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15th match of 2019 World Cup between South Africa and West Indies abandoned due to persistent rain

Little bit of drizzle and here they come off. Worst WC, just ahead of 2007. 2011 was still the best till date. 2023 will be the best ever as its held in Asia and asian teams will be even stronger.

I hope Nepal and Japan qualify, will be fun :)
 
I hope Nepal and Japan qualify, will be fun :)

That’s pushing it. Nepal has been disappointing since World T20 2014, havent seen them in any other icc events since. They need to get into the Asia cup T20 overthrowing UAE the team of migrants. Why doesn’t India help Nepal? By allowing Nepal A to play in the Ranji trophy? That way they’ll gain more experience.
 
I think, if not back up day, ICC should have back-up venues for this WC🤪

SAF won’t mind though if today’s game is washed out .... takes them out of bottom place!!!!!
 
Tomorrow’s weather forecast for Southampton is sunny, but I am afraid we won’t see any more cricket today. BBC weather map showing deep blue over Southampton for rest of the day till 8 pm.😩
 
Amla needs to be kicked out. His stay reminds me of YK(in ODIs).
 
its ruining the world cup momentum, rain again in the Bangladesh game tomorrow, sri lanka not having luck.
 
All because of the Ashes. Otherwise the WC would have been in Aug-sept when it is ideal weather in the UK.

The English prefer the Ashes over a WC.

The BCCI should have used their power here and not let the English talk.
It is obvious that this is not the ideal time to host an event as significant and enormous as the worldcup.More rain expected in the coming week.
 
The last two summers in England have largely been dry and humid especially during June. Third time lucky was stretching it a bit.
 
Too many guys cursing my country and its cricketing dates!

England is a dream location for cricket
 
The last two summers in England have largely been dry and humid especially during June. Third time lucky was stretching it a bit.

2017 CT 17 wasnt that dry, there were few rain effected matches in that tournament as well.
 
Cricinfo showing tweet of a guy who is saying it will be raining at all WC venues till Sunday. They could have moved Ashes to different months rather than compromising on the WC.
 
People are upset because of the consistent rains spoiling Cricket matches in UK.

Fair enough. All these people do is just watch cricket on TV. Playing cricket in England is a beautiful, charming experience. Have patience, this World Cup will produce gems like some of the matches in 1999
 
Cricinfo showing tweet of a guy who is saying it will be raining at all WC venues till Sunday. They could have moved Ashes to different months rather than compromising on the WC.

Ashes is ECB and ground stadiums major pay day
 
Cricinfo showing tweet of a guy who is saying it will be raining at all WC venues till Sunday. They could have moved Ashes to different months rather than compromising on the WC.

June is statistically no wetter than August/September.
 
I hate these kind of matches. This is why hosting world cup in ENgland can be frustrating. One team in a do or die situation. Everybody wanted to see this match.
 
Cricinfo showing tweet of a guy who is saying it will be raining at all WC venues till Sunday. They could have moved Ashes to different months rather than compromising on the WC.
He's wrong then.
It's going to rain till Thursday and possibly on Saturday.
 
What a pathetic place to play cricket in, all matches this week will be rained off. If England had such a problem with rain they should have invested in retractable roofs before bidding for hosting rights of WC.
 
What a pathetic place to play cricket in, all matches this week will be rained off. If England had such a problem with rain they should have invested in retractable roofs before bidding for hosting rights of WC.

well this match may start, cricinfo

"03:25pm Right. So progress, of sorts. The next inspection is at 03:45pm, 20 minutes from now. Some covers are off, including the ones for the bowlers' run-ups."

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weathe...he Rose Bowl Hampshire C.C.C.&date=2019-06-10
 
cricinfo
Miller again in his inimitable style. "There is a cloud rumbling in from the West that looks almost exactly like an Imperial Cruiser. But the Ewoks are ploughing on doggedly down on Endor. Another cover has just been removed from the scene!" Will the excitement never cease...
 
Raining again. Thanks for a wonderful World Cup England
 
Basically SA cannot come back at all in the world cup. One top team is already out then. This sucks.
 
Basically SA cannot come back at all in the world cup. One top team is already out then. This sucks.

They can play spoil sport by beating any of the remaining big sides and ruining their chances.
 
Too many guys cursing my country and its cricketing dates!

England is a dream location for cricket
Sorry man, but this tournament is promising to be an absolute filthy disaster if this farce continues.

This is the World Cup, not some bilateral series. It might not seem like the weather is causing much damage to the teams at this early stage, but these points lost will definitely wreck atleast one team in terms of qualification.

One of the worst places to organize such a prestigeous tournament.
 
What a pathetic place to play cricket in, all matches this week will be rained off. If England had such a problem with rain they should have invested in retractable roofs before bidding for hosting rights of WC.

Building a cricket stadium with a retractable roof is completely unrealistic.
 
These kind of blunders must be stop from ICC. looks like ICC is not accountable to anyone but BCCI. ICC is only interested in the pockets not in the game.

even if ICC interested in pockets thn why they dont focus to build indoor stadiums.
 
How comes this has not yet been called off while Pak v SL was called off at 15:45 despite no rain and the sun being out for 1 and a half hours.
 
England is a small country. If it rains in one place odds are it will rain in most places. I enjoy matches that go the full distance here. But in an event like World cup having too many washouts is dampener.
 
What a farce. They should have a rain day between the last group game and the first Semi Final for the next world cup
 
Congratulations the rain won yet again. Rain is the best performing team at this year's WC.


Thank you for a wonderful WC England. Most memorable in history. We should have every WC in this country.
 
Congratulations the rain won yet again. Rain is the best performing team at this year's WC.


Thank you for a wonderful WC England. Most memorable in history. We should have every WC in this country.

ICC cant even plan the schedule of the WC taking into account the seasons of the countries.
 
Srilanka and England should never host another world cup.
 
So apparently 4 matches have been affected by rain? out of which two have been washed out.
 
What a pathetic place to play cricket in, all matches this week will be rained off. If England had such a problem with rain they should have invested in retractable roofs before bidding for hosting rights of WC.

Absolutely
 
June is as good as any other month in England in terms of rain.

Late May and early June have historically been pretty bad. Yes I agree that in Eng it can rain anytime but then atleast one can do the best he can to plan the tournament accordingly by taking into account the historical rainy months.
 
Funny thing is its also one of the longest WC since a long time and they decided Eng as the venue.
 
bye bye SA. Thanks for playing. Even Afghanistan is not certainly out of the race yet. But SA is. Almost like wooden spoon.
 
This would’ve been the best WC so far...

Don’t see it happening because of the rain.
 
What an absolute poor world cup this has been.

No deserving winner except rain if this carries on.
 
This WC has been compromised because of Ashes, ECB got extra greedy and decided to host both in the same year with Ashes getting the rain free season. Pathetic, hope we don't see a WC in England for the next 30 years.
 
If 5-6 more matches are washed out then it would be better to end this event at that very moment tbh.
 
I hope many more matches get washed out so that it becomes a totally pointless world cup. It has already been a farce so far. They need to restart the whole thing again in a different country.
 
This WC has been compromised because of Ashes, ECB got extra greedy and decided to host both in the same year with Ashes getting the rain free season. Pathetic, hope we don't see a WC in England for the next 30 years.

This is nonsense. As I've already pointed out, statistically there is hardly any difference in rain between June/July and August/September.
 
I hope many more matches get washed out so that it becomes a totally pointless world cup. It has already been a farce so far. They need to restart the whole thing again in a different country.

ICC is too incompetent to even do that either.
 
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