Rain washes out third day
Rain washed out the third day's play of the second and final Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Hagley Oval yesterday.
It was a very frustrating day as rain poured in from the morning and did not stop when umpires Paul Reiffel and Nigel Llong had the final inspection at 4:00pm and called off the game for the day. Weather permitting the game will resume at 10.30am today, half an hour ahead of the scheduled start of play, with New Zealand at 260 for seven chasing Bangladesh's first innings total of 289.
“We still have two more days and I think there is a chance for us to get a positive result. We can't do anything about rain; what we want to do is be focused in the next two days,” said debutant wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan while talking to reporters after play was called off.
The day was even more frustrating for the Tigers because they had to stay at the ground for seven hours. The lucky ones were of course the Black Caps who did not even bothered to turn up to the venue. Bangladesh arrived at the venue at 9am after that unpleasant experience on the third day of the opening Test at Wellington, when they stayed at the hotel a bit longer due to drizzle thinking that there would be a delayed start. But by the time they turned up to the Basin Reserve, a venue with first-class drainage facility, they were almost running behind schedule to get ready for the game.
But if that was a scary experience, yesterday's one was very boring for the players since they were not allowed to leave the ground unlit that final decision from the umpires -- a standard procedure that ICC match referee Javagal Srinath religiously followed.
Since it rained quite heavily for most part of seven hours the players whiled away their time sitting in the dressing room, having fun among themselves.
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