A quick report. With plenty more to come from Vic and Vish over the next couple of hours.

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Post-game interviews. Sarah Taylor in tears, discussing how close she came to not playing this World Cup. A brave call from her to miss a year of cricket. A mighty comeback.

A round of applause for coach Mark Robinson from the assembled crowd, most of them have hung around for the presentation, up in a tic.

For that, we will see Bath’s finest, Anya Shrubsole, surely presented the player of the match gong. In case you missed it, that tweet again from her old man.

A word for Mithali. She sat there in her pads until the penultimate wicket fell. Her final World Cup game. Really something else. What a player. 7-for-28 the final Indian collapse she had to watch from the sidelines.

9.4-0-46-6. Anya Shrubsole’s analysis. 5-11 in her final spell, in 19 deliveries. She’s just won the World Cup single-handedly. Very emotional scenes up here. Ebony Rainford-Brent on the radio in tears. Magical scenes. The best of our sport.

DROPPED! JENNY GUNN HAS DROPPED THE MOST BASIC CHANCE. It would have won the World Cup. Mid-off was where she was. It’s unbelievable!

48th over: India 218-8 (Deepti 13, Poonam 0). It’s raining at Lord’s! No one way they will come off. Gunn was back for that, I neglected to add. Only three from it, and very nearly another run out to end the over as well. 11 from 12 needed. BOWIE and Freddie getting a run from the Cricket Ground DJ.

47th over: India 215-7 (Deepti 13, Pandey 3). It requied inside edges, squirts, shoves. An extra. The aforementioned favourable decision upstairs. But they’ve found seven from the over and haven’t lost a wicket. 14 from 18 needed. Realistically, England need three wickets.

NOT OUT! “Inconclusive” the call from the third umpire. “That looked out on four of the five angles,” says Ebony Rainford-Brent on the radio. I’m with her. Goodness me that’s stiff.

HAS SARAH TAYLOR STUMPED DEEPTI? We’ll find out in a moment.

46th over: India 208-7 (Deepti 9, Pandey 1). Deepti goes over Hartley’s head first ball of the set. For all the wickets, they don’t yet need more than a run a ball. Three further singles come. So. Seven from it. India need 21 from four overs. Shrubsole still has overs – two of them.

44th over: India 198-5 (Krishnamurthy 34, Deepti 1). Neglected to mention that Krishnamurthy smacked Hartley inside-out to start that over, way back when. A moment of chaos when Deepti tips and runs. Mercifully, for India, sent back. Just in time. Sent upstairs. But she’s back. Just. Over ends with Krishnamurthy hoicking fine, it’s aerial but lands safe. Again. Just. A game of inches here. Literally. BUCKLE UP. 31 from 36 needed.

42nd over: India 182-3 (Punam 86, Krishnamurthy 19). Hardley for a third spell. And she nearly gets Krishnamurthy! How do you beat the outside edge and leg stump? She has. The same player gets deep in the crease to play another little late cut off her stumps. Just gets the bat down in time. India have turned down a gear here. They are eight runs above DLS at the over. Important fact, as it is even darker than it was three minutes ago. In other words: England need a wicket, urgently.

41st over: India 178-3 (Punam 84, Krishnamurthy 17). Marsh for her final over from the Pavilion End. Punam, the big wicket, nearly gives them a chance too – off the top edge, back of the bat almost, when sweeping. But it falls safe. The field is taken on a couple of times. It’s almost hit and run stuff, but it is working. Five from it. Marsh through her ten for 39. Still need 5.67 an over through the final nine. Not for nothing.

And you know what I said about rain and it not playing a part? It’s very, very dark at Lord’s again. Watch this space on that. Probably 40 minutes needed to finish this thing in regulation, as they say in the US sports.

40th over: India 173-3 (Punam 80, Krishnamurthy 16). Right – Punam is fine. Well, she’s hasn’t gone off. It’s Gunn, into her sixth. Slower ball met with a quick single by Punam, Marsh racing in from the circle at third man. Bit deep there, the consensus. Punam again in the action to end the over, using her feet and going through the air at cover point. A heave more than a stroke. Brunt puts in the big ones to prevent a boundary, slipping in the process. She gives it her all. Seven from it.

