Sri Lanka v Bangladesh also washed out

Umpires Richard Illingworth, right, and Richard Kettleborough inspect the field of play at the County Ground in Bristol, where the Sri Lanka v Bangladesh match was abandoned. Photo: Nick Potts/PA via AP

Umpires Richard Illingworth, right, and Richard Kettleborough inspect the field of play at the County Ground in Bristol, where the Sri Lanka v Bangladesh match was abandoned. Photo: Nick Potts/PA via AP

Published Jun 11, 2019

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BRISTOL – Sri Lanka’s World Cup match against Bangladesh was abandoned without a ball being

bowled due to rain in Bristol

on Tuesday.

The umpires’ decision left tournament organisers with the

unwanted record for the most number of abandoned games at a World Cup,

surpassing the two each at the 1992 tournament in Australia

and New Zealand and the 2003

edition in southern Africa.

It was the second successive World Cup match at Bristol that had fallen victim to bad weather, with Sri Lanka’s group game against Pakistan at south-west county Gloucestershire’s

headquarters on Friday another no-result washout that did not witness a single

delivery.

Rain has also been forecast for Wednesday’s match between Australia and Pakistan

in Taunton.

No reserve days have been scheduled for the 10-team

round-robin stage, despite the well-known risks of rain during a British

summer.

Asked whether there should be reserve days in the group

phase, Bangladesh coach

Steve Rhodes, a former England

wicket-keeper, said: “Yes, I would (have them). 

“I know logistically it would have caused problems. But we

can put a man on the moon, so if we have to travel a day later, so be it.”

Only one of three World Cup matches scheduled to take place

in Bristol produced any play, champions Australia launching their title defence with a

seven-wicket victory over outsiders Afghanistan. 

Heavy overnight and early morning rain delayed the scheduled

10.30am local time start of Tuesday’s match.

And with rain continuing to fall, the umpires – after several

inspections – bowed to the inevitable by calling the game off at 1.57pm.

Both sides received a point for the washout. 

It was the second World Cup no-result in as many days after

rain meant only 7.3 overs were possible in the match between South Africa and the West Indies in Southampton on Monday.

%%%twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CWC19fixture against Sri Lanka has been called off due to the inclement weather.

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