Rain wrecks third T20I between England and Pakistan


Britain versus Pakistan - Match deserted without a throw Britain and Pakistan will make a beeline for the T20 World Cup short on match practice after constant downpour cleared out Tuesday night's match between them in Cardiff without a ball being bowled. It is the second deserting of the series after the weather conditions destroyed Wednesday's series opener in Leeds, with just 39.2 of the 120 planned overs bowled up to this point. Jos Buttler, Britain's skipper, didn't go to Cardiff and Moeen Ali would have driven their side in his place if the game had occurred. Buttler left the crew on Saturday late evening following Britain's 23-run win in Birmingham and went to London to accompany his better half Louise, with the couple expecting their third kid quickly. Mark Wood was because of play his most memorable match since early Walk for Britain, while Sam Curran would likewise have included subsequent to being forgotten about on Saturday at Edgbaston. ESPNcricinfo comprehends that Jofra Bowman would have been refreshed, with Britain adopting a careful strategy to his responsibility after such a long injury lay-off. Buttler is supposed to venture out to Barbados with the remainder of the Britain crew on Friday, and really might get back to the crew so as to play in the last match of the series at The Oval on Thursday night. As things stand, the weather conditions gauge for south London isn't tremendously encouraging as the two sides expect a last run-out before they travel, however ought to basically take into consideration an abbreviated match. With neither side because of play an authority warm-up match among Thursday and their separate opening gathering stage apparatuses, they will be moderately half-cooked contrasted with certain groups at the World Cup. Pakistan have basically played routinely in this organization as of late, attracting 2-2 with New Zealand April and beating Ireland 2-1 recently; Saturday's match was Britain's just T20I since December 21. There was weighty downpour from the beginning Tuesday morning in Cardiff, which went on for a large part of the day. It momentarily quit during the evening yet returned at around 5.15pm, more than once deferring the throw until umpires Mike Consumes and Russell Warren deserted the match at 8.12pm, doubtlessly stirring up a lot of disillusionment for a sold-out swarm.