16.15 local time: It's official. The match has been abandoned. The situation didn't look promising at the start of the match and the forecast predicted showers around this time in the afternoon.

So that's it for India's practice before the seven one-dayers. The bowlers had a good workout and the fielding was impressive despite the final score of 296.

Luke Wright had everything to gain from this match do do keep a lookout for him in the Twenty20 World Chamoionship in South Africa next month.

We hope you enjoyed our coverage. Do join us for the first ODI at Southampton on August 21. It's a day/night game. This is Kanishkaa Balachandran signing off.

16.05 local time: It's still drizzling and the covers are on. The umpires will give it another 15 minutes or else the match will be abandoned.

15.30 local time: It's still drizzling down in Northampton. The heavy clouds are still around there's no hint of breeze too. Looks like a longer wait. Word is that it will take an hour and a half for the groundstaff to get the ground in order, so if it continues to rain for another half an hour, they have an option of calling it off.

15.10 local time: Siddhartha, our man at the ground informs us that it's still raining there. A reduction in the number of overs is likely if the rain doesn't stop soon.

There's no shortage of support for the Indians, with the city of Leicester not too far away. There has been a festive atmosphere since the match started.

Back at Lord's for the Friends Provident Trophy final

, Hampshire face a tall order after losing two early wickets to Ottis Gibson. Durham posted 312, thanks to half centuries by Kyle Coetzer, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dale Benkenstein. If Kevin Pietersen can get going, it should be a cracker of a chase.

15.00 local time: Sorry guys some bad news. The rain has returned and the players are walking off. There was a steady drizzle before that but it has gotten a little heavier. The covers are on. Stay tuned for updates. For the time being, you may read the 1st session bulletin

by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan.

6.5

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Lewis to Uthappa, no run

good length on off stump, pushed to the off side

6.4

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Lewis to Uthappa, no run

good length, pushed in at more pace, driven back to the bowler

6.3

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Lewis to Uthappa, no run

beaten: good length outside off, shaping away, Uthappa was a little late in getting behind that

6.2

Lewis to Ganguly, 1 run

not much pace on that, ganguly gets across and tucks it to the on side, chance for a second run but turned down

6.1

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Lewis to Ganguly, no run

pace and aggression from Lewis as he thuds it in short, Ganguly ducks

end of over 612 runs

IND: 31/0CRR: 5.16 • RRR: 6.04

Robin Uthappa12 (9b 1x6)

Sourav Ganguly17 (27b 3x4)

James Kirtley 3-0-22-0

5.6

Kirtley to Uthappa, 2 runs

outside the off stump and punched past point, third man runs across and cuts it off

5.5

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Kirtley to Uthappa, no run

full on off stump, Uthappa drives back to Kirtley, he picks it up and contemplates flinging it back

silly mid-off in place for Uthappa

5.4

Kirtley to Ganguly, 1 run

full outside off, Ganguly tries to work it to the off side but gets an inside edge, the ball rolls towards square leg

5.3

2lb

Kirtley to Ganguly, 2 leg byes

drifts on the pads and Ganguly works it off his hips to fine-leg

5.2

Kirtley to Ganguly, FOUR runs

errs outside off and Ganguly makes him pay, another crisp push past cover results in another delightful boundary, the Indians in the crowd are up on their feet

5.1

Kirtley to Uthappa, 3 runs

width outside off and Uthappa finds the gap past extra cover, Bopara chases it and manages to stop it just before the rope

end of over 5Maiden

IND: 19/0CRR: 3.80 • RRR: 6.17

Sourav Ganguly12 (24b 2x4)

Robin Uthappa7 (6b 1x6)

Jon Lewis 3-1-7-0

4.6

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Lewis to Ganguly, no run

slower ball from Lewis, Ganguly searches for that gap past the covers but ends up hitting it straight there

4.5

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Lewis to Ganguly, no run

good length outside off, punched towards cover

4.4

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Lewis to Ganguly, no run

outside the off stump, crisp timing but the placement wasn't perfect, Schofield at point picks it up

4.3

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Lewis to Ganguly, no run

Ganguly backs away and tries to slam it past the bowler, mis-times it and ends up hitting to mid-on

4.2

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Lewis to Ganguly, no run

fuller in length outside off, Ganguly pushes it to point

4.1

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Lewis to Ganguly, no run

slower ball outside off, Ganguly gets a big stride forward, thinks of a single but changes his mind

end of over 45 runs

IND: 19/0CRR: 4.75 • RRR: 6.04

Sourav Ganguly12 (18b 2x4)

Robin Uthappa7 (6b 1x6)

James Kirtley 2-0-12-0

3.6

Kirtley to Ganguly, 1 run

good length on off and middle, Ganguly defends towards mid-off with soft hands and sets off for a single

3.5

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Kirtley to Ganguly, no run

Kirtley gives him no room to free his arms, Ganguly pushes it off the face of the bat to cover

3.4

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Kirtley to Ganguly, no run

on middle and leg, tucked away to the on side

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Match details

County Ground, Northampton
Toss	Indians, elected to field first
Series	India tour of Ireland, England and Scotland
Season	2007
Hours of play (local time)	10.15 start, First Session 10.15-13.45, Interval 13.45-14.30, Second Session 14.30-18.00.
Match days	18 August 2007 - day (50-over match)
Umpires	Neil Bainton Richard Illingworth