Rain-affected crew on the Higher Noida Sports activities Complicated© AFP
The fourth day of the one-off Take a look at Afghanistan between Afghanistan and New Zealand was deserted attributable to rain right here on Thursday. The toss was scheduled to happen at 9am however persistent rain continued to play spoilsport because the match officers known as off the day’s play for the fourth day in succession. “The fourth day of the one Take a look at match between Afghanistan and New Zealand groups can be not going to be performed attributable to continued rainfall,” the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) stated in a press release.
“The choice in regards to the begin of the sport tomorrow morning at 8:00 shall be made after the stadium evaluation,” the ACB added.
Not a single ball has been bowled throughout 4 days with the moist outfield stopping any motion on the opening two days, elevating severe questions over the preparedness of the venue to host the match.
Solely seven matches within the historical past of Take a look at cricket have been deserted and not using a ball being bowled.
The final time it occurred was within the match between New Zealand and India at Dunedin in 1998.
Afghanistan are the hosts of the sport and had picked the venue attributable to logistical causes.
It’s their tenth match since receiving Take a look at standing from ICC in 2017.
Afghanistan are taking part in towards New Zealand within the Take a look at format for the primary time. Nevertheless, this match is just not part of the ICC’s World Take a look at Championship (WTC) cycle.
New Zealand subsequent fly out to Sri Lanka for a two-Take a look at sequence earlier than returning to India for 3 Checks, beginning October 16 at Bengaluru.
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