ENG VS IRE - 3rd ODI, Ireland tour of England ODI Series, 2023

Smiles all around as England boys pose with the trophy. That, ladies and gents, is the end of English international summer. Plenty of highs and lows as ever, but the bigger focus now shifts to the mega event in India. Set to start in 9 days time, the defending champions England will be keen to start off on a winning note against New Zealand. We hope you had great fun following the thrills and spills of the summer. Do remember to check this space for all the latest in cricket. Until next time, Cheers and goodbye from Raju Peethala, Sagar Chawla and Siva.

Zak Crawley | England skipper: Great honour to captain the side and to win a series is nice. Great sign for us as a country moving forward, hopefully we will make each other better with opportunities like these. The openers went out there and played unbelievably well today. We just built on from there. My goal has always been to play as many games and all the formats for my country, hopefully I continue to get better.

Paul Stirling | Ireland skipper: Very disappointed with how we went today, we got a couple of weeks off to reflect and improve on our performances. You are going to be under pressure when you are bowling to world class players, we couldn't get any control back in the game after that start. We always had talent and produced world-class cricketers but we haven't made it to (India), that will be our main focus in the next 2-3 years going forward. Absolutely love playing cricket and long may that continue and hopefully few more runs left in the tank.

Will Jacks | Player of the Series: Real shame today, we were going towards a big score and had a lot of fun out there. Nowadays you got to be a three-faceted cricketer and gotta keep working on little improvements. He (Salt) made it easy for me, got off to a flying start today and had lots of fun. Hopefully we will got a lot of chances in the future.

15:27 Local, 14:27 GMT, 19:57 IST: Uh-oh! Didn't see this coming. Match abandoned. The umpires had a quick glance and were not pleased with the number of puddles formed on the outfield (more prominently around the bowlers' run-up area). To make matters worse, there's plenty of water under the covers and It's still drizzling as well. Don't think the groundstaff will have enough time and favourable conditions for the next few hours to get the ground game-ready. Such a sorry end to the English summer. England looked set for a huge score, but the weather had other plans. The batters came out with a simple and straightforward intent today: Crash-bang-wallop and entertained the crowd for most parts of the 31 overs. With two rained-out games, England have taken the series 1-0.

15:15 local, 14:15 GMT, 19:45 IST: Here is an interesting update from BBC Sport's Timothy Abraham. "I'm not sure what the drainage is like here at Bristol but there are already pools of water forming on the outfield as the rain continues to fall. The groundstaff, predictably clad in shorts, have just finished attaching pipes to the covers. The groundsheets already have standing water on them. The forecast is for this to clear up in the next hour or so, but the mopping up operation will take some time." We are also hearing that the groundstaff have taken considerable amount of time to get the covers in place.

Tymal Mills, on BBC Test Match Special, says, "This is not looking good. We thought rain was coming but this is tropical"

14:50 local, 13:50 GMT, 19:20 IST: Whoopsy! It's pouring down. The groundstaff rush in with the covers and the players are off in a jiffy. Remember we had plenty of rain in the morning and there are puddles forming on the square as I type this. Could be a lengthy delay this. Dominic Cork, on air, reckons that this storm/rain could last at least 30 minutes from now.

Young to Hain, out Caught by Theo van Woerkom!! It's Craig Young once again. No heroics from Sam Hain today. He waltzes down the pitch looking to power the length ball down the ground. The ball stops a touch and hits the splice as he ends up dragging it to the right of mid-on. The fielder jumps across and claims the catch with ease. Hain c Theo van Woerkom b Young 17(18)

Young to Hain, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Young to Duckett, 1 run, hurries him with a short ball on leg-stump, Duckett mistimes the pull to the left of mid-wicket

Young to Duckett, no run, on a length angling away outside off, Duckett looks to force it through the off-side and gets beaten on the outside edge

14:46 local, 13:46 GMT, 19:16 IST: It has gone quite murky in the last couple of overs and the groundstaff are seen getting busy on the sidelines...

Young to Duckett, no run, slower back of a length delivery outside off, Duckett slaps it off the cue end and finds extra cover

Young to Hain, no ball, 1 run, Young oversteps a bowls a length delivery around off, Hain tucks to the right of mid-wicket and Balbirnie puts in a diving effort to his right. Seems to have a bit of damage to his shoulder and the physio is out to check on him. Freehit coming up...

Young to Duckett, 1 run, good length just outside off, Duckett opens the bat face and steers it to the right of sweeper cover

Young to Duckett, FOUR, he is so good off the back foot is Ben Duckett. Short outside off, Duckett clears his front leg and swats the pull over mid-wicket for a one-bounce boundary

Dockrell to Duckett, 1 run, fired down leg, Duckett paddles it to short fine

Dockrell to Duckett, SIX, Duckett brings up his first ODI hundred in style! Overpitched outside off, he reaches out and hammers it over mid-off for a flat six! The crowd applauds as he removes the helmet and raises his bat. It's taken him just 26 balls to go from 50 to 100 as he's gone through the gears

Dockrell to Duckett, 2 runs, length ball darted in on middle, Duckett goes for a reverse-hit and mistimes it through cover