50 for Harmanpreet Kaurpublished at 27 overs

27 overs

Ind 115-3

Whoa? What was that? Kristen Beams tosses one up which flies out of her hands, high into the air and lands, on the full, where fourth slip would normally be - she did something similar in one of the early games of the Women's Ashes in 2015. (Rather like her compatriot Steve Smith, she might be listed as "Leg-spin - NB this could go anywhere"). It's signalled as a no-ball.

With a free hit signalled, Kaur frees her hands and lofts the first six of the day over long-on, to the delight of the crowd, before pulling the last ball of the over for four through mid-wicket. A big over for India.

David Wallace: That's the big one. Now we'll see what India batting is made of.

Beams hops, skips and bounces in for her sixth over, Harmanpreet Kaur moves to 41 with a careful single wide of mid-off, and Sharma is finally off the mark with a single to the patrolling Ellyse Perry at deep mid-wicket.

Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

The wicket changes the dynamic. Harmanpreet will have to think about anchoring the innings.

Left-hander Deepti Sharma replaces Raj (who can now get back to her book) - off-spinner Gardner comes round the wicket to the Indian number five, and suddenly the batting side are back into their shells, unable to get the ball off the square.

For those of you who note such things, Gardner has now overtaken England's Katherine Brunt as the leading dot-ball-bowler of the World Cup.

Ebony Rainford-Brent
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

That's a massive wicket. The ball went on with the arm, not a googly. Mithali Raj can bat all day. With her gone, who will do that for India?

Lanning has three spinners to call upon - an off-spinner, leg-spinner and left-arm spinner - and turns back to Ashleigh Gardner's off-breaks to ensure the Indian batters can't settle too easily. Raj and Kaur continue to pick up singles - remember, we're already past the halfway mark as this morning's rain reduced this game to 42 overs per side.

Two bowlers can bowl nine overs - with the other three being able to bowl no more than eight. And it's all looking very symmetrical so far - Schutt and Perry have bowled six each, and the spin trio four apiece.

Captain Meg Lanning, to her credit, never lets the game drift - and responds to Kaur's mini-recovery by bringing back the pace of Megan Schutt for her third spell. But Kaur shows her versatility by bending down to ramp-scoop a four over where a leg slip might have stood.

Mithali Raj, meanwhile, moves to 32 with a single - and thus becomes the tournament's highest scorer, ahead of England's Tammy Beaumont. But Kaur is lucky to avoid being stumped as Schutt fires down a legside wide which keeper Alyssa Healy doesn't take cleanly.

Here's a look at that slog-sweep four from Harmanpreet Kaur which ended that run of singles.

Thanks, Amy - a marathon, rain-sodden stint from you. It's as though India are stuck in a holding pattern as Kristen Beams and Jess Jonassen whistle through their overs in rapid order, with India's third-wicket pair only able to progress in singles. No danger of Meg Lanning getting suspended for a slow over-rate - and fingers crossed, we should get the game in today, the Derby skies are as blue as India's kit.

Kaur finally takes the attack to Jonassen, skipping down the track and crashing the left-arm spinner over mid-off for four. As if the shackles have been loosened, a quick tip-and-run puts the fielders under pressure. That's the fifty stand.

Right, it'll be Mark Mitchener to talk you through the business ends of proceedings. He's taking over just as the floodlights are switched off.

A four! An actual four! Down on one knee goes Harmanpreet Kaur and it's a fair old hoick, but there's enough power behind the shot for the ball to go cracking across the field and into the ropes. Kristen Beams sends down a flatter delivery with Kaur dances to, but she nurdles it into the field. Normal service is resumed as Mithali Raj wants a second run, Kaur says no, and they settle for a single.

Here are the boundaries from that 13th over - since then, we've had 21 successive singles.

Jess Jonassen is back on, spinning the ball from hand to hand, before she twirls down a shortish delivery that Mithali Raj drives away for one. Down the pitch comes Kaur, a nice little forward shuffle, but again, it's only a single, Kaur finding the fielder once again. Hmm. Must be time to start upping the ante here, surely? We've not had a boundary since the 13th over.

Lydia Greenway
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Kristen Beams is doing a great job of keeping control. The odd bad ball has gone down, but the field are keeping it tight. She came quite late to international cricket, but is making the most of it. You sense India are getting a bit twitchy when they face a few dot balls.

Another sedate over goes ticking by, Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur tapping one single here and another there. The Australia and India players on the sidelines are now wrapped up in World Cup branded towels for a bit more extra warmth.

Image source, PA

Lydia Greenway
Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

Harmanpreet Kaur hasn't had the World Cup she would have wanted - a top score of 24 so far - she needs a big one today.

An irritated swipe at the turf from Harmanpreet Kaur as she bottom edges a short ball from Perry straight to the lurking fielder. In comes Perry, knees going high, as the sun begins to very slowly creep out at Derby. Kaur and Mithali Raj nab four singles off the over. It seems to have been a while since the last boundary.

Alison Mitchell
BBC Test Match Special

There's a good crowd in, mostly supporting India, apart from those kangaroos bouncing around. But there are a few Australian flags strung up on the balcony.

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