The only Test match between Afghanistan vs New Zealand was to be played at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground in Greater Noida, but in the three-day game, the toss has not even taken place in this match. Due to rain and bad outfield, the game of the first and second day was spoiled, while the same happened on the third day. There was not much rain at night, but it started raining from the morning of the third day.
Due to this, the officials canceled the third day's play at the beginning of the third day itself. In this way, the coin could not be tossed on the third day as well. Now the chances of this match happening are very less and there is more chance that the match may be canceled. This Test match was to be played from September 9, but it rained that night, so the match did not start at its scheduled time. Although the pitch was fine for the match, some parts of the outfield were flooded with water.
The ground staff tried their best to start the match, but they did not succeed in it. Many times the umpires and match officials inspected the pitch and the ground, but despite many inspections, the toss could not be done in this match. On the second day, the ground staff used a new trick and dug out the grass and land where water was filled in the ground and planted the grass of the practice ground there. But still nothing special was achieved from this.
Despite planting the grass, there was water in some places in other parts as well and the ground was not suitable for playing the match. Due to this, the match was canceled on the second day as well. The match was expected to start on the third day, but due to the rain at night, the ground had become wet again. More than half the ground was covered, but still there was water in many parts.
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— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) September 11, 2024
Heavy overnight rain and ongoing drizzle have resulted in Day 3 of the One-Off #AFGvNZ Test being washed out. Officials will assess the conditions again tomorrow morning.#AfghanAtalan | #GloriousNationVictoriousTeam pic.twitter.com/UOUR4oc2zx
Apart from this, there was heavy rain at the time of starting the match on the third day and the situation became even worse. Due to this, the game on the third day had to be canceled. The Afghanistan Cricket Board has said that if the conditions are right on the fourth day, the match will start at 9 o'clock and 98 overs will be played. But it does not seem possible to happen right now.
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