A moist outfield attributable to in a single day rain has prompted match officers to name off the opening day’s play within the one-off Check between New Zealand and Afghanistan in Better Noida, India.
Heavy rain within the final 10 days had left little prospect of any motion on day one on the stadium in Better Noida, close to Delhi, which has solely a primary drainage system.
Whereas there was no contemporary bathe on Monday, the outfield and the bowler’s run-up space had been each moist and the umpires undertook a number of inspections earlier than calling off the day’s play.
Afghanistan play their ‘residence’ matches on the venue as a result of touring groups will not be prepared to go to the nation over safety issues.
The match marks the primary of New Zealand’s six Checks in Asia within the subsequent two months, together with two in Sri Lanka and three towards India.
