Last night, in the 3rd game of a triple header, it rained, on and off, lightly at first, for about 90 mins.
Much as at Paarl, earlier in the week, it was apparent, the umpires wanted to play, if at all possible, and a cut-off time of 9.18pm, was established, from a scheduled start of 6pm.
Many times, just as play seemed about to start, the rain came back, to scupper the plans. The Completed match Market (CMM), went from 1.25 or so, during the 1st innings (someone had an idea, rain was coming), to flipping, at least 5 times.
As the 1st innings had been completed, just 5 overs needed to be found, from about 7.40 pm, but, the rain was persistent.
As it approached 8.45 pm, it seemed everyone had had enough .. the tired ground staff, had moved away, the scoreboard showed msgs giving details of the next game, and asked everyone to have a safe journey home - before the scoreboard, turned the lights off.
We then saw, the cameraman, start to pack away .. and yet the people in the ground still got told nothing - and even the CMM .. had 1.07 No game available.
If ever there was a time, to empty your account .. 25 mins before cut-off, rain falling, puddles everywhere .. this was it.
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Some pics from the night ... weather trading can be brutal.
