removed are being put back down.

Cricket!

Again, it has stopped raining so there will be another pitch inspection at 12:40 BST, if there's no more rain.

Judging by what we've seen so far today, that's a pretty big "if", but we'll keep you posted.

Right, we're going to step away for a little while as the rain continues to fall in Belfast.

We'll bring you updates as soon as we have them, hopefully it won't be too long!

Bye for now.

Stand-in England captain Kate Cross, speaking on the No Balls podcast: "Bess Heath did really well, she did a speech just generally about what making your debut is about and your England career. That cap then got passed on from Hannah Baker to Georgia Davis yesterday, because of the Sparks connection - the Brummies together.

"It's been such a special week, it's been really unusual and really unique, but it's been so special and to get the series win with a game in hand, and I think our seventh ODI series win on the bounce, which has never happened before, it just goes to show that English women's cricket is in a really good place.

"You want to leave the team in a better place than you left it when you retire, there's always a worry about these girls not knowing what to expect at international level, but they've all come in and done really well so that's probably been the highlight for me."

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Stand-in England captain Kate Cross, speaking on the No Balls podcast: "Obviously I know how to bowl in ODI cricket. Not that I wasn't worried about it, but I knew that I wanted my role to remain the same regardless of captaincy. But I tell you where the captaincy thing really came in - was when I went out to bat and I was like 'I have to take responsibility here, and I have to play well to not lose this game of cricket'.

"It was so fun, I love batting with Bess, loved it. I feel like I'm in a good place with my cricket. Happy minds make happy cricketers. I'm tired, it's the end of the season, obviously with the captaincy there's more responsibility, more to think about.

"[Going into bat in the first ODI] I had to really switch on here. If I got a first baller I'd look like a really bad captain, or not necessarily a bad captain but I'm always banging on about batting higher up the order. But it's been so much fun, and you know what I've loved the most? The response I've had from the team. Your voice is heard more when you're captain, then when you have a day like I did on Saturday, it's about me, and I didn't want it to be about me. There was five girls there that day that made their debuts, they got to sing the England song for the first time, and have their first England win.

"It was so special, there were family members there, obviously cap presentations at the beginning of the game, but cap presentations at the end of the game which has become a bit of a tradition, where the last debutant passes the cap onto the next debutant. So all the family members come into the dressing room - it was Bess Heath who'd made her ODI debut who then had to hand out another cap to five new players. The point of it is you're passing on the cap to the next person."

And right on cue, in true cricket style, it's started to rain again and the full covers are hastily pegged back down.

Sigh.

The umpires have been out for a look, as the rain has eased and the ground staff are working on the covers.

But the outfield must still be soaked because there won't be any news until at least midday, which is when the next inspection will take place.

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Seamer Kate Cross has been standing in as captain for this series in place of Heather Knight, and she spoke to her co-host Alex Hartley on the No Balls podcast about the experience so far: "It's been so much fun. I've really enjoyed it. Obviously winning helps, if we'd been sat here and we'd been 0-2 I might not have enjoyed it as much. It's been great fun, the girls have been incredible. Me and Jon Lewis have given six caps out, so we've really made a dent into English women's cricket history.

"[The start] was my most stressful bit, when I'm 'Oh my God, I'm not equipped to do this.' But I've got Tammy on the pitch, Hollie on the pitch who I really respect as a captain, she's captained me at Superchargers so I've got some people to bounce ideas off. But there was definitely a moment where I was like 'What do I do here?' - because we couldn't break the partnership, obviously that's cricket, that's so normal but when you're captain your decisions are affecting this."

Blue skies in Belfast!

It looks like it's stopped raining but the ground staff have still got quite a bit of work to do with the covers and getting the pitch ready.

Fingers crossed there won't be any more rainfall and we can bring you news of a start time soon!

England are in Group B of the T20 World Cup alongside Bangladesh, Scotland, West Indies and South Africa. Heather Knight's side will be favourites to top the group, probably alongside last year's finalists South Africa.

That means India and Australia are both in Group A, so England will likely face one of them in the semi-finals if the groups follow the expected trajectory.

England's first game is against Bangladesh on 5 October, while Scotland's first game is against the same opponents two days prior - both in Sharjah.

And if you're wondering how to follow, we've got you covered - Test Match Special will be there to bring you ball-by-ball radio commentary, while we will also have live texts for you on the BBC Sport website and app. Henry Moeran, Daniel Norcross, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Tash Farrant and Firdose Moonda are among the voices you'll be able to hear from the UAE.

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As we mentioned earlier, there have already been six debutants for England during this series, with Hollie Armitage and Mady Villiers making their ODI debuts and Hannah Baker, Ryana Macdonald-Gay, Paige Scholfield and Georgia Davis making their first international outings.

That's because England's T20 World Cup squad are not involved here, other than Bess Heath and Freya Kemp, with that tournament starting in the United Arab Emirates in October.

It was moved to the UAE from Bangladesh because of civil unrest in the country.

England were disappointingly knocked out by South Africa in the semi-finals last time around but are contenders for the title next month, looking to finally topple Australia from the throne.

England squad for Women's T20 World Cup: Heather Knight (captain), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophie Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt.

It's pouring down now, with the full covers being dragged on and weighed down. We could be in for a lengthy delay here but as ever, we'll update you as soon as we can.

It looks pretty bleak for now.