England vs Pakistan – Match deserted with no toss
England and Pakistan will head to the T20 World Cup brief on match apply after persistent rain worn out Tuesday night time’s match between them in Cardiff with no ball being bowled. It’s the second abandonment of the collection after the climate ruined Wednesday’s collection opener in Leeds, with solely 39.2 of the 120 scheduled overs bowled to date.
Buttler is anticipated to journey to Barbados with the remainder of the England squad on Friday, and will even return to the squad in time to play within the last match of the collection at The Oval on Thursday night time. As issues stand, the climate forecast for south London is just not vastly promising as either side hope for a last run-out earlier than they journey, although ought to at the least enable for a shortened match.
With neither facet on account of play an official warm-up match between Thursday and their respective opening group-stage fixtures, they are going to be comparatively undercooked in comparison with some groups on the World Cup. Pakistan have at the least performed commonly on this format lately, drawing 2-2 with New Zealand in April and beating Eire 2-1 earlier this month; Saturday’s match was England’s solely T20I since December 21.
There was heavy rain early on Tuesday morning in Cardiff, which continued for a lot of the day. It briefly stopped through the afternoon however returned at round 5.15pm, repeatedly delaying the toss till umpires Mike Burns and Russell Warren deserted the match at 8.12pm, a lot to the frustration of a sold-out crowd.
