One-day setback in Sri Lanka
Published:Friday | December 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (CMC):
The One-Day International series between Sri Lanka and West Indies was abandoned yesterday, hours before the first game was scheduled to begin here at the Suriyawewa Stadium.
Persistent heavy rain wiped out any chance of the encounter being played and Sri Lanka Cricket, the game's governing body here, took the decision to postpone the series until January.
West Indies were scheduled to fly home today.
"The ongoing West Indies tour, which was drawn in 2005-2012 according to the ICC Future tour programme, has been postponed to late January 2011 due to inclement weather conditions that have prevailed in the country lately," a statement from Sri Lanka Cricket read.
"The above decision was taken with the mutual understanding of both cricket boards (West Indies cricket Board and SLC) and our television partners."
The postponement is the latest twist in the saga that began Wednesday, when it was reported that the five-match series would be abandoned because of the persistent rain.
Adverse weather had wrecked the preceding three-Test series, forcing a nil-all stalemate, and it also ruined the build-up to the one-dayers, with neither team being able to practise.