Time for us to say farewell - although I imagine a fair number of you have left already.

Four hours and 10 minutes of commentary on zero play - a very strong to my summer of commentary.

Here's hoping for a better time on Saturday - we'll see you then.

And we're done.

The umpires have decided we won't have a game today - we'll regroup on Saturday for the third and final one-day international in this series.

That's in Cardiff at 11:00 BST.

Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport cricket writer at Northampton

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Guess what?

It's hammering down.

Time for your latest pitch inspection update - it's at 16:40 BST.

This has been a stellar day for fans of watching Sue Redfearn look at sodden turf.

Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport cricket writer at Northampton

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Some of the outer covers are starting to be removed... but there are still a lot of grey clouds hovering.

Anything else the residents of Banbury want to discuss?

I'm almost three and a half hours into a live featuring zero sport, so I'm happy to be a conduit for anything you want to chat about.

Anyway, we've got an inspection coming in ten minutes.

For those wondering, the players have to be on the field by 17:38 BST for a 20-over game.

We'll already been dropping down towards that from the 32-over match that was planned at the toss.

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special

When Sophie Ecclestone going to be fit, she's going to play. She's one of the best, if not one of the best bowlers in the world.

I feel a bit for Jodi Grewcock, opens the batting in a positions she wouldn't normally do. The talk of the town was the fact she's a left-hander. Maia Bouchier is probably one of the only batters in the first ODI to score runs, so she keeps her place but Grewcock, the youngster, misses out.

Tilly Corteen-Coleman keeps her pace. She bowled fantastically well. She looked like she belonged on the international stage, so her and Ecclestone together I'm looking forward to seeing.

But only the one seamer for England is interesting.

Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport cricket writer at Northampton

Proper rain now.

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England captain Charlie Dean: "I think we would've had a bowl as well, with a bit of rain around try and get out there as a team, but we're ready to bat.

"I'm hoping that we can put in a really complete performance today. Winning a game like that [on Sunday] when you're potentially not at your best is really important."

On team changes: "Sophie Ecclestone is coming in for Lauren Filer and Jodi Grewcock is going to miss out. Alice Capsey comes in for her. The shortened game plays it's hand there. I'm sure Jodie will be back as the games continue."

Yes, bad news.

There's dark skies in Northampton and there's umbrellas going up in the stands.

The players are retreating from the pitch, all rather disappointing.

Ffion Wynne
BBC Sport cricket writer at Northampton

The covers are coming back on...

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New Zealand captain Melie Kerr: "We're going to have a bowl, just with the rain around if we're going to have to come on and off knowing what we need to chase."

On what they've been doing during the rain delay: "A few games, a few quizzes. Just a bit frustrating and out of our control. It's cricket and hopefully we can get a bit of a game now.

"We're going with the same 11 today. Back the group on the park."

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New Zealand captain Melie Kerr has won the toss and chosen to bowl - just as Charlie Dean did on Sunday.

England will have to defend a target in Northampton.