Summary

  • Second ODI, Lord's

  • England win by eight wickets on DLS method to level series at 1-1

  • Match initially shortened to 29 overs each because of rain

  • India 143-8 (29.0 overs): Mandhana 42; Ecclestone 3-27

  • Hosts chase down revised target of 115 with 18 balls to spare after further rain delay

  • England 116-2 (21.0 overs): Jones 46*, Beaumont 34

  • Third and deciding ODI at Chester-le-Street on Tuesday (13:00 BST)

Live Reporting

by Timothy Abraham & Adwaidh Rajan

  1. Dunkley not out

    Sophia Dunkley's bat did follow that, but it was miles away.

    It's eaten up a minute or two.

  2. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    This will slow the game down and it might rain again.

    It is not out. This is to just slow the game down.

  3. India review

    Erm, India review a wide.

    This is pure time-wasting in the hope of delaying the game for more rain.

  4. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    India will just be looking to take this game deep as possible.

  5. Eng 106-2

    Amy Jones flicks Arundhati Reddy off her pads. It goes in the air but drops short of the fielder at deep mid-wicket.

    Sophia Dunkley the new batter. A wide to her first ball.

  6. Eng 102-2

    England scramble a couple of leg byes after Amy Jones attempts to flick Arundhati Reddy off her ads.

    11 runs needed.

  7. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    India's Kranti Goud celebratesReuters

    A great delivery from Kranti Goud. It nips back and Nat Sciver-Brunt is done by an absolute beauty.

    Sciver-Brunt was looking to go down the ground and Goud always has a beauty in her.

  8. wicket

    WICKET

    Sciver-Brunt b Goud 21 (Eng 102-2)

    Goud bowls Sciver-Brunt for 21

    Bowled by a nip backer through the gate!

    Not the start England would have wanted after the rain delay as Nat Sciver-Brunt plays down the wrong line and is bowled by one that jags in off the pitch from Kranti Goud.

    England cannot mess this up, can they?

  9. If this was a club game there would be all sorts of grumbling about a wet ball, dangerous conditions and the light. Thankfully, international players are above such things...

    Kranti Goud has the ball in hand. She has two balls to bowl in her over.

  10. India's players return to the field. A little more reluctantly, it has to be said.

  11. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    It is always easier if you're batting second when the rain comes down.

    A dramatic drop from 42 to 13 runs needed.

  12. Nat Sciver-Brunt and Amy Jones are lingering on the edge of the boundary, waiting to come on to the field. The umpires have crossed the boundary rope.

    We're moments away from a restart.

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    As well as England have batted, they are chasing a far higher total than needed and jeopardising chances of victory yet again because of some hopeless fielding. Dropped catches lose matches.

    Paul in Surrey

  14. The scoreboard is now saying England need 115 to win this.

  15. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Restart 19:00 BST. It has now become a 24-overs-a-side match.

  16. The big hovver cover is now being buzzed off the pitch and the stumps are going back in the ground.

    Provided the umpires are happy we should get back on in time, I think.

  17. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    The cut-off time in the corner of the scoreboard is 19:18 BST.

  18. Both covers either side of the pitch have been rolled up.

    A rope is now being trailed around the outfield while a bearded gentleman is using a push-powered machine with a sponge on it to dry a damp patch.

    A race against time here.

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    Cricket killing itself and the spectators again. Get on and finish the game.

    Chris in Poole

  20. Thankfully, it was a passing shower. Albeit a heavy one.

    Umbrellas have been folded up.

    Lord's head groundsperson Karl McDermott is speaking to the umpires as the covers next to the pitch get rolled up. Bit of a race against time now.