BRISTOL, England (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's World Cup game against Bangladesh was abandoned on Tuesday without a ball bowled, as a record third match in the tournament was called off due to rain. As many as three pitch inspections had to be called off at different stages, before the game was eventually abandoned at 1.55 pm. The previous highest number of abandoned games in a World Cup edition was two, in 1992 and 2003. "I think the last game we played, till the Australian game (on Saturday), it will be a gap of 11 days. Bangladesh face West Indies in their next match at Taunton on Monday.

Source: The Star June 11, 2019 12:26 UTC