Ecclestone three-for restricts India to 143

29 overs India 143 for 8 (Mandhana 42, Deepti 30*, Ecclestone 3-27) vs England

England need to chase 144 at Lord's to keep their ODI series against India alive.

England's spinners restricted India to 143 for 8 in the second ODI, sharing six wickets between them, Sophie Ecclestone leading the way with 3 for 27 while fellow left-arm spinner Linsey Smith took two and offspinner Charlie Dean one.

Smriti Mandhana top-scored for India with a 51-ball 42 and Deepti Sharma was their next-best with an unbeaten 30 off 34 balls but no other batter passed 16.

After a four-hour rain delay reduced the match to 29 overs per side, the sun was blazing down on Lord's as seamer Em Arlott celebrated removing Pratika Rawal with just her fourth delivery, a gem of a yorker on the base of off stump.

After a reduced powerplay of six overs in which India were 25 for 1, Mandhana struck back-to-back fours off Lauren Bell, driven down the ground and expertly through a gap in the covers.

The hosts introduce spin in the ninth over with Dean conceding nine before Ecclestone struck with a return catch off the second ball of the tenth to remove Harleen Deol.

After seeing a couple of half-chances missed off her bowling, Ecclestone took matters into her own hands again in her second over, pushing a faster ball through Harmanpreet Kaur's attempt to cut and hitting the top of off stump.

Harmanpreet's dismissal for just 7 continued a lean tour for her on this tour, in which she has scored 89 runs all up from six innings across formats, with a highest score of 26.

India's woes deepened through Dean's caught-and-bowled dismissal of Jemimah Rodrigues to make it 69 for 4 for the tourists in the 15th over. It should have been five down two balls later but Dean spilled a more straightforward chance off Richa Ghosh. Ecclestone ensured the mistake wasn't too costly, however, when she trapped Ghosh lbw in the next over.

That brought Deepti to the crease and as she faced Dean, the air was heavy with tension and memories of Deepti running out of Dean backing up at the same venue in 2022. Dean beat the bat with her first two deliveries before Deepti got off strike with a cut through point.

Smith almost did herself a mischief when she dived after a firm drive through the covers off Mandhana and face-planted the turf at the edge of the square, but she bounced back to combine with Dean in Mandhana's downfall.

After watching Mandhana's perfectly placed sweep pierce deep backward square and deep midwicket to reach the boundary, Smith drew a top edge that sailed towards cover, where Dean took a tumbling catch, drop-kicking the ball away in celebration.

Smith claimed her second when she pinned Arundhati Reddy lbw and Arlott finished as she began, knocking back Sneh Rana's off stump.