There was a lot of overnight rain and some morning drizzle before play was called off
12-Sep-2024 • 28 mins ago
There was no respite from rain in Greater Noida • AFP/Getty Images
Unrelenting rain has had the final say in Greater Noida yet again as play was called off before the scheduled start time for the second consecutive day. It leaves the first ever Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand almost certainly to end as a washout.
“There has been more than 1200 mm of rain over seven days,” was the message from the broadcast. “The scale of rainfall has made it absolutely impossible for cricket today. We are going to come back on day five just in case, but the reality is there will be absolutely no prospect of play. We can’t envisage anything else but an abandonment very early tomorrow morning.”
The last time a men’s Test was abandoned without a ball being bowled was in 1998, in Dunedin, on India’s tour to New Zealand.
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Ekanth is a sub-editor with ESPNcricinfo
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