Summary

'Absolute madness!' - Gill run out trying to force quick single

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry & Elizabeth Botcherby

  1. The cover is coming back off. The umpires are walking out.

    The 3pm-ish restart stands (maybe).

  2. There's just the one cover on at the moment and the grounds team don't appear to be in any hurry to save the outfield.

    Most fans have stayed put in the stands.

  3. We may have been premature with our excitement.

    Brollies have gone up all around the ground and the covers are being brought back on. The rain has returned.

  4. The series so far...

    England lead the series 2-1 after four Tests:

    • Headingley - England won by five wickets
    • Edgbaston - India won by 336 runs
    • Lord's - England won by 22 runs
    • Old Trafford - match drawn

  5. With 15 minutes to go until the restart, here are some highlights from the fourth Test at Old Trafford.

    Fourth Test ends in draw as England fail to break Indian resistance

  6. Revised session times

    Here are the revised session times following the rain delay:

    • Second session: 15:00-17:05
    • Tea: 17:05-17:25
    • Third session: 17:25-19:00

  7. TMS Daily Quiz

    BBC Sounds

    Every weekday during the India Test series, TMS’s statistician Andy Zaltzman is posing a cricketing conundrum on BBC Sounds. It won’t be easy though. You’ll need to combine cricketing knowledge with guesswork to find the answer.

    Head over to BBC Sounds for today's question.

  8. Restart at 3pm

    Good news! If there is no further rain, play will restart at 15:00.

  9. The umpires have left the field. We should have an update soon.

  10. The umpires have come out for their second inspection...

  11. Around the grounds?!?

    New Hampshire - light showers.

    Mosteroy, Norway - too hot for a Siberian husky.

    Hamburg - breezy but dry.

    Rotterdam - rain.

    Dubrovnik - great batting conditions but regular drinks breaks required given the heat.

    Jacksonville - too hot to bowl spin.

    The Oval - pitch inspection at 14:30.

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    Unsurprisingly, there is no rain here in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. However, I think extreme heat would stop play.

    Mike

    Clear evening sky in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Sadly bad light would have stopped play by now.

    Seb in Sri Lanka

    Currently a warm and humid evening in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Perhaps some of the monsoon rains have made their way to London!

    Sam, Phnom Penh

  13. All 18 counties in action

    There's still no play at The Oval, with an inspection scheduled for 14:30.

    But there's plenty of cricket going on in the County Championship.

    You can follow the action here.

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    Good bowling conditions at Lake Bohinj, Slovenia. Overcast and humid with some showers.

    Pete

    It's hot and humid here in the morning sun on the Rosario islands off Colombia. I'll use the rain delay to go for a swim.

    Anon

    No rain in Sydney right now but definitely poor light for cricket.

    Vinny

  15. I did a few shifts at a weather station while I was at university.

    Very enjoyable but I wasn't very adept at identifying clouds and the equations in the meteorology lectures were quite terrifying.

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    Light drizzle hear in Malmo, Sweden. Still covers on (the bbq).

    Jamie from an unsurprisingly wet Sweden.

    I can confirm it’s sunny here on the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia - hurry up with the covers we want to listen as we drive!

    Anon

    No rain, but hot, humid, and ominously thundery in Savonlinna, Finland.

    Owen

  17. Cricket updated.

    And now back to the weather...

  18. In case you missed any of the action from the morning session, India lost Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul early on but are rebuilding with Sai Sudharsan and, inevitably, Shubman Gill.

    When the rain set in just before lunch, India were 72-2 from 23 overs.

    'Ollie looks happy!' - Pope review pays off as Jaiswal dismissed lbw for two

    Woakes dismisses Rahul for 14 after inside edge 'clatters' onto the stumps

  19. Pitch inspection pushed back to 2:30pm

    Bad news.

    The umpires came out, strolled around briefly, and went back inside.

    Keep your weather updates from around the world coming. They might provide some crucial intel.

  20. Pitch inspection at 2pm

    It's pitch inspection o'clock.

    The umpires are strolling around.