Overcast conditions and lose of toss having early problems for Indian w in this second WODI at Lord's match already reduced to 29 overs per inning currently after 25 overs India w are having not good figures 122 for 6.
Mostly players not able to have something from these conditions just Smriti Mandhana scored 42 runs current partnership between Deepti Sharma 19 and Arundhati Reddy 13 trying to have some decent runs on board for their team.
Sophie Ecclestone took 3 wickets which keep England hopes alive in this series but from here Indian w needed to be had 25 to 30 runs which can give them good momentum for having chance of win in this game and series.
After losing the first ODI match by four wickets, the England women's team must win today's match to avoid a series defeat. After a long spell of rain, the game was reduced to 29 overs, with the Indian women's team scoring 143 runs. Although the score may seem low at first glance, it was still a very manageable score for the Indian bowlers. There is no guarantee that the England women's team will be able to score these runs easily. As the rain has made the pitch conditions much more favorable for the bowlers, the Indian bowlers will also get extra benefit.
So as I was expecting that the match would not be played, I was truly wrong and it is here. Indian innings got finished, they scored 143 runs as this target that is really good in 29 overs. So far according to the conditions of the England women, they are on 36 runs while it is just 5 overs finished and the good thing is that they haven't lost any wicket. Even then it's a long way still for the England team to keep up with the required run rate for the rest of the overs.
Last match was won by India, hence this game may level the series if England Women able to chase this score.