Captain Claire Connor steered England to the safety of a draw with India with a patient 46 on the final day of the second Test at Taunton.

And, after rain ruined the first Test, the series ends tied at 0-0.

Beginning their second innings 134 runs behind, the hosts looked jittery at 79 for three when Charlotte Edwards was stumped for 56 and Caroline Atkins fell shortly afterwards.

But Connor partnered Sarah Taylor in a fourth wicket stand of 34, and Laura Newton joined her skipper in a 57-run partnership to avoid an innings defeat.

India had belated success when Connor was caught off the bowling of Neetu David, handing the slow left-armer her sixth wicket of the match.

And Newton was run out for 33 before Connor declared at 1730BST, with no result possible.

Connor had faced 115 balls, striking two boundaries.

Raj record

Earlier, the tourists managed to add just 22 to their overnight 445, for the loss of six wickets.

Mithali Raj could only extend her women's world record Test innings by four runs to 214 before falling lbw to medium-pacer Isa Guha for 214.

The previous individual best in a women's Test was Australian Karen Rolton's 209 not out against England last year.

Guha also dismissed David, caught behind for seven, to finish with figures of two for 68.

Nicki Shaw took the other two wickets to fall, including Jhulan Goswami caught and bowled for 62, to be the only one of the nine bowlers used to take three wickets.

England: C M Edwards, C Atkins, C J Connor (Capt), S C Taylor, L K Newton, M C Godliman (Wkt), I T Guha, L J Harper, K M Leng, N Shaw, C E Taylor.

India: S A Paranjpe, M Maben, A Chopra (Capt), N David, B Goell, J Goswami, S Naik (Wkt), D M Kulkarni, S Singh, M Raj H Kala.