Summary

  • England complete 2-1 T20 series win

  • Australia beaten in a series for first time since 2017

  • England chase down rain-revised target of 119 in 14 overs

  • Teenager Capsey stars with 46 off 23

  • England earlier restricted Australia to 155-7

  • Hosts now trail 6-4 in points-based multi-format Ashes

  • Three more ODIs to come - first at Bristol on Wednesday (13:00 BST)

  1. Postpublished at 20:31 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    England were pretty good in the field but they did drop five catches in the end.

    A couple of them are half chances at best but England will be disappointed.

  2. Postpublished at 20:29 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    How good was it to see Nat Sciver-Brunt back bowling properly?

    She picked up two crucial wickets in Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner too.

    Look out for Amy Jones' magnificent work in the second video too.

  3. Postpublished at 20:27 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    Good news!

    The groundstaff are starting to roll the covers up.

  4. Postpublished at 20:25 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    Former England captain Charlotte Edwards is working for Sky Sports and she says she is "really surprised" by the non-selection of Issy Wong.

    "I know there are doubts about her form at the moment but I still maintain that if you put Issy Wong in front of 20,000 people she is going to perform," added Edwards.

    "She is a point of difference and it's pace. They missed an opportunity to do that at Edgbaston in my opinion.

    "She is the pin-up girl and you see her at every ground and we haven't see her in this tournament and I don't know if we will."

    Edwards coached Wong at Mumbai Indians in the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League, with the seamer taking 15 wickets in 10 matches.

  5. Postpublished at 20:21 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    This is proper rain now.

    We've got the full load of covers on.

    But England can afford a no result in the context of the series.

  6. Postpublished at 20:19 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    I'm by no means saying this game will be washed out yet - there is still a very good chance we'll get back on and get a game.

    But England are still in the Ashes if this finishes as a no result.

    It would leave England trailing 7-3 in the multi-format series. They would then need to win all three ODIs to win the Ashes.

    Some bad news? Australia have won 41 out of 42 one-day internationals in the last five years.

  7. Postpublished at 20:17 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    The bowlers run-ups are being covered now too.

    It's pretty heavy now.

    Australia are practicing their catches on the boundary edge though.

  8. Postpublished at 20:16 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    There is some potentially some rain around for the next hour.

    None of it seems directly over Lord's, but we may just be catching the edge of some.

  9. Postpublished at 20:14 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    Eek.

    They are pulling out the covers that cover the square now too.

    This is looking like a longer delay than the one we had earlier.

  10. It's rainingpublished at 20:13 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    A bit of a strange end to the innings.

    It felt like England were actually on top for much of that but their heads dropped at the end with the frustration of the dropped catches.

    It had been drizzling, so the ball might have been a bit soggy, and that will make batting tougher, too.

    And on that note, here comes the hover cover.

  11. 'It's a gettable total'published at 20:12 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    England's Charlie Dean, speaking to Sky Sports Mix: "I wasn't expecting to bowl in the powerplay but I enjoyed it. With our batting line-up it's a very gettable total and I back the girls to get this."

  12. Postpublished at 20:10 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    Alex Blackwell
    Former Australia batter on BBC Test Match Special

    It's a shame, England have taken consistent wickets, the Australian batters haven't really got going, but they've been pretty flat in the last two overs with the two dropped catches.

    This is still a pretty good total to keep Australia to, they'll just know they've let about ten runs through.

  13. England need 156 to win and stay in the Ashespublished at 20:08 British Summer Time 8 July 2023
    Breaking

    That's a decent total from Australia in the end and with some of the best bowlers in the world it will be a tough chase for England.

    It's a "gettable total" says Charlie Dean to Sky Sports, though.

    A reminder England must win or Australia will retain the Ashes.

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    WICKETpublished at 20 overs

    Harris run out (Capsey/Ecclestone) 25 (Aus 155-7)

    A good end for England.

    Australia look to get back for a second run off the final ball but Alice Capsey's throw from long-off is a good one and Sophie Ecclestone takes the bails off with Grace Harris well short at the non-striker's end.

  15. Postpublished at 20:07 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    Sophie Ecclestone is not happy.

    Heather Knight is the only player who has gone over to congratulate her for the wicket.

    It's a little frosty out there.

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    WICKETpublished at 19.5 overs

    Sutherland b Ecclestone 3 (Aus 154-6)

    If you want a job doing, do it yourself...

    Sophie Ecclestone, who is riled up and angered by those two dropped catches, goes a little bit quicker and skids one into Annabel Sutherland's leg stump.

    Lovely bowling.

  17. Postpublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Oh, goodness me, it's the worst drop you'll ever see! The sort of chance - that's unforgivable. Lauren Bell holds up her hand to say sorry.

    Almost like she lost it in the floodlights?

  18. Aus 154-5published at 19.4 overs

    Grace Harris smacks Sophie Ecclestone back down the ground for a glorious four, before taking a single to mid-off.

  19. Postpublished at 20:05 British Summer Time 8 July 2023

    Henry Moeran
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    If England lose this game by two or three runs they'll look back on these moments.

  20. dropped catch

    Sutherland dropped on onepublished at 19.2 overs

    Another one!

    Annabel Sutherland picks out Dani Gibson on the long-on boundary but the England all-rounder shells a simple catch.

    These drops could prove costly.