Match Abandonedpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 12 September 2023

17:14 BST 12 September 2023

Unfortunately, the rain wins in Northampton.

The rain is still falling, and looks set in for the rest of the day so the game can't be completed.

Here's Sam Drury's match report from the 30.5 overs that were available today.

The series remains 1-0 to England, and the final game of the series takes place on Thursday at Leicester.

We'll hopefully have cricket to bring you tomorrow too, as the men's ODI series v New Zealand continues from The Oval.

Join us then!

We've had an update from BBC Test Match Special's Henry Moeran, which is a photo of the outfield still with full covers intact.

It is still raining, and looks very grim. Still no official news, but we'll bring that to you as we get it.

We're going to park this live for now, but we will keep you updated as and when we have any news from Northampton.

If you still need a cricket fix though, you can follow the County Championship action here.

You can also keep an eye on the Asia Cup score between India and Sri Lanka, or listen to Kate Cross and Alex Hartley's No Balls podcast with Mahika Gaur.

Enjoy! And we will hopefully bring you good news soon!

What we do know is that if we do return, it will be a reduced game because of the cut-off time.

England weren't going to be chasing too many anyway, with Sri Lanka on 106-9 when the rain started to fall.

There's no news to bring you yet, I'm afraid.

We're just going to assume that it is still raining. The full covers are on, so there will be a lengthy mop-up operation regardless, whenever we do hear anything.

England have bowled very well but have been helped out, on occasion, by some poor batting.

Some good news for England ahead of the World Cup in India, which starts in just a few weeks. Fast bowler Jofra Archer has today been training with the ODI squad at Lord's ahead of tomorrow's third ODI with New Zealand.

You can read all about it here.

Image source, Alex Davidson/Getty Images

Daniel Norcross
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

The rain is now falling and the cloud has got darker.

And in a classic example of just how ludicrous the British weather can be...

Daniel Norcross
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

The rain has stopped.

Lauren Filer has impressed again with her pace, with two wickets, while all-rounder Alice Davidson-Richards also has two to her name.

One apiece for Kate Cross and Sarah Glenn, and it's been a very comprehensive bowling performance from England.

Charlie Dean took the big wicket on her return to the side, and the lack of depth in Sri Lanka's line-up meant that she could settle into a spell easily.

She's got 2-12 from seven overs so far - with three maidens.

Hypocaust: Amy Jones now has the joint-most catches of any keeper in a three-match ODI series. There is still one more match to go in this series.

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu led from the front once again as they got off to a bit of a flyer, the openers adding 26 in three overs.

But unfortunately it was the same old story for them. Once she got out, there was little resistance from elsewhere.

Phil Long
BBC Test Match Special statistician

Sri Lanka have gone off for rain at 106-9. They were bowled out at Chester-le-Street for 106. There have been four ducks so far today.

Daniel Norcross
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

They've been able to play through steady spits and spots. We won't lose overs immediately because they can make up time during the interval which is 30 minutes.

Rain stops playpublished at 15:07 British Summer Time 12 September 2023

15:07 BST 12 September 2023

Wicket, and off.

The rain is too heavy to play through, and the players depart.

We'll keep you updated.

Daniel Norcross
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

There is dawdleage, terrible dawdleage. That is criminal cricket.

Now then!

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