Highlights, India vs England, 2nd Test, Day 1 at Lord's, Full Cricket Score: Play called off due to rain

Official: Play called off for the day…

BBC are saying that the latest play can start by is 6 pm (local time). It isn’t from match officials so take it with a pinch of salt… but it is a general assumption now that we are waiting for umpires to call it off.

Umpires have gone back and official news is that they will have another inspection in 15 minutes. It’s too dark to start the game now. Assuming they will call it off at that inspection.

Umpires out taking a walk again… this could be it… end of the day… fingers crossed… honestly!

Bad news… The rain is back. KL Rahul heads to the indoor nets. But with his bat covered… It’s gone dark again. Hopes diminish of any play. 

Sam Curran on his way to the indoor nets now… bat uncovered mind you… so no or little drops of rain…

Tea has been taken

The rain has washed the second session as well. More frustration as we are hear the drizzle has returned.

Normal tea time… no official word though… of course. We are simply waiting at the moment… after a long chat, the umpires are walking back. Awaiting any official word…

Umpires out for a walk… Still with umbrellas in hand, mind you. 

One of the English players has just walked to the indoor nets… not sure who it was since he had a cap on but it looked like Ollie Pope. More importantly, he had his bat on and wasn’t covering it, which batsmen do in rains. Meaning… the rain has nearly stopped.

Some good news… rain is now down to a spit… odd drops here and there. This could start after an hour here with a long late session. Hold on…

Meanwhile Jasprit Bumrah is off to the indoor nets. He isn’t playing this game.

Followed by Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings who are carrying their batting kit. They are playing, so are they expecting a start soon? 

Mild improvement in the distance… Lot of activity now… But… Still raining. It needs to stop for anything concrete to happen. 

*Lights in the picture are from press box which shows how dark it still is. 

Some clearance in the deep. Still raining but forecast could clear later in the day… We could have an early tea in the meantime. 

Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav now on their way back to the pavilion… they were also in the indoor nets. 

Still raining… of course.

One of the officials on the ground… But it hasn’t stopped raining yet. At all… 

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A few Indian players made their way to the indoor nets… Virat Kohli and Dinesh Karthik walking back now, probably to get some lunch. Assuming there are more players in the indoor nets which are just next to the nursery end… this is a vast ground/venue.

The last time an entire day’s play was washed out at Lord’s in a Test was in 2001. It happened on the first day of a Test between England and Pakistan. It may happen today.

Doesn’t look like he found any… well this could take some time now

👀 @CurranSM searching for some sunshine from the Home Dressing Room Balcony.#ENGvIND#LoveLords pic.twitter.com/b8PTOKxQOJ

— Lord's Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) August 9, 2018

The last time an entire day’s play was washed out at Lord’s in a Test was in 2001. It happened on the first day of a Test between England and Pakistan. It may happen today.

And while lunch is served… Rain has picked up again. Heavier now… 

You can also see the low hanging clouds about as well… This looks bad. 

Official match update: Early lunch taken at Lord’s at 12.30pm local time. There is no change in conditions at the moment. 

More low hanging clouds have flown in by the way… So again… No cricket any time soon.

Early Lunch taken

Not much change in the situation… A few puddles starting to form on the outfield… and you can see the covers are flooded with water already. But again not a major worry given the brilliant drainage here. 

Spotted a plane flying in the distance… So the rainy clouds aren’t low hanging… Which means this isn’t clearing up anytime soon.

What would you pick?

Anyone feeling hungry? 😋

Well here's what the players will be eating while the rain falls ⬇️

What would you choose? 🤔#LoveLords#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/8s5qU0MAL1

— Lord's Cricket Ground (@HomeOfCricket) August 9, 2018

It has been one hour past the scheduled time of start as the steady downpour continues.

Play at lords still delayed and you can see why. #EngvInd pic.twitter.com/4gs1beAMMb

— Stephen Killen (@_StephenKillen) August 9, 2018

Four groundsmen are out in the middle… but wait… It is still raining. They are just sweeping water off covers… They have been doing this periodically. 

They have also set up some sort of pipe system to drain some water off the covers… Proper non-stop rain this! 

Here’s an interesting nugget of information 

@AdilRashid03 will be the first @englandcricket leg spinner to play against @BCCI at @homeofcricket since @robin_hobbs in 1967. Hobbs only bowled six overs in the match, hope Rashid is given a few more than that. #ENGvIND #India #Cricket pic.twitter.com/kZSbYSpMbw

— Rob Kelly (@Ribs72) August 9, 2018

Real dampner!

I looked at the weather forecast for the Test yesterday morning and it was showing nice sunshine for the whole test. And now we have rain forecast all day today... #ENGvIND

— Niall (@Crusty_Crouton) August 9, 2018

We are past the scheduled time of play and we are told there is some drizzle around so there will be a further delay.

The toss has been delayed

Even as the crowd continues to come in… It’s raining a lot harder now… This will be a long, long wait.

Even as the crowd continues to come in… It’s raining a lot harder now… This will be a long, long wait…  The toss has been delayed.

Even as the crowd continues to come in… It’s raining a lot harder now… This will be a long, long wait…  The toss has been delayed.

Quite some crowd at Lord’s given the rain… in that stand alone though. And for good reason, it’s the brand new Warner Stand (not after David Warner but after Sir Plum Warner) opened last year by the Duke of Edinburgh in his last public engagement. 

It doesn’t look good for the day actually… Intermittent rain throughout… and I am talking about St.John’s Wood or Marylebone area… where Lord’s is situated… 

It is also supposed to be a relatively wet weekend… temperatures on Monday and Tuesday were as high as 31 degrees… and it all cooled down since Wednesday afternoon… rained all night as well… Probably the reason both captains decided to delay the decision on second spinner or extra pacer… 

More rain is forecast for Friday, Saturday and Monday… that’s four days out of five for this second Test… good luck getting a result here… 

Then again, don’t take my word for it. I will never stake a bet against English weather… ever! 

That’s the current scenario… Nothing much happening… we are just waiting for something to happen actually… 

Am told the drainage is quite excellent so we could be underway within 30 minutes as and when rain stops…. 

London looks different and more beautiful when there is a dash of rain about… The jackets come out and coffee gets back in vogue…

It threatens cricket but hey… the Dukes ball and cloud cover bring a smile to the pacers’ faces. There is a hell lot of cloud cover about and not a speck of blue in the sky… 

Sadly, we are quite far away from the game at the moment… players not even out for warm-ups… 

It’s the second Test… it’s Lord’s!

Our correspondent Gaurav Joshi previews the first day of the Lord’s Test with Sunandan Lele. 

Well, not the sort of news you want to start the day with!

It's been a rainy morning here in London and looks like we'll have to play the waiting game for a bit.

Stay tuned for further updates.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/JVwBYeF7Bw

— BCCI (@BCCI) August 9, 2018

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