Cramp? It’s actually not a real drinks break, they are taking one on account of Punam Raut going down with what appears to be cramp. She’s been on the ground a long time though, with several support staff trying to help. Looks to be in a lot of discomfort. Umpires watching on closely. Worse than cramp? A hamstring issue? Stand by.

39th over: India 166-3 (Punam 75, Krishnamurthy 15). Marsh delivers a very penetrative set. A leg before shout, another that nearly slips through to finish off. One from it. Two good overs for England on the bounce. They grab a drink.

38th over: India 165-3 (Punam 74, Krishnamurthy 15). Oh no DROPPED! It’s Gunn back, wins the false stroke from the dangerous Krishnamurhy, and the captain Knight has put it down diving to her right. You wouldn’t hear of it. Brilliant set of hands usually. She digs her her into the ground after the chance goes down, an acknowledgment of what has just happened. After the missed stumping from Taylor a quarter hour ago or so – it shows the pressure of this setting. Four runs the damage by the time the over is finished. Gunn’s been England’s most frugal today, has plenty of work yet to do.

37th over: India 161-3 (Punam 73, Krishnamurthy 12). Marsh continues. So they’re trying to spin to win. India have taken the upper hand since losing Harmanpreet. Punam deflects behind point and it’s four! Hartley isn’t known for her fielding an this isn’t her best piece of work down there. That hurts. Marsh fights back, only two other singles coming. “England have got to believe here that the are going to get that wicket,” the advice of Charlotte Edwards on radio. “They have got to believe.” Real passion there. “This is where someone has got to put their hand up.”

36th over: India 155-3 (Punam 68, Krishnamurthy 11). Hartley, in her 1990s shades, to go again in her seventh. Little dab from Punam gets two early in the over. Then when she gets her chance, Krishnamurthy replicates her slap down to long-off from the previous over, but excellent work from Gunn racing around to cut it off from long-on. Committed, athletic fielding. She won’t be denied when going squarer though, a beautifully struck inside-out boundary. Turning into an excellent over. Added to when Hartley sprays one, a wide added. Right. Ten off that. The first over of the batting power plan a most effective one. India need 74 from 84.

35th over: India 145-3 (Punam 65, Krishnamurthy 5). Krishnamurthy took four balls to score, but she did it was straight and effective, to the rope in front of the pavilion. Marsh earns a stumping chance off Punam! Taylor misses the stumping! Blimey, didn’t expect to be writing those words. It’s gone between bat and pad, it didn’t look like Taylor saw it until late. But it was in and out of the gloves. Punam survives.

34th over: India 138-3 (Punam 63, Krishnamurthy 0). Krishnamurthy sweeping from the get go, but unable to get off strike. Brilliant over from Hartley, happy to maintain her attacking disposition. High risk, high reward. Has matchwinner written all over her.

33rd over: India 136-2 (Punam 62, Harmanpreet 50). A different kind of innings to Thursday but no less important the half-century here by Harmanpreet Kaur. 78 balls to get there. A couple of those big, powerful sixes, but for the most part careful accumulation has defined her stay so far. To be precise, two sixes, three fours and the rest all in singles. 5.60 now the required rate. “I’m living and breathing every ball here,” says Charlotte Edwards on the radio.

32nd over: India 133-2 (Punam 61, Harmanpreet 48). Knight throwing the ball around now. Needs to. Hartley is back. Hoping, presumably, that Harmanpreet will try and take her down and fail. But it is Punam in the action. For the wrong reasons initially, looking for a single that isn’t there, having to send Harmanpreet back. But no confusion next up, down the track and driving with power over cover. Just about her best shot today. Hartley fights back well, and beats Puman’s outside edge to finish the over. Six from it.

In case you were wondering, rain will not – unless something mad happens – play a role in this final. Very funny now, albeit through the clouds. But not at all grim. We’ve defied the forecast.

31st over: India 127-2 (Punam 56, Harmanpreet 47). Acknowledging the need for a wicket, Brunt is back as well. Only went through four earlier on, so not a bad shout. But it’s a frustrating over for her. Not much wrong with the direction but seven from it, the bulk of them behind point using her added pace. Not helped by an overthrow, passing by Brunt when Hartley misdirects her return. From here, India need 5.37 an over. The partnership is currently 84.

