Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Weather Delays England Edgbaston ODI


England's third one-day international against Australia will be a 28 overs match starting at 18:00 BST - if there is no more rain before then.

Persistent rain at Edgbaston delayed the scheduled 14:00 start.

England lead the five-match series 2-0 after wins at Lord's and The Oval.

The hosts are missing seamers Jade Dernbach and Stuart Meaker, who are both attending the funeral of Surrey team-mate Tom Maynard,although Dernbach also has a side strain.

He was ruled out of the rest of the ODI series on Monday.

Laura Tobin from the BBC Met Office said more showers were forecast - although the rain would not be persistent.

If England win the series 5-0, they will become the number one team in the International Cricket Council's ODI rankings.

Wet weather also put paid to Ireland's ICC World Cricket League match against Afghanistan, and washed out the first day of Scotland's ICC Intercontinental Cup match aganist Canada.



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