Lauren Filer is replaced by Lauren Bell, the only change on either side from Sunday’s abandoned match at Taunton.

England Bouchier, Beaumont, Knight (c), Sciver-Brunt, Wyatt, Jones (wk), Capsey, Dean, Ecclestone, Cross, Bell.

Pakistan Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Muneeba Ali, Ayesha Zafar, Nida Dar (c), Aliya Riaz, Fatima Sana, Najiha Alvi (wk), Umm-e-Hani, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu.

Look, there’s no easy way to say this, so here goes: I think we’re going to get some actual cricket today. So far this week, only 6.5 of a possible 140 overs have been bowled in the two series between England and Pakistan, but the forecast in Chelmsford is pr-etty good and we should get a full game today.

It’s a series decider with a twist: England can’t lose, as they lead 1-0, but a drawn series would feel like a defeat for them and a victory for an improving Pakistan. Confused? Don’t be. All I need are the three digits on the back of the card.

England weren’t totally happy with their performance in the only completed game so far, a 37-run win at Derby. It was, at least, a team effort. Eight batters scored between 16 and 44 to get them to a workable total of 243 for nine; four bowlers took at least two wickets to close out victory. And the one bowler who went wicketless, Sarah Glenn, had earlier scampered an important 16 not out at No9.

England aspire to more than that, for sure, but a 37-run sure beats losing. And it definitely beats another washout.