30th over: India 120-2 (Punam 50, Harmanpreet 46). Shrubsole goes again. Punam makes good contact on a pull shot, saved by I think it is Brunt sweeping at square leg. Athletic diving stop close to the rope. Further singles are exchanged before Punam gets her third half-century of the World Cup with a push behind square to end the over. 75 balls, a couple of boundaries and a straight six along the way. Important hand. Job far from done. England need a spark. Better yet, a wicket. Tempo in India’s favour.

29th over: India 114-2 (Punam 46, Harmanpreet 45). Sciver has an important role to play here, especially with Hartley unlikely to get through ten from here while Harmanpreet is out there. She concedes a boundary to her here, tickled very fine from the stumps. On another day that would have bowled her.

28th over: India 108-2 (Punam 45, Harmanpreet 40). Right, so only the one over from Knight before she returns to Shrubsole from the Nursery End. Hope she gets a chance from the other end to generate some huge movement towards these right handers at some stage. Can’t complain about this though, only two from it.

27th over: India 106-2 (Punam 45, Harmanpreet 39). First ball of Sciver’s new over gets India to 100 with a single to square leg from Harmanpreet. Fantastic response from their supporters, and there are plenty of them in here at HQ today. Oh, Harmanpreet times a cagey little pull shot from middle stump. It keeps a fraction low (well, doesn’t get up) but has all the time in the world to adjust her stroke and pick out a gap behind square. Building, building. Run a ball over the last five overs,and 5.35 needed to win from here for India.

26th over: India 99-2 (Punam 44, Harmanpreet 33). Knight brings herself on, with Harmanpreet increasingly keen to have a go at Hartley. Good leadership. Options galore with the ball, been a big part of England’s success. The 50 stand between these two comes from the first ball of the over, Punam tucking around the corner for a single. 79 balls to get there. Harmanpreet drives down the ground with ease getting Punam back. And it’s a big full toss from Knight. So big that it wins a free hit. She doesn’t fully capitalise, grabbing a couple to deep cover. TMS reminding me that Punam and Harmanpreet both made half-centuries the previous time India played at Lord’s, defeating England when chasing 230. All a bit familiar, then. Raj made 94 not out that day, mind. Seven off this one. Scrappy start from the skipper. Finishes with a second fully. Hmm.

25th over: India 92-2 (Punam 39, Harmanpreet 32). Sciver brought back to replace Marsh. Keeps Punam honest, a decent shout for leg before. It’s going down, and then quickly realise that and don’t review. Mel Jones on radio complimentary of Sarah Taylor’s influence in preventing any wild referrals. Four singles, including another Punam ramp. We’re at the half-way mark. England were 103-3. Don’t yell at me, I know this means nothing. I’m just sharing.

24th over: India 88-2 (Punam 36, Harmanpreet 30). Oh that’s magnificent from Harmanpreet, the back pad along the ground, swinging with the straightest arms. The contact enough, landing in the grandstand, the chap in the front row putting down the catch. Second time she’s done that. Into the 30s. Nine from the Hartley over – the bowler she seems most keen to take on, much as she was the left-arm orthodox of Jess Jonassen on Thursday. She won’t need long to rip this game apart.

23rd over: India 79-2 (Punam 36, Harmanpreet 22). Marsh’s third over on the bounce where four singles have been added. Nothing more. Both sides probably happy enough with that. Three of those down the ground. A scoop too. Punam had a couple of goes at that now.

“It seems an obvious point to make but Jenny Gunn is a bit good, isn’t she?” James Higgott likes the England all-rounder’s work. “She fires them in, barrel straight, on target every time. She’s an automatic pick for me. I’m glad they’ve held a few of her overs back, keeping her powder dry for later.”

22nd over: India 75-2 (Punam 34, Harmanpreet 20). Hartley encourages a Harmanpreet dance early in the over. As I tried to explain after her 171 the other day, you just have to hold your breath when she goes down the track like that. Each time is an event. It only gets her a single this time though. Two from it. Hartley doing plenty right here early on.

This isn’t a bad shout.

21st over: India 73-2 (Punam 33, Harmanpreet 19). 75 for Duckworth Lewis at the end of this over. I raise this becuase we have a game with 20 overs now registered. They get four from the over, all risk-free, leaving them two runs short of that mark. But the point is, we have a smashing contest on our hands here. Especially with Harmanpreet now up and about. Get yourself in front of a TV. This is spot on.

