One-off Test: Fourth day of Afghanistan-New Zealand Test too washed out | Cricket News
GREATER NOIDA: As feared, match officials for the Afghanistan-New Zealand one-off Test called off the fourth day’s play on Thursday as soon as they had a look at the ground, at 9.17 in the morning.
It was the fourth day in succession that the day’s play was completely washed out at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex. The toss is yet to take place for the game.
It rained for most part of the day here on Thursday and the fifth day is also likely to meet the same fate as the first four days, which means the Test will end without a ball being bowled.
“The fourth day of the only Test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand is also not going to be played due to continuous rainfall,” a statement from the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) read.
“The decision about the start of the game tomorrow (Friday) morning at 8 am will be made after the assessment of the conditions at the stadium.”
“There has been more than 1200 mm of rain over the last seven days. The scale of rainfall has made it absolutely impossible for cricket. We are going to come back on Day Five, just in case, but the reality is there is absolutely no prospect of play. We can’t envisage anything else but an abandonment of the Test match very early tomorrow (Friday) morning,” a key member of the broadcasting team said, giving an early indication of what to expect.
Serious questions have been raised over the preparedness of the venue to host the match.
Only seven matches in the history of Test cricket have been abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Incidentally, the Black Caps were involved in the last one in 1998 which took place in Dunedin, New Zealand.
It was the fourth day in succession that the day’s play was completely washed out at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex. The toss is yet to take place for the game.
It rained for most part of the day here on Thursday and the fifth day is also likely to meet the same fate as the first four days, which means the Test will end without a ball being bowled.
“The fourth day of the only Test match between Afghanistan and New Zealand is also not going to be played due to continuous rainfall,” a statement from the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) read.
“The decision about the start of the game tomorrow (Friday) morning at 8 am will be made after the assessment of the conditions at the stadium.”
“There has been more than 1200 mm of rain over the last seven days. The scale of rainfall has made it absolutely impossible for cricket. We are going to come back on Day Five, just in case, but the reality is there is absolutely no prospect of play. We can’t envisage anything else but an abandonment of the Test match very early tomorrow (Friday) morning,” a key member of the broadcasting team said, giving an early indication of what to expect.
Serious questions have been raised over the preparedness of the venue to host the match.
Only seven matches in the history of Test cricket have been abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Incidentally, the Black Caps were involved in the last one in 1998 which took place in Dunedin, New Zealand.
