Afghanistan vs New Zealand Greater Noida One-off Test: More gloom for both teams as Day 3 washed out too

It became a disastrous 0.33 day which culminated within the play being abandoned for Day three of the one-off Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand in Greater Noida on Wednesday (Eleventh of September), barely an hour after scheduled start of play. The dismal state of affair at Greater Noida’s Sports Complex Ground for the 0.33 successive day as torrential overnight rain along with steady rain on Wednesday morning meant that there became no chance of getting the bottom fit for play.

The primary two days of the sport were often called off without a ball bowled resulting from a wet outfield, raising serious questions over the preparedness of the venue in Greater Noida. Thinking about the weather over Greater Noida, the match officials did now no longer take long to rule out any possibility of play on Wednesday.

“Afghanistan versus New Zealand Day three is understood as off resulting from persistent rains. The match will start off with ninety eight overs from tomorrow if the skies get clear,” said the Afghanistan Cricket Board in a liberate.

Afghanistan, who don’t get to play top teams often, are the hosts of the sport. At the top of 2d day’s play, ACB officials confirmed that the team were offered three grounds, including Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) home turf at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, but the Afghan team had themselved picked Noida to host this Test.

“The BCCI offered us three venues – Kanpur, Bengaluru, and this one. We chose to play at Greater Noida as it became most convenient on the topic of logistics. It became a two-hour drive from Delhi airport,” ACB’s international cricket manager Menhajuddin Raz told reporters at the top of 2d day’s play on Tuesday.

“The venue has always been Afghanistan’s home venue. If we indicate back from 2016, we now have been playing games here,” Raaz added.

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