20th over: India 69-2 (Punam 31, Harmanpreet 17). A mate of mine popped on the social media the other day that when his boy grows up he hopes he can keep like Sarah Taylor. She shows her unique game awareness again here, dancing around while Punam is mid-ramp. So close to gloving it, too. Oh but forget about that: Harmanpreet has just done her thing! Dance, stop prop, swing of the arms, connect, six! And a big’un! Nearly into the crowd, 20m beyond the actual boundary. On ABC TV in Australia overnight Gideon Haigh compared her posture to that of the iconic Victor Trumper image (that he’s literally written the book on, so he would know). Buckle up.

19th over: India 59-2 (Punam 28, Harmanpreet 10). Excellent little session since Raj was removed, England conceding 16 runs in 35 balls thereafter with Marsh’s set here conceding four. India helped by a legside wide. But it did give Taylor the chance to show off her mad skillz again behind the stumps.

18th over: India 55-2 (Punam 27, Harmanpreet 8). Right, so it’s Hartley. We’ve seen her left-arm spin claim big wickets in this tournament, not least Meg Lanning. That was the game with the biggest crowd before this one, and she as ice cold under pressure. Here, she tosses it up to Harmanpreet from the get go, 45mph. Five high-quality dots before the Indian matchwinner goes sweeping to end the set. A single to square leg keeps her the strike. Big contest between those two coming up, surely.

17th over: India 54-2 (Punam 27, Harmanpreet 7). Marsh giving it some air, encouraging both the drive. Harmanpreet doesn’t make great contact and it goes back to the bowler. Looked close to reaching her on the full. Not to be. Punam more convincing, out to deep point for a couple. Four from it. Time for a drink in the middle, with Alex Hartley ready to take the ball for the first time in England’s defence of 228 when they return. And for those on weather watch, it is very sunny. And we’re three overs away from “a game” as they say in DLS speak. On the radio, Lottie says England are “just in front.”

16th over: India 50-2 (Punam 24, Harmanpreet 6). Maiden for Jenny Gunn. Completed after a fantasic diving stop on the circle at cover to end the over. Didn’t quite catch who it was – maybe Beaumont. That’s what India did so well. The standard of fielding lifting for the final.

15th over: India 50-2 (Punam 24, Harmanpreet 6). The ground holds its breath… Harmanpreet just clears mid-on! It’s a false stroke, far from the middle of the bat. Four instead. There’s another pause when Marsh really fancies a leg before shout against Punam. She’s well down, they elect not to review. “Might have been worth a cheeky DRS,” says Charlotte Edwards on TMS. 50 up in the over as well. Required rate now above five, India currently going at 3.33.

14th over: India 45-2 (Punam 24, Harmanpreet 1). Punam runs the first Gunn deliver of a new set to third man. Harmanpreet collects a couple of more dots before getting off the mark to her eighth delivery. Means very little though, she’ll swing when she’s good and ready. In case you missed the numbers, her first 50 came in 64 balls on Thursday against Australia. The next 121 in 50 balls. Have that. Great from Gunn, four runs from her three overs. Great story given she thought her career was pretty much done and was happy enough just to make the 15.

13th over: India 43-2 (Punam 23, Harmanpreet 0). The run out came to the first ball of Laura Marsh’s spell. Watching the replay, hard to know why no dive came. Odd cricket, awful running. Harmanpreet is the new player to the crease. We’ll come to her in a tic. She’s in careful defence to the rest of the over, Marsh recording a maiden to begin. Talk about exactly what England needed.

12th over: India 43-1 (Punam 23, Raj 17). This is a really good start from Gunn, two singles into the off-side – one via a drop-and-go – the only runs off her two tidy overs.

11th over: India 41-1 (Punam 22, Raj 16). Big over for India, ten from it after two maidens. Punam takes Sciver over midwicket and it nearly goes the full journey. Not without risk, but a nice pressure release. The cover drive from Raj is one to swoon over. It rockets out to the rope. Immense timing.

Double verification on the women’s toilets line from earlier in the OBO.

10th over: India 31-1 (Punam 17, Raj 11). Back to back maidens to end the power play. Good captaincy from Knight, getting Gunn on who immediately lands her medium pace in those familiar long sleeves. She wears them since – by her estimation – the