Rain washes out fourth T20I in New Plymouth
Incessant rain for around 24 hours in New Plymouth in the lead-up to the fourth Twenty20 International between New Zealand and Windies forced the game to be abandoned without anyone even thinking of the possibility of any action at Pukekura Park on Thursday 22 March.
Light rain continues to fall at Pukekura Park ... ducks are never good at the cricket 😬 pic.twitter.com/BlEXu7NtPE
— WHITE FERNS (@WHITE_FERNS) March 21, 2018
Billy Bowden and Diana Venter, the umpires for the match, did go out to inspect the venue on two occasions, once in the morning and then again in the afternoon, the second time with representatives of the two teams. But with more rain forecast, they decided to call the game off.
That left the five-match series 3-0 in New Zealand’s favour, but dashed the home team’s hopes of completing a second clean sweep after winning the ICC Women’s Championship one-day internationals 3-0.
Match abandoned 💦🦆🙅♀️#NZvWI pic.twitter.com/Qjp8yin80p
— WHITE FERNS (@WHITE_FERNS) March 22, 2018
Stafanie Taylor, the Windies captain, expressed her dejection at not getting a game, saying, “It's a bit disappointing having the match abandoned today because we felt like it would've been another close game and we were looking forward to getting that first win. But we'll now switch our focus to finishing the tour on a winning note.”
The final match of the series will be played at Hamilton’s Seddon Park on Sunday.
