Summary

  • England win by 12 runs on DLS method

  • Match twice reduced by rain

  • England hit 186-4 off their 17 overs after rain delayed start

  • Capsey smashes 51 off 27; Wyatt 48 off 30

  • SL fall short chasing 68 off six overs

  • Debutant Gaur takes first international wicket by removing SL captain Athapaththu

Live Reporting

Jonty Colman and Sam Drury

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Athapaththu b Gaur c Jones 15 (Sri Lanka 32-1)

    A first England wicket for Mahika Gaur!

    An edge from Athapaththu is caught by Jones and Gaur strikes on debut.

  2. 6 runs

    SL 32-1

    Gunaratne 10, Athapaththu 15 (DLS target 68)

    A sensational shot as Athapaththu smashes Gaur for six down the leg side!

  3. SL 23-0

    Gunaratne 10, Athapaththu 9 (DLS target 68)

    The players are on their way out at Hove as Sri Lanka look to pull off a remarkable chase with 17 deliveries to go.

    Needing more than 2.5 runs per ball, Sri Lanka simply have to go for this.

    Mahika Gaur will resume her second over she started almost 45 minutes ago.

  4. Russel Arnold
    Former Sri Lanka all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    Sri Lanka will play their shots, they have nothing to lose.

    England will also have to react to this, especially if a few boundaries get hit.

  5. Sri Lanka need 45 runs off just 17 balls to win this match, needing to score at a rate of 15.89 an over.

    That's quite the ask!

  6. Sri Lanka chasing 68 to win

    Sri Lanka need to reach 68 runs at the end of their six overs via DLS to win this game.

  7. Play to resume at 21:29 BST

    We are going to have a six-over game beginning at 21:29 BST. Three bowlers can bowl two overs. The powerplay has now ended.

    We will be back on in less than 10 minutes!

  8. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Some sawdust is getting put down on those damp patches now...

    There is still a genuine effort to get this game going again.

  9. The covers are now off, but with less than 20 minutes to go until that 21:33 BST cut off time, you would think a decision will be made rather imminently.

  10. Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    Those patches on the square might be catastrophic for this match. We can't tell yet though.

  11. Some of the covers have come back on...

    Not good news for either side in their hopes of winning the opening T20 of this series.

  12. Play must resume by 21:33

    21:33 BST is the cut off time for play to resume by.

    Otherwise the match will be abandoned.

  13. Good news! It looks like the covers are coming off at Hove so a restart could be soon approaching.

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    There's no way this is restarting. My beer is filling up quicker with rain than I can drink it.

    Anon

    Never ideal...

  15. No updates yet either way on any potential restart, but the longer the covers are on, the less likely there is a chance of a restart. Fingers crossed for an update soon!

  16. As things stand, should the match not resume, it will end without a result.

    Both sides must face a minimum of five overs each for a match to have a result.

  17. Emily Windsor
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    This is worrying signs for this game because this is heavy rain. These are pretty bleak conditions.

  18. Disappointment as rain has really affected this match. When England did get the chance to bat, Alice Capsey reached a half century off just 26 deliveries, the fourth fastest by an England player in a women's IT20 match.

    Here are the best shots from that impressive knock.

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

    It's raining cats and dogs out there.

  20. rain stops play

    Rain stops play

    We get just one delivery from Gaur in her second over before the umpires decide that the rain is too heavy for play to continue.

    The covers are on.