The much-anticipated ODI World Cup clash between Australia and Sri Lanka in Colombo was abandoned due to persistent rain, leaving both teams with one point each. Despite early optimism as players walked out to inspect the conditions before the toss, the rain intensified quickly, forcing the officials to call off the game roughly two and a half hours after the scheduled start time.
Sri Lanka Gain a Valuable Point
Sri Lanka will likely be the more satisfied of the two sides, managing to collect a point against the reigning world champions. Before the washout, both teams were coming off contrasting results — Australia had crushed New Zealand by 89 runs in Indore, while Sri Lanka suffered a DLS defeat to India by 59 runs in Guwahati.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝑺𝒓𝒊 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒂 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.
Following the result, Australia remain at the top of the table with three points, while Sri Lanka move up to fifth, despite a negative net run rate of -1.255. Historically, Sri Lanka have never beaten Australia in international cricket, losing all 11 ODIs and eight T20Is between the sides.
Weather Continues to Threaten World Cup Schedule
With Colombo set to host the India vs Pakistan encounter next, organizers are keeping a close eye on the weather forecast — which, unfortunately, doesn’t look promising.
Australia will stay in Colombo to face Pakistan on October 8 before heading to Visakhapatnam to take on India on October 9, while Sri Lanka will now have a long 10-day break before facing England on October 11.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆’𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏.
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