The Afghanistan-New Zealand assembly in Higher Noida on Friday grew to become the primary Check in 730 matches and 91 years to be deserted because of rain in Asia.
With an intense downpour marring the opening day on Monday and an under-par outfield worsening woes over the next days, the bottom was deemed unfit for play on all 4 earlier days. The ultimate choice to desert the sport was made official on Day 5 morning, depriving Afghanistan of recreation time of their third Check in India, having beforehand twice hosted Exams in Dehradun and Lucknow in 2019 towards Eire and West Indies respectively.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board had confirmed that the BCCI, the house cricket board, had supplied a number of venues earlier than they selected to zero in on Higher Noida because of its proximity to each Delhi and Kabul.
Whereas the Afghans will transfer to the UAE to host South Africa for 3 ODIs subsequent week, New Zealand will journey to Sri Lanka for 2 Exams earlier than returning to India to play three extra Check matches in October.
By the way, solely seven of the earlier 2548 Check matches have been deserted and not using a single ball being bowled. The primary three such cases are marked Australia and England within the Ashes in 1890, 1938 and 1970 – twice in London and as soon as in Melbourne. The opposite 4 cases have occurred between 1989 and 1998 and none have taken place within the twenty first century.
The final two deserted Exams befell on consecutive days in December 1998. A Pakistan-Zimbabwe Check in Faisalabad was referred to as off because of intense fog whereas persistent rain in Dunedin deserted a New Zealand-India Check the next day.
Record of deserted Exams:
Check No: 34 – Australia vs England
25-08-1890: Previous Trafford, Manchester
Check No: 264 – Australia vs England
08-07-1938: Previous Trafford, Manchester
Check No: 675 – Australia vs England
31-12-1970: Melbourne Cricket Floor
Check No: 1113 – New Zealand vs Pakistan
03-02-1989: Carisbrook, Dunedin
Check No: 1140 – England vs West Indies
10-03-1990: Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
Check No: 1434 – Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
17-12-1998 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Check No: 1434 – New Zealand vs India
18-12-1998: Carisbrook, Dunedin
Check No: 2549 – Afghanistan v New Zealand
13-09-2024: Higher Noida