India lose four wickets for four runs to slip to 124-6
Match reduced to 47 overs per side because of two rain delays
Sri Lanka win toss and field first
Opening game of Women's World Cup, Guwahati
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Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
We expected this pitch to be quite fruitful but it may be that Sri Lanka have just bowled good lines and lengths.
Sri Lanka lack power with the batting but I have a feeling they could cause some upsets.
Sugandika Kumari finishes with two dot balls.
Pratika Rawal's six was the first boundary since Harleen Deol's four off the penultimate ball of the eighth over.
Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra
The first sign of intent from Pratika Rawal and India in general. Use of the feet and straight out the middle of the bat.
A little bit of a swagger from Pratika too.
Well, that's woken everyone up!
Pratika Rawal steps down and dumps Sugandika Kumari over the long-off boundary for the first six of the tournament.
Rawal smashes Kumari for first six of the tournament
WinViz is favouring India at the moment, presumably knowing they are building a nice platform for their middle-order strokemakers.
Image source, CricvizA fourth bowler for Sri Lanka into the attack - it's 24-year-old spinner Kavisha Dilhari.
Two singles from the over - the fourth consecutive time that's happened, we've had nine runs in total since the resumption.
Pratika Rawal brings up India's half-century, pushing the last ball of the returning Sugandika Kumari's over out to cover point for a single.
It comes from 84 balls - we haven't had a boundary for 37 deliveries.
Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra
Image source, Getty ImagesSri Lanka don't necessarily have star players but they do the basics well.
They bowl straight and a good length and their ground fielding has been really impressive today. They have technically correct players so are improving in their discipline.
Repeat of the previous over, two singles coming from Achini Kulasuriya's effort.
Sri Lanka are burning through a fair few overs from their opening seamers.
Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport cricket writer on BBC Radio Sports Extra
Image source, Getty ImagesPratika Rawal is that solid top-order player for India.
She doesn't have the flashiness of Harmanpreet Kaur or the power of Smriti Mandhana but she is so reliable and has established herself so well.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe veteran seamer Udeshika Prabodhani continues for her sixth over.
Two singles come from it, as India ease back into their groove after the interruption.
Incidentally, because of the delay we've lost two overs from the innings.
Rawal 18, Deol 16
So Achini Kulasuriya gets us back under way for Sri Lanka.
Her first spell lasted four overs, but after an hour and 20 minutes off the field she's good to go again having technically only been off for one over at this end.
Harleen Deol takes the only run from the first six balls post-resumption, pushing into the covers.
Image source, Getty ImagesWell, that was quick.
We didn't even get a resumption time, the players have just wandered out.
A rare case of getting on with it in international cricket - we resume with India on 43-1 after 10 overs.
Big covers coming off, now back to just a single strip on the wicket.
I don't want to speak too soon, but this is looking fairly promising...
The opening match of the World Cup has been suspended because of the weather but why isn't cricket played in the rain?
Never fear - BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team have the answer right here.
Image source, Getty ImagesEngland women's winter of turbulence led them to a summer of soul searching.
A disastrous T20 World Cup group-stage exit at the hands of West Indies was glossed over by beating South Africa away, only for a full-scale implosion down under as Australia inflicted a 16-0 defeat in the multi-format series.
Change was inevitable: Jon Lewis and Heather Knight out, Charlotte Edwards and Nat Sciver-Brunt were quickly ushered in.
Now, they are about to enter the pressure cooker again.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Image source, Getty ImagesIt's never a good sign when they are putting more and more covers on.
Image source, Getty ImagesRight, more covers coming back on.
Curiously, it looks relatively light overhead, but when TV cameras cut to shots of people at ground level you can see the rain is pretty heavy.
Time for more distraction then.
Can you name all the members of England's World Cup squad?
Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport cricket writer
This is the heaviest the rain has been.
Bad news for cricket fans, good news for plastic sheeting addicts.
One big cover is coming back on, and the three umpires, each with their own umbrella, are out taking another look at things.
The light show continues for those in the crowd.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rawal,caught Gunaratne, bowled Ranaweera Rawal, caught Gunaratne, bowled Ranaweera | 37 | 59 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 62.71 |
Mandhana,caught Gunaratne, bowled Prabodhani Mandhana, caught Gunaratne, bowled Prabodhani | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 80.00 |
Deol,caught Dilhari, bowled Ranaweera Deol, caught Dilhari, bowled Ranaweera | 48 | 64 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 75.00 |
H Kaur,caught Sanjeewani, bowled Ranaweera H Kaur, caught Sanjeewani, bowled Ranaweera | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 110.53 |
Rodrigues,bowled Ranaweera Rodrigues, bowled Ranaweera | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
batting,Sharma,not out batting, Sharma, not out | 45 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 100.00 |
Ghosh,caught Prabodhani, bowled Athapaththu Ghosh, caught Prabodhani, bowled Athapaththu | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33.33 |
batting,A Kaur,not out batting, A Kaur, not out | 57 | 55 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 103.64 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 8, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 8 Extras, no balls 0, wides 8, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 8 | |||||||
Total,226 for 6 43.1 overs Total,226 for 6 43.1 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kulasuriya | 6.0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.66 |
Prabodhani, bowling | 8.1 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.53 |
Kumari | 9.0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.11 |
Dilhari | 8.0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6.37 |
Ranaweera | 9.0 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.11 |
Athapaththu | 3.0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
14 for 1 (3.2 overs) | Mandhana |
81 for 2 (19.2 overs) | Rawal |
120 for 3 (25.1 overs) | Deol |
120 for 4 (25.2 overs) | Rodrigues |
121 for 5 (25.5 overs) | H Kaur |
124 for 6 (26.6 overs) | Ghosh |
