NOTTINGHAM: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday defended not scheduling reserve days for group matches at the rain-marred World Cup and blamed the disruptions on "extremely unseasonable weather". "There is also no guarantee that the reserve day would be free from rain either," he said. Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes criticised the organisers after his team's match against Sri Lanka was abandoned on Tuesday without a ball bowled in Bristol. "We put men on the moon, so why can't we have a reserve day, when actually this tournament is a long tournament?" Richardson, however, blamed the disruptions on an "extremely unseasonable weather".

Source: Mint June 11, 2019 18:22 UTC